JOB 20:7 Parallel View

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OET (OET-RV) they will vanish forever like their own dung—
 ⇔ ≈those who had seen them will ask, ‘Where are they now?’

Key: yellow:verbs.
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ULT he will perish forever like his dung.
⇔ The ones having seen him will say, ‘Where is he?’

UST but they will disappear forever like refuse that people throw away.
⇔ People who knew them will wonder where they have gone.

BSB he will perish forever, like his own dung;
⇔ those who had seen him will ask, ‘Where is he?’

OEB He shall utterly perish like dung;
⇔ Those that knew him shall ask, "Where is he?"

WEB yet he will perish forever like his own dung.
⇔ Those who have seen him will say, ‘Where is he?’

NET he will perish forever, like his own excrement;
 ⇔ those who used to see him will say, ‘Where is he?’

LSV He perishes as his own dung forever,
His beholders say, Where [is] he?

FBV they will vanish forever like their own excrement. People who knew[fn] them will ask, ‘Where have they gone?’

20:7 Literally, “have seen him.”

T4T they will disappear forever, like their own dung,
⇔ and those who knew them will ask, ‘◄Where did they go/What happened to them►?’

LEB • those who have seen him will say, ‘Where is he?’

BBE Like the waste from his body he comes to an end for ever: those who have seen him say, Where is he?

MOF No MOF JOB book available

JPS Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung; they that have seen him shall say: 'Where is he?'

ASV Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung:
 ⇔ They that have seen him shall say, Where is he?

DRA In the end he shall be destroyed like a dunghill, and they that has seen him shall say: Where is he?

YLT As his own dung for ever he doth perish, His beholders say: 'Where [is] he?'

DBY Like his own dung doth he perish for ever; they which have seen him shall say, Where is he?

RV Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where is he?

WBS Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they who have seen him shall say, Where is he?

KJB Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where is he?
(Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where is he? )

BB Yet at a turne he perisheth for euer, insomuch that they which haue seene him, shall say, Where is he?
(Yet at a turn he perishth forever, insomuch that they which have seen him, shall say, Where is he?)

GNV Yet shall hee perish for euer, like his dung, and they which haue seene him, shall say, Where is hee?
(Yet shall he perish forever, like his dung, and they which have seen him, shall say, Where is hee? )

CB yet he perisheth at the last like donge: In so moch yt they which haue sene him, saye: Where is he?
(yet he perishth at the last like donge: In so much it they which have seen him, say: Where is he?)

WYC he schal be lost in the ende, as a dunghil; and, thei that sien hym, schulen seie, Where is he?
(he shall be lost in the end, as a dunghil; and, they that sien him, should say, Where is he?)

LUT so wird er doch zuletzt umkommen wie ein Kot, daß die, vor denen er ist angesehen, werden sagen: Wo ist er?
(so becomes he though/but zuletzt umkommen like a Kot, that die, before/in_front_of denen he is angesehen, become say: Where is er?)

CLV quasi sterquilinium in fine perdetur, et qui eum viderant, dicent: Ubi est?[fn]
(quasi sterquilinium in fine perdetur, and who him viderant, dicent: Ubi est?)

20.7 Et qui eum viderant, dicent. Ibid. Qui hunc elatum viderunt, exstincto dicent, Ubi est? quia neque in hoc sæculo ubi elatus fuerat, apparet, neque in æternitatis requie, de qua esse putabatur.

20.7 And who him viderant, dicent. Ibid. Who this_one elatum viderunt, exstincto dicent, Ubi est? because neque in hoc sæculo ubi elatus fuerat, apparet, neque in æternitatis requie, about which esse putabatur.

BRN For when he shall seem to be now established, then he shall utterly perish: and they that knew him shall say, Where is he?

BrLXX Ὅταν γὰρ δοκῇ ἤδη κατεστηρίχθαι, τότε εἰς τέλος ἀπολεῖται· οἱ δὲ εἰδότες αὐτὸν ἐροῦσι, ποῦ ἐστιν;
(Hotan gar dokaʸ aʸdaʸ katestaʸriⱪthai, tote eis telos apoleitai; hoi de eidotes auton erousi, pou estin? )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / simile

כְּֽ֭⁠גֶלֲל⁠וֹ

like,dung,his_own

The point of this comparison may be the one that Zophar makes explicitly, that a wicked person will perish forever as dung perishes forever. However, the point of the comparison could also be that just as people consider dung a loathsome substance and dispose of it, people will consider a wicked person to be loathsome and not commemorate him in any way. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make this point explicitly. Alternate translation: “and no on will commemorate him, because they consider him so loathsome”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / quotesinquotes

יֹאמְר֥וּ אַיּֽ⁠וֹ

say where,he

If it would be clearer in your language, you could translate this so that there is not a quotation within a quotation. Alternate translation: “will ask where he has gone”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

אַיּֽ⁠וֹ

where,he

The people who are asking about the wicked person are 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: “He is gone completely!”

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