King James Version

Job 33:25

His flesh shall be fresher than a child’s: he shall return to the days of his youth:

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רֻֽטֲפַ֣שׁrutafashbe freshרֻטֲפַשׁverb, qal passive, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “be fresh”, a completed actionH7375to be rejuvenatedbe fresh.בְּשָׂר֣וֹbesarvobodyבָּשָׂרnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “body”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1320flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of amanbody, (fat, lean) flesh(-ed), kin, (man-) kind, [phrase] nakedness, self, skin.מִנֹּ֑עַרminoarfrom childנֹעַרpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “from child”, the ordinary formH5290(abstractly) boyhoodchild, youth.יָ֝שׁ֗וּבyashuvagainשׁוּבverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “again”, an unfinished actionH7725to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again((break, build, circumcise, dig, do anything, do evil, feed, lay down, lie down, lodge, make, rejoice, send, take, weep)) [idiom] again, (cause to) answer ([phrase] again), [idiom] in any case (wise), [idiom] at all, averse, bring (again,…לִימֵ֥יlimeto as long asיוֹםpreposition, noun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “to as long as”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)age, [phrase] always, [phrase] chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), [phrase] elder, [idiom] end, [phrase] evening, [phrase] (for) ever(-lasting, -more), [idiom] full, life, as (so) lon…עֲלוּמָֽיוalumayvyouthעָלוּםnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “youth”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5934(only in plural as abstract) adolescence; figuratively, vigoryouth.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

His flesh is tenderer than a child's; he returneth to the days of his youth;

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American Standard Version (1901)

His flesh shall be fresher than a child’s; He returneth to the days of his youth.

Young’s Literal Translation

Fresher [is] his flesh than a child's, He returneth to the days of his youth.

World English Bible

His flesh will be fresher than a child’s. He returns to the days of his youth.

Darby Translation

His flesh shall be fresher than in childhood; he shall return to the days of his youth.

Douay-Rheims

His flesh is consumed with punishment, let him return to the days of his youth.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

His flesh is tenderer than a child's; he returneth to the days of his youth;

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And he will make his flesh tender as that of a babe, and he will restore him among men in his full strength.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἁπαλυνεῖ δὲ αὐτοῦ τὰς σάρκας ὥσπερ νηπίου, ἀποκαταστήσει δὲ αὐτὸν ἀνδρωθέντα ἐν ἀνθρώποις.