JOB 31:17 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) or if I ever ate my meal myself
⇔ while the orphan there had nothing to eat,

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 Εἰ δὲ καὶ τὸν ψωμόν μου ἔφαγον μόνος, καὶ οὐχὶ ὀρφανῷ μετέδωκα·
(Ei de kai ton psōmon mou efagon monos, kai ouⱪi orfanōi metedōka; )

BrTr And if too I ate my morsel alone, and did not impart of it to the orphan;

ULT or I have eaten my morsel alone
⇔ and the fatherless did not eat from it—

UST I solemnly declare that from the time that I was young,
⇔ I have taken care of orphans and I have protected widows.
⇔ I have not failed to provide poor people with the things that they needed.
⇔ I have not caused widows to lose hope.
⇔ I have not eaten all of my food by myself and not shared it with orphans.

BSB if I have eaten my morsel alone,
⇔ not sharing it with the fatherless—

OEB Never ate I my morsel alone,
⇔ Without sharing thereof with the orphan.

WEBBE or have eaten my morsel alone,
⇔ and the fatherless has not eaten of it

WMBB (Same as above)

NET If I ate my morsel of bread myself,
⇔ and did not share any of it with orphans –

LSV And I eat my morsel by myself,
And the orphan has nothing [to] eat of it,

FBV Have I even eaten just a piece of bread by myself? Haven't I always shared my food with orphans?

T4T ⇔ “I have guided orphans from the time that they were born;
⇔ I have taken care of them since they were young.
⇔ So, if it were true that I ate all my food myself and did not share some of it with orphans,
⇔ or that I refused to give poor people the things that they wanted,
⇔ or that I caused widows to live ◄in despair/without hope that they would receive any help from anyone►,

LEB • [fn] and the orphan has not eaten from it

31:? Literally “to alone me”

BBE If I kept my food for myself, and did not give some of it to the child with no father;

Moff No Moff JOB book available

JPS Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof —

ASV Or have eaten my morsel alone,
⇔ And the fatherless hath not eaten thereof

DRA If I have eaten my morsel alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof:

YLT And I do eat my morsel by myself, And the orphan hath not eat of it,

Drby Or have eaten my morsel alone, so that the fatherless ate not thereof,

RV Or have eaten my morsel alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;

Wbstr Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten of it;

KJB-1769 Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;
(Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath/has not eaten thereof; )

KJB-1611 Or haue eaten my morsell my selfe alone, and the fatherlesse hath not eaten thereof:
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps If I haue eaten my morsell alone, that ye fatherlesse hath not eaten therof:
(If I have eaten my morsel alone, that ye/you_all fatherless hath/has not eaten thereof:)

Gnva Or haue eaten my morsels alone, and the fatherles hath not eaten thereof,
(Or have eaten my morsels alone, and the fatherles hath/has not eaten thereof, )

Cvdl Haue I eaten my porcion alone, that the fatherles hath had no parte with me?
(Have I eaten my porcion alone, that the fatherles hath/has had no part with me?)

Wycl if Y aloone eet my mussel, and a faderles child eet not therof;
(if I alone eet my mussel, and a faderles child eet not thereof;)

Luth Hab ich meinen Bissen allein gegessen, und nicht der Waise auch davon gegessen?
(Hab I my Bissen alone gegessen, and not the/of_the Waise also of_that gegessen?)

ClVg si comedi buccellam meam solus, et non comedit pupillus ex ea[fn]
(si comedi buccellam meam solus, and not/no comedit pupillus from ea )

31.17 Si comedi buccellam meam solus. Non solum exterius dedi, etc., usque ad Nec istam pietatem sibi, sed gratiæ Dei attribuit, dicens.

31.17 When/But_if comedi buccellam meam solus. Non solum exterius dedi, etc., until to Nec istam pietatem sibi, but gratiæ of_God attribuit, saying.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj

יָת֣וֹם

orphan

Job is using the adjective fatherless 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: “the fatherless person” or “the orphan”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun

יָת֣וֹם

orphan

Job is not referring to a specific fatherless person. He means any orphan who might have needed food. You could indicate that in your translation if it would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: “any orphan who might have needed food”

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