JOB 31:4 Parallel Verse View

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31:4 Note: We read one or more accents in L differently than BHS. Often this notation indicates a typographical error in BHS.

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 Οὐχὶ αὐτὸς ὄψεται ὁδόν μου, καὶ πάντα τὰ διαβήματά μου ἐξαριθμήσεται;
(Ouⱪi autos opsetai hodon mou, kai panta ta diabaʸmata mou exarithmaʸsetai; )

UST I know that God sees everything that I do.
⇔ He is aware of each individual action that I take.

OEB Doth He not see my ways,
⇔ And number my steps every one?

WEBBE Doesn’t he see my ways,
⇔ and count all my steps?

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Does he not see my ways
⇔ and count all my steps?

LSV Does He not see my ways,
And number all my steps?

FBV Doesn't God see everything I do—even count every step I take?

T4T God certainly sees [RHQ] everything that I do,
⇔ so why is he causing me to suffer?
⇔ It is as though he counts every step that I take.

LEB • and count all my steps?

BBE Does he not see my ways, and are not my steps all numbered?

Moff No Moff JOB book available

JPS Doth not He see my ways, and count all my steps?

ASV Doth not he see my ways,
⇔ And number all my steps?

DRA Doth not he consider my ways, and number all my steps?

YLT Doth not He see my ways, And all my steps number?

Drby Doth not he see my ways, and number all my steps?

RV Doth not he see my ways, and number all my steps?

Wbstr Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps?

KJB-1769 Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps?

KJB-1611 [fn]Doeth not he see my wayes, and count all my steps?
(Doeth not he see my ways, and count all my steps?)

31:4 2. Chron. 16.9. iob 32.21. pro. 5.21. and 15.3.

Bshps Doth not he see my wayes, and tell all my goynges?
(Doth not he see my ways, and tell all my goynges?)

Gnva Doeth not he beholde my wayes and tell all my steps?
(Doeth not he behold my ways and tell all my steps? )

Cvdl Doth not he se my wayes, & tell all my goinges?
(Doth not he see my ways, and tell all my goinges?)

Wycl Whether he biholdith not my weies, and noumbrith alle my goyngis?
(Whether he biholdith not my ways, and noumbrith all my goyngis?)

Luth Siehet er nicht meine Wege und zählet alle meine Gänge?
(Siehet he not my ways and zählet all my Gänge?)

ClVg Nonne ipse considerat vias meas, et cunctos gressus meos dinumerat?[fn]
(Isn't_it exactly_that/himself considerat vias meas, and cunctos gressus meos dinumerat? )

31.4 Nonne ipse considerat vias meas et cunctos. Nomine viarum, etc., usque ad quæ apud nos usu viluerunt, indiscussa remaneant. GREG. Sciens se videri cavet, non tamen securus et perfectus quidem inter veteres, in præceptis futuri Christi pensat, quam multa de perfectione minus habet. Ideo dicit: Si ambis.

31.4 Isn't_it exactly_that/himself considerat vias meas and cunctos. Nomine viarum, etc., until to which apud we usu viluerunt, indiscussa remaneant. GREG. Sciens se videri cavet, not/no tamen securus and perfectus indeed between veteres, in præceptis futuri of_Christ pensat, how multa about perfectione minus habet. Ideo he_says: When/But_if ambis.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

הֲ⁠לֹא־ה֭וּא יִרְאֶ֣ה דְרָכָ֑⁠י וְֽ⁠כָל־צְעָדַ֥⁠י יִסְפּֽוֹר

?,not he/it he/it_will_see ways,my and=all steps,my number

Job is using the question form for emphasis. If you would not use the question form for that purpose in your language, you could translate this as a statement or as an exclamation. Alternate translation: “Certainly God sees my ways and counts all my steps!”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

דְרָכָ֑⁠י

ways,my

Job is speaking of how he has been living as if that were a series of ways or paths that he has been walking along. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “how I have been living”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

וְֽ⁠כָל־צְעָדַ֥⁠י יִסְפּֽוֹר

and=all steps,my number

Within the image of life as a series of paths, Job is speaking as if God would literally count each of the steps he was taking. By steps, he probably means individual actions, and by count, he probably means that God notices each one specifically. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “and take note of each of my actions”

Parallel JOB 31:4