King James Version

Job 9:33

Neither is there any daysman betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us both.

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לֹ֣אloifלוּאparticle, negative — “if”H3863a conditional particle; if; by implication (interj. as a wish) would that!if (haply), peradventure, I pray thee, though, I would, would God (that).יֵשׁyeshareיֵשׁparticle, demonstrative — “are”H3426there is or are (or any other form of the verb to be, as may suit the connection)(there) are, (he, it, shall, there, there may, there shall, there should) be, thou do, had, hast, (which) hath, (I, shalt, that) have, (he, it, there) is, substance, it (there) was, (there) were, ye will, thou wilt, wouldest.בֵּינֵ֣ינוּbeyneynvbetweenבֵּיןpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, plural — “between”H996between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles); also as a conjunction, either...oramong, asunder, at, between (-twixt...and), [phrase] from (the widest), [idiom] in, out of, whether (it be...or), within.מוֹכִ֑יחַmokhichaargueיָכַחverb, hiphil, participle, absolute — “argue”, a verb used as a describing wordH3198to be right (i.e. correct); reciprocal, to argue; causatively, to decide, justify or convictappoint, argue, chasten, convince, correct(-ion), daysman, dispute, judge, maintain, plead, reason (together), rebuke, reprove(-r), surely, in any wise.יָשֵׁ֖תyashetapplyשִׁיתverb, qal, jussive, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “apply”, a wish or indirect commandH7896to place (in a very wide application)apply, appoint, array, bring, consider, lay (up), let alone, [idiom] look, make, mark, put (on), [phrase] regard, set, shew, be stayed, [idiom] take.יָד֣וֹyadvohandיָדnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “hand”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3027a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),([phrase] be) able, [idiom] about, [phrase] armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border, [idiom] bounty, [phrase] broad, (broken-) handed, [idiom] by, charge, coast, [phrase] consecrate, [phrase] creditor, custody, debt, dominion, […עַלalaboveעַלpreposition — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…שְׁנֵֽינוּsheneynvtwoשְׁנַיִםadjective, cardinal, masculine, dual, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, plural — “two”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8147two; also (as ordinal) twofoldboth, couple, double, second, twain, [phrase] twelfth, [phrase] twelve, [phrase] twenty (sixscore) thousand, twice, two.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

There is no arbiter betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us both.

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American Standard Version (1901)

There is no umpire betwixt us, That might lay his hand upon us both.

Young’s Literal Translation

If there were between us an umpire, He doth place his hand on us both.

World English Bible

There is no umpire between us, that might lay his hand on us both.

Darby Translation

There is not an umpire between us, who should lay his hand upon us both.

Douay-Rheims

There is none that may be able to reprove both, and to put his hand between both.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

There is no arbiter betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us both.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Would that he our mediator were present , and a reprover, and one who should hear the cause between both.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Εἴθε ἦν ὁ μεσίτης ἡμῶν, καὶ ἐλέγχων, καὶ διακούων ἀναμέσον ἀμφοτέρων.