JOB 13:20 Parallel Verse View

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Key: khaki:verbs, red:negative.
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BrLXX Δυεῖν δέ μοι χρήσῃ, τότε ἀπὸ τοῦ προσώπου σου οὐ κρυβήσομαι.
(Duein de moi ⱪraʸsaʸ, tote apo tou prosōpou sou ou krubaʸsomai. )

ULT Only two things do not do to me,
⇔ then I will not hide myself from your face:

UST However, I must ask you to stop doing two things to me.
⇔ Then I will be able to speak with you in person.

BSB ⇔ Only grant these two things to me,
⇔ so that I need not hide from You:

OEB But two things alone do not unto me,
⇔ Then I will not hide from Thy face.

WEBBE ⇔ “Only don’t do two things to me,
⇔ then I will not hide myself from your face:

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Only in two things spare me, O God,
⇔ and then I will not hide from your face:

LSV Only two things, O God, do with me,
Then I am not hidden from Your face:

FBV God, I have two requests, then I can face you.

T4T ⇔ “I am requesting you to do two things for me;
⇔ if you do them, I will ◄not hide from you/come and stand in front of you► [LIT].

LEB • [fn] must not do these two things to me; then I will not hide from your face:

13:? Singular; the antecedent is God

BBE Only two things do not do to me, then I will come before your face:

Moff No Moff JOB book available

JPS Only do not two things unto me, then will I not hide myself from Thee:

ASV ⇔ Only do not two things unto me;
⇔ Then will I not hide myself from thy face:

DRA Two things only do not to me, and then from thy face I shall not be hid:

YLT Only two things, O God, do with me: Then from Thy face I am not hidden.

Drby Only do not two things unto me; then will I not hide myself from thee.

RV Only do not two things unto me, then will I not hide myself from thy face:

Wbstr Only do not two things to me: then will I not hide myself from thee.

KJB-1769 Only do not two things unto me: then will I not hide myself from thee.
(Only do not two things unto me: then will I not hide myself from thee/you. )

KJB-1611 Only doe not two things vnto me: then will I not hide my selfe from thee.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps Neuerthelesse, graunt me two thinges, and then wyll I not hide my selfe from thee:
(Nevertheless, grant me two things, and then will I not hide myself from thee/you:)

Gnva But doe not these two things vnto me: then will I not hide my selfe from thee.
(But do not these two things unto me: then will I not hide myself from thee/you. )

Cvdl Neuerthelesse graunte me ij. thinges, and then will I not hyde my self from the.
(Nevertheless grant me ij. things, and then will I not hyde myself from them.)

Wycl Do thou not to me twei thingis oneli; and thanne Y schal not be hid fro thi face.
(Do thou/you not to me two things oneli; and then I shall not be hid from thy/your face.)

Luth Zweierlei tu mir nur nicht, so will ich mich vor dir nicht verbergen:
(Zweierlei tu to_me nur not, so will I me before/in_front_of you/to_you not verbergen:)

ClVg Duo tantum ne facias mihi, et tunc a facie tua non abscondar:[fn]
(Duo only not facias mihi, and tunc from face your not/no abscondar: )

13.20 Duo tantum ne facias. Et Dei faciem, hic animadversionem dicit: in qua dum peccata aspicit, punit, a qua nemo absconditur, nisi duo quæ postulat amoveantur, de quibus sequitur:

13.20 Duo only not facias. And of_God faciem, this animadversionem he_says: in which dum sins aspicit, punit, from which nemo absconditur, nisi two which postulat amoveantur, about to_whom follows:

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

אַךְ־שְׁ֭תַּיִם

only two

At this point in his speech, Job stops addressing his three friends and starts addressing God directly. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could indicate this explicitly in your translation. Alternate translation: “God, only two things do not do to me”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / yousingular

אַל־תַּ֣עַשׂ & מִ֝⁠פָּנֶ֗י⁠ךָ

not grant & from,face,your

As the General Notes to this chapter discuss, the word your and the implied “you” in the imperative do are singular here because Job is starting to address God directly. He continues to speak to God for the rest of this chapter and in all of chapter 14. So use singular forms of second-person pronouns and imperatives in your translation from here to the end of chapter 14 if your language marks that distinction.

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

מִ֝⁠פָּנֶ֗י⁠ךָ

from,face,your

Here the word face represents the presence of a person by association with the way people can see the face of someone who is present. Alternate translation: “from you presence”

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