JOB 29:15 Parallel Verse View

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BrLXX Ὀφθαλμὸς ἤμην τυφλῶν, ποὺς δὲ χωλῶν.
(Ofthalmos aʸmaʸn tuflōn, pous de ⱪōlōn. )

UST I helped people who could not see, as if I were seeing for them.
⇔ I helped people who could not walk, as if I were walking for them.

OEB Eyes was I to the blind,
⇔ Feet to the lame was I;

WEBBE I was eyes to the blind,
⇔ and feet to the lame.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET I was eyes for the blind
⇔ and feet for the lame;

LSV I have been eyes to the blind,
And I [am] feet to the lame.

FBV I was like eyes for the blind and feet for the lame.

T4T It was as though [MET] I was eyes for blind people
⇔ and feet for people who were lame.

LEB • and I was feet to the lame.

BBE I was eyes to the blind, and feet to him who had no power of walking.

Moff No Moff JOB book available

JPS I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame.

ASV I was eyes to the blind,
⇔ And feet was I to the lame.

DRA I was an eye to the blind, and a foot to the lame.

YLT Eyes I have been to the blind, And feet to the lame [am] I.

Drby I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame;

RV I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame.

Wbstr I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame.

KJB-1769 I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame.

KJB-1611 I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame.
(Same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps I was an eye to the blinde, and a foote to the lame.
(I was an eye to the blind, and a foot to the lame.)

Gnva I was the eyes to the blinde, and I was the feete to the lame.
(I was the eyes to the blind, and I was the feet to the lame. )

Cvdl I was an eye vnto the blynde, & a fote to the lame.
(I was an eye unto the blind, and a foot to the lame.)

Wycl Y was iye `to a blynde man, and foot to a crokyd man.
(I was iye `to a blind man, and foot to a crokyd man.)

Luth Ich war des Blinden Auge und des Lahmen Füße.
(I what/which the Blinden Auge and the Lahmen Füße.)

ClVg Oculus fui cæco, et pes claudo.[fn]
(Oculus fui cæco, and pes claudo. )

29.15 Oculus fui cæco et pes claudo, etc. Beatus enim Job et illi per semetipsum manum præbuerat, etc., usque ad qui sibi nequam, cui bonus?

29.15 Oculus fui cæco and pes claudo, etc. Beatus because Yob and illi through semetipsum hand præbuerat, etc., until to who sibi nequam, cui bonus?

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

עֵינַ֣יִם הָ֭יִיתִי לַֽ⁠עִוֵּ֑ר וְ⁠רַגְלַ֖יִם לַ⁠פִּסֵּ֣חַ אָֽנִי

eyes was to_the,blind and,feet to_the,lame I

Job is speaking as if he had literally been eyes and feet that other people needed. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “I saw and read things to help people who could not see, and I went places on behalf of people who could not go to those places themselves”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj

לַֽ⁠עִוֵּ֑ר & לַ⁠פִּסֵּ֣חַ

to_the,blind & to_the,lame

Job is using the adjectives blind and lame as nouns to mean certain kinds of people. Your language may use adjectives in the same way. If not, you can translate these words with equivalent phrases. Alternate translation: “for blind people … for lame people”

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