JOB 12:15 Parallel Verse View

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BrLXX Ἐὰν κωλύσῃ τὸ ὕδωρ, ξηρανεῖ τὴν γῆν· ἐὰν δὲ ἐπαφῇ, ἀπώλεσεν αὐτὴν καταστρέψας.
(Ean kōlusaʸ to hudōr, xaʸranei taʸn gaʸn; ean de epafaʸ, apōlesen autaʸn katastrepsas. )

BrTr If he should withhold the water, he will dry the earth: and if he should let it loose, he overthrows and destroys it.

ULT Behold, he withholds the waters and they dry up,
⇔ and he sends them out and they overthrow the land.

UST Yes, God is so powerful that if he prevents rain from falling, then the water on the earth dries up.
⇔ If God causes a lot of rain to fall, then water floods onto the land.

BSB If He holds back the waters, they dry up,
⇔ and if He releases them, they overwhelm the land.

OEB See! He holds back the floods and they dry;
⇔ Then He hurls them on earth and confounds it.

WEBBE Behold, he withholds the waters, and they dry up.
⇔ Again, he sends them out, and they overturn the earth.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET If he holds back the waters, then they dry up;
⇔ if he releases them, they destroy the land.

LSV Behold, He keeps in the waters, and they are dried up,
And He sends them forth,
And they overturn the land.

FBV If God holds back the waters, everything dries up; if he releases the waters, the earth floods.

T4T When he prevents rain from falling, everything dries up.
⇔ When he causes a lot of rain to fall, the result is that there are floods.

LEB • if he withholds the water,[fn] then[fn] they dry up; and if he sends them out, then[fn] they overwhelm the land.

12:1 Or “waters”

12:1 Hebrew “and”

BBE Truly, he keeps back the waters and they are dry; he sends them out and the earth is overturned.

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JPS Behold, He withholdeth the waters, and they dry up; also He sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.

ASV Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up;
⇔ Again, he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.

DRA If he withhold the waters, all things shall be dried up: and if he send them out, they shall overturn the earth.

YLT Lo, He keepeth in the waters, and they are dried up, And he sendeth them forth, And they overturn the land.

Drby Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up; and he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.

RV Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up; again, he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.

Wbstr Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up: also he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.

KJB-1769 Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up: also he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.
(Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up: also he sendeth/sends them out, and they overturn the earth. )

KJB-1611 Behold, hee withholdeth the waters, and they drie vp: also hee sendeth them out, and they ouerturne the earth.
(Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up: also he sendeth/sends them out, and they ouerturne the earth.)

Bshps Beholde, if he withholde the waters, they drye vp: yf he let them go, they destroy the earth.
(Behold, if he withholde the waters, they drye up: if he let them go, they destroy the earth.)

Gnva Beholde, he withholdeth the waters, and they drie vp: but when he sendeth them out, they destroy the earth.
(Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up: but when he sendeth/sends them out, they destroy the earth. )

Cvdl Beholde, yf he witholde the waters, they drye vp: Yf he let the go, they destroye the earth.
(Behold, if he witholde the waters, they drye up: If he let the go, they destroy the earth.)

Wyc If he holdith togidere watris, alle thingis schulen be maad drie; if he sendith out tho watris, tho schulen distrie the erthe.
(If he holdith together waters, all things should be made drie; if he sendeth/sends out those waters, those should destroy the earth.)

Luth Siehe, wenn er das Wasser verschleußt, so wird‘s alles dürre; und wenn s ausläßt, so kehret es das Land um.
(See, when he the water verschleußt, so wird‘s all/everything dürre; and when s ausläßt, so kehret it the Land um.)

ClVg Si continuerit aquas, omnia siccabuntur; et si emiserit eas, subvertent terram.[fn]
(When/But_if continuerit waters, everything siccabuntur; and when/but_if emiserit eas, subvertent the_earth/land. )

12.15 Si continuerit aquas, omnia siccabuntur. Quia, si scientia prædicatorum subtrahitur, etc., usque ad septiformem gratiam retulit Si emiserit eas, subvertent. Si enim Spiritus sancti gratia infunditur, etc., usque ad statim terra subvertitur: quia peccatricis mentis duritia ab immobilitatis suæ obstinatione permutatur.

12.15 When/But_if continuerit waters, everything siccabuntur. Quia, when/but_if scientia prælet_him_sayorum subtrahitur, etc., until to septiformem gratiam retook When/But_if emiserit eas, subvertent. When/But_if because Spiritus sancti gratia infunditur, etc., until to immediately earth/land subvertitur: because peccatricis mentis duritia away immobilitatis suæ obstinatione permutatur.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases

הֵ֤ן יַעְצֹ֣ר בַּ⁠מַּ֣יִם וְ⁠יִבָ֑שׁוּ וִֽ֝⁠ישַׁלְּחֵ֗⁠ם וְ⁠יַ֖הַפְכוּ אָֽרֶץ

if withholds in/on/at/with,waters and,dry_up and,sends_~_out,them and,overwhelm land

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 withholds the waters, then they dry up; if he sends them out, then they overthrow the land”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

וְ⁠יַ֖הַפְכוּ אָֽרֶץ

and,overwhelm land

Job is speaking as if the waters would literally overthrow the land or turn it upside down. He means that the waters would completely cover the land so that there would be no land any more. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “and they completely flood the land”

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