King James Version

Job 32:15

They were amazed, they answered no more: they left off speaking.

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חַ֭תּוּchatvabolishחָתַתverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “abolish”, a completed actionH2865properly, to prostrate; hence, to break down, either (literally) by violence, or (figuratively) by confusion and fearabolish, affright, be (make) afraid, amaze, beat down, discourage, (cause to) dismay, go down, scare, terrify.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…עָ֣נוּanvshoutעָנָהverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “shout”, a completed actionH6030properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e. pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extension to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout, testify, announcegive account, afflict (by mistake for H6031 (עָנָה)), (cause to, give) answer, bring low (by mistake for H6031 (עָנָה)), cry, hear, Leannoth, lift up, say, [idiom] scholar, (give a) shout, sing (together by course), speak, testify, utter,…ע֑וֹדodagainעוֹדadverb — “again”H5750properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly, still, moreagain, [idiom] all life long, at all, besides, but, else, further(-more), henceforth, (any) longer, (any) more(-over), [idiom] once, since, (be) still, when, (good, the) while (having being), (as, because, whether, while) yet (within).הֶעְתִּ֖יקוּhetiqvremoveעָתַקverb, hiphil, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “remove”, a completed actionH6275to remove (intransitive or transitive) figuratively, to grow old; specifically, to transcribecopy out, leave off, become (wax) old, remove.מֵהֶ֣םmehemfromמֵהֶ֣םpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “from”fromמִלִּֽיםmilimwordמִלָּהnoun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “word”, the ordinary formH4405a word; collectively, a discourse; figuratively, a topic[phrase] answer, by-word, matter, any thing (what) to say, to speak(-ing), speak, talking, word.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

They are amazed, they answer no more; words are departed from them.

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American Standard Version (1901)

They are amazed, they answer no more: They have not a word to say.

Young’s Literal Translation

(They have broken down, They have not answered again, They removed from themselves words.

World English Bible

“They are amazed. They answer no more. They don’t have a word to say.

Darby Translation

They were amazed, they answered no more; words failed them.

Douay-Rheims

They were afraid, and answered no more, and they left off speaking.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

They are amazed, they answer no more; words are departed from them.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

They were afraid, they answered no longer; they gave up their speaking.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἐπτοήθησαν, οὐκ ἀπεκρίθησαν ἔτι, ἐπαλαίωσαν ἐξ αὐτῶν λόγους.