Job 21:11
King James Version (1769)
Other translations
| Verse | KJV | BSB | ASV |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance. | They send forth their little ones like a flock; their children skip about, | They send forth their little ones like a flock, And their children dance. |
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Original Hebrew words
| English | Hebrew | Say it | Strong's | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| they send forth | יְשַׁלְּח֣וּ | ye-sha-le-CHU | H7971G | to send: departשָׁלַח (sha.lach) : depart/send 1) to send, send away, let go, stretch out 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to send 1a2) to stretch out, extend, direct 1a3) to send away 1a4) to let loose 1b) (Niphal) to be sent 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to send off or away or out or forth, dismiss, give over, cast out 1c2) to let go, set free 1c3) to shoot forth (of branches) 1c4) to let down 1c5) to shoot 1d) (Pual) to be sent off, be put away, be divorced, be impelled 1e) (Hiphil) to send |
| like the flock | כַ֭צֹּאן | KHA-tzon | H6629G | flockצֹאן (tson) 1) small cattle, sheep, sheep and goats, flock, flocks 1a) small cattle (usually of sheep and goats) 1b) of multitude (simile) 1c) of multitude (metaphor) |
| young boys their | עֲוִילֵיהֶ֑ם | 'a-vi-lei-HEM | H5759 | boyעֲוִיל (a.vil) young male or man or boy, boy |
| and children their | וְ֝יַלְדֵיהֶ֗ם | ve-yal-dei-HEM | H3206 | youthיֶ֫לֶד (ye.led) 1) child, son, boy, offspring, youth 1a) child, son, boy 1b) child, children 1c) descendants 1d) youth 1e) apostate Israelites (fig.) |
| they leap about ! | יְרַקֵּדֽוּן׃ | ye-ra-ke-DUN | H7540 | to skip aboutרָקַד (ra.qad) 1) to skip about 1a) (Qal) to skip about 1b) (Piel) to dance, leap 1c) (Hiphil) to make to skip |
Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.