JOB 31:37 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) I would have to give him an account of my every step.
⇔ Like a noble, I would go and approach him.

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 καὶ εἰ μὴ ῥῆξας αὐτὴν ἀπέδωκα, οὐθὲν λαβὼν παρὰ χρεωφειλέτου·
(kai ei maʸ ɽaʸxas autaʸn apedōka, outhen labōn para ⱪreōfeiletou; )

BrTr And if I did not read it and return it, having taken nothing from the debtor:

ULT I would declare to him an account of my steps;
⇔ I would approach him like a noble.

UST I would explain to God in detail
⇔ how I was innocent of each charge.
⇔ I would approach him as a ruler would: without being afraid.

BSB I would give account of all my steps;
⇔ I would approach Him like a prince.)—

OEB Every step of my life I would tell Him,
⇔ Like a prince I would enter His presence.

WEBBE I would declare to him the number of my steps.
⇔ I would go near to him like a prince.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET I would give him an accounting of my steps;
⇔ like a prince I would approach him.

LSV The number of my steps I tell Him,
As a leader I approach Him.

FBV I would explain to him everything I'd done; I would hold my head high before him.[fn]

31:37 Literally, “I would approach him like a prince.”

T4T I would tell God everything that I have done,
⇔ and I would approach him confidently, like a ruler would.

LEB • I would approach him like a noble.

BBE I would make clear the number of my steps, I would put it before him like a prince! The words of Job are ended.

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JPS I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near unto him.

ASV I would declare unto him the number of my steps;
⇔ As a prince would I go near unto him.

DRA At every step of mine I would pronounce it, and offer it as to a prince.

YLT The number of my steps I tell Him, As a leader I approach Him.

Drby I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I come near to him.

RV I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near unto him.

Wbstr I would declare to him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near to him.

KJB-1769 I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near unto him.

KJB-1611 I would declare vnto him the number of my steps, as a prince would I goe neere vnto him.
(I would declare unto him the number of my steps, as a prince would I go near unto him.)

Bshps I will tell hym the number of my goinges, & go vnto him as to a prince.
(I will tell him the number of my goinges, and go unto him as to a prince.)

Gnva I will tell him the nomber of my goings, and goe vnto him as to a prince.
(I will tell him the number of my goings, and go unto him as to a prince. )

Cvdl I haue tolde the nombre of my goinges, and delyuered them vnto him as to a prynce.
(I have told the number of my goinges, and delivered them unto him as to a prynce.)

Wyc Bi alle my degrees Y schal pronounce it, and Y schal as offre it to the prynce.
(By all my degrees I shall pronounce it, and I shall as offre it to the prynce.)

Luth Ich wollte die Zahl meiner Gänge ansagen und wie ein Fürst wollte ich sie darbringen.
(I wanted the Zahl my Gänge announce/declare and like a Fürst wanted I they/she/them darbringen.)

ClVg Per singulos gradus meos pronuntiabo illum, et quasi principi offeram eum.[fn]
(Per singulos gradus meos pronuntiabo him, and as_if principi offeram him. )

31.37 Per singulos gradus meos. Incrementa virtutum gradus vocat, etc., usque ad sed etiam per opera demonstrat. Et quasi principi offeram eum. Quod offerimus, manu tenemus. Venienti ergo ad judicium librum offerre est verba præceptorum ejus in actione tenuisse.

31.37 Per singulos gradus meos. Incrementa virtutum gradus vocat, etc., until to but also through opera demonstrat. And as_if principi offeram him. That offerimus, by_hand tenemus. Venienti therefore to yudicium librum offerre it_is words præceptorum his in actione tenuisse.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

צְ֭עָדַ⁠י

steps,my

Job is speaking of his actions as if they were steps along a path that he had been walking along. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “my actions”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / simile

כְּמוֹ־נָ֝גִ֗יד

like prince

The point of this comparison is that just as a noble does things confidently and with self-assurance because of his position, so Job would approach the Almighty confidently, knowing that he was innocent. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make this point explicitly. Alternate translation: “confidently”

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