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Job 31:9

If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour’s door;

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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…נִפְתָּ֣הniftahallureפָּתָהverb, niphal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “allure”, a completed actionH6601to open, i.e. be (causatively, make) roomy; usually figuratively (in a mental or moral sense) to be (causatively, make) simple or (in a sinister way) deludeallure, deceive, enlarge, entice, flatter, persuade, silly (one).לִ֭בִּיlibicomfortablyלֵבnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “comfortably”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3820the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything[phrase] care for, comfortably, consent, [idiom] considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart(-ed), [idiom] heed, [idiom] I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), [idiom] regard(-ed), [idiom]…עַלalaboveעַלpreposition — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…אִשָּׁ֑הishaheachאִשָּׁהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “each”, the ordinary formH802a woman(adulter) ess, each, every, female, [idiom] many, [phrase] none, one, [phrase] together, wife, woman. Often unexpressed in English.וְעַלvealand aboveעַלconjunction, preposition — “and above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…פֶּ֖תַחpetachdoorפֶּתַחnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “door”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6607an opening (literally), i.e. door (gate) or entrance waydoor, entering (in), entrance (-ry), gate, opening, place.רֵעִ֣יreibrotherרֵעַnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “brother”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7453an associate (more or less close)brother, companion, fellow, friend, husband, lover, neighbour, [idiom] (an-) other.אָרָֽבְתִּיaravetiambushאָרַבverb, qal, perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “ambush”, a completed actionH693to lurk(lie in) ambush(-ment), lay (lie in) wait.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

If my heart have been enticed unto a woman, and I have lain in wait at my neighbour's door;

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American Standard Version (1901)

If my heart hath been enticed unto a woman, And I have laid wait at my neighbor’s door;

Young’s Literal Translation

If my heart hath been enticed by woman, And by the opening of my neighbour I laid wait,

World English Bible

“If my heart has been enticed to a woman, and I have laid wait at my neighbor’s door,

Darby Translation

If my heart have been enticed unto a woman, so that I laid wait at my neighbour's door,

Douay-Rheims

If my heart hath been deceived upon a woman, and if I have laid wait at my friend’s door:

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

If my heart have been enticed unto a woman, and I have lain in wait at my neighbour's door;

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

If my heart has gone forth after another man's wife, and if I laid wait at her doors;

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Εἰ ἐξηκολούθησεν ἡ καρδία μου γυναικὶ ἀνδρὸς ἑτέρου, εἰ καὶ ἐγκάθετος ἐγενόμην ἐπὶ θύραις αὐτῆς,