JOB 22:24 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) Throw your gold onto the dust on the ground,
⇔ ≈and fine gold onto the stones in the riverbed.

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 Θήσῃ ἐπὶ χώματι ἐν πέτρᾳ, καὶ ὡς πέτρα χειμάῤῥου Σωφίρ.
(Thaʸsaʸ epi ⱪōmati en petra, kai hōs petra ⱪeimaɽɽou Sōfir. )

BrTr Thou shalt lay up for thyself treasure in a heap on the rock; and Sophir shall be as the rock of the torrent.

UST Stop trusting in your wealth.
⇔ It should be as if you are throwing away your gold,
⇔ even the finest gold you have, onto the dirt and rocks.

BSB and consign your gold to the dust
⇔ and the gold of Ophir to the stones of the ravines,

OEB And lay in the dust thy treasure,
⇔ Ophir gold among stones of the brook,

WEBBE Lay your treasure in the dust,
⇔ the gold of Ophir amongst the stones of the brooks.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET and throw your gold in the dust –
⇔ your gold of Ophir
⇔ among the rocks in the ravines –

LSV So as to set a defense on the dust,
And a covering on a rock of the valleys.

FBV and give up your love of money and desire for possessions,[fn]

22:24 Literally, “throw your gold in the dust, the gold of Ophir in the riverbed.” Since Job has lost everything already, this needs to be seen figuratively.

T4T if you throw away your gold,
⇔ even the fine gold from the dry stream beds in Ophir land,

LEB • if you put gold ore in the dust, and the gold of Ophir in the rock of wadis,

BBE And put your gold in the dust, even your gold of Ophir among the rocks of the valleys;

Moff No Moff JOB book available

JPS And lay thy treasure in the dust, and the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks;

ASV And lay thou thy treasure in the dust,
⇔ And the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks;

DRA He shall give for earth flint, and for flint torrents of gold.

YLT So as to set on the dust a defence, And on a rock of the valleys a covering.

Drby And put the precious ore with the dust, and [the gold of] Ophir among the stones of the torrents,

RV And lay thou thy treasure in the dust, and the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks;

Wbstr Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.

KJB-1769 Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.[fn]
(Then shalt thou/you lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks. )

22.24 as dust: or, on the dust

KJB-1611 [fn]Then shalt thou lay vp golde as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brookes.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above apart from footnotes)

22:24 Or on the dust.

Bshps Thou shalt lay vp golde as plentyful as the dust, and the golde of Ophir as the flyntes of the riuers.
(Thou shalt lay up gold as plentiful as the dust, and the gold of Ophir as the flyntes of the rivers.)

Gnva Thou shalt lay vp golde for dust, and the gold of Ophir, as the flintes of the riuers.
(Thou shalt lay up gold for dust, and the gold of Ophir, as the flintes of the rivers. )

Cvdl He shal geue the an haruest, which in plenty & abundaunce shall exceade the dust of the earth, and the golde of Ophir like ryuer stones.
(He shall give the an harvest, which in plenty and abundance shall exceed the dust of the earth, and the gold of Ophir like river stones.)

Wycl He schal yyue a flynt for erthe, and goldun strondis for a flynt.
(He shall give a flynt for earth, and golden riverbeds for a flynt.)

Luth so wirst du für Erde Gold geben und für die Felsen güldene Bäche;
(so will you for earth Gold give and for the Felsen güldene Bäche;)

ClVg Dabit pro terra silicem, et pro silice torrentes aureos.[fn]
(Dabit for earth/land silicem, and for silice torrentes aureos. )

22.24 Dabit pro terra. Per terram infirmitas actionis, per silicem fortitudo signatur, per torrentes aureos doctrina intimæ claritatis. Ad se ergo conversis pro terra dat silicem robusti operis, et pro silice torrentes aureos. Pro. Quia pro robusto opere doctrinam multiplicat claræ prædicationis. BEDA. Hoc dicit, quod si propitiato sibi Domino, etc., usque ad sunt argentum igne examinatum.

22.24 Dabit for terra. Per the_earth/land infirmitas actionis, through silicem fortitudo signatur, through torrentes aureos doctrina intimæ claritatis. Ad se therefore conversis for earth/land dat silicem robusti operis, and pro silice torrentes aureos. Pro. Because for robusto opere doctrinam multiplicat claræ prælet_him_sayionis. BEDA. This dicit, that when/but_if propitiato sibi Master, etc., until to are argentum igne examinatum.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / imperative

וְ⁠שִׁית־עַל־עָפָ֥ר בָּ֑צֶר וּ⁠בְ⁠צ֖וּר נְחָלִ֣ים אוֹפִֽיר

and,treat on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in dust gold and,in/on/at/with,stones wadis gold_of_ʼŌfīr

Eliphaz is using an imperative sentence to tell the condition under which something would happen. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could translate this as a conditional sentence. Alternate translation: “Now if you set your gold in the dust, and Ophir among the stones of the torrents”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

וְ⁠שִׁית־עַל־עָפָ֥ר בָּ֑צֶר וּ⁠בְ⁠צ֖וּר נְחָלִ֣ים אוֹפִֽיר

and,treat on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in dust gold and,in/on/at/with,stones wadis gold_of_ʼŌfīr

Eliphaz is speaking as if he wants Job literally to throw away his gold, including the fine gold he has from the land of Ophir, so that it lands in the dust and among the stones of the torrents. He means that Job should not depend on gold as a source of security. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation, combining the parallel statements into a single statement and conveying the emphasis of the parallelism in another way: “Now if you do not rely on gold at all”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

וְ⁠שִׁית־עַל־עָפָ֥ר בָּ֑צֶר וּ⁠בְ⁠צ֖וּר נְחָלִ֣ים אוֹפִֽיר

and,treat on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in dust gold and,in/on/at/with,stones wadis gold_of_ʼŌfīr

Eliphaz is using one type of wealth, gold, including fine gold from Ophir, to mean wealth in general. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “And abandon all of your wealth” or “Now if you do not rely on wealth at all”

Note 4 topic: translate-names

אוֹפִֽיר

gold_of_ʼŌfīr

The word Ophir is the name of a land that produced gold of excellent quality.

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

אוֹפִֽיר

gold_of_ʼŌfīr

Eliphaz is leaving out some of the words that in many languages a sentence would need in order to be complete. You can supply these words from the context if that would be clearer in your language. Alternate translation: “set Ophir”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

אוֹפִֽיר

gold_of_ʼŌfīr

Eliphaz is using the name Ophir by association to mean gold from the country of Ophir. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “set the gold of Ophir”

Parallel JOB 22:24