JOB 22:3 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) Does it give pleasure to the provider if you’re innocent?
⇔ ≈Will he benefit if you’re blameless in your actions?

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 γὰρ μέλει τῷ Κυρίῳ, ἐὰν σὺ ἦσθα τοῖς ἔργοις ἄμεμπτος; ἢ ὠφέλεια, ὅτι ἀπλώσῃς τὴν ὁδόν σου;
(Ti gar melei tōi Kuriōi, ean su aʸstha tois ergois amemptos; aʸ ōfeleia, hoti aplōsaʸs taʸn hodon sou; )

BrTr For what matters it to the Lord, if thou wert blameless in thy works? or is it profitable that thou shouldest perfect thy way?

ULT Is it pleasure to Shaddai that you are righteous?
⇔ Or if it is gain that you perfect your ways?

UST It does not give Shaddai any extra pleasure if you live in the way you are supposed to live anyway.
⇔ It does not make him better off if you improve the way you are living.

BSB Does it delight the Almighty that you are righteous?
⇔ Does He profit if your ways are blameless?

OEB Doth Almighty God care for thy righteousness?
⇔ Hath He gain from thy blameless ways?

WEBBE Is it any pleasure to the Almighty that you are righteous?
⇔ Or does it benefit him that you make your ways perfect?

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Is it of any special benefit to the Almighty
⇔ that you should be righteous,
⇔ or is it any gain to him
⇔ that you make your ways blameless?

LSV Is it a delight to the Mighty One
That you are righteous? Is it gain,
That you make your ways perfect?

FBV Is it any benefit to the Almighty if you're a good person?[fn] What does he gain if you do what's right?

22:3 “Good person”: or “righteous.”

T4T If you were righteous, ◄would that benefit Almighty God?/that certainly would not benefit Almighty God.► [RHQ]
⇔ If you had ◄lived a perfect life/never done anything that is wrong►, would that help him?

LEB • Is it a pleasure to Shaddai if you are righteous, or[fn] a gain if you make your ways blameless?

22:1 Hebrew “and”

BBE Is it of any interest to the Ruler of all that you are upright? or is it of use to him that your ways are without sin?

Moff No Moff JOB book available

JPS Is it any advantage to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? Or is it gain to Him, that thou makest thy ways blameless?

ASV Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous?
⇔ Or is it gain to him, that thou makest thy ways perfect?

DRA What doth it profit God if thou be just? or what dost thou give him if thy way be unspotted?

YLT Is it a delight to the Mighty One That thou art righteous? is it gain, That thou makest perfect thy ways?

Drby Is it any pleasure to the Almighty if thou art righteous? And is it gain [to him] that thou makest thy ways perfect?

RV Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or is it gain to him, that thou makest thy ways perfect?

Wbstr Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or is it gain to him , that thou makest thy ways perfect?

KJB-1769 Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or is it gain to him, that thou makest thy ways perfect?
(Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou/you art righteous? or is it gain to him, that thou/you makest thy/your ways perfect? )

KJB-1611 Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or is it gaine to him, that thou makest thy waies perfite?
(Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou/you art righteous? or is it gaine to him, that thou/you makest thy/your waies perfite?)

Bshps Is it any aduauntage to the almightie that thou art righteous? or shall it profite him that thou makest thy wayes perfect?
(Is it any aduauntage to the almightie that thou/you art righteous? or shall it profite him that thou/you makest thy/your ways perfect?)

Gnva Is it any thing vnto the Almightie, that thou art righteous? or is it profitable to him, that thou makest thy wayes vpright?
(Is it anything unto the Almightie, that thou/you art righteous? or is it profitable to him, that thou/you makest thy/your ways upright? )

Cvdl What pleasure hath God in yt thou art rightuous? Or what doth it profite him, yt thy waies are perfecte?
(What pleasure hath/has God in it thou/you art rightuous? Or what doth it profite him, it thy/your waies are perfecte?)

Wycl What profitith it to God, if thou art iust? ethir what schalt thou yyue to hym, if thi lijf is without wem?
(What profitith it to God, if thou/you art just? ethir what shalt thou/you give to him, if thy/your life is without wem?)

Luth Meinest du, daß dem Allmächtigen gefalle, daß du dich so fromm machest? Oder was hilft‘s ihm, ob du deine Wege gleich ohne Wandel achtest?
(Mine you, that to_him Allmächtigen gefalle, that you you/yourself so fromm machest? Oder what/which hilft‘s him, ob you your Wege gleich without Wandel achtest?)

ClVg Quid prodest Deo, si justus fueris? aut quid ei confers, si immaculata fuerit via tua?[fn]
(Quid prodest Deo, when/but_if justus fueris? aut quid to_him confers, when/but_if immaculata has_been road tua? )

22.3 Quid prodest? In omni quippe quod bene agimus, etc., usque ad adhuc adjungit Eliphaz quod nullus ignorat.

22.3 Quid prodest? In all quippe that bene agimus, etc., until to adhuc adyungit Eliphaz that nullus ignorat.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

הַ⁠חֵ֣פֶץ לְ֭⁠שַׁדַּי כִּ֣י תִצְדָּ֑ק וְ⁠אִם־בֶּ֝֗צַע כִּֽי־תַתֵּ֥ם דְּרָכֶֽי⁠ךָ

the,pleasure to,Almighty that/for/because/then/when righteous and=if gain that/for/because/then/when make_~_blameless ways,your

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: “It is not pleasure to the Almighty that you are righteous! It is not gain to him that you perfect your ways!”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

וְ⁠אִם־בֶּ֝֗צַע כִּֽי־תַתֵּ֥ם דְּרָכֶֽי⁠ךָ

and=if gain that/for/because/then/when make_~_blameless ways,your

Eliphaz is using the word if to introduce a question that anticipates a negative answer. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could indicate this in your translation. Alternate translation: “it is not gain to him that you perfect your ways, is it”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

דְּרָכֶֽי⁠ךָ

ways,your

Job is speaking of how a person lives as if that were a series of ways or paths that the person was walking along. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “your manner of life”

Parallel JOB 22:3