JOB 22:14 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) Clouds block things off from him so he can’t see.
⇔ He walks around way up there on top of the heavens.’

22:14 Note: We read one or more accents in L differently than BHS. Often this notation indicates a typographical error in BHS.

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 Νεφέλη ἀποκρυφὴ αὐτοῦ καὶ οὐχ ὁραθήσεται, καὶ γῦρον οὐρανοῦ διαπορεύεται.
(Nefelaʸ apokrufaʸ autou kai ouⱪ horathaʸsetai, kai guron ouranou diaporeuetai. )

BrTr A cloud is his hiding-place, and he shall not be seen; and he passes through the circle of heaven.

ULT Clouds are a covering to him and he does not see;
⇔ indeed, he walks around on the dome of the heavens.’

UST You should not say, ‘Since he walks on the dome that covers the sky,
⇔ where there are thick clouds around him, and he can not see what we do.’

BSB Thick clouds veil Him so He does not see us
⇔ as He traverses the vault of heaven.[fn]’

22:14 Or heaven’s horizon or the circle of the sky

OEB The clouds hide Him, so that He sees not;
⇔ He walketh the vault of the heavens."

WEBBE Thick clouds are a covering to him, so that he doesn’t see.
⇔ He walks on the vault of the sky.’

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Thick clouds are a veil for him, so he does not see us,
⇔ as he goes back and forth
⇔ in the vault of heaven.’

LSV Thick clouds [are] a secret place to Him,
And He does not see,
And He habitually walks [above] the circle of the heavens.

FBV Thick clouds cover him so he can't see anything as he walks around in heaven.’[fn]

22:14 Eliphaz accuses Job of believing in a distant, uninterested God who is immune to what happens on earth.

T4T Do you think that while he walks on the dome that covers the sky,
⇔ there are thick clouds around him, with the result that he cannot see what we do?

LEB • are a covering for him, so that he does not see; and he walks about on the dome of heaven.’

BBE Thick clouds are covering him, so that he is unable to see; and he is walking on the arch of heaven.

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JPS Thick clouds are a covering to Him, that He seeth not; and He walketh in the circuit of heaven.'

ASV Thick clouds are a covering to him, so that he seeth not;
⇔ And he walketh on the vault of heaven.

DRA The clouds are his covert, and he doth not consider our things, and he walketh about the poles of heaven.

YLT Thick clouds [are] a secret place to Him, And He doth not see;' And the circle of the heavens He walketh habitually,

Drby Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh on the vault of the heavens.

RV Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven.

Wbstr Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven.

KJB-1769 Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven.

KJB-1611 Thicke cloudes are a couering to him that he seeth not, and hee walketh in the circuit of heauen.
(Thicke clouds are a covering to him that he seeth not, and he walketh in the circuit of heaven.)

Bshps Tushe, the cloudes couer him that he may not see, and he walketh on the top of heauen.
(Tushe, the clouds cover him that he may not see, and he walketh on the top of heaven.)

Gnva The cloudes hide him that he can not see, and he walketh in the circle of heauen.
(The clouds hide him that he cannot see, and he walketh in the circle of heaven. )

Cvdl Tush, the cloudes couer him, yt he maye not se, for he dwelleth in heauen.
(Tush, the clouds cover him, it he may not se, for he dwells in heaven.)

Wycl A cloude is his hidyng place, and he biholdith not oure thingis, and he `goith aboute the herris of heuene.
(A cloud is his hidyng place, and he biholdith not our things, and he `goith about the herris of heaven.)

Luth Die Wolken sind seine Vordecke, und siehet nicht, und wandelt im Umgang des Himmels.
(The Wolken are his Vordecke, and siehet not, and wandelt in_the Umgang the heavens.)

ClVg Nubes latibulum ejus, nec nostra considerat, et circa cardines cæli perambulat.
(Nubes latibulum his, but_not nostra considerat, and circa cardines cæli perambulat. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / quotesinquotes

עָבִ֣ים סֵֽתֶר־ל֭⁠וֹ וְ⁠לֹ֣א יִרְאֶ֑ה וְ⁠ח֥וּג שָׁ֝מַ֗יִם יִתְהַלָּֽךְ

thick_clouds veil to=him/it and=not he/it_will_see and,dome heaven walks

If you decided in the previous verse to translate this quotation as an indirect quotation, you can continue to do that in this verse. In many languages it will not be necessary to change the wording from that of a direct quotation.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

וְ⁠לֹ֣א יִרְאֶ֑ה

and=not he/it_will_see

Eliphaz implicitly means that by saying this, Job means that God does not see what is happening on earth. You could indicate that in your translation if it would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: “and he does not see what is happening on earth”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

וְ⁠ח֥וּג שָׁ֝מַ֗יִם יִתְהַלָּֽךְ

and,dome heaven walks

The implication is that because the dome of the heavens is above the clouds, the clouds block God’s view of the earth. You could indicate that in your translation if it would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: “indeed, he walks around on the dome of the heavens, where the clouds block his view of the earth”

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