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Job 40:6

Then answered the LORD unto Job out of the whirlwind, and said,

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וַיַּֽעַןvayaanand shoutעָנָהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and shout”, the next action in the storyH6030properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e. pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extension to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout, testify, announcegive account, afflict (by mistake for H6031 (עָנָה)), (cause to, give) answer, bring low (by mistake for H6031 (עָנָה)), cry, hear, Leannoth, lift up, say, [idiom] scholar, (give a) shout, sing (together by course), speak, testify, utter,…יְהוָ֣הyehvahJehovahיְהֹוָהnoun, proper name — “Jehovah”H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodJehovah, the Lord. Compare H3050 (יָהּ), H3069 (יְהֹוִה).אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).אִ֭יּוֹבiovJobאִיּוֹבnoun, proper name — “Job”H347Ijob, the patriarch famous for his patienceJob.מנmnfromמִןpreposition — “from”H4480properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many sensesabove, after, among, at, because of, by (reason of), from (among), in, [idiom] neither, [idiom] nor, (out) of, over, since, [idiom] then, through, [idiom] whether, with.סערהsrhstormסַעַרnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “storm”, the ordinary formH5591a hurricanestorm(-y), tempest, whirlwind.מִ֥ןminfromמִןpreposition — “from”H4480properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many sensesabove, after, among, at, because of, by (reason of), from (among), in, [idiom] neither, [idiom] nor, (out) of, over, since, [idiom] then, through, [idiom] whether, with.סְעָרָ֗הsearahstormסַעַרnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “storm”, the ordinary formH5591a hurricanestorm(-y), tempest, whirlwind.וַיֹּאמַֽרvayomarand sayאָמַרconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and say”, the next action in the storyH559to say (used with great latitude)answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [id…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said:

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American Standard Version (1901)

Then Jehovah answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,

Young’s Literal Translation

And Jehovah answereth Job out of the whirlwind, and saith: —

World English Bible

Then Yahweh answered Job out of the whirlwind:

Darby Translation

And Jehovah answered Job out of the whirlwind and said,

Douay-Rheims

Scatter the proud in thy indignation, and behold every arrogant man, and humble him.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said:

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And the Lord yet again answered and spoke to Job out of the cloud, saying ,

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἔτι δὲ ὑπολαβὼν ὁ Κύριος, εἶπε τῷ Ἰὼβ ἐκ τοῦ νέφους,