JOB 23:12 Parallel Verse View

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BrLXX καὶ οὐ μὴ παρέλθω, ἐν δὲ κόλπῳ μου ἔκρυψα ῥήματα αὐτοῦ.
(kai ou maʸ parelthō, en de kolpōi mou ekrupsa ɽaʸmata autou. )

ULT I have not departed from the commandment of his lips;
⇔ I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my portion.

UST I have always obeyed the commandments that he has given.
⇔ I would rather go without food than disobey what God has told us to do.

BSB I have not departed from the command of His lips;
⇔ I have treasured the words of His mouth
⇔ more than my daily bread.

OEB Not once have I strayed from His precepts;
⇔ His words have I hid in my bosom.

WEBBE I haven’t gone back from the commandment of his lips.
⇔ I have treasured up the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET I have not departed from the commands of his lips;
⇔ I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my allotted portion.

LSV The command of His lips, and I do not depart. I have laid up above my allotted portion
The sayings of His mouth.

FBV I have not neglected his commands, for I value what he has told me to do more than the food I eat every day.

T4T I have always obeyed what he [SYN] commanded;
⇔ I have treasured the words that he has spoken.

LEB • From the commandment of his lips, indeed[fn] I have not departed; I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my daily food.

23:1 Hebrew “and”

BBE I have never gone against the orders of his lips; the words of his mouth have been stored up in my heart.

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JPS I have not gone back from the commandment of His lips; I have treasured up the words of His mouth more than my necessary food.

ASV I have not gone back from the commandment of his lips;
⇔ I have treasured up the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.

DRA I have not departed from the commandments of his lips, and the words of his mouth I have hid in my bosom.

YLT The command of His lips, and I depart not. Above my allotted portion I have laid up The sayings of His mouth.

Drby Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have laid up the words of his mouth more than the purpose of my own heart.

RV I have not gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have treasured up the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.

Wbstr Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food .

KJB-1769 Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.[fn][fn]

23.12 esteemed: Heb. hid, or, laid up

23.12 my…: or, my appointed portion

KJB-1611 [fn][fn]Neither haue I gone backe from the commaundement of his lippes, I haue esteemed the words of his mouth more then my necessary food.
(Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lippes, I have esteemed the words of his mouth more then my necessary food.)

23:12 Hebr. I haue hid, or layd vp.

23:12 Or, my appointed portion.

Bshps I will not forsake the commaundement of his lippes, I haue esteemed the wordes of his mouth more then myne appoynted foode.
(I will not forsake the commandment of his lippes, I have esteemed the words of his mouth more then mine appointed foode.)

Gnva Neyther haue I departed from the commandement of his lippes, and I haue esteemed the words of his mouth more then mine appointed foode.
(Neyther have I departed from the commandment of his lippes, and I have esteemed the words of his mouth more then mine appointed foode. )

Cvdl I haue not forsaken the comaundemet of his lippes, but loke what he charged me with his mouth, that haue I shutt vp in my herte.
(I have not forsaken the comaundemet of his lippes, but look what he charged me with his mouth, that have I shutt up in my heart.)

Wycl Y yede not awei fro the comaundementis of hise lippis; and Y hidde in my bosum the wordis of his mouth.
(I went not away from the commandmentis of his lippis; and I hid in my bosom the words of his mouth.)

Luth und trete nicht von dem Gebot seiner Lippen; und bewahre die Rede seines Mundes mehr, denn ich schuldig bin.
(and trete not from to_him Gebot his Lippen; and bewahre the Rede his Mundes mehr, because I schuldig bin.)

ClVg A mandatis labiorum ejus non recessi, et in sinu meo abscondi verba oris ejus.[fn]
(A mandatis labiorum his not/no recessi, and in sinu mine abscondi words oris his. )

23.12 Et in sinu meo abscondi. In sinu cordis verba oris ejus abscondimus, quoniam mandata ejus non transitorie, sed implenda opere audimus, et si verba in opere prodeunt, latent tamen in corde. Si intus non elevatur animus, sed si laus extra quæritur, tunc sermo Dei in sinu non occultatur.

23.12 And in sinu mine abscondi. In sinu cordis words oris his abscondimus, quoniam mandata his not/no transitorie, but implenda opere audimus, and when/but_if words in opere prodeunt, latent tamen in corde. When/But_if intus not/no elevatur animus, but when/but_if laus extra quæritur, tunc sermo of_God in sinu not/no occultatur.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

מִצְוַ֣ת שְׂ֭פָתָי⁠ו וְ⁠לֹ֣א אָמִ֑ישׁ

commandment lips,his and=not departed

Job is speaking as if he had not physically gone away from or departed from God’s commandment. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “I have not disobeyed the commandment of his lips” or, positively, “I have obeyed the commandment of his lips”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

מִצְוַ֣ת שְׂ֭פָתָי⁠ו

commandment lips,his

Job is using the term lips by association to mean speaking, since people use their lips when they speak. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “from the commandment that he has spoken”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun

מִצְוַ֣ת שְׂ֭פָתָי⁠ו

commandment lips,his

Job is not referring to a specific commandment. He means God’s commandments in general. It may be more natural in your language to express this meaning by using a plural form. Alternate translation: “from the commandments that he has spoken”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

אִמְרֵי־פִֽי⁠ו

words mouth,his

Job is using the term words to mean what God has commanded by using words, and he is similarly using the term mouth to mean speaking, since people use their mouths when they speak. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “the things his mouth has said”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

אִמְרֵי־פִֽי⁠ו

words mouth,his

Job is using one part of God, his mouth, to mean all of him in the act of speaking. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “the things that he has said”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

מֵ֝⁠חֻקִּ֗⁠י

more_than,daily_food,my

By portion, Job implicitly means his daily portion of food. You could indicate that in your translation if it would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: “more than the food that I eat”

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