King James Version

Job 5:26

Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season.

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תָּב֣וֹאtavoto comeבּוֹאverb, qal, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “to come”, an unfinished actionH935to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)abide, apply, attain, [idiom] be, befall, [phrase] besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, [idiom] certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, [idiom] doubtless again, [phrase] eat,…בְכֶ֣לַחvekhelachin full ageכֶּלַחpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “in full age”, the ordinary formH3624maturityfull (old) age.אֱלֵיeleamongאֵלpreposition — “among”H413near, with or among; often in general, toabout, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).קָ֑בֶרqaversepulchreקֶבֶרnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “sepulchre”, the ordinary formH6913a sepulchreburying place, grave, sepulchre.כַּעֲל֖וֹתkaalotas ascend upעָלָהpreposition, verb, qal, infinitive construct — “as ascend up”, the to-form of the verbH5927to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurativearise (up), (cause to) ascend up, at once, break (the day) (up), bring (up), (cause to) burn, carry up, cast up, [phrase] shew, climb (up), (cause to, make to) come (up), cut off, dawn, depart, exalt, excel, fall, fetch up, get up, (make t…גָּדִ֣ישׁgadishtombגָּדִישׁnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “tomb”, the ordinary formH1430a stack of sheaves; by analogy, a tombshock (stack) (of corn), tomb.בְּעִתּֽוֹbeitvoin whenעֵתpreposition, noun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “in when”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6256time, especially (adverb with preposition) now, when, etc.[phrase] after, (al-) ways, [idiom] certain, [phrase] continually, [phrase] evening, long, (due) season, so (long) as, (even-, evening-, noon-) tide, (meal-), what) time, when.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Thou shalt come to thy grave in a ripe age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in its season.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, Like as a shock of grain cometh in in its season.

Young’s Literal Translation

Thou comest in full age unto the grave, As the going up of a stalk in its season.

World English Bible

You will come to your grave in a full age, like a shock of grain comes in its season.

Darby Translation

Thou shalt come to the grave in a ripe age, as a shock of corn is brought in in its season.

Douay-Rheims

Thou shalt enter into the grave in abundance, as a heap of wheat is brought in its season.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Thou shalt come to thy grave in a ripe age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in its season.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And thou shalt come to the grave like ripe corn reaped in its season, or as a heap of the corn-flour collected in proper time.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἐλεύσῃ δὲ ἐν τάφῳ ὥσπερ σῖτος ὥριμος κατὰ καιρὸν θεριζόμενος, ἢ ὥσπερ θιμωνία ἅλωνος καθʼ ὥραν συγκομισθεῖσα.