King James Version

Job 36:20

Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their place.

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אַלalnotאַלparticle, negative — “not”H408not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothingnay, neither, [phrase] never, no, nor, not, nothing (worth), rather than.תִּשְׁאַ֥ףtishafdesireשָׁאַףverb, qal, jussive, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “desire”, a wish or indirect commandH7602to inhale eagerly; figuratively, to cover; by implication, to be angry; also to hastendesire (earnestly), devour, haste, pant, snuff up, swallow up.הַלָּ֑יְלָהhalayelahthe nightלַיִלdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the night”, the ordinary formH3915properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity(mid-)night (season).לַעֲל֖וֹתlaalotto ascend upעָלָהpreposition, verb, qal, infinitive construct — “to ascend up”, the to-form of the verbH5927to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurativearise (up), (cause to) ascend up, at once, break (the day) (up), bring (up), (cause to) burn, carry up, cast up, [phrase] shew, climb (up), (cause to, make to) come (up), cut off, dawn, depart, exalt, excel, fall, fetch up, get up, (make t…עַמִּ֣יםamimpeopleעַםnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “people”, the ordinary formH5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flockfolk, men, nation, people.תַּחְתָּֽםtachtamwithתַּחַתpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “with”H8478the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc.as, beneath, [idiom] flat, in(-stead), (same) place (where...is), room, for...sake, stead of, under, [idiom] unto, [idiom] when...was mine, whereas, (where-) fore, with.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Desire not the night, when peoples are cut off in their place.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Desire not the night, When peoples are cut off in their place.

Young’s Literal Translation

Desire not the night, For the going up of peoples in their stead.

World English Bible

Don’t desire the night, when people are cut off in their place.

Darby Translation

Desire not the night, when peoples are cut off from their place.

Douay-Rheims

Prolong not the night that people may come up for them.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Desire not the night, when peoples are cut off in their place.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And draw not forth all the mighty men by night, so that the people should go up instead of them.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

καὶ πάντας τοὺς κραταιοῦντας ἰσχὺν μὴ ἐξελκύσῃς τὴν νύκτα, τοῦ ἀναβῆναι λαοὺς ἀντʼ αὐτῶν,