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Job 36:8

And if they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of affliction;

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וְאִםveimand oh thatאִםconjunction, conjunction — “and oh that”H518used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also Oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not(and, can-, doubtless, if, that) (not), [phrase] but, either, [phrase] except, [phrase] more(-over if, than), neither, nevertheless, nor, oh that, or, [phrase] save (only, -ing), seeing, since, sith, [phrase] surely (no more, none, not), t…אֲסוּרִ֥יםasurimbindאָסַרverb, qal, passive participle, absolute — “bind”, a verb used as a describing wordH631to yoke or hitch; by analogy, to fasten in any sense, to join battlebind, fast, gird, harness, hold, keep, make ready, order, prepare, prison(-er), put in bonds, set in array, tie.בַּזִּקִּ֑יםbaziqimin chainזִיקָהpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “in chain”, the ordinary formH2131properly, what leaps forth, i.e. flash of fire, or a burning arrow; also (from the original sense of the root) a bondchain, fetter, firebrand, spark.יִ֝לָּכְד֗וּןyilakheduncatchלָכַדverb, niphal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural, paragogic nun — “catch”, an unfinished actionH3920to catch (in a net, trap or pit); generally, to capture or occupy; also to choose (by lot); figuratively, to cohere[idiom] at all, catch (self), be frozen, be holden, stick together, take.בְּחַבְלֵיbechavlein companyחֶבֶלpreposition, noun, common, both genders, plural, construct — “in company”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2256a rope (as twisted), especially a measuring line; by implication, a district or inheritance (as measured); or a noose (as of cords); figuratively, a company (as if tied together); also a throe (especially of parturition); also ruinband, coast, company, cord, country, destruction, line, lot, pain, pang, portion, region, rope, snare, sorrow, tackling.עֹֽנִיoniafflictedעֳנִיnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “afflicted”, the ordinary formH6040depression, i.e. miseryafflicted(-ion), trouble.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And if they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of affliction;

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American Standard Version (1901)

And if they be bound in fetters, And be taken in the cords of affliction;

Young’s Literal Translation

And if prisoners in fetters They are captured with cords of affliction,

World English Bible

If they are bound in fetters, and are taken in the cords of afflictions,

Darby Translation

And if, bound in fetters, they be held in cords of affliction,

Douay-Rheims

And if they shall be in chains, and be bound with the cords of poverty:

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And if they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of affliction;

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

But they that are bound in fetters shall be holden in cords of poverty.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ οἱ πεπεδημένοι ἐν χειροπέδαις, συσχεθήσονται ἐν σχοινίοις πενίας.

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Young’s Literal Translation

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Jewish Publication Society (1917)

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Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

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