JOB 31:29 Parallel View

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OET (OET-RV) If I’ve been happy at the ruin of someone who hated me,
 ⇔ or been glad because calamity found them,

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 If I have rejoiced at the destruction of one hating me
⇔ or lifted myself up because evil found him!

UST 29-30 29-30I solemnly declare that I have not been glad when my enemies have suffered misfortunes.
⇔ I have not thought that I was better than they were when they experienced disasters.
 ⇔ I have not sinned by praying that God would curse people who hated me
⇔ and cause them to die.

BSB  ⇔ If I have rejoiced in my enemy’s ruin,
⇔ or exulted when evil befell him—

OEB Ne’er rejoiced I at enemy’s fall,
⇔ Nor triumphed when evil befel him;

WEB “If I have rejoiced at the destruction of him who hated me,
⇔ or lifted up myself when evil found him

NET If I have rejoiced over the misfortune of my enemy
 ⇔ or exulted because calamity found him –

LSV If I rejoice at the ruin of my hater,
And stirred up myself when evil found him,

FBV Have I ever been happy when disaster destroyed those who hated me, or celebrated when evil took them down?

T4T  ⇔  29-30 29-30“It is not true that I [SYN] sinned by requesting God to curse people who hated me
⇔ with the result that God would cause them to die.
 ⇔ It is also not true that I was glad when they were ruined
⇔ or that I rejoiced when they experienced disasters [DOU].

LEB • the ruin of the one who hated me or[fn] have exulted when evil overtook him—

?:? Hebrew “and”

BBE If I was glad at the trouble of my hater, and gave cries of joy when evil overtook him;

MOF No MOF JOB book available

JPS If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or exulted when evil found him —

ASV If I have rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me,
 ⇔ Or lifted up myself when evil found him

DRA If I have been glad at the downfall of him that hated me, and have rejoiced that evil had found him.

YLT If I rejoice at the ruin of my hater, And stirred up myself when evil found him,

DBY If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, and exulted when evil befell him;

RV If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him;

WBS If I have rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or have lifted up myself when evil found him:

KJB If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him:

BB Haue I euer reioyced at the hurt of myne enemie? or was I euer glad that any harme happened vnto him? Oh, no.
(Have I ever reioyced at the hurt of mine enemie? or was I ever glad that any harme happened unto him? Oh, no.)

GNV If I reioyced at his destruction that hated me, or was mooued to ioye when euill came vpon him,
(If I reioyced at his destruction that hated me, or was mooued to joy when evil came upon him, )

CB Haue I euer reioysed at the hurte of myne enemy? Or, was I euer glad, yt eny harme happened vnto him? Oh no,
(Have I ever reioysed at the hurt of mine enemy? Or, was I ever glad, it any harme happened unto him? Oh no,)

WYC if Y hadde ioye at the fallyng of hym, that hatide me, and if Y ioide fulli, that yuel hadde founde hym;
(if I had joy at the fallyng of him, that hatide me, and if I ioide fulli, that yuel had found him;)

LUT Hab ich mich gefreuet, wenn‘s meinem Feinde übel ging, und habe mich erhoben, daß ihn Unglück betreten hatte?
(Hab I me gefreuet, wenn‘s my Feinde übel ging, and have me erhoben, that him/it Unglück betreten hatte?)

CLV Si gavisus sum ad ruinam ejus qui me oderat, et exsultavi quod invenisset eum malum:[fn]
(When/But_if gavisus I_am to ruinam his who me oderat, and exsultavi that invenisset him malum:)

31.29 Si gavisus sum ad. Quia videlicet et inimicum diligens, dum adversario ruenti condoluit, et malis illius ipse ad bonum crevit

31.29 When/But_if gavisus I_am ad. Quia videlicet and inimicum diligens, dum adversario ruenti condoluit, and malis illius himself to bonum crevit

BRN And if too I was glad at the fall of mine enemies, and mine heart said, Aha!

BrLXX Εἰ δὲ καὶ ἐπιχαρὴς ἐγενόμην πτώματι ἐχθρῶν μου, καὶ εἶπεν ἡ καρδία μου, εὖγε.
(Ei de kai epiⱪaraʸs egenomaʸn ptōmati eⱪthrōn mou, kai eipen haʸ kardia mou, euge. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

וְ֝⁠הִתְעֹרַ֗רְתִּי

and,exulted

This expression means to consider oneself in a better position than another who has suffered a misfortune. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “or gloated”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / personification

כִּֽי־מְצָ֥א⁠וֹ רָֽע

that/for/because/then/when overtook,him evil

Job is speaking of evil as if it were a living thing that could have found someone who hated him. Here the word evil has the sense of “misfortune” rather than of moral wrong. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “because he suffered misfortune”

Note 3 topic: writing-oathformula

כִּֽי־מְצָ֥א⁠וֹ רָֽע

that/for/because/then/when overtook,him evil

This is the conclusion of an oath that Job is swearing in this verse. See what you did in 31:25, where Job similarly does not state the second part of the condition in an oath that he is swearing. Alternate translation: “because evil found him, then judges would certainly punish such iniquity” or “because evil found him, then I would certainly deserve punishment”

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