JOB 29:16 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) I was a father for the needy,
⇔ ≈and I helped strangers present their cases.

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 I was a father to the needy,
⇔ and the case that I did not know, I examined it.

UST I protected poor people the way a father protects his children.
⇔ In the courts, I defended even people who were strangers to me.

BSB I was a father to the needy,
⇔ and I took up the case of the stranger.

OEB A father was I to the poor,
⇔ And I searched out the cause of the stranger.

WEBBE I was a father to the needy.
⇔ I researched the cause of him whom I didn’t know.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET I was a father to the needy,
⇔ and I investigated the case of the person I did not know;

LSV I [am] a father to the needy,
And the cause I have not known I search out.

FBV I was like a father to the poor, and I defended the rights of strangers.

T4T I was like [MET] a father to poor people,
⇔ and in courts I defended those who were strangers.

LEB • was a father to the poor, and I investigated[fn] legal dispute.

?:? Literally “the one I knew not”

BBE I was a father to the poor, searching out the cause of him who was strange to me.

Moff No Moff JOB book available

JPS I was a father to the needy; and the cause of him that I knew not I searched out.

ASV I was a father to the needy:
⇔ And the cause of him that I knew not I searched out.

DRA I was the father of the poor: and the cause which I knew not, I searched out most diligently.

YLT A father I [am] to the needy, And the cause I have not known I search out.

Drby I was a father to the needy, and the cause which I knew not I searched out;

RV I was a father to the needy: and the cause of him that I knew not I searched out.

Wbstr I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.

KJB-1769 I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.

KJB-1611 I was a father to the poore: and the cause which I knewe not, I searched out.
(I was a father to the poore: and the cause which I knew not, I searched out.)

Bshps I was a father to the poore: and when I knewe not the cause, I sought it out diligently.
(I was a father to the poore: and when I knew not the cause, I sought it out diligently.)

Gnva I was a father vnto the poore, and when I knewe not the cause, I sought it out diligently.
(I was a father unto the poore, and when I knew not the cause, I sought it out diligently. )

Cvdl I was a father vnto the poore, & whe I knew not their cause, I sought it out diligetly.
(I was a father unto the poore, and when I knew not their cause, I sought it out diligetly.)

Wyc Y was a fadir of pore men; and Y enqueride most diligentli the cause, which Y knew not.
(I was a father of poor men; and I enqueride most diligentli the cause, which I knew not.)

Luth Ich war ein Vater der Armen; und welche Sache ich nicht wußte, die erforschete ich.
(I what/which a father the/of_the Armen; and which matter I not wußte, the erforschete I.)

ClVg Pater eram pauperum, et causam quam nesciebam diligentissime investigabam.[fn]
(Pater eram pauperum, and causam how nesciebam diligentissime investigabam. )

29.16 Pater eram pauperum. Pauperes enim spiritu ex ejus prædicatione generantur. Et causam quam nesciebam. Ecclesia cum per electos mala, etc., usque ad sunt tamen minora pro majoribus relinquenda.

29.16 Pater eram pauperum. Pauperes because spiritu from his prælet_him_sayione generantur. And causam how nesciebam. Ecclesia when/with through electos mala, etc., until to are tamen minora for mayoribus relinquenda.

BrTr I was the father of the helpless; and I searched out the cause which I knew not.

BrLXX Ἐγὼ ἤμην πατὴρ ἀδυνάτων, δίκην δὲ ἣν οὐκ ᾔδειν ἐξιχνίασα.
(Egō aʸmaʸn pataʸr adunatōn, dikaʸn de haʸn ouk aʸdein exiⱪniasa. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

אָ֣ב & לָֽ⁠אֶבְיוֹנִ֑ים

father & to_the,needy

Job is speaking as if he had literally been a father to needy people. He means that he fulfilled the role of a father by being a protector and advocate. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “a protector of the needy” or “an advocate for the needy”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj

לָֽ⁠אֶבְיוֹנִ֑ים

to_the,needy

Job is using the adjective needy as a noun to mean a certain kind of person. Your language may use adjectives in the same way. If not, you can translate this word with an equivalent phrase. Alternate translation: “to needy people”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

וְ⁠רִ֖ב לֹא־יָדַ֣עְתִּי אֶחְקְרֵֽ⁠הוּ

and,case not I_know investigated,which

Job is referring implicitly to a case whose details he did not know before someone brought it to the city gate for adjudication. Job did not know these details because he was not personally acquainted with the person bringing the case. So he was not motivated by friendship or family loyalty, but simply by the interests of justice. You could indicate that in your translation if it would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: “and I made sure that each person got justice even if he was not a friend or relative of mine”

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