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OET (OET-RV) because calamity from God worries me,
⇔ and I can’t match his greatness.
OET-LV If/because [was]_a_fear to_me (the)_calamity of_god and_because_of_majesty_his not I_am_able.
UHB כִּ֤י פַ֣חַד אֵ֭לַי אֵ֣יד אֵ֑ל וּ֝מִשְּׂאֵת֗וֹ לֹ֣א אוּכָֽל׃ ‡
(ⱪiy faḩad ʼēlay ʼēyd ʼēl ūmissəʼētō loʼ ʼūkāl.)
Key: khaki:verbs, red:negative, blue:Elohim.
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 For the destruction of God was a dread to me,
⇔ and from his majesty, I was not able.
UST I have not done wrong things such as I have been describing,
⇔ because I respect God and I know that he punishes sin.
⇔ I would not sin against such a majestic God!
BSB For calamity from God terrifies me,
⇔ and His splendor I cannot overpower.
OEB The terrors of God would assail me,
⇔ Before whose approach I were powerless.
WEB For calamity from God is a terror to me.
⇔ Because of his majesty, I can do nothing.
NET For the calamity from God was a terror to me,
⇔ and by reason of his majesty I was powerless.
LSV For calamity [from] God [is] a dread to me,
And because of His excellence I am not able.
FBV Since I'm terrified of what punishment God may have in store for me, and because of his majesty, I could never do this.
T4T I always feared that God would cause me to experience a great disaster if I did any of those evil things,
⇔ and I would not have been able to endure the powerful things that he would do to punish me.
LEB • was a dread for me, and[fn] because of his majesty.
?:? Literally “I was not able”
BBE For the fear of God kept me back, and because of his power I might not do such things.
MOF No MOF JOB book available
JPS For calamity from God was a terror to me, and by reason of His majesty I could do nothing.
ASV For calamity from God is a terror to me,
⇔ And by reason of his majesty I can do nothing.
DRA For I have always feared God as waves swelling over me, and his weight I was not able to bear.
YLT For a dread unto me [is] calamity [from] God, And because of His excellency I am not able.
DBY For calamity from [fn]God was a terror to me, and by reason of his excellency I was powerless.
31.23 El
RV For calamity from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his excellency I could do nothing.
WBS For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.
KJB For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.
(For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure. )
BB For I haue euer feared the vengeaunce and punishment of God, and knewe very well that I was not able to beare his burthen.
(For I have ever feared the vengeaunce and punishment of God, and knew very well that I was not able to bear his burthen.)
GNV For Gods punishment was fearefull vnto me, and I could not be deliuered from his highnes.
(For Gods punishment was fearefull unto me, and I could not be delivered from his highnes. )
CB For I haue euer feared ye vengeaunce & punyshmet of God, & knew very well, yt I was not able to beare his burthe.
(For I have ever feared ye/you_all vengeaunce and punyshmet of God, and knew very well, it I was not able to bear his burthe.)
WYC For euere Y dredde God, as wawis wexynge gret on me; and `Y myyte not bere his birthun.
(For euere I dreaded God, as wawis wexynge great on me; and `I might not bear his birthun.)
LUT Denn ich fürchte GOtt, wie einen Unfall über mich, und könnte seine Last nicht ertragen.
(Because I fürchte God, like a Unfall above mich, and könnte his Last not ertragen.)
CLV Semper enim quasi tumentes super me fluctus timui Deum, et pondus ejus ferre non potui.[fn]
(Semper because as_if tumentes over me wave timui God, and pondus his ferre not/no potui.)
31.23 Semper enim quasi tu mentes. Fluctus, cum tumentes desuper imminent, etc., usque ad quam sancti quotidie expavescunt. Pondus ejus ferre non potui, quoniam qui extremi judicii adventum intenta mente considerat, profecto videtur, quia tantus pavor imminet, quantus non solum tunc videre, sed etiam nunc providere pertimescat.
31.23 Semper because as_if tu mentes. Fluctus, when/with tumentes desuper imminent, etc., usque to how sancti quotidie expavescunt. Pondus his ferre not/no potui, quoniam who extremi yudicii adventum intenta mente considerat, profecto videtur, because tantus pavor imminet, quantus not/no solum tunc videre, but also now providere pertimescat.
BRN For the fear of the Lord constrained me, and I cannot bear up by reason of his burden.
BrLXX Φόβος γὰρ Κυρίου συνέσχε με, ἀπὸ τοῦ λήμματος αὐτοῦ οὐχ ὑποίσω.
(Fobos gar Kuriou sunesⱪe me, apo tou laʸmmatos autou ouⱪ hupoisō. )
31:1-40 Job called down curses on himself if he were guilty of the accusations made against him. Except for his mention of idolatry (31:26-27), Job addressed his fidelity to God in terms of the second half of the Ten Commandments, summarized by the command to “love your neighbor as yourself” (Lev 19:18; Rom 13:9).
Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases
כִּ֤י
that/for/because/then/when
Job is using the word For to reassert the reason why he did not commit any of the crimes he has been describing. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could indicate this in your translation. Alternate translation: “No, I did not do any of those things, because”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / possession
אֵ֣יד אֵ֑ל
calamity god
Job is using this possessive form to describe the destruction of a wicked person by God, not the destruction of God by anything. It may be helpful to clarify this for your readers. Alternate translation: “the knowledge that God destroys wicked people”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis
וּ֝מִשְּׂאֵת֗וֹ לֹ֣א אוּכָֽל
and,because_of,majesty,his not do
Job is leaving out some of the words that in many languages a sentence would need in order to be complete. You can supply these words from the context if that would be clearer in your language. Job is referring to neglecting the poor and intimidating the fatherless, as he described in verses 19–21. Alternate translation: “and because of his majesty, I was not able to do any of those things” or “and because of his majesty, I could not have done any of those things”