JOB 22:13 Parallel Verse View

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Key: khaki:verbs, blue:Elohim.
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BrLXX Καὶ εἶπας, τί ἔγνω ὁ ἰσχυρός; ἢ κατὰ τοῦ γνόφου κρίνει;
(Kai eipas, ti egnō ho isⱪuros; aʸ kata tou gnofou krinei; )

BrTr And thou hast said, What does the Mighty One know? does he judge in the dark?

ULT But you say, ‘What does God know?
⇔ Will he judge through thick darkness?

UST So you should not say, ‘God does not know what people are doing.’
⇔ You should not say, ‘Dark clouds keep him from seeing us, so he cannot judge us.’

BSB Yet you say: ‘What does God know?
⇔ Does He judge through thick darkness?

OEB Yet thou sayest, "What doth God know?
⇔ Can He judge aright through the thick darkness?

WEBBE You say, ‘What does God know?
⇔ Can he judge through the thick darkness?

WMBB (Same as above)

NET But you have said, ‘What does God know?
⇔ Does he judge through such deep darkness?

LSV And you have said, How has God known? Does He judge through thickness?

FBV But you ask, ‘What does God know? How can he see and judge what happens in down here in darkness?

T4T So why do you say, ‘What does God know about what we are doing?
⇔ He is hidden from us by dark clouds, so ◄how can he judge us?/he certainly cannot judge us.► [RHQ]’

LEB • Can he judge through deep gloom?

BBE And you say, What knowledge has God? is he able to give decisions through the deep dark?

Moff No Moff JOB book available

JPS And thou sayest: 'What doth God know? Can He judge through the dark cloud?

ASV And thou sayest, What doth God know?
⇔ Can he judge through the thick darkness?

DRA And thou sayst: What doth God know? and he judgeth as it were through a mist.

YLT And thou hast said, 'What — hath God known? Through thickness doth He judge?

Drby And thou sayest, What doth [fn]God know? will he judge through the dark cloud?

22.13 El

RV And thou sayest, What doth God know? can he judge through the thick darkness?

Wbstr And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?

KJB-1769 And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?[fn]
(And thou/you sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud? )

22.13 How: or, What

KJB-1611 [fn]And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he iudge through the darke cloude?
(And thou/you sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloude?)

22:13 Or, what.

Bshps Wilt thou therfore say, Tushe, howe should God know? can he iudge through the darke cloude?
(Wilt thou/you therefore say, Tushe, how should God know? can he judge through the dark cloude?)

Gnva But thou sayest, How should God know? can he iudge through the darke cloude?
(But thou/you sayest, How should God know? can he judge through the dark cloude? )

Cvdl wilt thou therfore saye: Tush, how shulde God knowe? Doth his dominion reach beyonde the cloudes?
(wilt thou/you therefore say: Tush, how should God knowe? Doth his dominion reach beyond the clouds?)

Wycl And thou seist, What sotheli knowith God? and, He demeth as bi derknesse.
(And thou/you sayest, What truly knoweth/knows God? and, He demeth as by derknesse.)

Luth Und du sprichst: Was weiß GOtt? Sollt er, das im Dunkeln ist, richten können?
(And you sprichst: What know God? Sollt er, the in_the Dunkeln is, richten können?)

ClVg Et dicis: Quid enim novit Deus? et quasi per caliginem judicat.
(And dicis: What because novit God? and as_if through caliginem yulet_him_say. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / quotesinquotes

וְֽ֭⁠אָמַרְתָּ מַה־יָּ֣דַֽע אֵ֑ל הַ⁠בְעַ֖ד עֲרָפֶ֣ל יִשְׁפּֽוֹט

and,say what? know god the,through darkness judge

If it would be clearer in your language, you could translate this so that there is not a quotation within a quotation. Alternate translation: “But you say that God does not know what is happening here on earth and that he cannot judge through thick darkness”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

מַה־יָּ֣דַֽע אֵ֑ל הַ⁠בְעַ֖ד עֲרָפֶ֣ל יִשְׁפּֽוֹט

what? know god the,through darkness judge

Eliphaz is 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: “God does not know what is happening here on earth! He cannot judge through thick darkness!”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

הַ⁠בְעַ֖ד עֲרָפֶ֣ל יִשְׁפּֽוֹט

the,through darkness judge

As is clear from the next verse, Eliphaz is using the expression thick darkness by association to mean dark clouds. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation, as a statement: “He cannot see through dark clouds in order to know how to judge people!”

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