JOB 17:3 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) ⇔ Please give yourself to cover my bail.
⇔ Who else would put up security for me?

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 ἔκλεψαν δέ μου τὰ ὑπάρχοντα ἀλλότριοι. Τίς ἐστιν οὕτος; τῇ χειρί μου συνδεθήτω.
(eklepsan de mou ta huparⱪonta allotrioi. Tis estin houtos; taʸ ⱪeiri mou sundethaʸtō. )

ULT Please set down, be surety for me with you.
⇔ Who is he who will strike himself to my hand?

UST “God, even though you would be trying my case,
⇔ please also guarantee to yourself that I will appear in court and behave as a defendant should.
⇔ There is certainly no one else who will do that for me.

BSB ⇔ Give me, I pray, the pledge You demand.
⇔ Who else will be my guarantor?

OEB Lay a pledge for me – Thou with Thyself:
⇔ For who else would strike hands with me?

WEBBE ⇔ “Now give a pledge. Be collateral for me with yourself.
⇔ Who is there who will strike hands with me?

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Make then my pledge with you.
⇔ Who else will put up security for me?

LSV Now place my pledge with You; Who is he that strikes hand with me?

FBV God, you need to put down a pledge for me with yourself, for who else will be my guarantor?

T4T “God, it is as though I am in prison;
⇔ please pay the money in order that I may be released,
⇔ because there is certainly no one else who will help me.

LEB • who is he who will give security for my hand?[fn]

17:? Or “who will give security for me?”

BBE Be pleased, now, to be responsible for me to yourself; for there is no other who will put his hand in mine.

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JPS Give now a pledge, be surety for me with Thyself; who else is there that will strike hands with me?

ASV ⇔ Give now a pledge, be surety for me with thyself;
⇔ Who is there that will strike hands with me?

DRA Deliver me O Lord, and set me beside thee, and let any man’s hand fight against me.

YLT Place, I pray Thee, my pledge with Thee; Who is he that striketh hand with me?

Drby Lay down now [a pledge], be thou surety for me with thyself: who is he that striketh hands with me?

RV Give now a pledge, be surety for me with thyself; who is there that will strike hands with me?

Wbstr Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that will strike hands with me?

KJB-1769 Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that will strike hands with me?
(Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee/you; who is he that will strike hands with me? )

KJB-1611 Lay downe now, put me in a suretie with thee; who is he that will strike hands with me?
(Lay down now, put me in a suretie with thee/you; who is he that will strike hands with me?)

Bshps O deliuer me, and loke out one to be my suretie in thy sight: what is he that knoweth who wyll promise for me?
(O deliver me, and look out one to be my suretie in thy/your sight: what is he that knoweth/knows who will promise for me?)

Gnva Lay downe nowe and put me in suretie for thee: who is hee, that will touch mine hand?
(Lay down now and put me in suretie for thee/you: who is he, that will touch mine hand? )

Cvdl O delyuer me, and set me by the, who shall then be able to thrust my hondes together?
(O deliver me, and set me by them, who shall then be able to thrust my hands together?)

Wycl Lord, delyuere thou me, and sette thou me bisidis thee; and the hond of ech fiyte ayens me.
(Lord, deliver thou/you me, and set thou/you me besides thee/you; and the hand of each fight against me.)

Luth Ob du gleich einen Bürgen für mich wolltest, wer will für mich geloben?
(Ob you gleich a Bürgen for me wantedst, who will for me geloben?)

ClVg Libera me, Domine, et pone me juxta te, et cujusvis manus pugnet contra me.[fn]
(Libera me, Master, and pone me next_to you(sg), and cuyusvis hands pugnet on_the_contrary me. )

17.3 Pone me juxta te. Per ascensionem; post quia Judæa commota est in discipulos, addit: Cujusvis manus. Quia jam frustra agunt contra eum, qui sedet in cœlo.

17.3 Pone me next_to you(sg). Per ascensionem; after because Yudæa commota it_is in discipulos, addit: Cuyusvis manus. Because yam frustra agunt on_the_contrary him, who sedet in cœlo.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / yousingular

שִֽׂימָ⁠ה־נָּ֭א עָרְבֵ֣⁠נִי עִמָּ֑⁠ךְ

lay_down, please pledge,me with,yourself

The word you and the implied “you” in the imperative set and in the imperative be surety for are singular because they refer to God. So use the singular form in your translation if your language marks that distinction.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

שִֽׂימָ⁠ה־נָּ֭א עָרְבֵ֣⁠נִי עִמָּ֑⁠ךְ

lay_down, please pledge,me with,yourself

Job is speaking as if God would literally set down, that is, surrender to a court, something of value in order to guarantee Job’s appearance in court and good conduct. Job is similarly speaking as if God would literally be surety for him, that is, personally guarantee his appearance and conduct. Job speaks this way even though he says at the same time that God himself would be trying his case (that is the meaning of with you). Your culture may have a similar custom that you could use in your translation. You could also use plain language. Alternate translation: “Please put up a bond for me even as you try my case”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

מִֽי ה֝֗וּא לְ⁠יָדִ֥⁠י יִתָּקֵֽעַ

who? he/it for,hand,my put_up_security

Job is using the question form for emphasis. If you would not use the question form for that purpose in your language, you could translate this as a statement or as an exclamation. Alternate translation: “No one else will strike himself to my hand”

Note 4 topic: translate-symaction

מִֽי ה֝֗וּא לְ⁠יָדִ֥⁠י יִתָּקֵֽעַ

who? he/it for,hand,my put_up_security

Job is speaking of one person striking his hand against a second person’s hand as a symbolic action in order to show that he was committing himself to serve as a guarantor for that second person. Your culture may have a similar practice that you could use in your translation, and you can also explain the significance of this action. Alternate translation: “No one else will shake hands with me to pledge that he will be my guarantor”

Parallel JOB 17:3