JOB 31:21 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) if I’ve used my strength against the fatherless,
⇔ because I’d be supported by the elders from the city gate,

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 Εἰ ἐπῆρα ὀρφανῷ χεῖρα, πεποιθὼς ὅτι πολλή μοι βοήθεια περίεστιν·
(Ei epaʸra orfanōi ⱪeira, pepoithōs hoti pollaʸ moi boaʸtheia periestin; )

BrTr if I lifted my hand against an orphan, trusting that my strength was far superior to his:

ULT if I have shaken my hand against the fatherless
⇔ because I saw my help at the gate,

UST I solemnly declare that I never threatened an orphan who brought a case against me in the public square.
⇔ Even if I knew that the other elders would favor me,
⇔ I made sure that the orphan received fair treatment.

BSB if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless
⇔ because I saw that I had support in the gate,

OEB If, beacause I saw help in the gate,
⇔ I have ever set hand on the innocent,

WEBBE if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless,
⇔ because I saw my help in the gate;

WMBB (Same as above)

NET if I have raised my hand to vote against the orphan,
⇔ when I saw my support in the court,

LSV If I have waved my hand at the fatherless,
When I see [him] in the gate of my court,

FBV If I raised my hand to hit an orphan, confident that if it came to court the judges would be on my side,[fn]

31:21 Literally, “because I saw my supporters at the gate.”

T4T or if it were true that I threatened to strike any orphan
⇔ because I knew that the elders at the city gates would ◄decide in my favor►;

LEB • because I saw my supporters at the gate,

BBE If my hand had been lifted up against him who had done no wrong, when I saw that I was supported by the judges;

Moff No Moff JOB book available

JPS If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, because I saw my help in the gate;

ASV If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless,
⇔ Because I saw my help in the gate:

DRA If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, even when I saw myself superior in the gate:

YLT If I have waved at the fatherless my hand, When I see in [him] the gate of my court,

Drby If I have lifted up my hand against an orphan, because I saw my help in the gate:

RV If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, because I saw my help in the gate:

Wbstr If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:

KJB-1769 If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:

KJB-1611 If I haue lift vp my hand against the fatherlesse, when I saw my helpe in the gate:
(If I have lift up my hand against the fatherlesse, when I saw my help in the gate:)

Bshps If I haue lift vp mine hand against the fatherlesse, when I sawe that I might helpe him in the gate:
(If I have lift up mine hand against the fatherlesse, when I saw that I might help him in the gate:)

Gnva If I haue lift vp mine hande against the fatherlesse, when I saw that I might helpe him in the gate,
(If I have lift up mine hand against the fatherlesse, when I saw that I might help him in the gate, )

Cvdl Dyd I euer lyft vp my honde to hurte the fatherlesse? Yee in the gate where I sawe my self to be in auctorite:
(Dyd I ever lyft up my hand to hurt the fatherlesse? Ye/You_all in the gate where I saw myself to be in authority:)

Wycl if Y reiside myn hond on a fadirles child, yhe, whanne Y siy me the hiyere in the yate;
(if I reiside mine hand on a fatherles child, yea/yes, when I saw me the hiyere in the gate;)

Luth Hab ich meine Hand an den Waisen gelegt, weil ich mich sah im Tor Macht zu helfen haben,
(Hab I my hand at the Waisen gelegt, because I me saw in_the goal/doorway Macht to helfen have,)

ClVg si levavi super pupillum manum meam, etiam cum viderem me in porta superiorem:[fn]
(si levavi over pupillum hand mine, also when/with viderem me in porta superiorem: )

31.21 Si levavi super pusillum. Ibid. Ac si patenter dicat, etc., usque ad quod in porta agebatur, significat.

31.21 When/But_if levavi over pusillum. Ibid. Ac when/but_if patenter let_him_say, etc., until to that in porta agebatur, significat.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: translate-symaction

אִם־הֲנִיפ֣וֹתִי עַל־יָת֣וֹם יָדִ֑⁠י

if raised on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in orphan hand,my

Shaking the hand, probably formed into a fist, against someone would be a symbolic action that threatened harm if the person did not acquiesce to one’s wishes. In this context, it would be a gesture that threatened severe consequences if an opponent in court did not agree to settle a case on favorable terms. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could explain the significance of this action. Alternate translation: “if I have tried to intimidate the fatherless into settling a case in my favor”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

אֶרְאֶ֥ה בַ֝⁠שַּׁ֗עַר עֶזְרָתִֽ⁠י

saw in/on/at/with,gate supporters,I

Job is using the term gate by association to mean the community court, which would hold its sessions in the public square near the city gate. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “I saw that there were people in court who would take my side”

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