JOB 16:15 Parallel Verse View

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Text critical issues=none 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 Σάκκον ἔῤῥαψαν ἐπὶ βύρσης μου, τὸ δὲ σθένος μου ἐν γῇ ἐσβέσθη.
(Sakkon eɽɽapsan epi bursaʸs mou, to de sthenos mou en gaʸ esbesthaʸ.)

BrTr They sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and my strength has been spent on the ground.

ULT I have sewn sackcloth on my skin,
⇔ and I have thrust my horn into the dust.

UST I am grieving so deeply that it is as if I have sewn rough mourning cloth right onto my skin!
⇔ I feel weak and humiliated.

BSB & MSB I have sewn sackcloth over my skin;
⇔ I have buried my horn in the dust.

OEB No OEB JOB 16:15 book available

WEBBE & WMBB I have sewed sackcloth on my skin,
⇔ and have thrust my horn in the dust.

NET I have sewed sackcloth on my skin,
⇔ and buried my horn in the dust;

LSV I have sewed sackcloth on my skin,
And have rolled my horn in the dust.

FBV I have sown sackcloth[fn] to cover my skin; my strength lies broken in the dust.[fn]

16:15 Putting on sackcloth was a sign of mourning.

16:15 Literally, “I have thrust my horn in the dust.”

T4T ⇔ “Because I am mourning, I wear pieces of rough cloth that I have sewed together,
⇔ and I sit here in the dirt, very depressed/discouraged.

LEB • “I have sewed sackcloth on my skin,
• and I have inserted my pride[fn] in the dust.

16:1 Literally “my horn”

BBE I have made haircloth the clothing of my skin, and my horn is rolled in the dust.

Moff I have stitched sackcloth on my skin,
⇔ and bowed my glory to the dust;

JPS I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and have laid my horn in the dust.

ASV I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin,
⇔ And have laid my horn in the dust.

DRA (JOB 16:16) I have sowed sackcloth upon my skin, and have covered my flesh with ashes.

YLT Sackcloth I have sewed on my skin, And have rolled in the dust my horn.

Drby I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and rolled my horn in the dust.

RV I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and have laid my horn in the dust.

SLT I sewed together sackcloth upon my skin, and I thrust my horn into the dust.

Wbstr I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the dust.

KJB-1769 I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the dust.

KJB-1611 I haue sowed sackcloth vpon my skin, and defiled my horne in the dust.
(I have sowed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the dust.)

Bshps I haue sowed a sackecloth vpon my skinne, and wallowed my head in the dust.
(I have sowed a sackcloth upon my skin, and wallowed my head in the dust.)

Gnva I haue sowed a sackcloth vpon my skinne, and haue abased mine horne vnto the dust.
(I have sowed a sackcloth upon my skin, and have abased mine horn unto the dust.)

Cvdl I haue sowed a sack cloth vpon my skynne, and lye with my strength in the dust.
(I have sowed a sack cloth upon my skin, and lie with my strength in the dust.)

Wycl (JOB 16:16) Y sewide togidere a sak on my skyn; and Y hilide my fleisch with aische.
(I sewed together a sack on my skin; and I covered my flesh with ash.)

Luth Ich habe einen Sack um meine Haut genähet und habe mein Horn in den Staub gelegt.
(I have a sack/bag around/by/for my skin sewn and have my Horn in the dust placed.)

ClVg (JOB 16:16) Saccum consui super cutem meam, et operui cinere carnem meam.[fn]
(Bag/sack to_be_sewn_together over skin of_mine, and I_covered ash the_flesh of_mine.)

16.16 Saccum consui super cutem. In sacco et cinere pœnitentia, in cute et carne peccatum carnis intelligitur. Ergo quasi saccus super cutem consuitur, et cinere caro operitur, quia culpa carnis per pœnitentiam tegitur, ne in districti judicis examine ad ultionem videatur. Facies mea intumuit. Facies Ecclesiæ sunt, qui in regimine positi apparent primi, ut ex eorum specie sit honor fidelis populi. Hi plangunt culpas infirmantium; sed dum vident quosdam ad veniam redire, quosdam vero in iniquitate persistere, occulta Dei judicia obstupescunt, quæ non intelligunt.

16.16 Bag/sack to_be_sewn_together over skin. In bag/sack and ash repentance, in/into/on cute and flesh/meat sin/transgression of_flesh understood. Therefore as_if bag/sack over skin is_sewn_together, and ash flesh/meat is_covered, because guilt of_flesh through repentance is_covered, not in/into/on stretched_out judgements examine to revenge it_seems. Faces my swelled. Faces Assemblies/Churches are, who/which in/into/on control placed apparent first, as from their in_appearance be honour/respect(n) faithful of_the_people. They they_mourn faults weakening; but while they_see some to I_will_come to_return, some indeed/however in/into/on iniquity to_persist, hidden of_God judgements they_are_astonished, which not/no they_understand.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

שַׂ֣ק תָּ֭פַרְתִּי עֲלֵ֣י גִלְדִּ֑⁠י

(Some words not found in UHB: sackcloth sewed over skin_of,my and,I_have_inserted in,dust horn_of,my )

Job is speaking as if he had literally sewn sackcloth onto his skin. He could mean: (1) that he is continually in mourning, as if he wore sackcloth (a sign of mourning) so frequently that it seemed to be sewn onto his skin. Alternate translation: [I am continually in mourning]; (2) that he actually has been wearing sackcloth (although the narrative at the beginning of the book does not say so) and it has stuck to his skin because of his boils, as if it were sewn to his skin. Alternate translation: [The sackcloth I have been wearing in grief has stuck to my skin]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

וְ⁠עֹלַ֖לְתִּי בֶ⁠עָפָ֣ר קַרְנִֽ⁠י

(Some words not found in UHB: sackcloth sewed over skin_of,my and,I_have_inserted in,dust horn_of,my )

People in the biblical culture used the horn of an animal to represent strength and honor. When they did, they would speak of humans as if they had horns like animals. For example, [Psalm 112:9](../../psa/112/009.md) says of the person who fears Yahweh, “His horn rises high in honor.” Job is using the image in the opposite way to say that he is suffering disgrace. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [and I am suffering great disgrace]

Parallel JOB 16:15