JOB 27:19 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) They’re wealthy when they lie down, but that’s that—
⇔ when they open their eyes, it’s gone.

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 Πλούσιος κοιμηθήσεται καὶ οὐ προσθήσει, ὀφθαλμοὺς αὐτοῦ διήνοιξε καὶ οὐκ ἔστι.
(Plousios koimaʸthaʸsetai kai ou prosthaʸsei, ofthalmous autou diaʸnoixe kai ouk esti. )

BrTr The rich man shall lie down, and shall not continue: he has opened his eyes, and he is not.

ULT He lies down rich, but he does not continue;
⇔ he opens his eyes and there is not to him.

UST God makes evil people lose their money.
⇔ It is as if they are rich when they go to bed one night,
⇔ but the next morning they wake up to find that their money is all gone.

BSB He lies down wealthy, but will do so no more;
⇔ when he opens his eyes, all is gone.

OEB He lieth down rich, but he wakes not;
⇔ He openeth his eyes, and he is not.

WEBBE He lies down rich, but he will not do so again.
⇔ He opens his eyes, and he is not.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET He goes to bed wealthy, but will do so no more.
⇔ When he opens his eyes, it is all gone.

LSV He lies down rich, and he is not gathered,
He has opened his eyes, and he is not.

FBV They go to bed rich, but never again! For when they wake up, it's all gone.

T4T Wicked people are rich when they lie down at night,
⇔ but when they wake up in the morning, they find out that their money has disappeared.

LEB • with wealth, but[fn] [fn] he opens his eyes, and[fn]

27:1 Hebrew “and”

27:1 Literally “he will not do again”

27:1 Literally “it is not”

BBE He goes to rest full of wealth, but does so for the last time: on opening his eyes, he sees it there no longer.

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JPS He lieth down rich, but there shall be not to gather; he openeth his eyes, and his wealth is not.

ASV He lieth down rich, but he shall not be gathered to his fathers;
⇔ He openeth his eyes, and he is not.

DRA The rich man when he shall sleep shall take away nothing with him: he shall open his eyes and find nothing.

YLT Rich he lieth down, and he is not gathered, His eyes he hath opened, and he is not.

Drby He lieth down rich, but will do so no more; he openeth his eyes, and he is not.

RV He lieth down rich, but he shall not be gathered; he openeth his eyes, and he is not.

Wbstr The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he is not.

KJB-1769 The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he is not.
(The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth/opens his eyes, and he is not. )

KJB-1611 The rich man shall lie downe, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he is not:
(The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth/opens his eyes, and he is not:)

Bshps When the riche man sleepeth, he shall not be gathered to his fathers, they opened their eyes, and he was gone.
(When the rich man sleepth, he shall not be gathered to his fathers, they opened their eyes, and he was gone.)

Gnva When the rich man sleepeth, he shall not be gathered to his fathers: they opened their eyes, and he was gone.
(When the rich man sleepth, he shall not be gathered to his fathers: they opened their eyes, and he was gone. )

Cvdl When the rich man dyeth, he carieth nothinge with him: he is gone in ye twincklynge of an eye.
(When the rich man dyeth, he carried nothing with him: he is gone in ye/you_all twincklynge of an eye.)

Wyc A riche man, whanne he schal die, schal bere no thing with hym; he schal opene hise iyen, and he schal fynde no thing.
(A rich man, when he shall die, shall bear no thing with him; he shall opene his eyes, and he shall find no thing.)

Luth Der Reiche, wenn er sich legt, wird er‘s nicht mitraffen; er wird seine Augen auftun, und da wird nichts sein.
(The Reiche, when he itself/yourself/themselves legt, becomes er‘s not mitraffen; he becomes his Augen auftun, and there becomes nothing sein.)

ClVg Dives, cum dormierit, nihil secum auferet: aperiet oculos suos, et nihil inveniet.[fn]
(Dives, when/with dormierit, nihil secum auferet: aperiet oculos suos, and nihil inveniet. )

27.19 Dives cum dormierit. Dormit dives et oculos aperit, quia cum carne moritur, ejus anima videre cogitur, quod providere contempsit.

27.19 Dives when/with dormierit. Dormit dives and oculos aperit, because when/with carne moritur, his anima videre cogitur, that providere contempsit.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

עָשִׁ֣יר יִ֭שְׁכַּב & עֵינָ֖י⁠ו פָּקַ֣ח

wealth lies_down & eyes,his opens

Job is speaking of going to sleep and waking up by association with things that people do when they go to sleep (lie down in bed) and wake up (open their eyes). If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “He goes to sleep rich … he wakes up”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / hyperbole

עָשִׁ֣יר יִ֭שְׁכַּב & עֵינָ֖י⁠ו פָּקַ֣ח

wealth lies_down & eyes,his opens

Job is making an overstatement to emphasize how quickly a wicked person loses his wealth. He is speaking as if that person would go to sleep rich and wake up with nothing, that is, as if he would lose all of his riches in a single night. If it would be clearer in your language, you could express the emphasis in a different way. Alternate translation: “He may be rich … only a short time passes”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

וְ⁠לֹ֣א יֵאָסֵ֑ף

and=not do_so

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: “but he does not continue to be rich”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

וְ⁠אֵינֶֽ⁠נּוּ

and,is_gone,it

This expression means that the wicked person no longer has any possessions. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “and he discovers that he no longer has any possessions”

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