JOB 31:38 Parallel View

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UST I solemnly declare that I have not defrauded the people who farm my land.
⇔ They have no reason to cry out for justice against me.

BSB  ⇔ if my land cries out against me
⇔ and its furrows weep together,

OEB If my land ever cried out against me,
⇔ Her furrows all weeping together;

WEB If my land cries out against me,
⇔ and its furrows weep together;

NET “If my land cried out against me
 ⇔ and all its furrows wept together,

LSV If my land cries out against me,
And together its furrows weep,

FBV If my land has cried out against me; if her furrows have wept over me;

T4T  ⇔ If it were true that I have stolen land,
⇔ with the result that it was as though its furrows cried out to accuse me of stealing;

LEB • and its furrows have wept together,

BBE If my land has made an outcry against me, or the ploughed earth has been in sorrow;

MOF No MOF JOB book available

JPS If my land cry out against me, and the furrows thereof weep together;

ASV If my land crieth out against me,
 ⇔ And the furrows thereof weep together;

DRA If my land cry against me, and with it the furrows thereof mourn:

YLT If against me my land doth cry out, And together its furrows weep,

DBY If my land cry out against me, and its furrows weep together;

RV If my land cry out against me, and the furrows thereof weep together;

WBS If my land cry out against me, and the furrows thereof weep together;

KJB If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain;

BB But if case be that my lande crye against me, or that the forowes thereof make any complaynt:
(But if case be that my land cry against me, or that the forowes thereof make any complaynt:)

GNV If my lande cry against me, or the furrowes thereof complayne together,
(If my land cry against me, or the furrowes thereof complayne together,)

CB But yf case be that my londe crie agaynst me, or yt the forowes therof make eny complaynte:
(But if case be that my land cry against me, or it the forowes therof make any complaint:)

WYC If my lond crieth ayens me, and hise forewis wepen with it;
(If my land crieth against me, and his forewis wepen with it;)

LUT Wird mein Land wider mich schreien und miteinander seine Furchen weinen;
(Wird my Land against me schreien and miteinander his Furchen weinen;)

CLV Si adversum me terra mea clamat, et cum ipsa sulci ejus deflent:
(Si adversum me earth/land mea clamat, and cum ipsa sulci eyus deflent:)

BRN If at any time the land groaned against me, and if its furrows mourned together;

BrLXX Εἰ ἐπʼ ἐμοί ποτε ἡ γῆ ἐστέναξεν, εἰ δὲ καὶ οἱ αὔλακες αὐτῆς ἔκλαυσαν ὁμοθυμαδόν·
(Ei epʼ emoi pote haʸ gaʸ estenaxen, ei de kai hoi aulakes autaʸs eklausan homothumadon;)

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / personification

אִם־עָ֭לַ⁠י אַדְמָתִ֣⁠י תִזְעָ֑ק וְ֝⁠יַ֗חַד תְּלָמֶ֥י⁠הָ יִבְכָּיֽוּ⁠ן

if against,me land,my cries_out and,together furrows,its wept,

Job is speaking of the soil on his land and its furrows as if they were living things that could cry out for justice and weep because of oppression. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly, in light of what Job says in the next verse. Alternate translation: “If I have committed a sin in the way that I have used my land”

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