JOB 11:4 Parallel View

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ULT For you have said, ‘My doctrine is pure,
⇔ and I am clean in your eyes.’

UST I need to correct you because you have told God,
⇔ ‘I believe the right things,
⇔ and you know that I have done the right things.’

BSB You have said, ‘My doctrine is sound,
⇔ and I am pure in Your sight.’

OEB Thou maintainest thy way to be pure,
⇔ And thyself to be clean in His sight.

WEB For you say, ‘My doctrine is pure.
⇔ I am clean in your eyes.’

NET For you have said, ‘My teaching is flawless,
 ⇔ and I am pure in your sight.’

LSV And you say, My discourse [is] pure,
And I have been clean in Your eyes.

FBV You said, ‘What I teach is the pure truth,’ and ‘in God's eyes I am clean.’

T4T You say, ‘What I say is true;
⇔ God knows that I am ◄innocent/without guilt►.’

LEB • is pure, and I am clean in your sight.’

BBE You may say, My way is clean, and I am free from sin in your eyes.

MOF No MOF JOB book available

JPS And thou hast said: 'My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in Thine eyes.'

ASV For thou sayest, My doctrine is pure,
 ⇔ And I am clean in thine eyes.

DRA For thou hast said: My word is pure, and I am clean in thy sight.

YLT And thou sayest, 'Pure [is] my discourse, And clean I have been in Thine eyes.'

DBY For thou sayest, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes.

RV For thou sayest, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes.

WBS For thou hast said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thy eyes.

KJB For thou hast said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes.
(For thou/you hast said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine/your eyes. )

BB For thou hast sayde, my doctrine is pure, and I am cleane in thyne eyes.
(For thou/you hast said, my doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine/your eyes.)

GNV For thou hast sayde, My doctrine is pure, and I am cleane in thine eyes.
(For thou/you hast said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine/your eyes. )

CB Wilt thou saye vnto God: The thinge that I take in honde, is perfecte, & I am clene in thy sight?
(Wilt thou/you say unto God: The thing that I take in honde, is perfecte, and I am clene in thy/your sight?)

WYC For thou seidist, My word is cleene, and Y am cleene in thi siyt.
(For thou/you saidist, My word is cleene, and I am cleene in thy/your siyt.)

LUT Du sprichst: Meine Rede ist rein, und lauter bin ich vor deinen Augen.
(You sprichst: My Rede is rein, and lauter bin I before/in_front_of deinen Augen.)

CLV Dixisti enim: Purus est sermo meus, et mundus sum in conspectu tuo.[fn]
(Dixisti because: Purus it_is sermo mine, and mundus I_am in conspectu tuo.)

11.4 Dixisti enim: Purus est sermo meus. Job non dixerat; sed solatio est facinori, si vel falso inquinetur vita corripientis.

11.4 Dixisti because: Purus it_is sermo meus. Yob not/no dixerat; but solatio it_is facinori, when/but_if or falso inquinetur vita corripientis.

BRN For say not, I am pure in my works, and blameless before him.

BrLXX Μὴ γὰρ λέγε, ὅτι καθαρός εἰμι τοῖς ἔργοις καὶ ἄμεμπτος ἐναντίον αὐτοῦ.
(Maʸ gar lege, hoti katharos eimi tois ergois kai amemptos enantion autou. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

וַ֭⁠תֹּאמֶר זַ֣ךְ לִקְחִ֑⁠י וּ֝⁠בַ֗ר הָיִ֥יתִי בְ⁠עֵינֶֽי⁠ךָ

and=she/it_said pure teaching,my and,clean am in/on/at/with,sight,your

Zophar means implicitly that Job has said these things to God. You could indicate that in your translation if it would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: “For you have said to God, ‘My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in your eyes.’”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / quotesinquotes

וַ֭⁠תֹּאמֶר זַ֣ךְ לִקְחִ֑⁠י וּ֝⁠בַ֗ר הָיִ֥יתִי בְ⁠עֵינֶֽי⁠ךָ

and=she/it_said pure teaching,my and,clean am in/on/at/with,sight,your

If it would be clearer in your language, you could translate this so that there is not a quotation within a quotation. Alternate translation: “For you have told God that your doctrine is pure and that you are clean in his eyes”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

זַ֣ךְ לִקְחִ֑⁠י וּ֝⁠בַ֗ר הָיִ֥יתִי

pure teaching,my and,clean am

Zophar says that Job has spoken as if his doctrine were literally pure and his conduct was literally clean, that is, not physically dirty. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “My doctrine is correct, and I am righteous”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

בְ⁠עֵינֶֽי⁠ךָ

in/on/at/with,sight,your

Zophar is using the term eyes by association to mean sight. Sight, in turn, represents attention, perspective, and judgment. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “in your perspective”

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