King James Version

Job 34:18

Is it fit to say to a king, Thou art wicked? and to princes, Ye are ungodly?

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הַאֲמֹ֣רhaamorsayאָמַרparticle, interrogative, verb, qal, infinitive construct — “say”, the to-form of the verbH559to 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…לְמֶ֣לֶךְlemelekhto kingמֶלֶךְpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “to king”, the ordinary formH4428a kingking, royal.בְּלִיָּ֑עַלbeliyaalBelialבְּלִיַּעַלnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “Belial”, the ordinary formH1100without profit, worthlessness; by extension, destruction, wickednessBelial, evil, naughty, ungodly (men), wicked.רָ֝שָׁ֗עrashaguiltyרָשָׁעadjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “guilty”, the ordinary formH7563morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person[phrase] condemned, guilty, ungodly, wicked (man), that did wrong.אֶלelamongאֵלpreposition — “among”H413near, with or among; often in general, toabout, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).נְדִיבִֽיםnedivimfreeנָדִיבadjective, adjective, masculine, plural, absolute — “free”, the ordinary formH5081properly, voluntary, i.e. generous; hence, magnanimous; as noun, a grandee (sometimes a tyrant)free, liberal (things), noble, prince, willing (hearted).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Is it fit to say to a king: 'Thou art base'? Or to nobles: 'Ye are wicked'? —

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American Standard Version (1901)

Him that saith to a king, Thou art vile, Or to nobles, Ye are wicked;

Young’s Literal Translation

Who hath said to a king — 'Worthless,' Unto princes — 'Wicked?'

World English Bible

who says to a king, ‘Vile!’ or to nobles, ‘Wicked!’?

Darby Translation

Shall one say to a king, Belial? to nobles, Wicked?

Douay-Rheims

Who saith to the king: Thou art an apostate: who calleth rulers ungodly?

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Is it fit to say to a king: 'Thou art base'? Or to nobles: 'Ye are wicked'? —

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

He is ungodly that says to a king, Thou art a transgressor, that says to princes, O most ungodly one.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἀσεβὴς ὁ λέγων βασιλεῖ, παρανομεῖς, ἀσεβέστατε τοῖς ἄρχουσιν.