JOB 38:9 Parallel View

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ULT in my making the cloud its clothing
⇔ and thick darkness its swaddling bands?

UST Now the clouds in the sky float over the sea as if they were its clothing.
⇔ Night and day happen at sea just as they do on land.

BSB when I made the clouds its garment
⇔ and thick darkness its blanket,

OEB When gave it its robe of cloud,
⇔ And its swaddling band of the dark cloud;

WEB when I made clouds its garment,
⇔ and wrapped it in thick darkness,

MSG ^(1-11)And now, finally, God answered Job from the eye of a violent storm. He said:
  “Why do you confuse the issue?
  Why do you talk without knowing what you’re talking about?
Pull yourself together, Job!
  Up on your feet! Stand tall!
I have some questions for you,
  and I want some straight answers.
Where were you when I created the earth?
  Tell me, since you know so much!
Who decided on its size? Certainly you’ll know that!
  Who came up with the blueprints and measurements?
How was its foundation poured,
  and who set the cornerstone,
While the morning stars sang in chorus
  and all the angels shouted praise?
And who took charge of the ocean
  when it gushed forth like a baby from the womb?
That was me! I wrapped it in soft clouds,
  and tucked it in safely at night.
Then I made a playpen for it,
  a strong playpen so it couldn’t run loose,
And said, ‘Stay here, this is your place.
  Your wild tantrums are confined to this place.’

NET when I made the storm clouds its garment,
 ⇔ and thick darkness its swaddling band,

LSV In My making a cloud its clothing,
And thick darkness its swaddling band,

FBV Who clothed it with clouds, and wrapped it in a blanket of deep darkness?

T4T It was I, not you, who caused clouds to come over the seas
⇔ and caused it to become very dark under those clouds.

LEB • the clouds its garment and thick darkness its swaddling band,

BBE When I made the cloud its robe, and put thick clouds as bands round it,

MOF No MOF JOB book available

JPS When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,

ASV When I made clouds the garment thereof,
 ⇔ And thick darkness a swaddling-band for it,

DRA When I made a cloud the garment thereof, and wrapped it in a mist as in swaddling bands?

YLT In My making a cloud its clothing, And thick darkness its swaddling band,

DBY When I made the cloud its garment, and thick darkness a swaddling band for it;

RV When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,

WBS When I made a cloud its garment, and thick darkness a swaddling band for it,

KJB When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,

BB When I made the cloudes to be a covering for it, and swadled it with the darke:
(When I made the clouds to be a covering for it, and swadled it with the darke:)

GNV When I made the cloudes as a couering thereof, and darkenesse as the swadeling bands thereof:
(When I made the clouds as a couering thereof, and darkness as the swadeling bands thereof: )

CB When I made the cloudes to be a coueringe for it, and swedled it with ye darcke?
(When I made the clouds to be a coueringe for it, and swedled it with ye/you_all darcke?)

WYC Whanne Y settide a cloude the hilyng therof, and Y wlappide it with derknesse, as with clothis of yong childhed.
(When I settide a cloud the hilyng therof, and I wlappide it with darkness, as with clothes of yong childhed.)

LUT da ich‘s mit Wolken kleidete und in Dunkel einwickelte, wie in Windeln,
(da ich‘s with Wolken kleidete and in darkness einwickelte, like in Windeln,)

CLV cum ponerem nubem vestimentum ejus, et caligine illud quasi pannis infantiæ obvolverem?
(cum ponerem nubem vestimentum his, and caligine illud as_if pannis infantiæ obvolverem? )

BRN And I made a cloud its clothing, and swathed it in mist.

BrLXX Ἐθέμην δὲ αὐτῇ νέφος ἀμφίασιν, ὁμίχλῃ δὲ αὐτὴν ἐσπαργάνωσα.
(Ethemaʸn de autaʸ nefos amfiasin, homiⱪlaʸ de autaʸn esparganōsa. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

בְּ⁠שׂוּמִ֣⁠י עָנָ֣ן לְבֻשׁ֑⁠וֹ וַ֝⁠עֲרָפֶ֗ל חֲתֻלָּתֽ⁠וֹ

in/on/at/with,made,I clouds garment,its and,thick_darkness swaddling_band,its

Continuing the image of the sea being born when it was created, Yahweh is speaking as if he literally provided clouds as its clothing and thick darkness as its swaddling bands when it was first born. Within the context of this speech, this may be a reference to the way Yahweh has complete knowledge of and control over every element of creation. People in this culture regarded the sea as the realm of watery chaos; these images may be an assertion that God has always had the sea under his control and care. Alternate translation: “when I sheltered it and protected it as a mother would do for her newborn child”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun

בְּ⁠שׂוּמִ֣⁠י עָנָ֣ן לְבֻשׁ֑⁠וֹ

in/on/at/with,made,I clouds garment,its

Yahweh is not referring to a specific cloud. He means clouds in general. It may be more natural in your language to express this meaning by using a plural form. Alternate translation: “when I made the clouds its clothing”

Note 3 topic: translate-unknown

וַ֝⁠עֲרָפֶ֗ל חֲתֻלָּתֽ⁠וֹ

and,thick_darkness swaddling_band,its

The term swaddling bands describes the strips of cloth in which mothers in some cultures wrap their newborn babies to help them feel secure. If your readers would not be familiar with what swaddling bands are, if you wish to retain the poetic image in your translation, you could use the name of a comparable object in your culture. Alternate translation: “and thick darkness its baby blanket”

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