JOB 23:3 Parallel Verse View

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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 • [fn] I knew and that I might find him; O that I might come to his dwelling.

23:1 Literally “Who shall give”

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!

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!
(O that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seate!)

Bshps O that I might know him, and finde him, and that I might come before his seate:
(O that I might know him, and find him, and that I might come before his seate:)

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 O that I might se him & fynde him: O that I might come before his seate,
(O that I might see him and find him: O that I might come before his seat,)

Wycl Who yyueth to me, that Y knowe, and fynde hym, and come `til to his trone?
(Who giveth/gives to me, that I knowe, and find him, and come `til to his throne?)

Luth Ach, daß ich wüßte, wie ich ihn finden und zu seinem Stuhl kommen möchte
(Ach, that I wüßte, like I him/it finden and to his Stuhl coming möchte)

ClVg Quis mihi tribuat ut cognoscam et inveniam illum, et veniam usque ad solium ejus?[fn]
(Who to_me tribuat as cognoscam and inveniam him, and veniam until to solium 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 votum quælibet agi conspiciunt, to occulta of_God yudicia recurrunt, as in to_them videant because inordinate intus not/no disponitur, that inordinate foris currere videtur. And this it_is, that subdit: Inveniam illum. Ut it_is: that modo differt God, as plus desideretur. And veniam until to solium his. Solium are angeli, etc., until to dum meliora disponere God vident, unde: Ponam before Deo yudicium. Coram Deo yudicium ponere, etc., until to occultus now and tacitus yudex how terribilis after appareat, considerare.

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. 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,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”

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