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Job 39:15

And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them.

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וַ֭תִּשְׁכַּחvatishkachand forgetשָׁכַחconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “and forget”, the next action in the storyH7911to mislay, i.e. to be oblivious of, from want of memory or attention[idiom] at all, (cause to) forget.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…רֶ֣גֶלregelfootרֶגֶלnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “foot”, the ordinary formH7272a foot (as used in walking); by implication, a step; by euphemistically the pudenda[idiom] be able to endure, [idiom] according as, [idiom] after, [idiom] coming, [idiom] follow, (broken-)foot(-ed, -stool), [idiom] great toe, [idiom] haunt, [idiom] journey, leg, [phrase] piss, [phrase] possession, time.תְּזוּרֶ֑הָtezurehacloseזוּרverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “close”, an unfinished actionH2115to press together, tightenclose, rush, thrust together.וְחַיַּ֖תvechayatand lifeחַיconjunction, noun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “and life”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2416alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively[phrase] age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, [phrase] merry, multitude, [phrase] (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop.הַשָּׂדֶ֣הhasadehthe fieldשָׂדֶהdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the field”, the ordinary formH7704a field (as flat)country, field, ground, land, soil, [idiom] wild.תְּדוּשֶֽׁהָtedushehathreshדּוּשׁverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “thresh”, an unfinished actionH1758to trample or threshbreak, tear, thresh, tread out (down), at grass (Jeremiah 50:11, by mistake for H1877 (דֶּשֶׁא)).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may trample them.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, Or that the wild beast may trample them.

Young’s Literal Translation

And she forgetteth that a foot may press it, And a beast of the field tread it down.

World English Bible

and forgets that the foot may crush them, or that the wild animal may trample them.

Darby Translation

And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the beast of the field may trample them.

Douay-Rheims

She forgetteth that the foot may tread upon them, or that the beasts of the field may break them.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may trample them.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

and has forgotten that the foot will scatter them, and the wild beasts of the field trample them.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

καὶ ἐπελάθετο, ὅτι ποῦς σκορπιεῖ, καὶ θηρία ἀγροῦ καταπατήσει.