JOB 23:2 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) Even today my complaint is bitter.
⇔ ≈I’m groaning because my situation is so difficult.

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 Καὶ δὴ οἶδα ὅτι ἐκ χειρός μου ἡ ἔλεγξίς ἐστι, καὶ ἡ χεὶρ αὐτοῦ βαρεῖα γέγονεν ἐπʼ ἐμῷ στεναγμῷ.
(Kai daʸ oida hoti ek ⱪeiros mou haʸ elegxis esti, kai haʸ ⱪeir autou bareia gegonen epʼ emōi stenagmōi. )

BrTr Yea, I know that pleading is out of my reach; and his hand has been made heavy upon my groaning.

ULT “Even today my complaint is bitter;
⇔ my hand is heavy upon my groaning.

UST “I must still complain about many distressing things.
⇔ There is much more that I could have protested about.

BSB ⇔ “Even today my complaint is bitter.
⇔ His hand is heavy despite my groaning.

OEB This day also my plaint must be bitter;
⇔ His hand on my groaning lies heavy.

WEBBE “Even today my complaint is rebellious.
⇔ His hand is heavy in spite of my groaning.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET “Even today my complaint is still bitter;
⇔ his hand is heavy despite my groaning.

LSV “Also—today my complaint [is] bitter,
My hand has been heavy because of my sighing.

FBV “Just the same, my complaints today remain bitter. In spite of my groaning he is still punishing me.[fn]

23:2 Literally, “his hand is heavy on me.”

T4T “Today I am again complaining bitterly/strongly to God;
⇔ I continue groaning, but he [SYN] continues to ◄punish me/cause me to suffer►.

LEB • is bitter; my hand is heavy in addition to my groaning.

BBE Even today my outcry is bitter; his hand is hard on my sorrow.

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JPS Even to-day is my complaint bitter; my hand is become heavy because of my groaning.

ASV Even to-day is my complaint rebellious:
⇔ My stroke is heavier than my groaning.

DRA Now also my words are in bitterness, and the hand of my scourge is more grievous than my mourning.

YLT Also — to-day [is] my complaint bitter, My hand hath been heavy because of my sighing.

Drby Even to-day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.

RV Even today is my complaint rebellious: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.

Wbstr Even to-day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.

KJB-1769 Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.[fn]

23.2 stroke: Heb. hand

KJB-1611 [fn]Euen to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heauier then my groning.
(Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heauier then my groning.)

23:2 Hebr. my hand.

Bshps Though my talke be this day in bitternesse, and my plague greater then my groning.
(Though my talk be this day in bitterness, and my plague greater then my groning.)

Gnva Though my talke be this day in bitternes, and my plague greater then my groning,
(Though my talk be this day in bitternes, and my plague greater then my groning, )

Cvdl My sayenge is yet this daye in bytternes, and my hande heuy amonge my groninges.
(My sayenge is yet this day in bitterness, and my hand heuy among my groninges.)

Wyc Now also my word is in bitternesse, and the hond of my wounde is agreggid on my weilyng.
(Now also my word is in bitterness, and the hand of my wounde is agreggid on my weilyng.)

Luth Meine Rede bleibet noch betrübt; meine Macht ist schwach über meinem Seufzen.
(My Rede bleibet still betrübt; my Macht is schwach above my Seufzen.)

ClVg [Nunc quoque in amaritudine est sermo meus, et manus plagæ meæ aggravata est super gemitum meum.[fn]
([Nunc too in amaritudine it_is sermo mine, and hands plagæ my aggravata it_is over gemitum mine. )

23.2 Et manus plagæ meæ. Manus autem plagæ est fortitudo percussionis, sed quia ex adversitatibus, justi plus sitiunt faciem auctoris, sequitur:

23.2 And hands plagæ meæ. Manus however plagæ it_is fortitudo percussionis, but because from adversitatibus, justi plus sitiunt face auctoris, sequitur:

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

גַּם־הַ֭⁠יּוֹם

also/yet the=day

Job is using this expression to emphasize to his friends that their arguments have not changed his situation at all. You could indicate that in your translation if it would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: “Despite all the things you have said to me,”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

מְרִ֣י שִׂחִ֑⁠י

bitter complaint,my

Job is speaking as if his complaint about what has happened to him is bitter or bad-tasting. The image is that what he says is so unpleasant that it leaves a bad taste in his mouth when he says it. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “I have many unpleasant things to complain about”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

יָ֝דִ֗⁠י כָּבְדָ֥ה עַל־אַנְחָתִֽ⁠י

hand,my heavy on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in groaning,my

Job is speaking as if he were literally holding his hand down hard on his groaning in order to suppress it. He means that there is more that he could groan or complain about than he has actually stated yet. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “I have been suppressing my groaning”

Parallel JOB 23:2