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Job 31:19

If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;

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אִםimoh thatאִםconjunction — “oh that”H518used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also Oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not(and, can-, doubtless, if, that) (not), [phrase] but, either, [phrase] except, [phrase] more(-over if, than), neither, nevertheless, nor, oh that, or, [phrase] save (only, -ing), seeing, since, sith, [phrase] surely (no more, none, not), t…אֶרְאֶ֣הerehseeרָאָהverb, qal, imperfect, 1st person, common, singular — “see”, an unfinished actionH7200to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)advise self, appear, approve, behold, [idiom] certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), m…א֭וֹבֵדoveddestroyאָבַדverb, qal, participle, absolute — “destroy”, a verb used as a describing wordH6properly, to wander away, i.e. lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy)break, destroy(-uction), [phrase] not escape, fail, lose, (cause to, make) perish, spend, [idiom] and surely, take, be undone, [idiom] utterly, be void of, have no way to flee.מִבְּלִ֣יmiblifrom notבְּלִיpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “from not”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1097properly, failure, i.e. nothing or destruction; usually (with preposition) without, not yet, because not, as long as, etc.corruption, ig(norantly), for lack of, where no...is, so that no, none, not, un(awares), without.לְב֑וּשׁlevushgarmentלְבוּשׁnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “garment”, the ordinary formH3830a garment (literally or figuratively); by implication (euphemistically) a wifeapparel, clothed with, clothing, garment, raiment, vestment, vesture.וְאֵ֥יןveeynand elseאַיִןconjunction, particle, negative — “and else”H369a non-entity; generally used as a negative particleelse, except, fail, (father-) less, be gone, in(-curable), neither, never, no (where), none, nor, (any, thing), not, nothing, to nought, past, un(-searchable), well-nigh, without. Compare H370 (אַיִן).כְּ֝ס֗וּתkesutcoveringכְּסוּתnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “covering”, the ordinary formH3682a cover (garment); figuratively, a veilingcovering, raiment, vesture.לָאֶבְיֽוֹןlaevyonto beggarאֶבְיוֹןpreposition, with the article, adjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “to beggar”, the ordinary formH34destitutebeggar, needy, poor (man).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

If I have seen any wanderer in want of clothing, or that the needy had no covering;

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American Standard Version (1901)

If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, Or that the needy had no covering;

Young’s Literal Translation

If I see [any] perishing without clothing, And there is no covering to the needy,

World English Bible

if I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or that the needy had no covering;

Darby Translation

If I have seen any perishing for want of clothing, or any needy without covering;

Douay-Rheims

If I have despised him that was perishing for want of clothing, and the poor man that had no covering:

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

If I have seen any wanderer in want of clothing, or that the needy had no covering;

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And if too I overlooked the naked as he was perishing, and did not clothe him;

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Εἰ δὲ καὶ ὑπερεῖδον γυμνὸν ἀπολλύμενον, καὶ οὐκ ἠμφίασα αὐτόν·