JOB 29:23 Parallel Verse View

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ULT And they waited for me as for rain,
⇔ and they opened their mouth as for the latter rain.

UST They were as eager to hear me speak as farmers are for it to rain.
⇔ They listened to me with great appreciation, just as the ground seems to welcome the rain that falls in the spring.

BSB They waited for me as for rain
⇔ and drank in my words like spring showers.

OEB They waited for me as for rain–
⇔ Open-mouthed, as for latter rain.

WEB They waited for me as for the rain.
⇔ Their mouths drank as with the spring rain.

WMB (Same as above)

NET They waited for me as people wait for the rain,
⇔ and they opened their mouths
⇔ as for the spring rains.

LSV And they wait for me as [for] rain,
And they have opened wide their mouth
[As] for the spring rain.

FBV They waited for me like people waiting for rain; their mouths wide open for the spring rain.

T4T They waited for me to speak like they wait for rain;
⇔ they appreciated what I said like [MET] farmers appreciate the final rain in the spring before the dry season.

LEB • for the rain, and they opened their mouth wide as for the spring rain.

BBE They were waiting for me as for the rain, opening their mouths wide as for the spring rains.

MOF No MOF JOB book available

JPS And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.

ASV And they waited for me as for the rain;
⇔ And they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.

DRA They waited for me as for rain, and they opened their mouth as for a latter shower.

YLT And they wait as [for] rain for me, And their mouth they have opened wide [As] for the latter rain.

DBY And they waited for me as for the rain, and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.

RV And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.

WBS And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.

KJB-1769 And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.

KJB-1611 And they waited for me as for the raine, and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter raine.

BB They wayted for me as for the raine: and gaped vpon me, as the grounde doeth to receaue the latter shoure.
(They wayted for me as for the raine: and gaped upon me, as the ground doeth to receive the latter shoure.)

GNV And they wayted for me, as for the raine, and they opened their mouth as for the latter rayne.

CB They wayted for me, as the earth doth for the rayne: & gaped vpon me, as the groude doth to receaue the latter shower.
(They wayted for me, as the earth doth for the rayne: and gaped upon me, as the groude doth to receive the latter shower.)

WYC Thei abididen me as reyn; and thei openyden her mouth as to the softe reyn `comynge late.
(They abididen me as reyn; and they openedn her mouth as to the softe reyn `comynge late.)

LUT Sie warteten auf mich wie auf den Regen und sperreten ihren Mund auf als nach dem Abendregen.
(They/She warteten on me like on the Regen and sperreten your Mund on als after to_him Abendregen.)

CLV Expectabant me sicut pluviam, et os suum aperiebant quasi ad imbrem serotinum.[fn]
(Expectabant me like pluviam, and os his_own aperiebant as_if to imbrem serotinum. )

29.23 Exspectabant me sicut pluviam. Verba prædicationis sanctæ sicut pluviam sustinemus, cum vera humilitate ariditatem cordis nostri agnoscimus, ut potu sanctæ prædicationis irrigemur. Et os suum aperiebant quasi ad imbrem. Quia dum in extrema parte sæculi verba sanctæ prædicationis accipimus, quasi ad imbrem serotinum os cordis aperimus.

29.23 Exspectabant me like pluviam. Verba prædicationis sanctæ like pluviam sustinemus, when/with vera humilitate ariditatem cordis our agnoscimus, as potu sanctæ prædicationis irrigemur. And os his_own aperiebant as_if to imbrem. Quia dum in extrema parte sæculi verba sanctæ prædicationis accipimus, as_if to imbrem serotinum os cordis aperimus.

BRN As the thirsty earth expecting the rain, so they waited for my speech.

BrLXX Ὥσπερ γῆ διψῶσα προσδεχομένη τὸν ὑετὸν, οὕτως οὗτοι τὴν ἐμὴν λαλιάν.
(Hōsper gaʸ dipsōsa prosdeⱪomenaʸ ton hueton, houtōs houtoi taʸn emaʸn lalian. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / simile

וְ⁠יִֽחֲל֣וּ כַ⁠מָּטָ֣ר לִ֑⁠י

and,waited as_for_the,rain to=me

The point of this comparison is that just as people are eager for rain to fall and water their crops, so Job’s listeners were eager to hear him speak. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make this point explicitly. Alternate translation: “And people as waited eagerly to hear me speak as they wait for rain to fall on their crops”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

וּ֝⁠פִי⁠הֶ֗ם פָּעֲר֥וּ לְ⁠מַלְקֽוֹשׁ

and,mouths,their opened as_for,spring_rain

Job is using a complex image here. First, he is speaking as if the people listening to him were literally the ground. Second, he is speaking of the ground soaking up rainfall as if it were opening its mouth to drink water. Job does not mean that the people opened their mouths to speak; he is actually describing them listening. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. It may be helpful to begin a new sentence here. Alternate translation: “Yes, they were eager to listen to everything I said, just as the dry ground soaks up the latter rain when it falls”

Note 3 topic: translate-unknown

לְ⁠מַלְקֽוֹשׁ

as_for,spring_rain

In the region where the book of Job was composed, people would plant crops in the fall. Rain at that time would help the crops start growing. But farmers depended on later rains, which would fall in the spring after an interval during which little rain fell, to enable the crops grow to maturity. Express this in a way that would be meaningful to your readers. Alternate translation: “as for the rain that falls again after the dry season”

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