JOB 24:25 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) If that isn’t true, then who will prove me a liar
⇔ ≈and demonstrate that my words mean nothing?

Key: khaki:verbs, red:negative.
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 Εἰ δὲ μὴ, τίς ἐστιν ὁ φάμενος ψευδῆ με λέγειν, καὶ θήσει εἰς οὐδὲν τὰ ῥήματά μου;
(Ei de maʸ, tis estin ho famenos pseudaʸ me legein, kai thaʸsei eis ouden ta ɽaʸmata mou; )

BrTr But if not, who is he that says I speak falsely, and will make my words of no account?

UST What I have said is certainly true.
⇔ Now that I have explained it,
⇔ there is no one who can show that I am a liar
⇔ and prove me wrong.”

BSB If this is not so, then who can prove me a liar
⇔ and reduce my words to nothing?”

OEB And if not, who will prove me a liar,
⇔ And reduce mine indictment to nothing?

WEBBE If it isn’t so now, who will prove me a liar,
⇔ and make my speech worth nothing?”

WMBB (Same as above)

NET “If this is not so, who can prove me a liar
⇔ and reduce my words to nothing?”

LSV And if not now, who proves me a liar,
And makes my word of nothing?”

FBV If this isn't so, who can prove I'm a liar and there's nothing to what I say?”

T4T If this is not true, is there [RHQ] anyone who will show that I am a liar
⇔ and prove that what I have said is not true?”

LEB • it is not so, then who can prove me a liar and reduce my word to nothing?”

BBE And if it is not so, now, who will make it clear that my words are false, and that what I say is of no value?

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JPS And if it be not so now, who will prove me a liar, and make my speech nothing worth?

ASV And if it be not so now, who will prove me a liar,
⇔ And make my speech nothing worth?

DRA And if it be not so, who can convince me that I have lied, and set my words before God?

YLT And if not now, who doth prove me a liar, And doth make of nothing my word?

Drby If it be not so now, who will make me a liar, and make my speech nothing worth?

RV And if it be not so now, who will prove me a liar, and make my speech nothing worth?

Wbstr And if it is not so now, who will make me a liar, and make my speech of no worth?

KJB-1769 And if it be not so now, who will make me a liar, and make my speech nothing worth?

KJB-1611 And if it be not so now, who will make mee a liar, and make my speach nothing worth?
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps Is it not so? Who will then reproue me as a lyer, and say that my wordes are nothing worth? Bildad proueth that no man is cleane nor without sinne before God.
(Is it not so? Who will then reprove me as a lyer, and say that my words are nothing worth? Bildad proueth that no man is clean nor without sin before God.)

Gnva But if it be not so, where is he? or who wil proue me a lyer, and make my words of no value?
(But if it be not so, where is he? or who will prove me a lyer, and make my words of no value? )

Cvdl Is it not so? Who wil the reproue me as a lyar, & saye yt my wordes are nothinge worth?
(Is it not so? Who will the reprove me as a lyar, and say it my words are nothing worth?)

Wycl That if it is not so, who may repreue me, that Y liede, and putte my wordis bifor God?
(That if it is not so, who may repreue me, that I liede, and put my words before God?)

Luth Ist‘s nicht also? Wohlan, wer will mich Lügen strafen und bewähren, daß meine Rede nichts sei?
(Ist‘s not also? Wohlan, who will me Lügen strafen and bewähren, that my Rede nothing sei?)

ClVg Quod si non est ita, quis me potest arguere esse mentitum, et ponere ante Deum verba mea?][fn]
(That when/but_if not/no it_is ita, who/any me potest arguere esse mentitum, and ponere before God words mea?] )

24.25 Quod si non est ita, etc. Ibid. Sensus est: Ita sunt cuncta ut protuli, etc., usque ad non est dignum tamen ut a pravis judicetur. Quis me potest arguere esse mentitum. Quasi diceret: Quæ loquor, ponere ante judicem non valetis, quia ejus vobis faciem peccantes absconditis. Verba fallacia ante Deum ponit, qui ea apud se conspectu veritatis examinat, qui, considerato intimo judice, exteriora pensat.

24.25 That when/but_if not/no it_is ita, etc. Ibid. Sensus it_is: Ita are cuncta as protuli, etc., until to not/no it_is dignum tamen as from pravis yudicetur. Who me potest arguere esse mentitum. Quasi diceret: Quæ loquor, ponere before yudicem not/no valetis, because his to_you face peccantes absconditis. Verba fallacia before God puts, who ea apud se in_sight veritatis examinat, qui, considerato intimo yudice, exteriora pensat.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

וְ⁠אִם־לֹ֣א אֵ֭פוֹ מִ֣י יַכְזִיבֵ֑⁠נִי וְ⁠יָשֵׂ֥ם לְ֝⁠אַ֗ל מִלָּתִֽ⁠י

and=if not then who? prove_~_aliar,me and,show to,nothing speech,my

Job is using the question form for emphasis. If you would not use the question form for that purpose in your language, you could translate this as a statement or as an exclamation. Alternate translation: “And if anyone believes that what I have said is not true, then I challenge him to prove me wrong and show that what I have said is not valid”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

וְ⁠אִם־לֹ֣א

and=if not

Job is leaving out some of the words that in many languages a sentence would need in order to be complete. You can supply these words from the context if that would be clearer in your language. Alternate translation: “And if what I am saying is not true”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

וְ⁠יָשֵׂ֥ם לְ֝⁠אַ֗ל מִלָּתִֽ⁠י

and,show to,nothing speech,my

This expression means to show that something is of no value, that is, not valid. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “and show that my word is not valid”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

מִלָּתִֽ⁠י

speech,my

Job is using the term word to mean what he has been saying by using words. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “what I have said”

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