JOB 13:8 Parallel Verse View

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Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance=normal (All still tentative.)

Key: khaki:verbs, blue:Elohim.
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).

UST You are not being fair to me.
⇔ Instead, you are acting as if you are God’s lawyers defending him in court!

BSB Would you show Him partiality
⇔ or argue in His defense?

OEB And to Him would ye show your favour?
⇔ And God’s is the cause ye would plead?

WEBBE Will you show partiality to him?
⇔ Will you contend for God?

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Will you show him partiality?
⇔ Will you argue the case for God?

LSV Do you accept His face, if you strive for God?

FBV Or are you wanting to show God favoritism? Are you going to argue God's case for him?

T4T Are you trying to defend him?
⇔ Are you trying to prove as you would in a court that he is innocent?

LEB • [fn] show partiality for him[fn] Or do you[fn] want to plead God’s case?

?:? Plural

?:? Literally “his faces will you raise”

BBE Will you have respect for God's person in this cause, and put yourselves forward as his supporters?

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JPS Will ye show Him favour? Will ye contend for God?

ASV Will ye show partiality to him?
⇔ Will ye contend for God?

DRA Do you accept his person, and do you endeavour to judge for God?

YLT His face do ye accept, if for God ye strive?

Drby Will ye accept his person? will ye contend for [fn]God?

13.8 El

RV Will ye respect his person? will ye contend for God?

Wbstr Will ye accept his person? will ye contend for God?

KJB-1769 Will ye accept his person? will ye contend for God?
(Will ye/you_all accept his person? will ye/you_all contend for God? )

KJB-1611 Will ye accept his person? Will yee contend for God?
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation)

Bshps Wyll ye accept the person of him? or wyll ye contende for God?
(Wyll ye/you_all accept the person of him? or will ye/you_all contende for God?)

Gnva Will ye accept his person? or will ye contende for God?
(Will ye/you_all accept his person? or will ye/you_all contende for God? )

Cvdl Wil ye accepte ye personne of God, and intreate for him?
(Wil ye/you_all accepte ye/you_all personne of God, and intreate for him?)

Wyc Whether ye taken his face, and enforsen to deme for God?
(Whether ye/you_all taken his face, and enforsen to deme for God?)

Luth Wollt ihr seine Person ansehen? Wollt ihr GOtt vertreten?
(Wollt you/their/her his Person ansehen? Wollt you/their/her God vertreten?)

ClVg numquid faciem ejus accipitis, et pro Deo judicare nitimini?
(numquid face his accipitis, and for Deo yudicare nitimini? )

BrTr Or will ye draw back? nay, do ye yourselves be judges.

BrLXX Ἢ ὑποστελεῖσθε; ὑμεῖς δὲ αὐτοὶ κριταὶ γίνεσθε.
(Aʸ huposteleisthe; humeis de autoi kritai ginesthe. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

הֲ⁠פָנָ֥י⁠ו תִּשָּׂא֑וּ⁠ן אִם־לָ⁠אֵ֥ל תְּרִיבֽוּ⁠ן

?,faces_of,him will_you_all_show_partiality, if for_THE,God argue_the_case,

Job is using the question form for emphasis. If you would not use the question form for that purpose in your language, you could translate these questions as statements or as exclamations. Alternate translation: “You have been lifting his face! You have been pleading for God!”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

הֲ⁠פָנָ֥י⁠ו תִּשָּׂא֑וּ⁠ן

?,faces_of,him will_you_all_show_partiality,

As the General Notes to this chapter discuss, the expression lift his face means to show favor or favoritism towards someone. Alternate translation: “Will you show him favoritism?” or “You are showing him favoritism!”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

לָ⁠אֵ֥ל תְּרִיבֽוּ⁠ן

for_THE,God argue_the_case,

Job is using the word plead to mean “argue a court case.” He is suggesting that his friends are not counseling him impartially but, rather, taking God’s side against him even though, as he sees it, he has a valid case against God. You could indicate that in your translation if it would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: “will you take God’s side against me?” or “you are taking God’s side against me!”

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