JOB 13:25 Parallel View

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OET (OET-RV) Would you terrify a leaf blown by the wind?
 ⇔ ≈Would you chase a dry stalk to punish it?

Key: yellow:verbs.
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).

UST I am as insignificant as a leaf that the wind blows,
⇔ so you do not need to punish me as if I were a dangerous criminal.
 ⇔ I am as unimportant as a bit of dry chaff,
⇔ so you do not need to chase me.

BSB Would You frighten a windblown leaf?
⇔ Would You chase after dry chaff?

OEB Wilt Thou harass a leaf that is tossed?
⇔ Wilt Thou chase the withered stubble,

WEB Will you harass a driven leaf?
⇔ Will you pursue the dry stubble?

NET Do you wish to torment a windblown leaf
 ⇔ and chase after dry chaff?

LSV Do You terrify a leaf driven away? And do You pursue the dry stubble?

FBV Would you frighten a leaf blown by the wind or hunt down a piece of straw?

T4T I am as insignificant as [MET] a leaf that is blown by the wind;
⇔ why are you trying to cause me to be afraid [RHQ]?
 ⇔ Why are you pursuing me?
⇔ Am I useless, nothing more than a bit of dry chaff [RHQ]?

LEB • [fn] terrify a blown leaf? And will you[fn] pursue dry stubble?

?:? Singular

BBE Will you be hard on a leaf in flight before the wind? will you make a dry stem go more quickly on its way?

MOF No MOF JOB book available

JPS Wilt Thou harass a driven leaf? And wilt Thou pursue the dry stubble?

ASV Wilt thou harass a driven leaf?
 ⇔ And wilt thou pursue the dry stubble?

DRA Against a leaf, that is carried away with the wind, thou shewest thy power, and thou pursuest a dry straw.

YLT A leaf driven away dost Thou terrify? And the dry stubble dost Thou pursue?

DBY Wilt thou terrify a driven leaf? and wilt thou pursue dry stubble?

RV Wilt thou harass a driven leaf? and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble?

WBS Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble?

KJB Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble?
(Wilt thou/you break a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt/will thou/you pursue the dry stubble? )

BB Wylt thou breake a leafe driuen to and fro, and wilt thou pursue the drye stubble?
(Wylt thou/you break a leafe driven to and fro, and wilt/will thou/you pursue the drye stubble?)

GNV Wilt thou breake a leafe driuen to and from? and wilt thou pursue the drie stubble?
(Wilt thou/you break a leafe driven to and from? and wilt/will thou/you pursue the dry stubble? )

CB Wilt thou be so cruell & extreme vnto a flyenge leaf, and folowe vpon drye stubble?
(Wilt thou/you be so cruell and extreme unto a flyenge leaf, and follow upon drye stubble?)

WYC Thou schewist thi myyt ayens a leef, which is rauyschid with the wynd; and thou pursuest drye stobil.
(Thou schewist thy/your myyt against a leef, which is rauyschid with the wynd; and thou/you pursuest drye stobil.)

LUT Willst du wider ein fliegend Blatt so ernst sein und einen dürren Halm verfolgen?
(Willst you against a fliegend Blatt so ernst his and a dürren Halm verfolgen?)

CLV Contra folium, quod vento rapitur, ostendis potentiam tuam, et stipulam siccam persequeris:[fn]
(Contra folium, that vento rapitur, ostendis potentiam tuam, and stipulam siccam persequeris:)

13.25 Contra folium, etc. Homo folium dicitur, etc., usque ad quem sic esse infirmum agnoscis?

13.25 Contra folium, etc. Homo folium it_is_said, etc., usque to which so esse weak agnoscis?

BRN Wilt thou be startled at me, as at a leaf shaken by the wind? or wilt thou set thyself against me as against grass borne upon the breeze?

BrLXX Ἢ ὡς φῦλλον κινούμενον ὑπὸ ἀνέμου εὐλαβηθήσῃ, ἢ ὡς χόρτῳ φερομένῳ ὑπὸ πνεύματος ἀντίκεισαί μοι;
(Aʸ hōs fullon kinoumenon hupo anemou eulabaʸthaʸsaʸ, aʸ hōs ⱪortōi feromenōi hupo pneumatos antikeisai moi? )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

הֶ⁠עָלֶ֣ה נִדָּ֣ף תַּעֲר֑וֹץ וְ⁠אֶת־קַ֖שׁ יָבֵ֣שׁ תִּרְדֹּֽף

the,leaf driven frighten and=DOM chaff dry pursue

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 these questions as statements or as exclamations. Alternate translation: “You do not need to terrify a driven leaf! You do not need to pursue dry stubble!”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

הֶ⁠עָלֶ֣ה נִדָּ֣ף תַּעֲר֑וֹץ וְ⁠אֶת־קַ֖שׁ יָבֵ֣שׁ תִּרְדֹּֽף

the,leaf driven frighten and=DOM chaff dry pursue

Job is speaking as if he were literally a driven leaf and dry stubble. By comparing himself to those things, he is indicating that he is fragile and insignificant and that God does not need to oppose him powerfully. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation, as exclamations: “You do not need to terrify someone who is as fragile as I am! You do not need to pursue someone who is as insignificant as I am!”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

הֶ⁠עָלֶ֣ה נִדָּ֣ף

the,leaf driven

If your language does not use this passive form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Job is referring to a leaf that is driven by the wind. Alternate translation: “a leaf that the wind is driving” or “a leaf that the wind is blowing about”

Parallel JOB 13:25