King James Version

Job 39:21

He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men.

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יַחְפְּר֣וּyachpervsearch outחָפַרverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “search out”, an unfinished actionH2658properly, to pry into; by implication, to delve, to exploredig, paw, search out, seek.בָ֭עֵמֶקvaemeqin valeעֵמֶקpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “in vale”, the ordinary formH6010a vale (i.e. broad depression)dale, vale, valley (often used as a part of proper names). See also H1025 (בֵּית הָעֵמֶק).וְיָשִׂ֣ישׂveyasisand be gladשׂוּשׂconjunction, verb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and be glad”, an unfinished actionH7797to be bright, i.e. cheerfulbe glad, [idiom] greatly, joy, make mirth, rejoice.בְּכֹ֑חַbekhochain forceכֹּחַpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “in force”, the ordinary formH3581vigor, literally (force, in a good or a bad sense) or figuratively (capacity, means, produce); also (from its hardiness) a large lizardability, able, chameleon, force, fruits, might, power(-ful), strength, substance, wealth.יֵ֝צֵ֗אyetsebring forthיָצָאverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “bring forth”, an unfinished actionH3318to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.[idiom] after, appear, [idiom] assuredly, bear out, [idiom] begotten, break out, bring forth (out, up), carry out, come (abroad, out, thereat, without), [phrase] be condemned, depart(-ing, -ure), draw forth, in the end, escape, exact, fail…לִקְרַאתliqratto helpקִרְאָהpreposition, verb, qal, infinitive construct — “to help”, the to-form of the verbH7125an encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite)[idiom] against (he come), help, meet, seek, [idiom] to, [idiom] in the way.נָֽשֶׁקnasheqarmed menנֶשֶׁקnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “armed men”, the ordinary formH5402military equipment, i.e. (collectively) arms (offensive or defensive), or (concretely) an arsenalarmed men, armour(-y), battle, harness, weapon.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength; he goeth out to meet the clash of arms.

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American Standard Version (1901)

He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: He goeth out to meet the armed men.

Young’s Literal Translation

They dig in a valley, and he rejoiceth in power, He goeth forth to meet the armour.

World English Bible

He paws in the valley, and rejoices in his strength. He goes out to meet the armed men.

Darby Translation

He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in [his] strength; he goeth forth to meet the armed host.

Douay-Rheims

He breaketh up the earth with his hoof, he pranceth boldly, he goeth forward to meet armed men.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength; he goeth out to meet the clash of arms.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

He paws exulting in the plain, and goes forth in strength into the plain.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἀνορύσσων ἐν πεδίῳ γαυριᾷ, ἐκπορεύεται δὲ εἰς πεδίον ἐν ἰσχύϊ.