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OET (OET-RV) Who is ‘the provider’ and why should we serve him.
⇔ What would we gain if we made requests to him?”
OET-LV What [is_the]_almighty (cmp) serve_him and_what will_we_gain (cmp) we_will_entreat in/on/over_him/it.
UHB מַה־שַׁדַּ֥י כִּֽי־נַֽעַבְדֶ֑נּוּ וּמַה־נּ֝וֹעִ֗יל כִּ֣י נִפְגַּע־בּֽוֹ׃ ‡
(mah-shadday kiy-naˊaⱱdennū ūmah-nōˊil kiy nifgaˊ-bō.)
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 Τί ἱκανὸς, ὅτι δουλεύσομεν αὐτῷ; καὶ τίς ὠφέλεια, ὅτι ἀπαντήσομεν αὐτῷ;
(Ti hikanos, hoti douleusomen autōi; kai tis ōfeleia, hoti apantaʸsomen autōi; )
BrTr What is the Mighty One, that we should serve him? and what profit is there that we should approach him?
ULT Who is Shaddai, that we should serve him?
⇔ And how will we profit, that we should pray to him?’
UST Those wicked people also say, ‘It does not matter whether we worship Shaddai.
⇔ We would not get any advantage by praying to him.’
BSB Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him,
⇔ and what would we gain if we pray to Him?’
OEB Why should we serve the Almighty?
⇔ And what is the good of prayer?"
WEBBE What is the Almighty, that we should serve him?
⇔ What profit should we have, if we pray to him?’
WMBB (Same as above)
NET Who is the Almighty, that we should serve him?
⇔ What would we gain
⇔ if we were to pray to him?’
LSV What [is] the Mighty One that we serve Him? And what do we profit when we meet with Him?
FBV Who does the Almighty think he is for us to serve him as slaves? What benefit is there for us if we pray to him?’
T4T Why do you, Almighty God, think that we should serve you?
⇔ ◄What advantage do we get if we pray to you?/It is useless for us to pray to you.► [RHQ]’
LEB • is Shaddai that we should serve him, or[fn] what would we benefit when we plead with him?’
21:1 Hebrew “and”
BBE What is the Ruler of all, that we may give him worship? and what profit is it to us to make prayer to him?
Moff No Moff JOB book available
JPS What is the Almighty, that we should serve Him? And what profit should we have, if we pray unto Him?' —
ASV What is the Almighty, that we should serve him?
⇔ And what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
DRA Who is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what doth it profit us if we pray to him?
YLT What [is] the Mighty One that we serve Him? And what do we profit when we meet with Him?'
Drby What is the Almighty that we should serve him? and what are we profited if we pray unto him?
RV What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
Wbstr What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray to him?
KJB-1769 What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
KJB-1611 What is the Almightie, that wee should serue him? and what profite should we haue, if we pray vnto him?
(What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profite should we have, if we pray unto him?)
Bshps Who is the almightie that we should serue him? And what profite should we haue if we should pray vnto him?
(Who is the almightie that we should serve him? And what profite should we have if we should pray unto him?)
Gnva Who is the Almightie, that we should serue him? and what profit should we haue, if we should pray vnto him?
(Who is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we should pray unto him? )
Cvdl What maner of felowe is the Allmightie, that we shulde serue him? What profit shulde we haue, to submitte oure selues vnto him?
(What manner of fellow is the Allmightie, that we should serve him? What profit should we have, to submitte our selves unto him?)
Wycl Who is Almiyti God, that we serue him? and what profitith it to vs, if we preien him?
(Who is Almiyti God, that we serve him? and what profitith it to us, if we preien him?)
Luth Wer ist der Allmächtige, daß wir ihm dienen sollten, oder was sind wir gebessert, so wir ihn anrufen?
(Who is the/of_the Allmächtige, that we/us him dienen sollten, or what/which are we/us gebessert, so we/us him/it anrufen?)
ClVg Quis est Omnipotens, ut serviamus ei? et quid nobis prodest si oraverimus illum?[fn]
(Who it_is Omnipotens, as serviamus ei? and quid us prodest when/but_if oraverimus illum? )
21.15 Quis est Omnipotens? etc. Dixit enim insipiens in corde suo: Non est Deus. Et quid nobis prodest si oraverimus? Iniqui qui non Deum, sed exteriora dona quærunt, cum eadem sevientibus deesse conspiciunt, ipsi servire contemnunt.
21.15 Who it_is Omnipotens? etc. Dixit because insipiens in corde suo: Non it_is God. And quid us prodest when/but_if oraverimus? Iniqui who not/no God, but exteriora dona quærunt, when/with eadem sevientibus deesse conspiciunt, ipsi servire contemnunt.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / quotesinquotes
מַה־שַׁדַּ֥י כִּֽי־נַֽעַבְדֶ֑נּוּ וּמַה־נּ֝וֹעִ֗יל כִּ֣י נִפְגַּע־בּֽוֹ
what? almighty that/for/because/then/when serve,him and,what gain that/for/because/then/when pray in/on/over=him/it
If it would be clearer in your language, you could continue to translate this so that there is not a quotation within a quotation. Alternate translation: “They ask who the Almighty is, that they should serve him, and how they would profit, that they should pray to him”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / 123person
מַה־שַׁדַּ֥י כִּֽי־נַֽעַבְדֶ֑נּוּ וּמַה־נּ֝וֹעִ֗יל כִּ֣י נִפְגַּע־בּֽוֹ
what? almighty that/for/because/then/when serve,him and,what gain that/for/because/then/when pray in/on/over=him/it
Job is continuing to quote what wicked people say. The wicked people may no longer be speaking “to God,” as in the previous verse, but speaking about God. Alternatively, they may be speaking to God but using the third person. You might choose to translate this in the second person. Alternate translation: “Who are you, the Almighty, that we should serve you? And how will we profit, that we should pray to you?”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion
מַה־שַׁדַּ֥י כִּֽי־נַֽעַבְדֶ֑נּוּ וּמַה־נּ֝וֹעִ֗יל כִּ֣י נִפְגַּע־בּֽוֹ
what? almighty that/for/because/then/when serve,him and,what gain that/for/because/then/when pray in/on/over=him/it
The wicked people are using the question form for emphasis. If you would not use the question form for that purpose in your language, you could translate these questions as statements or as exclamations. Alternate translation: “The Almighty is not important, so we do not have to serve him! It would not benefit us, so we do not have to pray to him!”