JOB 25:4 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) How can a person be innocent before God?
⇔ ≈How could a human born from a women be pure?

Key: khaki:verbs, blue:Elohim.
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 Πῶς γὰρ ἔσται δίκαιος βροτὸς ἔναντι Κυρίου; ἢ τίς ἂν ἀποκαθαρίσαι αὐτὸν γεννητὸς γυναικός;
(Pōs gar estai dikaios brotos enanti Kuriou; aʸ tis an apokatharisai auton gennaʸtos gunaikos; )

BrTr For how shall a mortal be just before the Lord? or who that is born of a woman shall purify himself?

ULT So how will a man be righteous with God?
⇔ Or how will one born of a woman be pure?

UST Since God is so great, no person can be righteous compared with him.
⇔ No human being is innocent by his standards.

BSB How then can a man be just before God?
⇔ How can one born of woman be pure?

OEB How can man then be just before God?
⇔ How can one born of woman be pure?

WEBBE How then can man be just with God?
⇔ Or how can he who is born of a woman be clean?

WMBB (Same as above)

NET How then can a human being be righteous before God?
⇔ How can one born of a woman be pure?

LSV And what? Is man righteous with God? And what? Is he pure—born of a woman?

FBV How can a human being be right before God? Can anyone born of woman be pure?

T4T So, ◄how can God consider anyone to be righteous?/God certainly cannot consider anyone to be righteous.► [RHQ]
⇔ ◄How can any human being be truly pure?/No human being can be truly pure.► [RHQ]

LEB • [fn] how can a human being be righteous before God? And how will he who is born of a woman be pure?

25:1 Hebrew “And”

BBE How then is it possible for man to be upright before God? or how may he be clean who is a son of woman?

Moff No Moff JOB book available

JPS How then can man be just with God? Or how can he be clean that is born of a woman?

ASV How then can man be just with God?
⇔ Or how can he be clean that is born of a woman?

DRA Can man be justified compared with God, or he that is born of a woman appear clean?

YLT And what? is man righteous with God? And what? is he pure — born of a woman?

Drby And how should man be just with [fn]God? Or how should he be clean that is born of a woman?

25.4 El

RV How then can man be just with God? or how can he be clean that is born of a woman?

Wbstr How then can man be justified with God? or how can he be clean that is born of a woman?

KJB-1769 How then can man be justified with God? or how can he be clean that is born of a woman?

KJB-1611 [fn]How then can man bee iustified with God? or how can he be cleane that is borne of a woman?
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above apart from footnotes)

25:4 Chap.4. 17 &c & 15.14 &c

Bshps But how may a man compared vnto God, be iustified? or how can he be cleane that is borne of a woman?
(But how may a man compared unto God, be justified? or how can he be clean that is born of a woman?)

Gnva And howe may a man be iustified with God? or how can he be cleane, that is borne of woman?
(And how may a man be justified with God? or how can he be cleane, that is born of woman? )

Cvdl But how maye a man copared vnto God, be iustified? Or, how can he be clene, that is borne of a woman?
(But how may a man copared unto God, be justified? Or, how can he be clene, that is born of a woman?)

Wycl Whether a man comparisound to God mai be iustified, ether borun of a womman mai appere cleene?
(Whether a man comparisound to God mai be justified, ether born of a woman mai appere cleene?)

Luth Und wie mag ein Mensch gerecht vor GOtt sein? Und wie mag rein sein eines Weibes Kind?
(And like like a person gerecht before/in_front_of God sein? And like like rein his one Weibes Kind?)

ClVg Numquid justificari potest homo comparatus Deo? aut apparere mundus natus de muliere?[fn]
(Numquid justificari potest human comparatus Deo? aut apparere mundus natus about muliere? )

25.4 Nunquid justificari. Quia per mulierem culpæ subditam nascitur homo, reatus primi infirmitas in prole propagatur.

25.4 Nunquid justificari. Because through mulierem culpæ subditam nascitur homo, reatus primi infirmitas in prole propagatur.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

וּ⁠מַה־יִּצְדַּ֣ק אֱנ֣וֹשׁ עִם־אֵ֑ל וּ⁠מַה־יִּ֝זְכֶּ֗ה יְל֣וּד אִשָּֽׁה

and,how righteous ʼEnōshh with god and,how pure born woman/wife

Bildad 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: “A man cannot be righteous with God! One born of a woman cannot be clean!”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / gendernotations

אֱנ֣וֹשׁ

ʼEnōshh

Here the masculine term man has a generic sense that includes both men and women. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could use language in your translation that is clearly inclusive of both men and women. Alternate translation: “a person”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

יְל֣וּד אִשָּֽׁה

born woman/wife

See how you translated this expression in 15:14. Alternate translation: “a mortal”

Parallel JOB 25:4