JOB 20:11 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) Although their bones were full of youthful vigour,
⇔ that same strength will lie down with them in the dust.

20:11 Variant note: עלומ/ו: (x-qere) ’עֲלוּמָ֑י/ו’: lemma_5934 n_1 morph_HNcmpc/Sp3ms id_18R1Q עֲלוּמָ֑י/ו

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 Ὀστᾶ αὐτοῦ ἐνεπλήσθησαν νεότητος αὐτοῦ, καὶ μετʼ αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ χώματος κοιμηθήσεται.
(Osta autou eneplaʸsthaʸsan neotaʸtos autou, kai metʼ autou epi ⱪōmatos koimaʸthaʸsetai. )

BrTr His bones have been filled with vigour of his youth, and it shall lie down with him in the dust.

ULT His bones are full of vigor,
⇔ but it will lie down with him in the dust.

UST Wicked people will die before they grow old
⇔  and others will bury them in the ground.

BSB The youthful vigor that fills his bones
⇔ will lie down with him in the dust.

OEB The vigour of youth filled his bones,
⇔ But within him it shall lie in the dust.

WEBBE His bones are full of his youth,
⇔ but youth will lie down with him in the dust.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET His bones were full of his youthful vigor,
⇔ but that vigor will lie down with him in the dust.

LSV His bones have been full of his youth, and it lies down with him on the dust.

FBV Though the wicked have bodies that are young and strong, they will die and be buried.[fn]

20:11 Literally, “it will lie down with him in the dust.”

T4T Previously their bodies were young and strong,
⇔ but they will die and their bodies will be buried in the ground.

LEB • but[fn] it will lie down with him on[fn] the dust.

20:1 Hebrew “and”

20:1 Or “in”

BBE His bones are full of young strength, but it will go down with him into the dust.

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JPS His bones are full of his youth, but it shall lie down with him in the dust.

ASV His bones are full of his youth,
⇔ But it shall lie down with him in the dust.

DRA His bones shall be filled with the vices of his youth, and they shall sleep with him in the dust.

YLT His bones have been full of his youth, And with him on the dust it lieth down.

Drby His bones were full of his youthful strength; but it shall lie down with him in the dust.

RV His bones are full of his youth, but it shall lie down with him in the dust.

Wbstr His bones are full of the sin of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust.

KJB-1769 His bones are full of the sin of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust.

KJB-1611 His bones are ful of the sinne of his youth, which shall ye downe with him in the dust.
(His bones are full of the sin of his youth, which shall ye/you_all down with him in the dust.)

Bshps From his youth his bones are full of pleasures, but now shall it lye downe within him in the earth.
(From his youth his bones are full of pleasures, but now shall it lye down within him in the earth.)

Gnva His bones are full of the sinne of his youth, and it shall lie downe with him in the dust.
(His bones are full of the sin of his youth, and it shall lie down with him in the dust. )

Cvdl From his youth his bones are ful of vyce, which shal lie downe wt him in ye earth.
(From his youth his bones are full of vyce, which shall lie down with him in ye/you_all earth.)

Wyc Hise boonys schulen be fillid with the vices of his yong wexynge age; and schulen slepe with hym in dust.
(Hise boonys should be filled with the vices of his young wexynge age; and should sleep with him in dust.)

Luth Seine Beine werden seine heimliche Sünde wohl bezahlen und werden sich mit ihm in die Erde legen.
(Seine Beine become his heimliche Sünde probably bezahlen and become itself/yourself/themselves with him in the earth legen.)

ClVg Ossa ejus implebuntur vitiis adolescentiæ ejus, et cum eo in pulvere dormient.[fn]
(Ossa his implebuntur vitiis adolescentiæ his, and when/with eo in pulvere dormient. )

20.11 Ossa ejus implebuntur. Adolescentia hypocritæ inchoatio pravitatis est, etc., usque ad omni soliditate vacuari ac deperire.

20.11 Ossa his implebuntur. Adolescentia hypocritæ inchoatio pravitatis it_is, etc., until to all soliditate vacuari ac deperire.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

עַ֭צְמוֹתָי⁠ו מָלְא֣וּ

bones,his full_of

Zophar is using one part of a wicked person, his bones, to mean his whole body. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “His body is full”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / euphemism

וְ֝⁠עִמּ֗⁠וֹ עַל־עָפָ֥ר תִּשְׁכָּֽב

and,with,him on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in dust lie_down

Zophar is using the phrase lie down … in the dust to mean “die.” This is a poetic way of referring to death. Your language may have a similar expression that you could use in your translation. Alternate translation: “but it will die with him”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / personification

וְ֝⁠עִמּ֗⁠וֹ עַל־עָפָ֥ר תִּשְׁכָּֽב

and,with,him on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in dust lie_down

Zophar is speaking of the vigor of a wicked person as if it were a living thing that could lie down in the dust or die. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “but he will die while he is still young and strong”

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