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OET (OET-RV) As for me, is my complaint against any person?
⇔ If it was, then you might expect me to be impatient.
OET-LV The_me to/for_ʼĀdām/humankind complaint_my and_if why not will_it_be_short my_breath/wind/spirit.
UHB הֶ֭אָנֹכִי לְאָדָ֣ם שִׂיחִ֑י וְאִם־מַ֝דּ֗וּעַ לֹא־תִקְצַ֥ר רוּחִֽי׃ ‡
(heʼānokī ləʼādām sīḩiy vəʼim-maddūˊa loʼ-tiqʦar rūḩiy.)
Key: yellow:verbs, red:negative.
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 As for me, is my complaint to a man?
⇔ And if, why may my breath not be short?
UST I am not protesting to people about my suffering, I am protesting to God!
⇔ And so it is certainly acceptable for me to be impatient!
BSB ⇔ Is my complaint against a man?
⇔ Then why should I not be impatient?
OEB Is it man that I would complain of?
⇔ And why should I not be impatient?
WEB As for me, is my complaint to man?
⇔ Why shouldn’t I be impatient?
NET Is my complaint against a man?
⇔ If so, why should I not be impatient?
LSV [Is] my complaint [against] man? And if [so], why may my temper not become short?
FBV Am I complaining against people? Of course not.[fn] Why shouldn't I be impatient?
21:4 Implied.
T4T ⇔ “It is certainly not [RHQ] people against whom I am complaining, but God
⇔ And it is certainly [RHQ] right for me to be impatient!
LEB • As for me, is my complaint for human beings? And if so, why cannot I be impatient?
BBE As for me, is my outcry against man? is it then to be wondered at if my spirit is troubled?
MOF No MOF JOB book available
JPS As for me, is my complaint to man? Or why should I not be impatient?
ASV As for me, is my complaint to man?
⇔ And why should I not be impatient?
DRA Is my debate against man, that I should not have just reason to be troubled?
YLT I — to man [is] my complaint? and if [so], wherefore May not my temper become short?
DBY As for me, is my complaint to a man? or wherefore should not my spirit be impatient?
RV As for me, is my complaint to man? and why should I not be impatient?
WBS As for me, is my complaint to man? and if it were so , why should not my spirit be troubled?
KJB As for me, is my complaint to man? and if it were so, why should not my spirit be troubled?[fn]
(As for me, is my complaint to man? and if it were so, why should not my spirit be troubled?)
21.4 troubled: Heb. shortened?
BB Is it for mans sake that I make this disputation? Which if it were so, shoulde not my spirite then be in sore trouble?
(Is it for mans sake that I make this disputation? Which if it were so, should not my spirit then be in sore trouble?)
GNV Doe I direct my talke to man? If it were so, how should not my spirit be troubled?
(Doe I direct my talk to man? If it were so, how should not my spirit be troubled? )
CB Is it with a man, that I make this disputacio? Which yf it were so, shulde not my sprete be the in sore trouble?
(Is it with a man, that I make this disputation? Which if it were so, should not my spirit be the in sore trouble?)
WYC Whether my disputyng is ayens man, that skilfuli Y owe not to be sori?
(Whether my disputing is against man, that skilfuli I owe not to be sori?)
LUT Handele ich denn mit einem Menschen, daß mein Mut hierin nicht sollte unwillig sein?
(Handele I because with one Menschen, that my Mut hierin not sollte unwillig sein?)
CLV Numquid contra hominem disputatio mea est, ut merito non debeam contristari?[fn]
(Numquid contra hominem disputatio mea it_is, as merito not/no debeam contristari?)
21.4 Nunquid contra. Beatus Job, si Deo placens hominibus displiceret, causas tristitiæ nullas haberet; sed quia se Deo displicuisse per flagella præsentia credidit, anceps factus de ante acta vita, jam animum ad tristitiam vocavit: qui si flagellis absentibus contra hominem de vitæ suæ meritis disputaret, nequaquam contristare debuisset. Nunquid contra hominem. Quasi nondum hypocrita, si cum hominibus de vita mea agerem, non timerem: quibus si displicerem, non curarem; sed quia cum Deo, merito tristor. Vos autem attendite me, quasi Deum, sed non vos timeo.
21.4 Nunquid contra. Beatus Yob, when/but_if Deo placens hominibus displiceret, causas tristitiæ nullas haberet; but because se Deo displicuisse per flagella præsentia credidit, anceps factus about ante acta vita, yam animum to tristitiam vocavit: who when/but_if flagellis absentibus contra hominem about of_life suæ meritis disputaret, nequaquam contristare debuisset. Nunquid contra hominem. Quasi nondum hypocrita, when/but_if cum hominibus about vita mea agerem, not/no timerem: to_whom when/but_if displicerem, not/no curarem; but because cum Deo, merito tristor. Vos however attendite me, as_if God, but not/no vos timeo.
BRN What! is my reproof of man? and why should I not be angry?
BrLXX Τί γάρ; μὴ ἀνθρώπου μου ἡ ἔλεγξις; ἢ διὰ τί οὐ θυμωθήσομαι;
(Ti gar? maʸ anthrōpou mou haʸ elegxis? aʸ dia ti ou thumōthaʸsomai? )
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion
לְאָדָ֣ם שִׂיחִ֑י
to/for=ʼĀdām/humankind complaint,my
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: “my complaint is not to a man!”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / gendernotations
לְאָדָ֣ם שִׂיחִ֑י
to/for=ʼĀdām/humankind complaint,my
Although the term man is masculine, Job does not mean specifically a male human. He is using the term to mean a mortal as opposed to God. Alternate translation: “my complaint is not to a mortal!”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / doublenegatives
לְאָדָ֣ם שִׂיחִ֑י
to/for=ʼĀdām/humankind complaint,my
If it would be clearer in your language, you could translate this as a positive expression. Alternate translation: “my complaint is to God!”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis
וְאִם
and=if
Job is leaving out some of the words that in many languages a sentence would need in order to be complete. You could supply these words from the context if that would be clearer in your language. (Some languages may be able to say simply “And if not” to follow up on a question that expects a negative answer.) Alternate translation: “And if my complaint is not to a mortal but to God”
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion
מַ֝דּ֗וּעַ לֹא־תִקְצַ֥ר רוּחִֽי
why not impatient my=breath/wind/spirit
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: “then my breath may certainly be short!”
Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
מַ֝דּ֗וּעַ לֹא־תִקְצַ֥ר רוּחִֽי
why not impatient my=breath/wind/spirit
Job is using his breath being short (that is, the fact that he is breathing quickly) by association to mean him being upset. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “why may I not be upset” or, as a statement, “then I may certainly be upset!”