JOB 23:10 Parallel View

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ULT Nevertheless, he knows the way that is with me;
⇔ he has tested me, I have come out like gold.

UST Still, he knows how I have conducted my life.
⇔ When he has finished testing me,
⇔ he will see that I am as pure as gold whose impurities fire has burned out.

BSB Yet He knows the way I have taken;
⇔ when He has tested me, I will come forth as gold.

OEB But He knoweth the way that is mine;
⇔ I would come forth as gold, should He try me.

WEB  ⇔ But he knows the way that I take.
⇔ When he has tried me, I will come out like gold.

NET But he knows the pathway that I take;
 ⇔ if he tested me, I would come forth like gold.

LSV For He has known the way with me,
He has tried me—I go forth as gold.

FBV Yet he always knows where I'm going. When he has proved me, I will come out shining like gold.[fn]

23:10 The image here is of testing gold in a crucible: once the impurities are burned away, the liquid gold has a brilliant surface.

T4T But he knows how I have conducted my life;
⇔ and when he has finished testing me, he will see that I am as pure as [SIM] gold whose impurities have all been burned out.

LEB • [fn] he tests me—I shall come out like gold.

?:? Literally “way with me”

BBE For he has knowledge of the way I take; after I have been tested I will come out like gold.

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JPS For He knoweth the way that I take; when He hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.

ASV ⇔ But he knoweth the way that I take;
 ⇔ When he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.

DRA But he knoweth my way, and has tried me as gold that passeth through the fire:

YLT For He hath known the way with me, He hath tried me — as gold I go forth.

DBY But he knoweth the way that I take; he trieth me, I shall come forth as gold.

RV But he knoweth the way that I take; when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.

WBS But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.

KJB But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.[fn]
(But he knowth/knows the way that I take: when he hath/has tried me, I shall come forth as gold.)

23.10 that…: Heb. that is with me

BB But as for my way, he knoweth it, and tryeth me, that as the gold I may come foorth.
(But as for my way, he knowth/knows it, and tryeth me, that as the gold I may come forth.)

GNV But he knoweth my way, and trieth mee, and I shall come forth like the gold.
(But he knowth/knows my way, and trieth mee, and I shall come forth like the gold. )

CB But as for my waye, he knoweth it: & trieth me as ye golde in ye fyre.
(But as for my way, he knowth/knows it: and trieth me as ye/you_all gold in ye/you_all fyre.)

WYC But he knowith my weie, and he schal preue me as gold, that passith thorouy fier.
(But he knowth/knows my way, and he shall preue me as gold, that passith thorouy fier.)

LUT Er aber kennet meinen Weg wohl. Er versuche mich, so will ich erfunden werden wie das Gold.
(Er but kennet my path wohl. Er versuche mich, so will I erfunden become like the Gold.)

CLV Ipse vero scit viam meam, et probavit me quasi aurum quod per ignem transit.[fn]
(Ipse vero scit viam meam, and probavit me as_if aurum that per ignem transit.)

23.10 Ipse vero scit viam. Id est videre non valeo videntem me. Et probavit. Non elatus comparat se auro, sed sua humiliter considerat, quod licet omni justo. Et hoc est: Et proba me quasi aurum. Exustione enim tribulationis, et subtrahuntur vitia, et augentur merita.

23.10 Ipse vero scit viam. Id it_is videre not/no valeo videntem me. And probavit. Non elatus comparat se auro, but sua humiliter considerat, that licet all justo. And hoc it_is: And proba me as_if aurum. Exustione because tribulationis, and subtrahuntur vitia, and augentur merita.

BRN For he knows already my way; and he has tried me as gold.

BrLXX Οἶδε γὰρ ἤδη ὁδόν μου· διέκρινε δέ με ὥσπερ τὸ χρυσίον.
(Oide gar aʸdaʸ hodon mou; diekrine de me hōsper to ⱪrusion. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

דֶּ֣רֶךְ עִמָּדִ֑⁠י

road/way_of with=me

Job is speaking of how he has been living as if that were a way or path that he has been walking along. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “how I have been living”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / pastforfuture

בְּ֝חָנַ֗⁠נִי כַּ⁠זָּהָ֥ב אֵצֵֽא

tested,me as_the,gold come_out

Job is using the past tense in order to refer to something that he hopes will happen in the future. He is doing this to describe what he is confident the outcome would be. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use the future tense. Alternate translation: “when he tests me, I will come out like gold”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / simile

בְּ֝חָנַ֗⁠נִי כַּ⁠זָּהָ֥ב אֵצֵֽא

tested,me as_the,gold come_out

The point of this comparison is that just as genuine gold is shown to be pure when it is tested, so God giving Job a hearing would show that he is innocent. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make this point explicitly. Alternate translation: “when he tests me, this will show that I am innocent, just as testing gold shows its purity”

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