JOB 31:23 Parallel Verse View

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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).

BrLXX Φόβος γὰρ Κυρίου συνέσχε με, ἀπὸ τοῦ λήμματος αὐτοῦ οὐχ ὑποίσω.
(Fobos gar Kuriou sunesⱪe me, apo tou laʸmmatos autou ouⱪ hupoisō. )

BrTr For the fear of the Lord constrained me, and I cannot bear up by reason of his burden.

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.

WEBBE For calamity from God is a terror to me.
⇔ Because of his majesty, I can do nothing.

WMBB (Same as above)

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 No LEB JOB book available

BBE For the fear of God kept me back, and because of his power I might not do such things.

Moff No Moff 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.

Drby 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.

SLT For the destruction of God is a terror to me, and from his lifting up I shall not prevail.

Wbstr For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.

KJB-1769 For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.

KJB-1611 For destruction from God was a terrour to mee: and by reason of his highnesse, I could not endure.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps No Bshps JOB book available

Gnva For Gods punishment was fearefull vnto me, and I could not be deliuered from his highnes.
(For Gods punishment was fearful unto me, and I could not be delivered from his highnes. )

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ClVg 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 you(sg) minds. Fluctus, when/with tumentes desuper imminent, etc., until to how holy quotidie expavescunt. Pondus his ferre not/no potui, since/because who extremi judgement arrival intenta mind considerat, profecto it_seems, because tantus pavor imminet, quantus not/no solum then seere, but also now providere pertimescat.

RP-GNT No RP-GNT JOB book available

UTN uW Translation Notes:

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_of 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_of,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]

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