JOB 20:27 Parallel View

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ULT The heavens will reveal his iniquity,
⇔ and the earth will raise itself up against him.

UST The sins that those wicked people have committed will become apparent.
⇔ If the sky could speak, it would tell all the wrong things it saw them do.
⇔ If the earth could speak, it would also be a witness against them.

BSB The heavens will expose his iniquity,
⇔ and the earth will rise up against him.

OEB The heavens shall reveal his guilt,
⇔ And the earth shalll rise up against him.

WEB The heavens will reveal his iniquity.
⇔ The earth will rise up against him.

NET The heavens reveal his iniquity;
 ⇔ the earth rises up against him.

LSV The heavens reveal his iniquity,
And earth is raising itself against him.

FBV The heavens reveal what they have done wrong; the earth will rise up against them.

T4T The angels in heaven [MTY] will reveal the sins that those wicked people have committed,
⇔ and people on earth will stand up and testify against them.

LEB • The heavens will reveal his guilt, and the earth will rise up against him.

BBE The heavens make clear his sin, and the earth gives witness against him.

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JPS The heavens shall reveal his iniquity, and the earth shall rise up against him.

ASV The heavens shall reveal his iniquity,
 ⇔ And the earth shall rise up against him.

DRA The heavens shall reveal his iniquity, and the earth shall rise up against him.

YLT Reveal do the heavens his iniquity, And earth is raising itself against him.

DBY The heavens shall reveal his iniquity, and the earth shall rise up against him.

RV The heavens shall reveal his iniquity, and the earth shall rise up against him.

WBS The heaven shall reveal his iniquity; and the earth shall rise up against him.

KJB The heaven shall reveal his iniquity; and the earth shall rise up against him.

BB The heauen shal declare his wickednesse, and the earth shall take part against him.
(The heaven shall declare his wickedness, and the earth shall take part against him.)

GNV The heauen shall declare his wickednes, and the earth shall rise vp against him.
(The heaven shall declare his wickednes, and the earth shall rise up against him. )

CB The heauen shall declare his wickednesse, & the earth shal take parte agaynst him.
(The heaven shall declare his wickedness, and the earth shall take part against him.)

WYC Heuenes schulen schewe his wickidnesse; and erthe schal rise togidere ayens hym.
(Heuenes should show his wickednesse; and earth shall rise together against him.)

LUT Der Himmel wird seine Missetat eröffnen, und die Erde wird sich wider ihn setzen.
(The heaven becomes his Missetat eröffnen, and the earth becomes itself/yourself/themselves against him/it setzen.)

CLV Revelabunt cæli iniquitatem ejus, et terra consurget adversus eum.[fn]
(Revelabunt cæli iniquitatem his, and earth/land consurget adversus him.)

20.27 Revelabunt; Ibid. quia hic nec bonis nec malis pepercit, eum in tremendo examine, justorum vita et peccatorum pariter accusabit.

20.27 Revelabunt; Ibid. because this but_not bonis but_not malis pepercit, him in tremendo examine, justorum vita and peccatorum pariter accusabit.

BRN And let the heaven reveal his iniquities, and the earth rise up against him.

BrLXX Ἀνακάλυψαι δὲ αὐτοῦ ὁ οὐρανὸς τὰς ἀνομίας, γῆ δὲ ἐπανασταίη αὐτῷ.
(Anakalupsai de autou ho ouranos tas anomias, gaʸ de epanastaiaʸ autōi. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / personification

יְגַלּ֣וּ שָׁמַ֣יִם עֲוֺנ֑⁠וֹ וְ֝⁠אֶ֗רֶץ מִתְקוֹמָ֘מָ֥ה לֽ⁠וֹ

reveal heavens iniquity,his and,earth rise_up to=him/it

Zophar is speaking as if the heavens and the earth were living things that could testify against this wicked person. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could indicate this in your translation. Alternate translation: “If the sky could speak, it would testify that it had observed his iniquity; if the earth could speak, it would raise itself up against him”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

וְ֝⁠אֶ֗רֶץ מִתְקוֹמָ֘מָ֥ה לֽ⁠וֹ

and,earth rise_up to=him/it

Zophar means that the earth would raise itself up, that is, stand up, against this wicked person in order to bring charges against him or to serve as a witness in a legal proceeding. In this culture, in order to begin a case against someone, a person would stand up among those who had gathered in the public square. Someone who had evidence to bring in such a proceeding would similarly stand up. Either way, the earth, Zophar says, would testify that the wicked person was guilty. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could explain the significance of this action. Alternate translation: “and the earth will stand and bring charges against him” or “and the earth will stand and be a witness against him”

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