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Job 36:14

They die in youth, and their life is among the unclean.

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תָּמֹ֣תtamotdieמוּתverb, qal, jussive, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “die”, a wish or indirect commandH4191to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill[idiom] at all, [idiom] crying, (be) dead (body, man, one), (put to, worthy of) death, destroy(-er), (cause to, be like to, must) die, kill, necro(-mancer), [idiom] must needs, slay, [idiom] surely, [idiom] very suddenly, [idiom] in (no) w…בַּנֹּ֣עַרbanoarin childנֹעַרpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “in child”, the ordinary formH5290(abstractly) boyhoodchild, youth.נַפְשָׁ֑םnafshamcreatureנֶפֶשׁnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “creature”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, [idiom] dead(-ly), desire, [idiom] (dis-) contented, [idiom] fish, ghost, [phrase] greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, [idiom] jeopardy of) life ([idiom] in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally,…וְ֝חַיָּתָ֗םvechayatamand lifeחַיconjunction, noun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and life”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2416alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively[phrase] age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, [phrase] merry, multitude, [phrase] (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop.בַּקְּדֵשִֽׁיםbaqdeshimin sodomiteקָדֵשׁpreposition, with the article, adjective, adjective, masculine, plural, absolute — “in sodomite”, the ordinary formH6945a (quasi) sacred person, i.e. (technically) a (male) devotee (by prostitution) to licentious idolatrysodomite, unclean.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Their soul perisheth in youth, and their life as that of the depraved.

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American Standard Version (1901)

They die in youth, And their life perisheth among the unclean.

Young’s Literal Translation

Their soul dieth in youth, And their life among the defiled.

World English Bible

They die in youth. Their life perishes among the unclean.

Darby Translation

Their soul dieth in youth, and their life is among the unclean.

Douay-Rheims

Their soul shall die in a storm, and their life among the effeminate.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Their soul perisheth in youth, and their life as that of the depraved.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Therefore let their soul die in youth, and their life be wounded by messengers of death .

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἀποθάνοι τοίνυν ἐν νεότητι ἡ ψυχὴ αὐτῶν, ἡ δὲ ζωὴ αὐτῶν τιτρωσκομένη ὑπὸ ἀγγέλων,