King James Version

Job 38:13

That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?

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לֶ֭אֱחֹזleechozto holdאָחַזpreposition, verb, qal, infinitive construct — “to hold”, the to-form of the verbH270to seize (often with the accessory idea of holding in possession)[phrase] be affrighted, bar, (catch, lay, take) hold (back), come upon, fasten, handle, portion, (get, have or take) possess(-ion).בְּכַנְפ֣וֹתbekhanfotin wingכָּנָףpreposition, noun, common, feminine, plural, construct — “in wing”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3671an edge or extremity; specifically (of a bird or army) a wing, (of a garment or bedclothing) a flap, (of the earth) a quarter, (of a building) a pinnacle[phrase] bird, border, corner, end, feather(-ed), [idiom] flying, [phrase] (one an-) other, overspreading, [idiom] quarters, skirt, [idiom] sort, uttermost part, wing(-ed).הָאָ֑רֶץhaaretsthe earthאֶרֶץdefinite article, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “the earth”, the ordinary formH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.וְיִנָּעֲר֖וּveyinaarvand shakeנָעַרconjunction, verb, niphal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and shake”, an unfinished actionH5287to tumble aboutshake (off, out, self), overthrow, toss up and down.מִמֶּֽנָּהmimenahfromמִןpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “from”H4480properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many sensesabove, after, among, at, because of, by (reason of), from (among), in, [idiom] neither, [idiom] nor, (out) of, over, since, [idiom] then, through, [idiom] whether, with.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, and the wicked be shaken out of it?

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American Standard Version (1901)

That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, And the wicked be shaken out of it?

Young’s Literal Translation

To take hold on the skirts of the earth, And the wicked are shaken out of it,

World English Bible

that it might take hold of the ends of the earth, and shake the wicked out of it?

Darby Translation

That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, and the wicked might be shaken out of it?

Douay-Rheims

And didst thou hold the extremities of the earth shaking them, and hast thou shaken the ungodly out of it?

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, and the wicked be shaken out of it?

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

to lay hold of the extremities of the earth, to cast out the ungodly out of it?

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

ἐπιλαβέσθαι πτερύγων γῆς, ἐκτινάξαι ἀσεβεῖς ἐξ αὐτῆς;