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The LORD Challenges Job Again

Job 40:13

In 11 translations

BSB
Bury them together in the dust; imprison them in the grave.Or in the hidden place
KJV
Hide them in the dust together; and bind their faces in secret.
WEB
Hide them in the dust together. Bind their faces in the hidden place.
ASV
Hide them in the dust together; Bind their faces in the hidden place.
LSV
Hide them in the dust together, || Bind their faces in secret.
YLT
Hide them in the dust together, Their faces bind in secret.
DBY
Hide them in the dust together; bind their faces in secret.
DRC40:8
Hide them in the dust together, and plunge their faces into the pit.
GNV40:8
Hide them in the dust together, and binde their faces in a secret place.
JPS
Hide them in the dust together; bind their faces in the hidden place.
LXXE
And hide them together in the earth; and fill their faces with shame.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
טָמְנֵ֣ם בֶּעָפָ֣ר יָ֑חַד פְּ֝נֵיהֶ֗ם חֲבֹ֣שׁ בַּטָּמֽוּן׃
LXX-Br
Κρύψον δὲ εἰς γῆν ὁμοθυμαδόν, τὰ δὲ πρόσωπα αὐτῶν ἀτιμίας ἔμπλησον.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Isaiah 2:10Go into the rocks and hide in the dust from the terror of the LORD and the splendor of His majesty.
  • Psalms 49:14Like sheep they are destined for Sheol. Death will be their shepherd. The upright will rule them in the morning, and their form will decay in Sheol, far from their lofty abode.
  • Job 36:13The godless in heart harbor resentment; even when He binds them, they do not cry for help.
  • Job 14:13If only You would hide me in Sheol and conceal me until Your anger has passed! If only You would appoint a time for me and then remember me!
  • Esther 7:8Just as the king returned from the palace garden to the banquet hall, Haman was falling on the couch where Esther was reclining. The king exclaimed, “Would he actually assault the queen while I am in the palace?” As…
  • John 11:44The man who had been dead came out with his hands and feet bound in strips of linen, and his face wrapped in a cloth. “Unwrap him and let him go,” Jesus told them.

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).

Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • 40:8 in some Bibles
  • 40:13 in most Bibles

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