JOB 20:24 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) They flee from weapons made of iron.
⇔ ≈A bow made of brass sends its arrows right through 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 καὶ οὐ μὴ σωθῇ ἐκ χειρὸς σιδήρου· τρώσαι αὐτὸν τόξον χάλκειον.
(kai ou maʸ sōthaʸ ek ⱪeiros sidaʸrou; trōsai auton toxon ⱪalkeion. )

BrTr And he shall by no means escape from the power of the sword; let the brazen bow wound him.

UST Even as they are trying to escape from smaller punishments,
⇔ they will experience greater punishments.

BSB Though he flees from an iron weapon, a bronze-tipped arrow will pierce him.
⇔ 
⇔ 

MSB Though he flees from an iron weapon, a bronze-tipped arrow will pierce him.
⇔ 
⇔ 

OEB As he flees from the weapon of iron,
⇔ And bronze bow pierces him through.

WEBBE He will flee from the iron weapon.
⇔ The bronze arrow will strike him through.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET If he flees from an iron weapon,
⇔ then an arrow from a bronze bow pierces him.

LSV He flees from an iron weapon,
A bow of bronze passes through him.

FBV As they flee to escape an iron weapon, a bronze arrow will strike them down.

T4T They will try to escape from being killed by iron weapons,
⇔ but arrows with bronze points will pierce them.

LEB No LEB JOB book available

BBE He may go in flight from the iron spear, but the arrow from the bow of brass will go through him;

Moff No Moff JOB book available

JPS If he flee from the iron weapon, the bow of brass shall strike him through.

ASV He shall flee from the iron weapon,
⇔ And the bow of brass shall strike him through.

DRA He shall flee from weapons of iron, and shall fall upon a bow of brass.

YLT He fleeth from an iron weapon, Pass through him doth a bow of brass.

Drby If he have fled from the iron weapon, the bow of brass shall strike him through.

RV He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of brass shall strike him through.

SLT He shall flee from the weapon of iron, the bow of brass shall pierce him.

Wbstr He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of steel shall strike him through.

KJB-1769 He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of steel shall strike him through.

KJB-1611 He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of steele shall strike him through.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps No Bshps JOB book available

Gnva He shall flee from the yron weapons, and the bow of steele shall strike him through.
(He shall flee from the iron weapons, and the bow of steel shall strike him through. )

Cvdl No Cvdl JOB book available

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Luth No Luth JOB book available

ClVg Fugiet arma ferrea, et irruet in arcum æreum.[fn]
(Fugiet weapons ferrea, and rushedt in/into/on bow(n) æreum. )

20.24 Fugiet arma. Ibid. Surripit avarus aliena aliquando, etc., usque ad æterni judicii se percussionibus ante ponit. Interim autem,

20.24 Fugiet weapons. Ibid. Surripit avarus foreign sometimes, etc., until to æterni judgement himself percussionibus before puts. Interim however,

RP-GNT No RP-GNT JOB book available

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

יִ֭בְרַח מִ⁠נֵּ֣שֶׁק בַּרְזֶ֑ל תַּ֝חְלְפֵ֗⁠הוּ קֶ֣שֶׁת נְחוּשָֽׁה

flee from,weapon_of iron pierce,him arrow_of bronze

Zophar is speaking as if different soldiers were using a weapon of iron and a bow of bronze to attack the wicked person he is describing. Zophar is using these weapons to represent dangers. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [He may escape from one danger, but another danger will overtake him]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

יִ֭בְרַח מִ⁠נֵּ֣שֶׁק בַּרְזֶ֑ל תַּ֝חְלְפֵ֗⁠הוּ קֶ֣שֶׁת נְחוּשָֽׁה

flee from,weapon_of iron pierce,him arrow_of bronze

Since a bow of bronze is a more powerful and deadly weapon than a weapon of iron such as a sword or spear, Zophar implicitly means that if a wicked person escapes from one danger, a greater danger will overtake him. You could indicate that in your translation if it would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: [He may escape from one danger, but a greater danger will overtake him]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

קֶ֣שֶׁת נְחוּשָֽׁה

arrow_of bronze

Zophar is using the term bow by association to mean an arrow from a bow. If you decide to retain this image in your translation, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [an arrow that someone shoots using a bronze bow]

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