King James Version

Job 31:15

Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb?

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הֲֽ֝לֹאhalono , -r,לֹאparticle, interrogative, particle, negative — “no , -r,”H3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles[idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as trul…בַ֭בֶּטֶןvabetenin bodyבֶּטֶןpreposition, with the article, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “in body”, the ordinary formH990the belly, especially the womb; also the bosom or body of anythingbelly, body, [phrase] as they be born, [phrase] within, womb.עֹשֵׂ֣נִיosenidoעָשָׂהverb, qal, participle, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “do”, a verb used as a describing wordH6213to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest applicationaccomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, [idiom] certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, [phrase] displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, f…עָשָׂ֑הוּasahvdoעָשָׂהverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “do”, a completed actionH6213to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest applicationaccomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, [idiom] certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, [phrase] displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, f…וַ֝יְכֻנֶ֗נּוּvaykhunenvand be fittedכּוּןconjunction, verb, polel, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, plural — “and be fitted”, the next action in the storyH3559properly, to be erect (i.e. stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal (establish, fix, prepare, apply), or figurative (appoint, render sure, proper or prosperous)certain(-ty), confirm, direct, faithfulness, fashion, fasten, firm, be fitted, be fixed, frame, be meet, ordain, order, perfect, (make) preparation, prepare (self), provide, make provision, (be, make) ready, right, set (aright, fast, forth…בָּרֶ֥חֶםbarechemin wombרֶחֶםpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “in womb”, the ordinary formH7358the wombmatrix, womb.אֶחָֽדechadfirstאֶחָדadjective, cardinal, masculine, singular, absolute — “first”, the ordinary formH259properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) firsta, alike, alone, altogether, and, any(-thing), apiece, a certain, (dai-) ly, each (one), [phrase] eleven, every, few, first, [phrase] highway, a man, once, one, only, other, some, together,

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Did not He that made me in the womb make him? And did not One fashion us in the womb?

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American Standard Version (1901)

Did not he that made me in the womb make him? And did not one fashion us in the womb?

Young’s Literal Translation

Did not He that made me in the womb make him? Yea, prepare us in the womb doth One.

World English Bible

Didn’t he who made me in the womb make him? Didn’t one fashion us in the womb?

Darby Translation

Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not One fashion us in the womb?

Douay-Rheims

Did not he that made me in the womb make him also: and did not one and the same form me in the womb?

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Did not He that made me in the womb make him? And did not One fashion us in the womb?

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Were not they too formed as I also was formed in the womb? yea, we were formed in the same womb.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Πότερον οὐχ ὡς καὶ ἐγὼ ἐγενόμην ἐν γαστρὶ, καὶ ἐκεῖνοι γεγόνασι; γεγόναμεν δὲ ἐν τῇ αὐτῇ κοιλίᾳ.