JOB 23:3 Parallel Verse View

Note: This view shows ‘verses’ which are not natural language units and hence sometimes only part of a sentence will be visible. Normally the OET discourages the reading of individual ‘verses’, but this view is only designed as a tool for doing comparisons of different translations. Click on any Bible version abbreviation down the left-hand side to see the verse in more of its context. The OET segments on this page are still very early looks into the unfinished texts of the Open English Translation of the Bible. Please double-check these texts in advance before using in public.

Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal (All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV) If only I knew where to find him
⇔ I would have gone to his place.

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 Τίς δʼ ἄρα γνοίη, ὅτι εὕροιμι αὐτὸν, καὶ ἔλθοιμι εἰς τέλος;
(Tis dʼ ara gnoiaʸ, hoti heuroimi auton, kai elthoimi eis telos; )

BrTr Who would then know that I might find him, and come to an end of the matter?

ULT Who will give that I knew and I would find him?
⇔ I would come to his place!

UST I wish that I knew where I could find God.
⇔ If I knew that, I would go to the place where he lives.

OEB O that I knew where to find Him,
⇔ That I might come unto His throne,

WEBBE Oh that I knew where I might find him!
⇔ That I might come even to his seat!

WMBB (Same as above)

NET O that I knew where I might find him,
⇔ that I could come to his place of residence!

LSV O that I had known—and I find Him,
I come to His seat,

FBV If only I knew where I could find him so I could go to where he sits in judgment.

T4T I ◄wish that I knew/want to know► where I could meet/talk with him,
⇔ so that I could go to the place where he lives.

LEB No LEB JOB book available

BBE If only I had knowledge of where he might be seen, so that I might come even to his seat!

Moff No Moff JOB book available

JPS Oh that I knew where I might find Him, that I might come even to His seat!

ASV Oh that I knew where I might find him!
⇔ That I might come even to his seat!

DRA Who will grant me that I might know and find him, and come even to his throne?

YLT O that I had known — and I find Him, I come in unto His seat,

Drby Oh that I knew where I might find him, that I might come to his seat!

RV Oh that I knew where I might find him, that I might come even to his seat!

SLT Who will give, I knew to find him: I will come even to his place.

Wbstr Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat!

KJB-1769 Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat!

KJB-1611 O that I knewe where I might find him! that I might come euen to his seate!
(Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seate!)

Bshps No Bshps JOB book available

Gnva Would God yet I knew how to finde him, I would enter vnto his place.
(Would God yet I knew how to find him, I would enter unto his place. )

Cvdl No Cvdl JOB book available

Wycl No Wycl JOB book available

Luth No Luth JOB book available

ClVg Quis mihi tribuat ut cognoscam et inveniam illum, et veniam usque ad solium ejus?[fn]
(Who to_me tribuat as cognoscam and I_will_find him, and I_cameam until to only his? )

23.3 Quis mihi tribuat. Electi, cum contra votum quælibet agi conspiciunt, ad occulta Dei judicia recurrunt, ut in eis videant quia inordinate intus non disponitur, quod inordinate foris currere videtur. Et hoc est, quod subdit: Inveniam illum. Ut est: quod modo differt Deus, ut plus desideretur. Et veniam usque ad solium ejus. Solium sunt angeli, etc., usque ad dum meliora disponere Deum vident, unde: Ponam coram Deo judicium. Coram Deo judicium ponere, etc., usque ad occultus nunc et tacitus judex quam terribilis post appareat, considerare.

23.3 Who to_me tribuat. Electi, when/with on_the_contrary vow quælibet agi they_look, to occulta of_God judgements recurrunt, as in/into/on to_them seeant because inordinate intus not/no disponitur, that inordinate outside currere it_seems. And this it_is, that I_submit: Inveniam him. As it_is: that just/only different God, as plus desideretur. And I_cameam until to only his. Solium are angeli, etc., until to while better disponere God they_see, unde: Ponam before to_God judgement. My_face/personally to_God judgement to_put, etc., until to occultus now and tacitus the_judge how terrible after appareat, to_consider.

RP-GNT No RP-GNT JOB book available

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

מִֽי־יִתֵּ֣ן יָ֭דַעְתִּי וְ⁠אֶמְצָאֵ֑⁠הוּ

who? he/it_gave I_know and,find,him

See how you translated the expression Who will give in [11:5–6](../11/05.md). Alternate translation: [I wish that I knew and I would find him!]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / hendiadys

יָ֭דַעְתִּי וְ⁠אֶמְצָאֵ֑⁠הוּ

I_know and,find,him

This phrase expresses a single idea by using two words connected with and. The word knew tells in what way Job would be able to find God. If it would be more natural in your language, you could express this meaning with an equivalent phrase that does not use “and.” Alternate translation: [I knew where to find him]

Note 3 topic: writing-pronouns

יָ֭דַעְתִּי וְ⁠אֶמְצָאֵ֑⁠הוּ & תְּכוּנָתֽ⁠וֹ

I_know and,find,him & dwelling_of,his

The pronouns him and his refer to God. It may be helpful to clarify this for your readers. Alternate translation: [I knew where to find God … the place where God lives]

Parallel JOB 23:3