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Job 4:7

In Job 4 of Job.

Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off?

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זְכָרzekharbe maleזָכַרverb, qal, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “be male”, a commandH2142properly, to mark (so as to be recognized), i.e. to remember; by implication, to mention; to be male[idiom] burn (incense), [idiom] earnestly, be male, (make) mention (of), be mindful, recount, record(-er), remember, make to be remembered, bring (call, come, keep, put) to (in) remembrance, [idiom] still, think on, [idiom] well.נָ֗אnaI beseech theeנָאparticle, exhortation — “I beseech thee”H4994'I pray', 'now', or 'then'; added mostly to verbs (in the Imperative or Future), or to interjections, occasionally to an adverb or conjunctionI beseech (pray) thee (you), go to, now, oh.מִ֤יmiwhoמִיparticle, interrogative — “who”H4310who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffixany (man), [idiom] he, [idiom] him, [phrase] O that! what, which, who(-m, -se, -soever), [phrase] would to God.ה֣וּאhuas for herהוּאpronoun, personal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “as for her”H1931he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or arehe, as for her, him(-self), it, the same, she (herself), such, that (...it), these, they, this, those, which (is), who.נָקִ֣יnaqiinnocentנָקִיadjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “innocent”, the ordinary formH5355innocentblameless, clean, clear, exempted, free, guiltless, innocent, quit.אָבָ֑דavaddestroyאָבַדverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “destroy”, a completed actionH6properly, to wander away, i.e. lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy)break, destroy(-uction), [phrase] not escape, fail, lose, (cause to, make) perish, spend, [idiom] and surely, take, be undone, [idiom] utterly, be void of, have no way to flee.וְ֝אֵיפֹ֗הveeyfoand what mannerאֵיפֹהconjunction, particle, interrogative — “and what manner”H375what place?; also (of time) when?; or (of means) how?what manner, where.יְשָׁרִ֥יםyesharimstraightיָשָׁרadjective, adjective, masculine, plural, absolute — “straight”, the ordinary formH3477straight (literally or figuratively)convenient, equity, Jasher, just, meet(-est), [phrase] pleased well right(-eous), straight, (most) upright(-ly, -ness).נִכְחָֽדוּnikhchadvconcealכָּחַדverb, niphal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “conceal”, a completed actionH3582to secrete, by act or word; hence (intensively) to destroyconceal, cut down (off), desolate, hide.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? Or where were the upright cut off?

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American Standard Version (1901)

Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? Or where were the upright cut off?

Young’s Literal Translation

Remember, I pray thee, Who, being innocent, hath perished? And where have the upright been cut off?

World English Bible

“Remember, now, who ever perished, being innocent? Or where were the upright cut off?

Darby Translation

Remember, I pray thee, who that was innocent has perished? and where were the upright cut off?

Douay-Rheims

Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished being innocent? or when were the just destroyed?

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? Or where were the upright cut off?

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Remember then who has perished, being pure? or when were the true-hearted utterly destroyed?

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Μνήσθητι οὖν, τίς καθαρὸς ὢν ἀπώλετο, ἢ πότε ἀληθινοὶ ὁλόῤῥιζοι ἀπώλοντο;

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