JOB 15:30 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) Wicked people will never escape the darkness.
⇔ A flame will wither their branches,
⇔ and with one breath of their mouths, they’ll be gone.

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 οὐδὲ μὴ ἐκφύγῃ τὸ σκότος· τὸν βλαστὸν αὐτοῦ μαράναι ἄνεμος, ἐκπέσοι δὲ αὐτοῦ τὸ ἄνθος.
(oude maʸ ekfugaʸ to skotos; ton blaston autou maranai anemos, ekpesoi de autou to anthos. )

BrTr Neither shall he in any wise escape the darkness: let the wind blast his blossom, and let his flower fall off.

ULT He will not depart from darkness;
⇔ a flame will dry up his shoots,
⇔ and he will depart at the breath of his mouth.

UST Wicked people will always be in trouble.
⇔ They will be like trees whose branches burn up.
⇔ When God gives the command, they will die.

BSB He will not escape from the darkness;
⇔ the flame will wither his shoots,
⇔ and the breath of God’s mouth
⇔ will carry him away.

OEB The fierce heat shall wither his branches,

WEBBE He will not depart out of darkness.
⇔ The flame will dry up his branches.
⇔ He will go away by the breath of God’s mouth.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET He will not escape the darkness;
⇔ a flame will wither his shoots
⇔ and he will depart
⇔ by the breath of God’s mouth.

LSV He does not turn aside from darkness,
A flame dries up his tender branch,
And he turns aside at the breath of His mouth!

FBV They will not escape from the darkness. Like a tree whose shoots are burned up in a forest fire, the breath of God will blow him away.

T4T They will not escape from the darkness of death;
⇔ they will be like trees whose branches are burned by fire
⇔ and whose blossoms are blown away by the wind.

LEB • a flame will dry up his new shoot, • and by the wind of his mouth he shall be removed.

BBE He does not come out of the dark; his branches are burned by the flame, and the wind takes away his bud.

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JPS He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of His mouth shall he go away.

ASV He shall not depart out of darkness;
⇔ The flame shall dry up his branches,
⇔ And by the breath of God’s mouth shall he go away.

DRA He shall not depart out of darkness: the flame shall dry up his branches, and he shall be taken away by the breath of his own month.

YLT He turneth not aside from darkness, His tender branch doth a flame dry up, And he turneth aside at the breath of His mouth!

Drby He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches; and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.

RV He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.

Wbstr He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.

KJB-1769 He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.

KJB-1611 He shall not depart out of darkenesse, the flame shall drie vp his branches, and by the breath of his mouth shall he goe away.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps He shall neuer depart out of darkenesse, the flame shal drye vp his branches, with the blast of ye mouth of God shall he be taken away.
(He shall never depart out of darkness, the flame shall drye up his branches, with the blast of ye/you_all mouth of God shall he be taken away.)

Gnva He shall neuer depart out of darkenesse: the flame shall drie vp his branches, and he shall goe away with the breath of his mouth.
(He shall never depart out of darkness: the flame shall dry up his branches, and he shall go away with the breath of his mouth. )

Cvdl He shal neuer come out of darcknesse, the flame shal drye vp his braunches, with ye blast of the mouth of God shal he be take awaie.
(He shall never come out of darknessse, the flame shall drye up his branches, with ye/you_all blast of the mouth of God shall he be take awaie.)

Wycl nether he schal go awei fro derknessis. Flawme schal make drie hise braunchis, and he schal be takun a wey bi the spirit of his mouth.
(nether he shall go away from darkness. Flawme shall make dry his branchis, and he shall be taken a wey by the spirit of his mouth.)

Luth Unfall wird nicht von ihm lassen. Die Flamme wird seine Zweige verdorren und durch den Odem ihres Mundes ihn wegfressen.
(Unfall becomes not from him lassen. The Flamme becomes his Zweige verdorren and through the Odem ihres Mundes him/it wegfressen.)

ClVg Non recedet de tenebris: ramos ejus arefaciet flamma, et auferetur spiritu oris sui.[fn]
(Non recedet about darkness: ramos his arefaciet flamma, and auferetur spiritu oris sui. )

15.30 Non recedet de tenebris. Quia enim lucem justitiæ non quærit, de tenebris non recedit. Ramos ejus, etc. Quia ipsi quoque, qui ei conjuncti sunt, terrenis desideriis æstuant, ut boni operis fructum non ferant, quia ad appetenda infima per nequitiam anhelant. Et auferetur spiritu, quia eo percussionis sententiam accipiet, quo oris sui spiritum timore Dei non restringit.

15.30 Non recedet about darkness. Because because the_light justitiæ not/no quærit, about darkness not/no recedit. Ramos his, etc. Because ipsi quoque, who to_him conyuncti are, terrenis desideriis æstuant, as boni operis fructum not/no ferant, because to appetenda infima through nequitiam anhelant. And auferetur spiritu, because eo percussionis sententiam accipiet, quo oris sui spiritum timore of_God not/no restringit.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

לֹֽא־יָס֨וּר ׀ מִנִּי־חֹ֗שֶׁךְ

not escape from darkness

See how you translated the similar expression in 15:22. Alternate translation: “His troubles will never end”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

יֹֽ֭נַקְתּ⁠וֹ תְּיַבֵּ֣שׁ שַׁלְהָ֑בֶת

shoots,his wither flame

Eliphaz is speaking as if the wicked person were literally a plant or bush whose stalks a flame could dry up or burn up. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “He will certainly perish”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

וְ֝⁠יָס֗וּר בְּ⁠ר֣וּחַ פִּֽי⁠ו

and,depart in/on/at/with,breath mouth,his

Eliphaz is speaking as if a hot wind that dried up plants were actually breath from God’s mouth. (The same image appears elsewhere in the Bible, for example, in Isaiah 40:7, “The grass withers, the flower wilts, for the breath of Yahweh blows on it.”) If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “yes, God will destroy him”

Note 4 topic: writing-pronouns

פִּֽי⁠ו

mouth,his

The pronoun his refers to God. It may be helpful to clarify this for your readers. Alternate translation: “God’s mouth”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / euphemism

וְ֝⁠יָס֗וּר

and,depart

Eliphaz is using the word depart to mean “die.” This is a mild way of referring to death. Your language may have a similar expression that you could use in your translation. You could also use plain language. Alternate translation: “and he will pass away” or “and he will die”

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