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Job 9:34

Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear terrify me:

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יָסֵ֣רyaserturnסוּרverb, hiphil, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “turn”, an unfinished actionH5493to turn off (literal or figurative)be(-head), bring, call back, decline, depart, eschew, get (you), go (aside), [idiom] grievous, lay away (by), leave undone, be past, pluck away, put (away, down), rebel, remove (to and fro), revolt, [idiom] be sour, take (away, off), turn…מֵעָלַ֣יmealayfrom aboveעַלpreposition, preposition, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “from 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,…שִׁבְט֑וֹshivtvodartשֵׁבֶטnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “dart”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7626a scion, i.e. (literally) a stick (for punishing, writing, fighting, ruling, walking, etc.) or (figuratively) a clan[idiom] correction, dart, rod, sceptre, staff, tribe.וְ֝אֵמָת֗וֹveematvoand idolאֵימָהconjunction, noun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and idol”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH367fright; concrete, an idol (as a bugbear)dread, fear, horror, idol, terrible, terror.אַֽלalnotאַלparticle, negative — “not”H408not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothingnay, neither, [phrase] never, no, nor, not, nothing (worth), rather than.תְּבַעֲתַֽנִּיtevaataniaffrightבָּעַתverb, piel, jussive, 3rd person, feminine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “affright”, a wish or indirect commandH1204to fearaffright, be (make) afraid, terrify, trouble.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Let Him take His rod away from me, and let not His terror make me afraid;

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American Standard Version (1901)

Let him take his rod away from me, And let not his terror make me afraid:

Young’s Literal Translation

He doth turn aside from off me his rod, And His terror doth not make me afraid,

World English Bible

Let him take his rod away from me. Let his terror not make me afraid;

Darby Translation

Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his terror make me afraid,

Douay-Rheims

Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear terrify me.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Let Him take His rod away from me, and let not His terror make me afraid;

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Let him remove his rod from me, and let not his fear terrify me:

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἀπαλλαξάτω ἀπʼ ἐμοῦ τὴν ῥάβδον, ὁ δὲ φόβος αὐτοῦ μή με στροβείτω,