JOB 32:16 Parallel Verse View

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Key: khaki:verbs, red:negative.
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BrLXX Ὑπέμεινα, οὐ γὰρ ἐλάλησα, ὅτι ἔστησαν, οὐκ ἀπεκρίθησαν.
(Hupemeina, ou gar elalaʸsa, hoti estaʸsan, ouk apekrithaʸsan. )

BrTr I waited, (for I had not spoken,) because they stood still, they answered not.

ULT Shall I wait because they are not speaking,
⇔ because they stand, they answer no more?

UST And since you are not speaking, since you have stopped answering Job,
⇔ I do not feel that I need to wait any longer before speaking to Job myself.

BSB Must I wait, now that they are silent,
⇔ now that they stand and no longer reply?

OEB Must I wait because they are silent,
⇔ Stand still, and answer no more?

WEBBE Shall I wait, because they don’t speak,
⇔ because they stand still, and answer no more?

WMBB (Same as above)

NET And I have waited. But because they do not speak,
⇔ because they stand there and answer no more,

LSV And I have waited, but they do not speak,
For they have stood still,
They have not answered anymore.)

FBV Should I continue to wait since you're no longer talking, just standing there saying nothing?

T4T But because you do not speak, I certainly will not wait any longer [RHQ];
⇔ you merely stand there and do not reply any more.

LEB • because they stand there and no longer answer.

BBE And am I to go on waiting while they have nothing to say? while they keep quiet and give no more answers?

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JPS And shall I wait, because they speak not, because they stand still, and answer no more?

ASV And shall I wait, because they speak not,
⇔ Because they stand still, and answer no more?

DRA Therefore because I have waited, and they have not spoken: they stood, and answered no more:

YLT And I have waited, but they do not speak, For they have stood still, They have not answered any more.)

Drby And I waited, for they spoke not, but stood still, and answered no more; —

RV And shall I wait, because they speak not, because they stand still, and answer no more?

Wbstr When I had waited, (for they spoke not, but stood still, and answered no more;)

KJB-1769 When I had waited, (for they spake not, but stood still, and answered no more;)

KJB-1611 When I had waited, (for they spake not, but stood still and answered no more.)
(Same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps When I had wayted (for they spake not, but stoode still and aunswered no more:)
(When I had wayted (for they spake not, but stood still and answered no more:))

Gnva When I had wayted (for they spake not, but stood still and answered no more)

Cvdl but in so moch as ye wil not speake, stondinge still like dom men & makinge no answere:
(but in so much as ye/you_all will not speake, standing still like dom men and making no answer:)

Wycl Therfor for Y abood, and thei spaken not, thei stoden, and answeriden no more; also Y schal answere my part,
(Therefore for I abood, and they spaken not, they stood, and answered no more; also I shall answer my part,)

Luth Weil ich denn geharret habe, und sie konnten nicht reden (denn sie stehen still und antworten nicht mehr),
(Weil I because geharret have, and they/she/them could not reden (denn they/she/them stehen still and antworten not mehr),)

ClVg Quoniam igitur expectavi, et non sunt locuti: steterunt, nec ultra responderunt:
(Quoniam igitur expectavi, and not/no are locuti: steterunt, but_not ultra responderunt: )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

וְ֭⁠הוֹחַלְתִּי כִּי־לֹ֣א יְדַבֵּ֑רוּ כִּ֥י עָ֝מְד֗וּ לֹא־עָ֥נוּ עֽוֹד

and,wait that/for/because/then/when not speak that/for/because/then/when stand not answer again/more

Elihu 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: “I shall not wait because they are not speaking, because they stand, they answer no more!”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / declarative

וְ֭⁠הוֹחַלְתִּי כִּי־לֹ֣א יְדַבֵּ֑רוּ כִּ֥י עָ֝מְד֗וּ לֹא־עָ֥נוּ עֽוֹד

and,wait that/for/because/then/when not speak that/for/because/then/when stand not answer again/more

Elihu is using a future statement to give himself an instruction or command. If it would be helpful in your language, you could translate these words using a command or instruction form. Alternate translation: “I should not wait because they they are not speaking, because they stand, they answer no more!”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / hendiadys

עָ֝מְד֗וּ לֹא־עָ֥נוּ עֽוֹד

stand not answer again/more

Elihu is expressing a single idea by using the two verbs stand and answer. In this context, the word stand means to stop doing something. He does not mean that Job’s friends have stood to their feet. Alternate translation: “they have ceased to answer any more”

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