JOB 21:2 Parallel View

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UST “Please listen carefully to what I say.
⇔ That is something that you can do to comfort me.

BSB  ⇔ “Listen carefully to my words;
⇔ let this be your consolation to me.

OEB Hear now my word with attention:
⇔ Your consolation be this.

WEB “Listen diligently to my speech.
⇔ Let this be your consolation.

NET “Listen carefully to my words;
 ⇔ let this be the consolation you offer me.

LSV “Hear my word diligently,
And this is your consolation.

FBV “Please listen carefully to what I say—that would be one comfort you could give me.[fn]

21:2 In 15:11 Eliphaz asks if God's comforts are too little for Job. Job here turns it around and asks for some comfort from his friends.

T4T “Listen to what I say, all three of you;
⇔ that is the only thing that you can do that will comfort me.

LEB • and let this be your[fn] consolation.

?:? Plural

BBE Give attention with care to my words; and let this be your comfort.

MOF No MOF JOB book available

JPS Hear diligently my speech; and let this be your consolations.

ASV Hear diligently my speech;
 ⇔ And let this be your consolations.

DRA Hear, I beseech you, my words, and do penance.

YLT Hear ye diligently my word, And this is your consolation.

DBY Hear attentively my speech, and let this replace your consolations.

RV Hear diligently my speech; and let this be your consolations.

WBS Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations.

KJB Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations.

BB O heare diligently my wordes, and that shalbe in steede of your consolations,
(O hear diligently my words, and that shall be in steede of your consolations,)

GNV Heare diligently my wordes, and this shalbe in stead of your consolations.
(Heare diligently my words, and this shall be in stead of your consolations. )

CB O heare my wordes, and amende yor selues.
(O hear my words, and amende yor selves.)

WYC Y preye, here ye my wordis, and do ye penaunce.
(I preye, here ye/you_all my words, and do ye/you_all penance.)

LUT Höret doch zu meiner Rede und lasset euch raten!
(Höret though/but to my Rede and lasset you raten!)

CLV [Audite, quæso, sermones meos, et agite pœnitentiam.
([Audite, quæso, sermones meos, and agite pœnitentiam. )

BRN Hear ye, hear ye my words, that I may not have this consolation from you.

BrLXX Ἀκούσατε ἀκούσατέ μου τῶν λόγων, ἵνα μὴ ᾖ μοι παρʼ ὑμῶν αὕτη ἡ παράκλησις.
(Akousate akousate mou tōn logōn, hina maʸ aʸ moi parʼ humōn hautaʸ haʸ paraklaʸsis. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / yousingular

שָׁ֭מוֹעַ & תַּנְח֥וּמֹֽתֵי⁠כֶֽם

to_listen & consolation,your_all's

The word your and the implied “you” in the imperative hear are plural because Job is addressing his three friends, so use the plural form in your translation if your language marks that distinction.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / reduplication

שִׁמְע֣וּ שָׁ֭מוֹעַ מִלָּתִ֑⁠י

listen! to_listen words,my

Job is repeating the verb hear in order to intensify the idea that it expresses. If your language can repeat words for intensification, it would be appropriate to do that here in your translation. If not, your language may have another way of expressing the emphasis. Alternate translation: “Listen carefully to my words”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

מִלָּתִ֑⁠י

words,my

Job is using the term words to mean what he is about to say by using words. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “what I am about to say”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

תַּנְח֥וּמֹֽתֵי⁠כֶֽם

consolation,your_all's

Job is using this possessive form to describe not the consolation that his friends will have but the consolation that he wants them to offer him. It may be helpful to clarify this for your readers. Alternate translation: “the consolation that you offer to me”

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