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Job 38:34

Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?

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הֲתָרִ֣יםhatarimhighרוּםparticle, interrogative, verb, hiphil, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “high”, an unfinished actionH7311to be high actively, to rise or raise (in various applications, literally or figuratively)bring up, exalt (self), extol, give, go up, haughty, heave (up), (be, lift up on, make on, set up on, too) high(-er, one), hold up, levy, lift(-er) up, (be) lofty, ([idiom] a-) loud, mount up, offer (up), [phrase] presumptuously, (be) prom…לָעָ֣בlaavto cloudעָבpreposition, with the article, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “to cloud”, the ordinary formH5645properly, an envelope, i.e. darkness (or density, 2 Chronicles 4:17); specifically, a (scud) cloud; also a copseclay, (thick) cloud, [idiom] thick, thicket. Compare H5672 (עֲבִי).קוֹלֶ֑ךָqolekhasoundקוֹלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “sound”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6963a voice or sound[phrase] aloud, bleating, crackling, cry ([phrase] out), fame, lightness, lowing, noise, [phrase] hold peace, (pro-) claim, proclamation, [phrase] sing, sound, [phrase] spark, thunder(-ing), voice, [phrase] yell.וְֽשִׁפְעַתveshifatand abundanceשִׁפְעָהconjunction, noun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “and abundance”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8229copiousnessabundance, company, multitude.מַ֥יִםmayimwaterמַיִםnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “water”, the ordinary formH4325water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen[phrase] piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).תְּכַסֶּֽךָּtekhasekacoverכָּסָהverb, piel, imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “cover”, an unfinished actionH3680properly, to plump, i.e. fill up hollows; by implication, to cover (for clothing or secrecy)clad self, close, clothe, conceal, cover (self), (flee to) hide, overwhelm. Compare H3780 (כָּשָׂה).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?

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American Standard Version (1901)

Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, That abundance of waters may cover thee?

Young’s Literal Translation

Dost thou lift up to the cloud thy voice, And abundance of water doth cover thee?

World English Bible

“Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover you?

Darby Translation

Dost thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that floods of waters may cover thee?

Douay-Rheims

Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that an abundance of waters may cover thee?

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And wilt thou call a cloud with thy voice, and will it obey thee with a violent shower of much rain?

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

καλέσεις δὲ νέφος φωνῇ, καὶ τρόμῳ ὕδατος λάβρου ὑπακούσεταί σου;

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Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

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