JOB 19:8 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) He’s blocked my road so I can’t get past,
⇔ ≈and he places darkness over my paths.

Key: khaki:verbs, red:negative.
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 Κύκλῳ περιῳκοδόμημαι, καὶ οὐ μὴ διαβῶ· ἐπὶ πρόσωπόν μου σκότος ἔθετο.
(Kuklōi periōikodomaʸmai, kai ou maʸ diabō; epi prosōpon mou skotos etheto. )

BrTr I am fenced round about, and can by no means escape: he has set darkness before my face.

ULT He has walled up my way and I do not pass,
⇔ and he has set darkness upon my paths.

UST It is as if God has blocked my road
⇔ so that I can not go anywhere.
⇔ It is as if God has forced me
⇔ to try to find my way in total darkness.

BSB He has blocked my way so I cannot pass;
⇔ He has veiled my paths with darkness.

OEB My way He hath fenced round impassably,
⇔ Darkness He sets on my path.

WEBBE He has walled up my way so that I can’t pass,
⇔ and has set darkness in my paths.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET He has blocked my way so I cannot pass,
⇔ and has set darkness over my paths.

LSV He hedged up my way, and I do not pass over,
And He places darkness on my paths.

FBV God has walled me in so I can't escape; he has plunged my path into darkness.

T4T It is as though [MET] God has blocked my way,
⇔ with the result that I cannot go where I want to;
⇔ it is as though he has forced me to try to find my way in the darkness.

LEB • [fn] I cannot pass; and he has set darkness upon my paths.

19:1 Hebrew “and”

BBE My way is walled up by him so that I may not go by: he has made my roads dark.

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JPS He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and hath set darkness in my paths.

ASV He hath walled up my way that I cannot pass,
⇔ And hath set darkness in my paths.

DRA He hath hedged in my path round about, and I cannot pass, and in my way he hath set darkness.

YLT My way He hedged up, and I pass not over, And on my paths darkness He placeth.

Drby He hath hedged up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.

RV He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and hath set darkness in my paths.

Wbstr He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.

KJB-1769 He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.
(He hath/has fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath/has set darkness in my paths. )

KJB-1611 Hee hath fenced vp my way that I cannot passe; and hee hath set darkenesse in my pathes.
(He hath/has fenced up my way that I cannot passe; and he hath/has set darkness in my paths.)

Bshps He hath hedged vp my way that I can not passe, and he hath set darkenesse in my pathes.
(He hath/has hedged up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath/has set darkness in my paths.)

Gnva Hee hath hedged vp my way that I cannot passe, and he hath set darkenesse in my paths.
(He hath/has hedged up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath/has set darkness in my paths. )

Cvdl He hath hedged vp my path, I ca not get awaye, he hath set darcknesse in my gate.
(He hath/has hedged up my path, I ca not get away, he hath/has set darknessse in my gate.)

Wyc He bisette aboute my path, and Y may not go; and he settide derknessis in my weie.
(He bisette about my path, and I may not go; and he set darkness in my way.)

Luth Er hat meinen Weg verzäunet, daß ich nicht kann hinübergehen, und hat Finsternis auf meinen Steig gestellet.
(He has my path verzäunet, that I not kann hinübergehen, and has darkness on my Steig gestellet.)

ClVg Semitam meam circumsepsit, et transire non possum: et in calle meo tenebras posuit.[fn]
(Semitam meam circumsepsit, and transire not/no possum: and in calle mine tenebras posuit. )

19.8 Semitam meam circumsepsit, etc. Circumseptam verberibus semitam suam vidit, cum transire ad securitatem cupiens, evadere flagella non potuit: et quasi in calle cordis ignorantiæ tenebras invenit, qui cur ita flagellaretur, penetrare non potuit.

19.8 Semitam meam circumsepsit, etc. Circumseptam verberibus semitam his_own vidit, when/with transire to securitatem cupiens, evadere flagella not/no potuit: and as_if in calle cordis ignorantiæ tenebras invenit, who cur ita flagellaretur, penetrare not/no potuit.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

אָרְחִ֣⁠י גָ֭דַר וְ⁠לֹ֣א אֶעֱב֑וֹר

way,my walled_up and=not pass

Job is speaking of his life as if it were a way or path that he was walking along, and he is speaking as if God had built a wall to block that path so that he could not continue on it. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. See how you translated the similar image in 3:23. Alternate translation: “God has kept me from being able to overcome my troubles and resume my regular life”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

וְ⁠עַ֥ל נְ֝תִיבוֹתַ֗⁠י חֹ֣שֶׁךְ יָשִֽׂים

and,upon paths,my darkness set

In a parallel image, Job is speaking of his activities as if they were paths on which he was walking, and he is speaking as if God had made it so dark on those paths that he could not walk on them because he could not see where he was going. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “yes, God has prevented me from knowing the right things to do”

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