JOB 31:5 Parallel Verse View

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BrLXX Εἰ δὲ ἤμην πεπορευμένος μετὰ γελοιαστῶν, εἰ δὲ καὶ ἐσπούδασεν ὁ πούς μου εἰς δόλον·
(Ei de aʸmaʸn peporeumenos meta geloiastōn, ei de kai espoudasen ho pous mou eis dolon; )

UST I solemnly declare that I have not lied to others
⇔ and that I have not tried to deceive others.

OEB If ever I walked with falsehood,
⇔ Or my foot hath made haste unto fraud–

WEBBE ⇔ “If I have walked with falsehood,
⇔ and my foot has hurried to deceit

WMBB (Same as above)

NET If I have walked in falsehood,
⇔ and if my foot has hastened to deceit –

LSV If I have walked with vanity,
And my foot hurries to deceit,

FBV Have I lived a deceitful life? Have I been eager to tell lies?[fn]

31:5 Literally, “If I have walked with falsehood, and my foot has hastened to deceit.”

T4T ⇔ “I solemnly declare that I have never acted wickedly
⇔ and have never tried to deceive people.

LEB • and my foot has hastened to deceit,

BBE If I have gone in false ways, or my foot has been quick in working deceit;

Moff No Moff JOB book available

JPS If I have walked with vanity, and my foot hath hasted to deceit —

ASV ⇔ If I have walked with falsehood,
⇔ And my foot hath hasted to deceit

DRA If I have walked in vanity, and my foot hath made haste to deceit:

YLT If I have walked with vanity, And my foot doth hasten to deceit,

Drby If I have walked with falsehood, and my foot hath hasted to deceit,

RV If I have walked with vanity, and my foot hath hasted to deceit;

Wbstr If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;

KJB-1769 If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;
(If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath/has hasted to deceit; )

KJB-1611 If I haue walked with vanitie, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;
(If I have walked with vanitie, or if my foot hath/has hasted to deceit;)

Bshps If I haue walked in vanitie, or if my feete haue runne to disceaue:
(If I have walked in vanitie, or if my feet have run to deceive:)

Gnva If I haue walked in vanitie, or if my foote hath made haste to deceite,
(If I have walked in vanitie, or if my foot hath/has made haste to deceite, )

Cvdl Yf I haue cleued vnto vanite, or yf my fete haue runne to disceaue:
(If I have cleued unto vanite, or if my feet have run to deceive:)

Wycl If Y yede in vanyte, and my foot hastide in gile,
(If I went in vanyte, and my foot hasted in gile,)

Luth Hab ich gewandelt in Eitelkeit? oder hat mein Fuß geeilet zum Betrug?
(Hab I gewandelt in Eitelkeit? or has my foot geeilet for_the Betrug?)

ClVg Si ambulavi in vanitate, et festinavit in dolo pes meus,
(When/But_if ambulavi in vanitate, and festinavit in dolo pes mine, )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / personification

אִם־הָלַ֥כְתִּי עִם־שָׁ֑וְא

if walked with falsehood

Job is speaking of falsehood as if it were a living thing with which he could have walked. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “If I have conducted myself with falsehood”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

אִם־הָלַ֥כְתִּי עִם־שָׁ֑וְא

if walked with falsehood

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of falsehood, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: “If I have conducted myself dishonestly”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

וַ⁠תַּ֖חַשׁ עַל־מִרְמָ֣ה רַגְלִֽ⁠י

and,hastened on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in deceit foot,my

Job is using one part of himself, his foot, to mean all of him in the act of hurrying or being eager to do something. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “or I have hurried to deceit”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

וַ⁠תַּ֖חַשׁ עַל־מִרְמָ֣ה רַגְלִֽ⁠י

and,hastened on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in deceit foot,my

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of deceit, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: “or I have eagerly done something deceitful”

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