JOB 16:18 Parallel Verse View

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

OEB O earth! cover not my blood;
⇔ No rest let there be to my crying.

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

WMBB (Same as above)

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 • and let there be no place[fn] for my cry for help.

16:? 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!

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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 These things have I suffered without the iniquity of my hand, when I offered pure prayers to God.

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.

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.
(O 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.
(O 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.
(O 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.
(O earth, cover not my blood, and let my crienge find no room.)

Wycl Y suffride these thingis with out wickidnesse of myn hond, `that is, werk, whanne Y hadde cleene preieris to God.
(I suffered these things with out wickednesse of mine hand, `that is, work, when I had cleene prayeris to God.)

Luth Ach, Erde, verdecke mein Blut nicht! und mein Geschrei müsse nicht Raum finden!
(Ach, earth, verdecke my blood not! and my Geschrei müsse not space finden!)

ClVg Hæc passus sum absque iniquitate manus meæ, cum haberem mundas ad Deum preces.[fn]
(This passus I_am without iniquitate hands meæ, when/with haberem mundas to God preces. )

16.18 Hæc passus sum. A verbis corporis, etc., usque ad a quibus toleratur dolor?

16.18 This passus sum. A verbis corporis, etc., until to from to_whom toleratur dolor?

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / apostrophe

אֶ֭רֶץ אַל־תְּכַסִּ֣י דָמִ֑⁠י

earth/land not cover blood,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 cover blood,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,no let_it_be place for,cry,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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