JOB 16:13 Parallel Verse View

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Text critical issues=minor/spelling Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=Iyyov (All still tentative.)

Key: khaki:verbs.
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 Ἐκύκλωσάν με λόγχαις βάλλοντες εἰς νεφρούς μου, οὐ φειδόμενοι ἐξέχεαν εἰς τὴν γῆν τὴν χολήν μου·
(Ekuklōsan me logⱪais ballontes eis nefrous mou, ou feidomenoi exeⱪean eis taʸn gaʸn taʸn ⱪolaʸn mou;)

BrTr They surrounded me with spears, aiming at my reins: without sparing me they poured out my gall upon the ground.

ULT his archers have surrounded me.
⇔ He pierces my kidneys and he does not spare;
⇔ he pours my bile on the ground.

UST and people were surrounding me and shooting arrows at me.
⇔ It is as if those arrows cut open my kidneys
⇔ and caused the gall from my liver to spill onto the ground.
⇔ God is not having any mercy on me at all!

BSB & MSB His archers surround me.
⇔ He pierces my kidneys without mercy
⇔ and spills my gall on the ground.

OEB No OEB JOB 16:13 book available

WEBBE & WMBB His archers surround me.
⇔ He splits my kidneys apart, and does not spare.
⇔ He pours out my bile on the ground.

NET his archers surround me.
⇔ Without pity he pierces my kidneys
⇔ and pours out my gall on the ground.

LSV His archers go around against me. He split my reins, and does not spare,
He pours out my gall to the earth.

FBV His archers surround me. His arrows pierce my kidneys without mercy. He pours out my gall on the ground.

T4T people are surrounding me and shooting arrows at me.
⇔ His arrows pierce my kidneys
⇔ and cause the bile from my liver to spill onto the ground,
⇔ and God does not pity me at all.

LEB • His archers surround me;
• he slashes open my kidneys, and he does not have compassion;
• he pours out my gall on the ground.

BBE His bowmen come round about me; their arrows go through my body without mercy; my life is drained out on the earth.

Moff his arrows rain upon me,
⇔ piercing my vitals without pity,
⇔ till my entrails ooze out on earth.

JPS His archers compass me round about, He cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; He poureth out my gall upon the ground.

ASV His archers compass me round about;
⇔ He cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare;
⇔ He poureth out my gall upon the ground.

DRA (JOB 16:14) He hath compassed me round about with his lances, he hath wounded my loins, he hath not spared, and hath poured out my bowels on the earth.

YLT Go round against me do his archers. He splitteth my reins, and spareth not, He poureth out to the earth my gall.

Drby His arrows encompass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground.

RV His archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground.
(His archers compass/all_around me round about, he cleaveth/cleaves_or_clings my reins asunder/apart, and doeth/does not spare; he poureth/pours out my gall/bile upon the ground.)

SLT His multitudes will surround upon me, he will cleave my reins asunder, and not spare; he will pour my gall upon the earth.

Wbstr His archers encompass me; he cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground.

KJB-1769 His archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground.
(His archers compass/all_around me round about, he cleaveth/cleaves_or_clings my reins asunder/apart, and doeth/does not spare; he poureth/pours out my gall/bile upon the ground.)

KJB-1611 His archers compasse me round about, he cleaueth my reines asunder, and doeth not spare; he powreth out my gall vpon the ground.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps His archers compasse me rounde about, he woundeth my raines, and doth not spare, my bowels hath he powred vpon the grounde.
(His archers compass/all_around me round about, he woundeth my reins, and doeth/does not spare, my bowels hath/has he poured upon the ground.)

Gnva His archers compasse mee rounde about: he cutteth my reines, and doth not spare, and powreth my gall vpon the ground.
(His archers compass/all_around me round about: he cutteth/cuts my reins, and doeth/does not spare, and poureth/pours my gall/bile upon the ground.)

Cvdl He hath compased me rounde aboute with his dartes, he hath wounded my loynes, & not spared. My bowels hath he poured vpon the grounde.
(He hath/has compassed/surrounded me round about with his darts, he hath/has wounded my loins, and not spared. My bowels hath/has he poured upon the ground.)

Wycl (JOB 16:14) He hath cumpasside me with hise speris, he woundide togidere my leendis; he sparide not, and schedde out myn entrails in to the erthe.
(He hath/has compassed/surrounded me with his spears, he wounded together my loins; he spared not, and separated/poured out mine entrails in to the earth.)

Luth Er hat mich umgeben mit seinen Schützen; er hat meine Nieren gespalten und nicht verschonet; er hat meine Galle auf die Erde geschüttet;
(He has me surrounded with his shooters; he has my kidneys split and not spared; he has my bile on/in/to the earth/land/ground poured;)

ClVg (JOB 16:14) Circumdedit me lanceis suis; convulneravit lumbos meos: non pepercit, et effudit in terra viscera mea.[fn]
(Surrounded me spears to_his_own; wounded_severely waist mine: not/no spared, and poured_out in/into/on earth/land entrails my.)

16.14 Circumdedit me. Ecclesia lanceis ab hoste suo circumdatur, quando in membris suis ab impugnatore calido tentationum jaculis ab omni parte impetitur. Convulneravit lumbos meos. Cum hostis fidelem populum ad luxuriam pertrahit, hunc in lumbis ferit. Convulnerare autem dicitur, quia quod nobis male suggerit, nos sequentes ex propria voluntate implemus, et quasi cum ipso nos pariter vulneramus. Non pepercit et effudit in terra viscera mea. Viscera Ecclesiæ dicit eorum mentes, qui ejus in se continent mysteria: quos dum antiquus hostis ad sæcularia negotia pertrahit, ejus viscera in terra fundit. Non pepercit, id est, non destitit.

16.14 Surrounded me. Assembly/Church spears away hoste his_own is_surrounded, when in/into/on members to_his_own away attacksore hot temptations javelins away all in_part/partly is_attacked. Wounded_severely waist mine. Since the_enemy faithful the_people to luxury draws, this_one in/into/on waist hits. To_wound_severely however it_is_said, because that us male suggests, us following from own willingly we_fill, and as_if when/with himself us as_well we_wound. Not/No spared and poured_out in/into/on earth/land entrails my. Viscera Assemblies/Churches he_says their minds, who/which his/her in/into/on himself continent mysteries: which while ancient the_enemy to secular businesses draws, his/her entrails in/into/on earth/land pours. Not/No spared, that it_is, not/no stopped.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

יָ֘סֹ֤בּוּ עָלַ֨⁠י ׀ רַבָּ֗י⁠ו

surround (on),me (Some words not found in UHB: surround (on),me archers_of,his slashes_open kidneys_of,my and=not mercy pours_out to,ground gall_of,my )

Job is speaking as if archers whom God commands have literally surrounded him. He means that God has caused him to experience many different troubles. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly, as long as you also used plain language in the last sentence of the previous verse. Alternate translation: [he has caused me to experience many troubles]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

יְפַלַּ֣ח כִּ֭לְיוֹתַ⁠י וְ⁠לֹ֣א יַחְמ֑וֹל יִשְׁפֹּ֥ךְ לָ֝⁠אָ֗רֶץ מְרֵרָֽתִ⁠י

(Some words not found in UHB: surround (on),me archers_of,his slashes_open kidneys_of,my and=not mercy pours_out to,ground gall_of,my )

Job means implicitly that these archers are seeking mercilessly to kill him by shooting their arrows into his vital organs. (By saying that God pours his bile on the ground, Job means that God’s archers have pierced his liver as well as his kidneys, since the liver produces bile and that fluid would spill out of the body if the liver were pierced.) You could indicate that in your translation if it would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: [They are seeking mercilessly to kill me by shooting their arrows into my vital organs]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

יְפַלַּ֣ח כִּ֭לְיוֹתַ⁠י וְ⁠לֹ֣א יַחְמ֑וֹל יִשְׁפֹּ֥ךְ לָ֝⁠אָ֗רֶץ מְרֵרָֽתִ⁠י

(Some words not found in UHB: surround (on),me archers_of,his slashes_open kidneys_of,my and=not mercy pours_out to,ground gall_of,my )

Job does not mean that arrows have literally pierced his kidneys and liver. He is continuing the image of the archers to indicate that it feels to him as if God is mercilessly trying to kill him in a way that he could not possibly survive. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [It feels to me as if God is mercilessly trying to kill me in a way that I could not possibly survive]

Note 4 topic: writing-pronouns

יְפַלַּ֣ח & וְ⁠לֹ֣א יַחְמ֑וֹל יִשְׁפֹּ֥ךְ

(Some words not found in UHB: surround (on),me archers_of,his slashes_open kidneys_of,my and=not mercy pours_out to,ground gall_of,my )

The pronouns He and he refer to God. Job means that God is doing these things through the symbolic archers that he describes in the previous sentence. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could use plural pronouns to show that this is a continuation of the image of the archers. Alternate translation: [They pierce my kidneys and do not spare; they pour my bile on the ground]

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