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Job 32:13

Lest ye should say, We have found out wisdom: God thrusteth him down, not man.

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פֶּןpenthat...notפֵּןconjunction — “that...not”H6435properly, removal; used only (in the construction) adverb as conjunction, lest(lest) (peradventure), that...not.תֹּ֣֭אמְרוּtomrvsayאָמַרverb, qal, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “say”, an unfinished actionH559to say (used with great latitude)answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [id…מָצָ֣אנוּmatsanvcomeמָצָאverb, qal, perfect, 1st person, common, plural — “come”, a completed actionH4672properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present[phrase] be able, befall, being, catch, [idiom] certainly, (cause to) come (on, to, to hand), deliver, be enough (cause to) find(-ing, occasion, out), get (hold upon), [idiom] have (here), be here, hit, be left, light (up-) on, meet (with)…חָכְמָ֑הchakhemahwisdomחׇכְמָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “wisdom”, the ordinary formH2451wisdom (in a good sense)skilful, wisdom, wisely, wit.אֵ֖לelidolאֵלnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “idol”, the ordinary formH410strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the Almighty (but used also of any deity)God (god), [idiom] goodly, [idiom] great, idol, might(-y one), power, strong. Compare names in '-el.'יִדְּפֶ֣נּוּyidfenvdriveנָדַףverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “drive”, an unfinished actionH5086to shove asunder, i.e. dispersedrive (away, to and fro), thrust down, shaken, tossed to and fro.לֹאlono , -r,לֹאparticle, 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…אִֽישׁisha certainאִישׁnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “a certain”, the ordinary formH376a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)also, another, any (man), a certain, [phrase] champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-) man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), [phrase] none, one, people, person, [phra…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Beware lest ye say: 'We have found wisdom; God may vanquish him, not man!'

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American Standard Version (1901)

Beware lest ye say, We have found wisdom; God may vanquish him, not man:

Young’s Literal Translation

Lest ye say, We have found wisdom, God doth thrust him away, not man.

World English Bible

Beware lest you say, ‘We have found wisdom. God may refute him, not man;’

Darby Translation

That ye may not say, We have found out wisdom; God will make him yield, not man.

Douay-Rheims

Lest you should say: We have found wisdom, God hath cast him down, not man.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Beware lest ye say: 'We have found wisdom; God may vanquish him, not man!'

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

lest ye should say, We have found that we have added wisdom to the Lord.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

ἵνα μὴ εἴπητε, εὕρομεν σοφίαν Κυρίῳ προσθέμενοι.