King James Version

Job 39:12

Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy barn?

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הֲתַאֲמִ֣יןhataaminbelieveאָמַןparticle, interrogative, verb, hiphil, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “believe”, an unfinished actionH539properly, to build up or support; to foster as a parent or nurse; figuratively to render (or be) firm or faithful, to trust or believe, to be permanent or quiet; morally to be true or certain;hence, assurance, believe, bring up, establish, [phrase] fail, be faithful (of long continuance, stedfast, sure, surely, trusty, verified), nurse, (-ing father), (put), trust, turn to the right.בּ֭וֹbvoinבּ֭וֹpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “in”inכִּיkiassuredכִּיconjunction — “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…ישובyshvvagainשׁוּבverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “again”, an unfinished actionH7725to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again((break, build, circumcise, dig, do anything, do evil, feed, lay down, lie down, lodge, make, rejoice, send, take, weep)) [idiom] again, (cause to) answer ([phrase] again), [idiom] in any case (wise), [idiom] at all, averse, bring (again,…יָשִׁ֣יבyashivagainשׁוּבverb, hiphil, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “again”, an unfinished actionH7725to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again((break, build, circumcise, dig, do anything, do evil, feed, lay down, lie down, lodge, make, rejoice, send, take, weep)) [idiom] again, (cause to) answer ([phrase] again), [idiom] in any case (wise), [idiom] at all, averse, bring (again,…זַרְעֶ֑ךָzarekhaseedזֶרַעnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “seed”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2233seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity[idiom] carnally, child, fruitful, seed(-time), sowing-time.וְֽגָרְנְךָ֥vegarenekhaand floorגֹּרֶןconjunction, noun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “and floor”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1637a threshing-floor (as made even); by analogy, any open area(barn, corn, threshing-) floor, (threshing-, void) place.יֶאֱסֹֽףyeesofdestroyאָסַףverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “destroy”, an unfinished actionH622to gather for any purpose; hence, to receive, take away, i.e. remove (destroy, leave behind, put up, restore, etc.)assemble, bring, consume, destroy, felch, gather (in, together, up again), [idiom] generally, get (him), lose, put all together, receive, recover (another from leprosy), (be) rereward, [idiom] surely, take (away, into, up), [idiom] utterly…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Wilt thou rely on him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather the corn of thy threshing-floor?

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American Standard Version (1901)

Wilt thou confide in him, that he will bring home thy seed, And gather the grain of thy threshing-floor?

Young’s Literal Translation

Dost thou trust in him That he doth bring back thy seed? And [to] thy threshing-floor doth gather [it]?

World English Bible

Will you confide in him, that he will bring home your seed, and gather the grain of your threshing floor?

Darby Translation

Wilt thou trust him to bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy threshing-floor?

Douay-Rheims

Wilt thou trust him that he will render thee the seed, and gather it into thy barnfloor?

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Wilt thou rely on him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather the corn of thy threshing-floor?

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And wilt thou believe that he will return to thee thy seed, and bring it in to thy threshing-floor?

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Πιστεύσεις δὲ, ὅτι ἀποδώσει σοι τὸν σπόρον, εἰσοίσει δέ σου τὸν ἅλωνα;