JOB 18:9 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) They’ll get their heels caught in traps,
⇔ ≈the sprung jaws will keep hold of them.

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 Ἔλθοισαν δὲ ἐπʼ αὐτὸν παγίδες, κατισχύσει ἐπʼ αὐτὸν διψῶντας.
(Elthoisan de epʼ auton pagides, katisⱪusei epʼ auton dipsōntas. )

BrTr And let snares come upon him: he shall strengthen those that thirst for his destruction.

UST It is as if their feet get caught in a trap
⇔ that does not let them go.

OEB A snare shall take hold of his heel,
⇔ And a trap shall close tightly upon him.

WEBBE A snare will take him by the heel.
⇔ A trap will catch him.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET A trap seizes him by the heel;
⇔ a snare grips him.

LSV A trap seizes on the heel,
The designing prevails over him.

FBV A trap grabs them by the heel; a snare tightens around them.

T4T It was as though a trap grabbed their heels and held them fast [DOU],

LEB • him by the heel; a snare takes hold of him.

BBE His foot is taken in the net; he comes into its grip.

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JPS A gin shall take him by the heel, and a snare shall lay hold on him.

ASV A gin shall take him by the heel,
⇔ And a snare shall lay hold on him.

DRA The sole of his foot shall be held in a snare, and thirst shall burn against him.

YLT Seize on the heel doth a gin, Prevail over him do the designing.

Drby The gin taketh [him] by the heel, the snare layeth hold on him;

RV A gin shall take him by the heel, and a snare shall lay hold on him.

Wbstr The gin shall take him by the heel, and the robber shall prevail against him.

KJB-1769 The gin shall take him by the heel, and the robber shall prevail against him.

KJB-1611 The grinne shall take him by the heele, and the robber shall preuaile against him.
(The grinne shall take him by the heele, and the robber shall prevail against him.)

Bshps The grinne shall take him by the heele, and it shall catche him that is thirstie of blood.
(The grinne shall take him by the heele, and it shall catche him that is thirsty of blood.)

Gnva The grenne shall take him by the heele, and the theefe shall come vpon him.
(The grenne shall take him by the heele, and the thief shall come upon him. )

Cvdl His fote shalbe holden in the gilder, and the thurstie shal catch him.
(His foot shall be holden in the gilder, and the thurstie shall catch him.)

Wycl His foot schal be holdun with a snare; and thirst schal brenne out ayens hym.
(His foot shall be holdun with a snare; and thirst shall brenne out against him.)

Luth Der Strick wird seine Fersen halten, und die Türstigen werden ihn erhaschen.
(The Strick becomes his Fersen halten, and the Türstigen become him/it erhaschen.)

ClVg Tenebitur planta illius laqueo, et exardescet contra eum sitis.[fn]
(Tenebitur planta illius laqueo, and exardescet on_the_contrary him sitis. )

18.9 Tenebitur planta illius, etc. Quia videlicet stringetur finis in peccato. Et exardescet contra eum. Quia quo se malis obligatum pensat, eo de suo reditu desperat; et ipsa desperatione acrius ad hujus mundi concupiscentias æstuat. In ejus animo contra eum sitis exardescit, quia qui perverse egit, ut perversius agat accenditur.

18.9 Tenebitur planta illius, etc. Because videlicet stringetur finis in peccato. And exardescet on_the_contrary him. Because quo se malis obligatum pensat, eo about his_own reditu desperat; and herself desperatione acrius to huyus mundi concupiscentias æstuat. In his animo on_the_contrary him sitis exardescit, because who perverse egit, as perversius agat accenditur.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

יֹאחֵ֣ז בְּ⁠עָקֵ֣ב פָּ֑ח יַחֲזֵ֖ק עָלָ֣י⁠ו צַמִּֽים

seizes in/on/at/with,heel trap lays_hold on/upon/above=him/it snare

Bildad is continuing to speak of a wicked person as if he would literally be caught in a snare or trap. If you decided in the previous verse to express the meaning of this image rather than retain it in your translation, you could restate the meaning here. Alternate translation: “Yes, a wicked person will not be able to succeed; he will fail because of all the trouble that he causes for himself”

Note 2 topic: translate-unknown

יֹאחֵ֣ז בְּ⁠עָקֵ֣ב פָּ֑ח

seizes in/on/at/with,heel trap

A snare was a device that people in this culture used to catch birds. It consisted of a loose loop of cord. A hunter would put seeds or other bait inside the loop. When a bird came inside the loop to eat the bait, the hunter would pull on the cord and catch the bird by its feet. A snare might also have a mechanism that a bird would trigger automatically by stepping inside the loop. Bildad is speaking as if this would happen to a wicked person, so that he would be caught by the heel. If your readers would not be familiar with what a snare is, in your translation you could use the name of a comparable object in your culture, or you could use a general expression. Alternate translation: “He will step into a device that will seize his foot”

Note 3 topic: translate-unknown

צַמִּֽים

snare

By trap, Bildad means some other device for catching birds or animals. Interpreters are unsure exactly what this device is. The word Bildad uses suggests the idea of braiding, and so this could be a net of some kind. Alternate translation: “a net”

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