JOB 11:4 Parallel Verse View

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BrLXX Μὴ γὰρ λέγε, ὅτι καθαρός εἰμι τοῖς ἔργοις καὶ ἄμεμπτος ἐναντίον αὐτοῦ.
(Maʸ gar lege, hoti katharos eimi tois ergois kai amemptos enantion autou. )

ULT For you have said, ‘My doctrine is pure,
⇔ and I am clean in your eyes.’

UST I need to correct you because you have told God,
⇔ ‘I believe the right things,
⇔ and you know that I have done the right things.’

BSB You have said, ‘My doctrine [is] sound, and I am pure in Your sight.’
⇔ 

MSB You have said, ‘My doctrine [is] sound, and I am pure in Your sight.’
⇔ 

OEB Thou maintainest thy way to be pure,
⇔ And thyself to be clean in His sight.

WEBBE For you say, ‘My doctrine is pure.
⇔ I am clean in your eyes.’

WMBB (Same as above)

NET For you have said, ‘My teaching is flawless,
⇔ and I am pure in your sight.’

LSV And you say, My discourse [is] pure,
And I have been clean in Your eyes.

FBV You said, ‘What I teach is the pure truth,’ and ‘in God's eyes I am clean.’

T4T You say, ‘What I say is true;
⇔ God knows that I am ◄innocent/without guilt►.’

LEB No LEB JOB book available

BBE You may say, My way is clean, and I am free from sin in your eyes.

Moff No Moff JOB book available

JPS And thou hast said: 'My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in Thine eyes.'

ASV For thou sayest, My doctrine is pure,
⇔ And I am clean in thine eyes.

DRA For thou hast said: My word is pure, and I am clean in thy sight.

YLT And thou sayest, 'Pure [is] my discourse, And clean I have been in Thine eyes.'

Drby For thou sayest, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes.

RV For thou sayest, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes.
(For thou/you sayest/say, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine/your eyes. )

SLT And thou wilt say, My instruction is pure, and I was clean in thine eyes.

Wbstr For thou hast said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thy eyes.

KJB-1769 For thou hast said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes.
(For thou/you hast said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine/your eyes. )

KJB-1611 For thou hast said, My doctrine is pure, and I am cleane in thine eyes.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps No Bshps JOB book available

Gnva For thou hast sayde, My doctrine is pure, and I am cleane in thine eyes.
(For thou/you hast said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine/your eyes. )

Cvdl No Cvdl JOB book available

Wycl No Wycl JOB book available

Luth No Luth JOB book available

ClVg Dixisti enim: Purus est sermo meus, et mundus sum in conspectu tuo.[fn]
(I_saidsti because: Purus it_is speech mine, and world I_am in/into/on in_sight your. )

11.4 Dixisti enim: Purus est sermo meus. Job non dixerat; sed solatio est facinori, si vel falso inquinetur vita corripientis.

11.4 I_saidsti because: Purus it_is speech mine. Yob not/no dixerat; but alonetio it_is facinori, when/but_if or falso inquinetur life corripientis.

RP-GNT No RP-GNT JOB book available

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

וַ֭⁠תֹּאמֶר זַ֣ךְ לִקְחִ֑⁠י וּ֝⁠בַ֗ר הָיִ֥יתִי בְ⁠עֵינֶֽי⁠ךָ

and=she/it_said pure teaching_of,my and,clean am in/on/at/with,sight_of,your

Zophar means implicitly that Job has said these things to God. You could indicate that in your translation if it would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: [For you have said to God, ‘My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in your eyes.’]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / quotesinquotes

וַ֭⁠תֹּאמֶר זַ֣ךְ לִקְחִ֑⁠י וּ֝⁠בַ֗ר הָיִ֥יתִי בְ⁠עֵינֶֽי⁠ךָ

and=she/it_said pure teaching_of,my and,clean am in/on/at/with,sight_of,your

If it would be clearer in your language, you could translate this so that there is not a quotation within a quotation. Alternate translation: [For you have told God that your doctrine is pure and that you are clean in his eyes]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

זַ֣ךְ לִקְחִ֑⁠י וּ֝⁠בַ֗ר הָיִ֥יתִי

pure teaching_of,my and,clean am

Zophar says that Job has spoken as if his doctrine were literally pure and his conduct was literally clean, that is, not physically dirty. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [My doctrine is correct, and I am righteous]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

בְ⁠עֵינֶֽי⁠ךָ

in/on/at/with,sight_of,your

Zophar is using the term eyes by association to mean sight. Sight, in turn, represents attention, perspective, and judgment. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [in your perspective]

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