JOB 16:18 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 Γῆ μὴ ἐπικαλύψῃς ἐφʼ αἵματι τῆς σαρκός μου, μηδὲ εἴη τόπος τῇ κραυγῇ μου.
(Gaʸ maʸ epikalupsaʸs efʼ haimati taʸs sarkos mou, maʸde eiaʸ topos taʸ kraugaʸ mou.)

ULT Earth, do not conceal my blood,
⇔ and may, there not be a, hiding place for my cry.

UST I feel as if I am the victim of a violent crime, and I want people to show concern about what has happened to me.
⇔ I do not want anyone to stop me while I am demanding that God act justly toward me.

BSB & MSB O earth, do not cover my blood;
⇔ may my cry for help never be laid to rest.

OEB No OEB JOB 16:18 book available

WEBBE & WMBB ⇔ “Earth, don’t cover my blood.
⇔ Let my cry have no place to rest.

NET “O earth, do not cover my blood,
⇔ nor let there be a secret place for my cry.

LSV O earth, do not cover my blood! And let there not be a place for my cry.

FBV Earth, do not cover up my blood. May my cry find no place to hide.

T4T ⇔ When I die, I want the ground [APO] to act as though I had been murdered and cry out against those who killed me,
⇔ and I do not want anyone to stop me while I am demanding that God act justly toward me.

LEB • “O earth, you should not cover my blood,
• and let there be no place[fn] for my cry for help.

16:1 Or “do not let it become a place”

BBE O earth, let not my blood be covered, and let my cry have no resting-place!

Moff Cover not up my blood, O earth!
⇔ let the cry of it go wandering through the world!

JPS O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no resting-place.

ASV ⇔ O earth, cover not thou my blood,
⇔ And let my cry have no resting-place.

DRA (JOB 16:19) O earth, cover not thou my blood, neither let my cry find a hiding place in thee.

YLT O earth, do not thou cover my blood! And let there not be a place for my cry.

Drby O earth, cover not my blood, and let there be no place for my cry!

RV O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no resting place.
(Oh earth, cover not thou/you my blood, and let my cry have no resting place.)

SLT O earth, thou wilt not cover my blood; and shall there not be place for my cry?

Wbstr O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place.

KJB-1769 O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place.
(Oh earth, cover not thou/you my blood, and let my cry have no place.)

KJB-1611 O earth couer not thou my blood, and let my cry haue no place.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps O earth couer not thou my blood, and let my crying finde no roome.
(Oh earth cover not thou/you my blood, and let my crying find no room.)

Gnva O earth, couer not thou my blood, and let my crying finde no place.
(Oh earth, cover not thou/you my blood, and let my crying find no place.)

Cvdl O earth, couer not my bloude, and let my crienge fynde no rowme.
(Oh earth, cover not my blood, and let my crying find no room.)

Wycl (JOB 16:19) Erthe, hile thou not my blood, and my cry fynde not in thee a place of hidyng.
(Earth, cover thou/you not my blood, and my cry find not in thee/you a place of hiding.)

Luth Ach, Erde, verdecke mein Blut nicht! und mein Geschrei müsse nicht Raum finden!
(Oh_dear, earth/land/ground, conceal my blood not! and my shouting(n) must not space find!)

ClVg (JOB 16:19) Terra, ne operias sanguinem meum, neque inveniat in te locum latendi clamor meus:[fn]
(Land, not cover blood mine, nor find in/into/on you(sg) place to_be_lain_hidden cry/shout mine:)

16.19 Terra ne operias sanguinem meum. Peccanti homini dictum est: Terra es et in terram ibis; quæ se terra Redemptoris nostri sanguinem non abscondit quia unusquisque peccator redemptionis suæ pretium sumens, confitetur ac laudat, et quibus valet proximis innotescit. Terra etiam sanguinem ejus non operuit: quia sancta Ecclesia redemptionis suæ mysterium in cunctis jam mundi partibus prædicavit. Neque inveniat in te locum latendi clamor meus. Ibid. Clamor Redemptoris nostri est sanguis redemptionis, qui a fidelibus sumitur, qui, ut ait Apostolus, melius loquitur quam sanguis Abel: quia sanguis Abel mortem fratricidæ petiit, sanguis Domini vitam persecutoribus impetravit. Qui clamor locum latendi invenit in nobis, si quod mens credidit, lingua tacet.

16.19 Land not cover blood mine. To_sinners to_man said it_is: Land you_are and in/into/on the_earth/land you_are_going; which himself earth/land Redeemer our blood not/no hid because each_one/everybody sinner redemption his/her_own(pl) price/ransom/value taking, confesses and praises, and to_whom is_valid next_to becomes_known. Land also blood his/her not/no covered: because holy Assembly/Church redemption his/her_own(pl) mystery in/into/on to_all already world parts preached. Neither find in/into/on you(sg) place to_be_lain_hidden cry/shout mine. There. Cry/shout Redeemer our it_is blood redemption, who/which from to_the_faithful is_taken, who, as he_said Apostle, better speaks how blood Abel: because blood Abel death brother_killer asked, blood Master life persecutors obtained. Who cry/shout place to_be_lain_hidden he_found in/into/on us, when/but_if that mind believed, tongue/language is_silent.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / apostrophe

אֶ֭רֶץ אַל־תְּכַסִּ֣י דָמִ֑⁠י

earth/land not (Some words not found in UHB: earth/land not cover blood_of,my and,not let_it_be place to,outcry_of,my )

Job is speaking to something that he knows cannot hear him, the Earth. He is doing that to show in a strong way how he feels about what has been happening to him. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [I hope that when I die, my blood will remain visible on the earth]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

אֶ֭רֶץ אַל־תְּכַסִּ֣י דָמִ֑⁠י

earth/land not (Some words not found in UHB: earth/land not cover blood_of,my and,not let_it_be place to,outcry_of,my )

Job is speaking as if he were literally going to be murdered and as if his blood were going to fall to the ground and soak into the earth unless something prevented that. He means that he is like the victim of a deadly crime in that he deserves justice but there is a risk that he will not receive it. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [I want to receive justice for what is happening to me]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / apostrophe

וְֽ⁠אַל־יְהִ֥י מָ֝ק֗וֹם לְ⁠זַעֲקָתִֽ⁠י

and,not let_it_be place to,outcry_of,my

It is likely that Job is continuing to address the Earth in this part of the verse. Once again he is doing that in order to show in a strong way how he feels about what has been happening to him. Job is speaking as if the earth could hear him and as if it could make sure that none of its locations would provide a place for anyone to hide Job’s cry so that it was not answered. The context makes clear that this is a cry for justice. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [and I hope that my cry for justice is answered and not hidden]

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