JOB 12:3 Parallel View

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OET (OET-RV) But I too have a mind as well as you.
 ⇔ I’m not getting bowled over by you.
 ⇔ Is there anyone who doesn’t know those things?

Key: yellow:verbs, red:negative.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

ULT A heart is also to me, like you.
⇔ I am not falling below you.
⇔ And with whom are not such things as these?

UST But I have as much good sense as you do.
⇔ I am just as wise as you are.
⇔ People certainly know, in general, the things that you have said.

BSB But I also have a mind;
⇔ I am not inferior to you.
⇔ Who does not know such things as these?

OEB But, like you, I have understanding;
⇔ Who knoweth not things like these?

WEB But I have understanding as well as you;
⇔ I am not inferior to you.
⇔ Yes, who doesn’t know such things as these?

NET I also have understanding as well as you;
 ⇔ I am not inferior to you.
 ⇔ Who does not know such things as these?

LSV I also have a heart like you, I am not fallen more than you,
And with whom is there not like these?

FBV But I too have insights, and you're no better than me. Doesn't everyone know the things you've said?

T4T But I have as much good sense as you do;
⇔ I am ◄not less wise than/certainly as wise as [LIT]► you.
⇔ Certainly everyone knows [RHQ] all that you have said.

LEB • [fn] like you;[fn] I am not more inferior than you.[fn] • And[fn]

?:? Literally “Also for me heart”

?:? Plural

?:? Literally “and who there is not like these”

BBE But I have a mind as well as you; I am equal to you: yes, who has not knowledge of such things as these?

MOF No MOF JOB book available

JPS But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you; yea, who knoweth not such things as these?

ASV But I have understanding as well as you;
 ⇔ I am not inferior to you:
 ⇔ Yea, who knoweth not such things as these?

DRA I also have a heart as well as you: for who is ignorant of these things, which you know?

YLT I also have a heart like you, I am not fallen more than you, And with whom is there not like these?

DBY I also have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you; and who knoweth not such things as these?

RV But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: yea, who knoweth not such things as these?

WBS But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: yes, who knoweth not such things as these?

KJB But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: yea, who knoweth not such things as these?[fn][fn][fn]
(But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: yea, who knowth/knows not such things as these?)

12.3 understanding: Heb. an heart

12.3 I am…: Heb. I fall not lower than you

12.3 who…: Heb. with whom are not such as these?

BB But I haue vnderstanding aswell as ye, and am not inferior to you: Yea who knoweth not these thinges?
(But I have understanding aswell as ye, and am not inferior to you: Yea who knowth/knows not these things?)

GNV But I haue vnderstanding aswel as you, and am not inferior vnto you: yea, who knoweth not such things?
(But I have understanding aswel as you, and am not inferior unto you: yea, who knowth/knows not such things? )

CB But I haue vnderstodinge as well as ye, and am no lesse then ye. Yee who knoweth not these thinges?
(But I have understanding as well as ye, and am no lesse then ye. Yee who knowth/knows not these things?)

WYC And to me is an herte, as and to you, and Y am not lowere than ye; for who knowith not these thingis, whiche ye knowen?
(And to me is an heart, as and to you, and I am not lowere than ye; for who knowth/knows not these things, which ye/you_all known?)

LUT Ich habe so wohl ein Herz als ihr und bin nicht geringer denn ihr; und wer ist, der solches nicht wisse?
(I have so wohl a Herz als her and bin not geringer because ihr; and wer is, the solches not wisse?)

CLV Et mihi est cor sicut et vobis, nec inferior vestri sum; quis enim hæc quæ nostis ignorat?[fn]
(And mihi it_is heart sicut and vobis, but_not inferior vestri sum; who/any because this which nostis ignorat?)

12.3 Et mihi est cor sicut. Ut eorum superbiam corrigat, esse se inferiorem negat; et ne suæ humilitatis limitem transeat, se superiorem tacet. Ecce quam discrete, in quo indicat quod illi de se sentire deberent. Quis enim hæc quæ nostis ignorat? Ac si dicat: Cum cunctis sint nota quæ dicitis, de dictorum scientia cur singulariter tumetis?

12.3 And mihi it_is heart sicut. Ut eorum superbiam corrigat, esse se inferiorem negat; and ne suæ humilitatis limitem transeat, se superiorem tacet. Behold how discrete, in quo indicat that illi about se sentire deberent. Quis because this which nostis ignorat? Ac when/but_if dicat: Since cunctis sint nota which dicitis, about dictorum scientia cur singulariter tumetis?

BRN But I also have a heart as well as you.

BrLXX Κᾀμοὶ μὲν καρδία καθʼ ὑμᾶς ἐστι.
(Kᾀmoi men kardia kathʼ humas esti. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

גַּם־לִ֤⁠י לֵבָ֨ב ׀ כְּֽמוֹ⁠כֶ֗ם

also/yet to=me mind as_well_as,you_all

Here, the heart represents the thoughts, and in this context, specifically wise thoughts. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “I have wisdom just as you do”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

לֹא־נֹפֵ֣ל אָנֹכִ֣י מִ⁠כֶּ֑ם

not inferior I to,you_all

Job is using this expression to mean that he is not inferior to his friends. Your language may have a similar expression that you could use in your translation. You could also state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “I do not fall short of you” or “I am not inferior to you”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

וְ⁠אֶת־מִי־אֵ֥ין כְּמוֹ־אֵֽלֶּה

and=DOM who? not as these

Job is using the question form for emphasis. If you would not use the question form for that purpose in your language, you could translate this as a statement or as an exclamation. Alternate translation: “Indeed, such things as these are with everyone.”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

וְ⁠אֶת־מִי־אֵ֥ין כְּמוֹ־אֵֽלֶּה

and=DOM who? not as these

Job is using this expression to mean that everyone knows the things that his friends have been saying. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “And everyone knows such things as these” or “And everyone knows the things that you have been saying”

Parallel JOB 12:3