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OET (OET-RV) ⇔ Who will permit that my words be written down?
⇔ ≈Who will allow them to be inscribed onto a scroll
OET-LV Who will_he_give then and_written_down words_my who will_he_give in/on/at/with_scroll and_inscribed.
UHB מִֽי־יִתֵּ֣ן אֵ֭פוֹ וְיִכָּתְב֣וּן מִלָּ֑י מִֽי־יִתֵּ֖ן בַּסֵּ֣פֶר וְיֻחָֽקוּ׃ ‡
(miy-yittēn ʼēfō vəyikkātəⱱūn millāy miy-yittēn başşēfer vəyuḩāqū.)
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 Τίς γὰρ ἂν δοίη γραφῆναι τὰ ῥήματά μου, τεθῆναι δὲ αὐτὰ ἐν βιβλίῳ εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα,
(Tis gar an doiaʸ grafaʸnai ta ɽaʸmata mou, tethaʸnai de auta en bibliōi eis ton aiōna, )
BrTr For oh that my words were written, and that they were recorded in a book for ever,
ULT Who will give that now my words will be written down?
⇔ Who will give that they will be inscribed on a scroll?
UST I wish that someone would now write what I have been saying
⇔ in a book so that people could read it.
BSB ⇔ I wish that my words were recorded
⇔ and inscribed in a book,
OEB O that my words were now written,
⇔ That they were inscribed in a book,
WEBBE ⇔ “Oh that my words were now written!
⇔ Oh that they were inscribed in a book!
WMBB (Same as above)
MSG (23-27)“If only my words were written in a book—
better yet, chiseled in stone!
Still, I know that God lives—the One who gives me back my life—
and eventually he’ll take his stand on earth.
And I’ll see him—even though I get skinned alive!—
see God myself, with my very own eyes.
Oh, how I long for that day!
NET “O that my words were written down,
⇔ O that they were written on a scroll,
LSV Who grants now, that my words may be written? Who grants that they may be inscribed in a scroll?
FBV I wish my words could be written down, recorded in a book,
T4T ⇔ “I wish/desire that someone would take these words of mine
⇔ and write them permanently in a book in order that people can read them.
LEB • [fn] my words could be written down! [fn]
19:1 Literally “Who then shall give and”
19:1 Literally “Who shall give in the scroll and they could be inscribed”
BBE If only my words might be recorded! if they might be put in writing in a book!
Moff No Moff JOB book available
JPS Oh that my words were now written! Oh that they were inscribed in a book!
ASV ⇔ Oh that my words were now written!
⇔ Oh that they were inscribed in a book!
DRA Who will grant me that my words may be written? Who will grant me that they may be marked down in a book?
YLT Who doth grant now, That my words may be written? Who doth grant that in a book they may be graven?
Drby Oh would that my words were written! oh that they were inscribed in a book!
RV Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were inscribed in a book!
Wbstr Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in a book!
KJB-1769 Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in a book![fn]
19.23 Oh…: Heb. Who will give, etc
KJB-1611 [fn]Oh that my wordes were now written, oh that they were printed in a booke!
(Oh that my words were now written, oh that they were printed in a booke!)
19:23 Heb. who will giue? &c.
Bshps O that my wordes were now written, O that they were put in a booke,
(O that my words were now written, O that they were put in a book,)
Gnva Oh that my wordes were nowe written! oh that they were written euen in a booke,
(Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were written even in a book, )
Cvdl O that my wordes were written, O that they were put in a boke:
(O that my words were written, O that they were put in a boke:)
Wyc Who yyueth to me, that my wordis be writun? Who yyueth to me,
(Who giveth/gives to me, that my words be written? Who giveth/gives to me,)
Luth Ach, daß meine Reden geschrieben würden! Ach, daß sie in ein Buch gestellet würden,
(Ach, that my Reden written würden! Ach, that they/she/them in a Buch gestellet würden,)
ClVg Quis mihi tribuat ut scribantur sermones mei? quis mihi det ut exarentur in libro
(Who to_me tribuat as scribantur sermones mei? who/any to_me det as exarentur in libro )
19:23 Job wanted his words . . . inscribed on a monument, not in a book; Job desired a permanent record of his claim to innocence in response to Bildad’s assertion that he would be forgotten (18:17).
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
מִֽי־יִתֵּ֣ן אֵ֭פוֹ וְיִכָּתְב֣וּן מִלָּ֑י מִֽי־יִתֵּ֖ן בַּסֵּ֣פֶר וְיֻחָֽקוּ
who? he/it_gave then and,written_down, words,my who? he/it_gave in/on/at/with,scroll and,inscribed
See how you translated the expression Who will give in 11:5–6. Alternate translation: “I wish that my words would now be written down! I wish that they would be inscribed on a scroll!”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
מִֽי־יִתֵּ֣ן אֵ֭פוֹ וְיִכָּתְב֣וּן מִלָּ֑י מִֽי־יִתֵּ֖ן בַּסֵּ֣פֶר וְיֻחָֽקוּ
who? he/it_gave then and,written_down, words,my who? he/it_gave in/on/at/with,scroll and,inscribed
In context, Job is suggesting that this is actually unlikely, even though he wishes that it could happen. You could indicate this in your translation if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: “It is unfortunate that my words cannot be written down. It is unfortunate that they cannot be inscribed on a scroll”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
וְיִכָּתְב֣וּן מִלָּ֑י
and,written_down, words,my
If your language does not use this passive form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “someone will write down my words”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
מִלָּ֑י
words,my
Job is using the term words to mean what he has been saying by using words. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “what I have been saying”
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
בַּסֵּ֣פֶר וְיֻחָֽקוּ
in/on/at/with,scroll and,inscribed
Job is speaking as if he wanted his words literally to be inscribed or engraved on a scroll. He could mean: (1) that he wants someone to record them meticulously on a scroll. Alternate translation: “they will be recorded on a scroll” (2) that he wants someone to engrave them onto a copper sheet. Alternate translation: “they will be inscribed on a copper sheet”
Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
וְיֻחָֽקוּ
and,inscribed
If your language does not use this passive form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “someone will inscribe them”