King James Version

Job 31:39

If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life:

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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…כֹּ֭חָהּkochahforceכֹּחַnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “force”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3581vigor, literally (force, in a good or a bad sense) or figuratively (capacity, means, produce); also (from its hardiness) a large lizardability, able, chameleon, force, fruits, might, power(-ful), strength, substance, wealth.אָכַ֣לְתִּיakhaltieatאָכַלverb, qal, perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “eat”, a completed actionH398to eat (literally or figuratively)[idiom] at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, [idiom] freely, [idiom] in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, [idiom] quite.בְלִיvelinotבְּלִיparticle, negative — “not”H1097properly, 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.כָ֑סֶףkhasefmoneyכֶּסֶףnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “money”, the ordinary formH3701silver (from its pale color); by implication, moneymoney, price, silver(-ling).וְנֶ֖פֶשׁvenefeshand creatureנֶפֶשׁconjunction, noun, common, both genders, singular, construct — “and creature”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, [idiom] dead(-ly), desire, [idiom] (dis-) contented, [idiom] fish, ghost, [phrase] greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, [idiom] jeopardy of) life ([idiom] in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally,…בְּעָלֶ֣יהָbealeyhahusbandבַּעַלnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “husband”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1167a master; hence, a husband, or (figuratively) owner (often used with another noun in modifications of this latter sense)[phrase] archer, [phrase] babbler, [phrase] bird, captain, chief man, [phrase] confederate, [phrase] have to do, [phrase] dreamer, those to whom it is due, [phrase] furious, those that are given to it, great, [phrase] hairy, he that hath i…הִפָּֽחְתִּיhipachetiblowנָפַחverb, hiphil, perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “blow”, a completed actionH5301to puff, in various applications (literally, to inflate, blow hard, scatter, kindle, expire; figuratively, to disesteem)blow, breath, give up, cause to lose (life), seething, snuff.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the tillers thereof to be disappointed —

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American Standard Version (1901)

If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, Or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life:

Young’s Literal Translation

If its strength I consumed without money, And the life of its possessors, I have caused to breathe out,

World English Bible

if I have eaten its fruits without money, or have caused its owners to lose their life,

Darby Translation

If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, and have tormented to death the souls of its owners:

Douay-Rheims

If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, and have afflicted the soul of the tillers thereof:

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the tillers thereof to be disappointed —

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

and if I ate its strength alone without price, and if too I grieved the heart of the owner of the soil, by taking aught from him :

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Εἰ δὲ καὶ τὴν ἰσχὺν αὐτῆς ἔφαγον μόνος ἄνευ τιμῆς, εἰ δὲ καὶ ψυχὴν κυρίου τῆς γῆς ἐκλαβὼν ἐλύπησα·