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OET (OET-RV) What he tears down won’t be rebuilt.
⇔ What he closes on a person won’t be opened.
OET-LV There he_tears_down and_not it_will_be_rebuilt he_shuts on a_person and_not it_will_be_opened.
UHB הֵ֣ן יַ֭הֲרוֹס וְלֹ֣א יִבָּנֶ֑ה יִסְגֹּ֥ר עַל־אִ֝֗ישׁ וְלֹ֣א יִפָּתֵֽחַ׃ ‡
(hēn yahₐrōş vəloʼ yibāneh yişgor ˊal-ʼiysh vəloʼ yipātēaḩ.)
Key: khaki:verbs, red:negative.
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).
BrLXX Ἐὰν καταβάλῃ, τίς οἰκοδομήσει; ἐὰν κλείσῃ κατʼ ἀνθρώπων, τίς ἀνοίξει;
(Ean katabalaʸ, tis oikodomaʸsei; ean kleisaʸ katʼ anthrōpōn, tis anoixei; )
BrTr If he should cast down, who will build up? if he should shut up against men, who shall open?
ULT Behold, he breaks down and it is not rebuilt;
⇔ he closes upon a man and it is not opened.
UST Indeed, if God tears something down, no one can build it back up again.
⇔ If God puts someone in prison, no one can enable that person to escape.
BSB What He tears down cannot be rebuilt;
⇔ the man He imprisons cannot be released.
OEB See! He breaketh down, and who buildeth?
⇔ Imprisons, and none can set free.
WEBBE Behold, he breaks down, and it can’t be built again.
⇔ He imprisons a man, and there can be no release.
WMBB (Same as above)
NET If he tears down, it cannot be rebuilt;
⇔ if he imprisons a person, there is no escape.
LSV Behold, He breaks down, and it is not built up,
He shuts against a man,
And it is not opened.
FBV If he tears something down, nobody can rebuild it. If he imprisons someone, nobody can free them.
T4T If he tears something down, no one can rebuild it;
⇔ if he puts someone in prison, no one can open the prison doors to allow that person to escape.
LEB • [fn] it will not be rebuilt; if he shuts a man in, then[fn] he cannot be freed.
12:1 Hebrew “and”
BBE Truly, there is no building up of what is pulled down by him; when a man is shut up by him, no one may let him loose.
Moff No Moff JOB book available
JPS Behold, He breaketh down, and it cannot be built again; He shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.
ASV Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again;
⇔ He shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.
DRA If he pull down, there is no man that can build up: if he shut up a. man, there is none that can open.
YLT Lo, He breaketh down, and it is not built up, He shutteth against a man, And it is not opened.
Drby Behold, he breaketh down, and it is not built again; he shutteth up a man, and there is no opening.
RV Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again; he shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.
Wbstr Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.
KJB-1769 Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.[fn]
12.14 up: Heb. upon
KJB-1611 [fn][fn][fn]Behold, he breaketh downe, and it cannot be built againe: hee shutteth vp a man, and there can be no opening.
(Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.)
Bshps Beholde if he breake downe a thing, who can set it vp againe? yf he shut a thing, who wyll open it?
(Behold if he break down a thing, who can set it up again? if he shut a thing, who will open it?)
Gnva Beholde, he will breake downe, and it can not be built: he shutteth a man vp, and he can not be loosed.
(Behold, he will break down, and it cannot be built: he shutteth a man up, and he cannot be loosed. )
Cvdl Yf he breake downe a thinge, who can set it vp agayne? Yf he shutt a thinge, who wil open it?
(If he break down a thing, who can set it up again? If he shutt a thing, who will open it?)
Wyc If he distrieth, no man is that bildith; if he schittith in a man, `noon is that openith.
(If he distrieth, no man is that bildith; if he schittith in a man, `noon is that openeth/opens.)
Luth Siehe, wenn er zerbricht, so hilft kein Bauen; wenn er jemand verschleußt, kann niemand aufmachen.
(See, when he zerbricht, so hilft kein Bauen; when he someone verschleußt, kann no_one aufmachen.)
ClVg Si destruxerit, nemo est qui ædificet; si incluserit hominem, nullus est qui aperiat.[fn]
(When/But_if destruxerit, nemo it_is who ædificet; when/but_if incluserit hominem, nullus it_is who aperiat. )
12.14 Si destruxerit, nemo est qui ædificet. Omnipotens humanum genus destruit cum relinquit, ædificat cum replet: quod nisi fiat, incassum exterius a prædicatore monetur. Si incluserit hominem. Omnis homo per id, etc., usque ad et cor reprobum per gratiam non emollire.
12.14 When/But_if destruxerit, nemo it_is who ædificet. Omnipotens humanum genus destruit when/with relinquit, ædificat when/with replet: that nisi fiat, incassum exterius from prælet_him_sayore monetur. When/But_if incluserit hominem. Everyone human through id, etc., until to and heart reprobum through gratiam not/no emollire.
Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases
יַ֭הֲרוֹס וְלֹ֣א יִבָּנֶ֑ה יִסְגֹּ֥ר עַל־אִ֝֗ישׁ וְלֹ֣א יִפָּתֵֽחַ
tears_down and=not rebuilt imprisons on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in (a)_man and=not released
In both of these instances, Job is using the word and to introduce what happens under the condition he is describing. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could indicate this in your translation. Alternate translation: “if he breaks down, then it is not rebuilt; if he closes upon a man, then it is not opened”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
וְלֹ֣א יִבָּנֶ֑ה & וְלֹ֣א יִפָּתֵֽחַ
and=not rebuilt & and=not released
If your language does not use these passive forms, you could express the ideas in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “and no one rebuilds … and no one opens”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
יִסְגֹּ֥ר עַל־אִ֝֗ישׁ וְלֹ֣א יִפָּתֵֽחַ
imprisons on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in (a)_man and=not released
In this context, the expressions closes upon and opened refer to imprisonment and release. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “he imprisons a man, and that man is not released” or “if he imprisons a man, then no one releases that man”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / gendernotations
אִ֝֗ישׁ
(a)_man
Here the masculine term man has a generic sense that includes both men and women. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could use language in your translation that is clearly inclusive of both men and women. Alternate translation: “a man or woman” or “a person”