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OET (OET-RV) let him weigh me on his scales of justice,
⇔ and God will acknowledge my integrity.
OET-LV Weigh_me in/on/at/with_scales_of righteousness and_ god _know integrity_of_my.
UHB יִשְׁקְלֵ֥נִי בְמֹאזְנֵי־צֶ֑דֶק וְיֵדַ֥ע אֱ֝ל֗וֹהַּ תֻּמָּתִֽי׃ ‡
(yishqəlēnī ⱱəmoʼzənēy-ʦedeq vəyēdaˊ ʼₑlōha tummātiy.)
Key: khaki:verbs, 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 Ἕσταμαι γὰρ ἐν ζυγῷ δικαίῳ, οἶδε δὲ ὁ Κύριος τὴν ἀκακίαν μου·
(Hestamai gar en zugōi dikaiōi, oide de ho Kurios taʸn akakian mou; )
BrTr (for I am weighed in a just balance, and the Lord knows my innocence:)
ULT let him weigh me in balances of righteousness,
⇔ and God will know my integrity—
UST I only ask God to judge me fairly.
⇔ If he does that, he will find that I am innocent.
BSB let God weigh me with honest scales,
⇔ that He may know my integrity.
OEB Let God only weigh wish just balance,
⇔ Mine innocence He must acknowledge–
WEBBE (let me be weighed in an even balance,
⇔ that God may know my integrity);
WMBB (Same as above)
NET let him weigh me with honest scales;
⇔ then God will discover my integrity.
LSV He weighs me in righteous balances,
And God knows my integrity.
FBV No! Let God weigh me on the scales of his justice and let him discover my integrity.
T4T I request only that God judge me fairly [MET],
⇔ and if he does that, he will know that I ◄am innocent/have not done what is wrong►.
LEB • the balance of justice, and let God know my blamelessness.
BBE (Let me be measured in upright scales, and let God see my righteousness:)
Moff No Moff JOB book available
JPS Let me be weighed in a just balance, that God may know mine integrity —
ASV (Let me be weighed in an even balance,
⇔ That God may know mine integrity);
DRA Let him weigh me in a just balance, and let God know my simplicity.
YLT He doth weigh me in righteous balances, And God doth know my integrity.
Drby (Let me be weighed in an even balance, and [fn]God will take knowledge of my blamelessness;)
31.6 Eloah
RV (Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know mine integrity;)
Wbstr Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know my integrity.
KJB-1769 Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know mine integrity.[fn]
31.6 Let…: Heb. Let him weigh me in balances of justice
KJB-1611 [fn]Let me bee weighed in an euen ballance, that God may know mine integritie.
(Let me be weighed in an even ballance, that God may know mine integrity.)
31:6 Hebr. let him weigh mee in balances of Iustice.
Bshps Let me be wayed in an euen balaunce, that God may see myne innocencie.
(Let me be wayed in an even balaunce, that God may see mine innocencie.)
Gnva Let God weigh me in the iust balance, and he shall know mine vprightnes.
(Let God weigh me in the just balance, and he shall know mine uprightnes. )
Cvdl let me be weyed in an eauen balaunce, that God maye se my innocency.
(let me be weyed in an eauen balaunce, that God may see my innocency.)
Wycl God weie me in a iust balaunce, and knowe my symplenesse.
(God way me in a just balaunce, and know my symplenesse.)
Luth So wäge man mich auf rechter Waage, so wird GOtt erfahren meine Frömmigkeit.
(So wäge man me on rechter Waage, so becomes God erfahren my Frömmigkeit.)
ClVg appendat me in statera justa, et sciat Deus simplicitatem meam.[fn]
(appendat me in statera justa, and sciat God simplicitatem meam. )
31.6 Appendat, quasi diceret: Quantum ad modum humanæ vitæ mala in me non video; sed nisi mediator appareat, qui omnes excedit, quantum a vera simplicitate distem, non cognosco. In statera justa. Stateræ nomine mediator Dei et hominum, etc., usque ad si vitam simplicem vere tenuisset.
31.6 Appendat, as_if diceret: Quantum to modum humanæ of_life evil in me not/no video; but nisi mediator appareat, who everyone excedit, quantum from vera simplicitate distem, not/no cognosco. In statera just. Stateræ nomine mediator of_God and of_men, etc., until to when/but_if life simplicem vere tenuisset.
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: translate-versebridge
יִשְׁקְלֵ֥נִי בְמֹאזְנֵי־צֶ֑דֶק וְיֵדַ֥ע אֱ֝ל֗וֹהַּ תֻּמָּתִֽי
weigh,me in/on/at/with,scales_of accurate and,know god integrity_of,my
In this verse, Job interrupts the if-then statement he is making in verses 5, 7, and 8. He does that in order to assert that if God judges him fairly, then God will recognize that he does not deserve the punishment he describes in verse 8 or any of the other punishments he describes in this chapter. If it would be clearer in your language, you could put this assertion before the if-then statement by creating a verse bridge for verses 5–6. It might say something like this: “Now if God would weigh me in balances of righteousness, then he would know my integrity. If I have walked with falsehood or my foot has hurried to deceit”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
יִשְׁקְלֵ֥נִי בְמֹאזְנֵי־צֶ֑דֶק
weigh,me in/on/at/with,scales_of accurate
Job is speaking as if God might literally weigh him in a set of balances. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “let him judge me by standards of righteousness”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns
יִשְׁקְלֵ֥נִי בְמֹאזְנֵי־צֶ֑דֶק
weigh,me in/on/at/with,scales_of accurate
If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of righteousness, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: “let him judge me in a way that is right”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns
תֻּמָּתִֽי
integrity_of,my
See how you translated the term integrity in 2:3. Alternate translation: “that I live in the right way”