JOB 21:21 Parallel View

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OET (OET-RV) After they’re gone, why would they care about their families?
 ⇔ ≈Why would they count the months after they’ve already been cut off?

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).

ULT For what is his interest in his house after him
⇔ when the number of his months is cut off?

UST After all, once wicked people die,
⇔ they are no longer concerned for their families who are still alive.

BSB For what does he care about his household after him,
⇔ when the number of his months has run out?

OEB For what doth he care for his house,
⇔ When his own tale of months is cut short?"

WEB For what does he care for his house after him,
⇔ when the number of his months is cut off?

NET For what is his interest in his home
 ⇔ after his death,
 ⇔ when the number of his months
 ⇔ has been broken off?

LSV For what [is] his delight in his house after him,
And the number of his months cut off?

FBV For they don't care what happens to their families once they're dead.

T4T After wicked people are dead,
⇔ they are not at all concerned [RHQ] about what happens to their families [MTY].

LEB • [fn] his house after him, when the number of his months is[fn] cut off?

?:? Literally “his joy in”

?:? Hebrew “are”

BBE For what interest has he in his house after him, when the number of his months is ended?

MOF No MOF JOB book available

JPS For what pleasure hath he in his house after him? seeing the number of his months is determined.

ASV For what careth he for his house after him,
 ⇔ When the number of his months is cut off?

DRA For what is it to him what befalleth his house after him: and if the number of his months be diminished by one half?

YLT For what [is] his delight in his house after him, And the number of his months cut off?

DBY For what pleasure should he have in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off?

RV For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off in the midst?

WBS For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off in the midst?

KJB For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off in the midst?
(For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off in the midst? )

BB For what careth he for his house after his death, when the number of his monethes is cut short?
(For what careth he for his house after his death, when the number of his months is cut short?)

GNV For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when the nomber of his moneths is cut off?
(For what pleasure hath/has he in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off? )

CB For whath careth he, what become of his housholde after his death? whose monethes passe awaye swifter then an arowe.
(For whath careth he, what become of his household after his death? whose months pass away swifter then an arowe.)

WYC For whi what perteyneth it to hym of his hows aftir hym, thouy the noumbre of his monethis be half takun awey?
(For why what pertaineth/pertains it to him of his house after him, though the number of his monthis be half taken awey?)

LUT Denn wer wird Gefallen haben an seinem Hause nach ihm? Und die Zahl seiner Monden wird kaum halb bleiben.
(Because wer becomes Gefallen have at seinem Hause nach ihm? And the Zahl his Monden becomes kaum halb bleiben.)

CLV Quid enim ad eum pertinet de domo sua post se, et si numerus mensium ejus dimidietur?[fn]
(Quid because to him belongs about domo sua after se, and when/but_if numerus mensium his dimidietur?)

21.21 Quid enim ad. Non quod in inferno non cogitet de cognatis, etc., usque ad ne quis discutere præsumat, sequitur:

21.21 Quid because ad. Non that in inferno not/no cogitet about cognatis, etc., usque to ne who/any discutere præsumat, sequitur:

BRN For his desire is in his house with him, and the number of his months has been suddenly cut off.

BrLXX Ὅτι τὸ θέλημα αὐτοῦ ἐν οἴκῳ αὐτοῦ μετʼ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἀριθμοὶ μηνῶν αὐτοῦ διῃρέθησαν.
(Hoti to thelaʸma autou en oikōi autou metʼ autou, kai arithmoi maʸnōn autou diaʸrethaʸsan. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases

כִּ֤י

that/for/because/then/when

Job is using the word For to introduce the reason why he said in the previous two verses that God should punish wicked people themselves rather than their children. You could indicate this in your translation if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: “Let the wicked person himself suffer, for”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

מַה־חֶפְצ֣⁠וֹ בְּ⁠בֵית֣⁠וֹ אַחֲרָ֑י⁠ו וּ⁠מִסְפַּ֖ר חֳדָשָׁ֣י⁠ו חֻצָּֽצוּ

what? care,he in/on/at/with,family,his after,them and,number months,his cut_off

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: “he has no interest in his house after him when the number of his months is cut off!”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

בְּ⁠בֵית֣⁠וֹ

in/on/at/with,family,his

Job is most likely using the term house by association to mean the household or family of a wicked person. The popular saying that he quoted in verse 19 suggested that God would punish a wicked person by making his children suffer, but Job is saying here that after a wicked person dies, he will not care about that. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “in his family” or “in his children”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

וּ⁠מִסְפַּ֖ר חֳדָשָׁ֣י⁠ו חֻצָּֽצוּ

and,number months,his cut_off

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. Alternate translation: “when God cuts off the number of his months”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

וּ⁠מִסְפַּ֖ר חֳדָשָׁ֣י⁠ו חֻצָּֽצוּ

and,number months,his cut_off

Job is speaking as if the number of months that a wicked person would live might literally be cut off, as if it were a branch on a tree, for example. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “when the number of his months ends” or “when his lifetime ends” or “when God ends his lifetime”

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