JOB 29:18 Parallel View

Note: This view shows ‘verses’ which are not natural language units and hence sometimes only part of a sentence will be visible. This view is only designed for doing comparisons of different translations. Click on the version abbreviation to see the verse in more of its context.

OET (OET-RV)  ⇔ I had thought that I would die in my own home,
 ⇔ having multiplied my days like the sand.

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 And I said, ‘I will expire in my nest,
⇔ and I will multiply days like sand.

UST At that time I thought, ‘I am certainly going to live a long life,
⇔ and then I will die at home with my family.

BSB  ⇔ So I thought: ‘I will die in my nest
⇔ and multiply my days as the sand.

OEB So I thought, "I shall die with my nest,
⇔ As the sand my days shall be many.

WEB Then I said, ‘I will die in my own house,
⇔ I will count my days as the sand.

NET “Then I thought, ‘I will die in my own home,
 ⇔ my days as numerous as the grains of sand.

LSV And I say, I expire with my nest,
And I multiply days as the sand.

FBV I thought I would die at home, after many years.[fn]

29:18 Literally, “I shall multiply my days like sand.”

T4T  ⇔ “At that time I thought, ‘Surely I will live securely, until I am very old [SIM],
⇔ and I will die at home with my family.’

LEB • and like the phoenix I shall multiply my days.

BBE Then I said, I will come to my end with my children round me, my days will be as the sand in number;

MOF No MOF JOB book available

JPS Then I said: 'I shall die with my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the phoenix;

ASV Then I said, I shall die in my nest,
 ⇔ And I shall multiply my days as the sand:

DRA And I said: I shall die in my nest, and as a palm tree shall multiply my days.

YLT And I say, 'With my nest I expire, And as the sand I multiply days.'

DBY And I said, I shall die in my nest, and multiply my days as the sand;

RV Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand:

WBS Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand.

KJB Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand.
(Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand. )

BB Then I sayde, I shall die in my nest: and I shall multiplie my dayes as the sande.
(Then I said, I shall die in my nest: and I shall multiply my days as the sand.)

GNV Then I sayde, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiplie my dayes as the sand.
(Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand. )

CB Therfore, I thought verely, yt I shulde haue dyed in my nest: & yt my dayes shulde haue bene as many as the sondes of the see.
(Therfore, I thought verily/truly, it I should have died in my nest: and it my days should have been as many as the sands of the see.)

WYC And Y seide, Y schal die in my nest; and as a palm tre Y schal multiplie daies.
(And I said, I shall die in my nest; and as a palm tree I shall multiply days.)

LUT Ich gedachte: Ich will in meinem Nest ersterben und meiner Tage viel machen wie Sand.
(I thought: I will in my nest die and my days many make like sand.)

CLV Dicebamque: In nidulo meo moriar, et sicut palma multiplicabo dies.[fn]
(Dicebamque: In nidulo mine moriar, and sicut palma multiplicabo dies.)

29.18 Dicebamque: In nidulo meo moriar. Per nidi nomen exprimitur, etc., usque ad nec ut quidam in initio plus agit, in consummatione minus.

29.18 Dicebamque: In nidulo mine moriar. Per nidi nomen exprimitur, etc., usque to but_not as quidam in initio plus agit, in consummatione minus.

BRN And I said, My age shall continue as the stem of a palm-tree; I shall live a long while.

BrLXX Εἶπα δὲ, ἡ ἡλικία μου γηράσει ὥσπερ στέλεχος φοίνικος, πολὺν χρόνον βιώσω.
(Eipa de, haʸ haʸlikia mou gaʸrasei hōsper steleⱪos foinikos, polun ⱪronon biōsō. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / quotesinquotes

וָ֭⁠אֹמַר עִם־קִנִּ֣⁠י אֶגְוָ֑ע וְ֝⁠כַ⁠ח֗וֹל אַרְבֶּ֥ה יָמִֽים

and,thought with nest,my die and,as_the,sand I_will_increase days

If it would be clearer in your language, you could translate this so that there is not a quotation within a quotation. Alternate translation: “And I said that I would expire in my nest and that I would multiply days like sand”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / infostructure

וָ֭⁠אֹמַר עִם־קִנִּ֣⁠י אֶגְוָ֑ע וְ֝⁠כַ⁠ח֗וֹל אַרְבֶּ֥ה יָמִֽים

and,thought with nest,my die and,as_the,sand I_will_increase days

Since Job would live a long life before expiring, it might be more natural to put the second phrase before the first one. Alternate translation: “I will multiply days like sand, and then I will expire in my nest”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / euphemism

אֶגְוָ֑ע

die

See how you translated the term expire in 3:11. Alternate translation: “I will pass away”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

עִם־קִנִּ֣⁠י

with nest,my

Job is speaking of his home as if it were literally a nest such as a bird would live in. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “in my own home”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / simile

וְ֝⁠כַ⁠ח֗וֹל אַרְבֶּ֥ה יָמִֽים

and,as_the,sand I_will_increase days

The point of this comparison is that just as sand consists of a very large number of grains, so Job expected to live for a very large number of days. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make this point explicitly. Alternate translation: “after I have lived for very many days” or “after I have lived for a long time”

Parallel JOB 29:18