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OET (OET-RV) If they have many children, they’ll die in battle,
⇔ ≈and their offspring won’t have enough food to eat.
OET-LV If they_will_increase children_his for [the]_sword and_offspring_his not they_will_be_satisfied bread.
UHB אִם־יִרְבּ֣וּ בָנָ֣יו לְמוֹ־חָ֑רֶב וְ֝צֶאֱצָאָ֗יו לֹ֣א יִשְׂבְּעוּ־לָֽחֶם׃ ‡
(ʼim-yirbū ⱱānāyv ləmō-ḩāreⱱ vəʦeʼₑʦāʼāyv loʼ yisbəˊū-lāḩem.)
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).
ULT If his children multiply, it is for the sword,
⇔ and his offspring will not have enough bread.
UST Even if they have many children, those children will die in wars,
⇔ or they will die because they do not have enough food to eat.
BSB Though his sons are many, they are destined for the sword;
⇔ and his offspring will never have enough food.
OEB If his children grow up, the sword claims them;
⇔ His offspring are stinted for bread.
WEB If his children are multiplied, it is for the sword.
⇔ His offspring will not be satisfied with bread.
NET If his children increase – it is for the sword!
⇔ His offspring never have enough to eat.
LSV If his sons multiply—a sword [is] for them. And his offspring [are] not satisfied [with] bread.
FBV even if they have many children, they will experience violent deaths[fn] or die of starvation.
27:14 Literally, “For the sword.”
T4T Even if they have many children, many of those children will die in wars [MTY],
⇔ and their other children will die because they do not have enough food to eat.
LEB • it is for the sword, and his offspring[fn]
?:? Literally “they are not satisfied with bread”
BBE If his children are increased, it is for the sword; and his offspring have not enough bread.
MOF No MOF JOB book available
JPS If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword; and his offspring shall not have bread enough.
ASV If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword;
⇔ And his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.
DRA If his sons be multiplied, they shall be for the sword, and his grandsons shall not be filled with bread.
YLT If his sons multiply — for them [is] a sword. And his offspring [are] not satisfied [with] bread.
DBY If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword, and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread;
RV If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword; and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.
WBS If his children are multiplied, it is for the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.
KJB If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.
(If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread. )
BB If he get many children, they shall perishe with the sworde, and his posteritie shall haue scarcenesse of bread.
(If he get many children, they shall perish with the sword, and his posteritie shall have scarcenesse of bread.)
GNV If his children be in great nomber, the sworde shall destroy them, and his posteritie shall not be satisfied with bread.
(If his children be in great number, the sword shall destroy them, and his posteritie shall not be satisfied with bread. )
CB Yf he get many childre, they shal perish wt the swearde, & his posterite shall haue scarcenesse of bred.
(If he get many childre, they shall perish with the swearde, and his posterite shall have scarcenesse of bred.)
WYC If hise children ben multiplied, thei schulen be slayn in swerd; and hise sones sones schulen not be fillid with breed.
(If his children been multiplied, they should be slain/killed in swerd; and his sons sons should not be filled with breed.)
LUT Wird er viel Kinder haben, so werden sie des Schwerts sein; und seine Nachkömmlinge werden des Brots nicht satt haben.
(Wird he many children have, so become they/she/them the Schwerts sein; and his Nachkömmlinge become the Brots not satt have.)
CLV Si multiplicati fuerint filii ejus, in gladio erunt, et nepotes ejus non saturabuntur pane:[fn]
(When/But_if multiplicati fuerint children his, in gladio erunt, and nepotes his not/no saturabuntur pane:)
27.14 Si multiplicati fuerint. Ibid. Qui hæreticorum generantur prædicatione, venturi judicii sententia feriuntur. Et nepotes. Nepotes hæreticorum sunt, etc., usque ad nonnullos in malitia pertinaces relinquit. Sequitur:
27.14 When/But_if multiplicati fuerint. Ibid. Who hæreticorum generantur prædicatione, venturi yudicii sententia feriuntur. And nepotes. Nepotes hæreticorum are, etc., usque to nonnullos in malitia pertinaces relinquit. Sequitur:
BRN And if their children be many, they shall be for slaughter: and if they grow up, they shall beg.
BrLXX Ἐὰν δἐ πολλοὶ γένωνται οἱ υἱοὶ αὐτῶν, εἰς σφαγὴν ἔσονται· ἐὰν δὲ καὶ ἀνδρωθῶσι, προσαιτήσουσιν.
(Ean de polloi genōntai hoi huioi autōn, eis sfagaʸn esontai; ean de kai andrōthōsi, prosaitaʸsousin. )
27:9-23 Some interpreters see a new speech here and ascribe it to Zophar because otherwise Zophar has no speech in this cycle.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
אִם־יִרְבּ֣וּ בָנָ֣יו לְמוֹ־חָ֑רֶב
if many children,his for sword
Job is using the term sword by association to mean death, since in this culture people killed others with swords. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “Even if a wicked person has many children, they will all die”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche
לָֽחֶם
bread
Job is using one kind of food, bread, to mean food in general. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “food”