King James Version

Job 38:21

Knowest thou it, because thou wast then born? or because the number of thy days is great?

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יָ֭דַעְתָּyadataknowיָדַעverb, qal, perfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “know”, a completed actionH3045to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.)acknowledge, acquaintance(-ted with), advise, answer, appoint, assuredly, be aware, (un-) awares, can(-not), certainly, comprehend, consider, [idiom] could they, cunning, declare, be diligent, (can, cause to) discern, discover, endued with…כִּיkiassuredכִּיconjunction — “assured”H3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexedand, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + til…אָ֣זazat which timeאָזadverb — “at which time”H227at that time or place; also as a conjunction, thereforebeginning, for, from, hitherto, now, of old, once, since, then, at which time, yet.תִּוָּלֵ֑דtivaledbearיָלַדverb, niphal, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “bear”, an unfinished actionH3205to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineagebear, beget, birth(-day), born, (make to) bring forth (children, young), bring up, calve, child, come, be delivered (of a child), time of delivery, gender, hatch, labour, (do the office of a) midwife, declare pedigrees, be the son of, (wom…וּמִסְפַּ֖רumisparand numberמִסְפָּרconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “and number”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4557a number, definite (arithmetical) or indefinite (large, innumerable; small, a few); also (abstractly) narration[phrase] abundance, account, [idiom] all, [idiom] few, (in-) finite, (certain) number(-ed), tale, telling, [phrase] time.יָמֶ֣יךָyameykhaas long asיוֹםnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “as long as”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)age, [phrase] always, [phrase] chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), [phrase] elder, [idiom] end, [phrase] evening, [phrase] (for) ever(-lasting, -more), [idiom] full, life, as (so) lon…רַבִּֽיםrabimaboundרַבadjective, adjective, masculine, plural, absolute — “abound”, the ordinary formH7227abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)(in) abound(-undance, -ant, -antly), captain, elder, enough, exceedingly, full, great(-ly, man, one), increase, long (enough, (time)), (do, have) many(-ifold, things, a time), (ship-)master, mighty, more, (too, very) much, multiply(-tude),…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Thou knowest it, for thou wast then born, and the number of thy days is great!

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American Standard Version (1901)

Doubtless , thou knowest, for thou wast then born, And the number of thy days is great!

Young’s Literal Translation

Thou hast known — for then thou art born And the number of thy days [are] many!

World English Bible

Surely you know, for you were born then, and the number of your days is great!

Darby Translation

Thou knowest, for thou wast then born, and the number of thy days is great!

Douay-Rheims

Didst thou know then that thou shouldst be born? and didst thou know the number of thy days?

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Thou knowest it, for thou wast then born, and the number of thy days is great!

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

I know then that thou wert born at that time, and the number of thy years is great.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Οἶδα ἄρα ὅτι τότε γεγέννησαι, ἀριθμὸς δὲ ἐτῶν σου πολύς;