JOB 28:21 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) It’s hidden from the eyes of every living creature.
⇔ ≈It’s even concealed from the birds in the sky.

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 Λέληθε πάντα ἄνθρωπον, καὶ ἀπὸ πετεινῶν τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ἐκρύβη.
(Lelaʸthe panta anthrōpon, kai apo peteinōn tou ouranou ekrubaʸ. )

BrTr It has escaped the notice of every man, and has been hidden from the birds of the sky.

ULT It is hidden from the eyes of each living thing;
⇔ even from the birds of the heavens it is concealed.

UST Living creatures are not able to see it.
⇔ Not even the birds can see it while they are up in the sky.

BSB It is hidden from the eyes of every living thing
⇔ and concealed from the birds of the air.

OEB She is hid from the eyes of all living,
⇔ Concealed from the birds of the air.

WEBBE Seeing it is hidden from the eyes of all living,
⇔ and kept close from the birds of the sky.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET For it has been hidden
⇔ from the eyes of every living creature,
⇔ and from the birds of the sky it has been concealed.

LSV It has been hid from the eyes of all living. And from the bird of the heavens
It has been hidden.

FBV Wisdom is hidden from the sight of all living things, even the birds of the air cannot see it.

T4T No living humans can see it [MTY];
⇔ and birds cannot see it while they are flying [MTY].

LEB • the eyes of all living, and it is concealed from the birds of the heaven.

BBE For it is kept secret from the eyes of all living, unseen by the birds of the air.

Moff No Moff JOB book available

JPS Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air.

ASV Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living,
⇔ And kept close from the birds of the heavens.

DRA It is hid from the eyes of all living. and the fowls of the air know it not.

YLT It hath been hid from the eyes of all living. And from the fowl of the heavens It hath been hidden.

Drby For it is hidden from the eyes of all living, and concealed from the fowl of the heavens.

RV Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air.

Wbstr Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air.

KJB-1769 Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air.[fn]

28.21 air: or, heaven

KJB-1611 [fn]Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all liuing, and kept close from the foules of the ayre.
(Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls/birds of the ayre.)

28:21 Or, heauen.

Bshps She is hid from the eyes of all men liuing, yea & from the foules of the ayre.
(She is hid from the eyes of all men living, yea and from the fowls/birds of the ayre.)

Gnva Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all the liuing, and is hid from the foules of the heauen?
(Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all the living, and is hid from the fowls/birds of the heaven? )

Cvdl She is hyd from the eyes of all men, yee & fro the foules of the ayre.
(She is hid from the eyes of all men, ye/you_all and from the fowls/birds of the ayre.)

Wyc It is hid fro the iyen of alle lyuynge men; also it is hid fro briddis of heuene.
(It is hid from the iyen of all living men; also it is hid from birds of heaven.)

Luth Sie ist verhohlen vor den Augen aller Lebendigen, auch verborgen den Vögeln unter dem Himmel.
(They/She is verhohlen before/in_front_of the Augen aller Lebendigen, also verborgen the Vögeln under to_him heaven.)

ClVg Abscondita est ab oculis omnium viventium: volucres quoque cæli latet.[fn]
(Abscondita it_is away oculis omnium viventium: volucres too cæli latet. )

28.21 Abscondita est. Quia quandiu hic vivitur, videri Deus per suæ naturæ speciem non potest; per imagines vero visus est Mosi, Jacob et aliis. Volucres quoque cœli latet. GREG. in Job, l. 19. Quia in hac carne corruptibili constituti, etc., usque ad in eorum dictis atque consolationibus ab hujus vitæ fatigatione respirant.

28.21 Abscondita it_is. Because quandiu this vivitur, videri God through suæ naturæ speciem not/no potest; through imagines vero visus it_is Mosi, Yacob and aliis. Volucres too cœli latet. GREG. in Yob, l. 19. Because in hac carne corruptibili constituti, etc., until to in their dictis atque consolationibus away huyus of_life fatigatione respirant.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

וְֽ֭⁠נֶעֶלְמָה מֵ⁠עֵינֵ֣י כָל־חָ֑י וּ⁠מֵ⁠ע֖וֹף הַ⁠שָּׁמַ֣יִם נִסְתָּֽרָה

and,hidden from,eyes all living_(creature) and,from,birds the=heavens concealed

If your language does not use these passive forms, you could express the ideas in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “The eyes of no living thing can see it; not even the birds of the heavens can spot it”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

מֵ⁠עֵינֵ֣י

from,eyes

Job is using one part of a living thing, its eyes, to mean all of it in the act of seeing. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “from the sight of”

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