JOB 33:12 Parallel Verse View

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BrLXX Πῶς γὰρ λέγεις, δίκαιός εἰμι, καὶ οὐκ ἐπακήκοέ μου; αἰώνιος γάρ ἐστιν ὁ ἐπάνω βροτῶν.
(Pōs gar legeis, dikaios eimi, kai ouk epakaʸkoe mou; aiōnios gar estin ho epanō brotōn. )

BrTr For how sayest thou, I am righteous, yet he has not hearkened to me? for he that is above mortals is eternal.

ULT Behold, in this you are not right.
⇔ I will answer you,
⇔ for God is greater than man.

UST However, what you have said is incorrect.
⇔ I will explain why.
⇔ You do not realize what God is actually doing, since it is beyond human understanding.

BSB ⇔ Behold, you are not right in this matter.
⇔ I will answer you, for God is greater than man.

OEB Behold! when I cry, comes no answer:
⇔ God hideth Himself from men."

WEBBE ⇔ “Behold, I will answer you. In this you are not just,
⇔ for God is greater than man.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Now in this, you are not right – I answer you,
⇔ for God is greater than a human being.

LSV Behold, you have not been righteous [in] this,
I answer you, that God is greater than man.

FBV But look, you are wrong—let me explain. God is greater than any human being.

T4T ⇔ But what you have said is wrong,
⇔ and I will tell you what you have said that is wrong.
⇔ God is much greater than any human.

LEB • in this you are not right—I will answer you: Indeed, God is greater than a human being.

BBE Truly, in saying this you are wrong; for God is greater than man.

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JPS Behold, I answer thee: In this thou art not right, that God is too great for man;

ASV Behold, I will answer thee, in this thou art not just;
⇔ For God is greater than man.

DRA Now this is the thing in which thou art not justified: I will answer thee, that God is greater than man.

YLT Lo, [in] this thou hast not been righteous, I answer thee, that greater is God than man.

Drby Behold, I will answer thee in this, thou art not right; for [fn]God is greater than man.

33.12 Eloah

RV Behold, I will answer thee, in this thou art not just; for God is greater than man.

Wbstr Behold, in this thou art not just: I will answer thee, that God is greater than man.

KJB-1769 Behold, in this thou art not just: I will answer thee, that God is greater than man.
(Behold, in this thou/you art not just: I will answer thee/you, that God is greater than man. )

KJB-1611 Behold, in this thou art not iust: I will answere thee, That God is greater then man.
(Behold, in this thou/you art not just: I will answer thee/you, That God is greater then man.)

Bshps Behold, in this hast thou not done right, I wil make aunswere vnto thee, that God is greater then man.
(Behold, in this hast thou/you not done right, I will make answer unto thee/you, that God is greater then man.)

Gnva Behold, in this hast thou not done right: I will answere thee, that God is greater then man.
(Behold, in this hast thou/you not done right: I will answer thee/you, that God is greater then man. )

Cvdl Beholde, vnto these vnreasonable wordes of thyne wil I make answere. Shulde God be reproued of man?
(Behold, unto these unreasonable words of thine/your will I make answere. Should God be reproved of man?)

Wycl Therfor this thing it is, in which thou art not maad iust; Y schal answere to thee, that God is more than man.
(Therefore this thing it is, in which thou/you art not made just; I shall answer to thee/you, that God is more than man.)

Luth Siehe, eben daraus schließe ich wider dich, daß du nicht recht bist; denn GOtt ist mehr weder ein Mensch.
(See, eben daraus schließe I against dich, that you not recht bist; because God is more weder a Mensch.)

ClVg Hoc est ergo in quo non es justificatus: respondebo tibi, quia major sit Deus homine.
(This it_is therefore in quo not/no you_are justificatus: respondebo tibi, because mayor let_it_be God homine. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

זֹ֣את

this(f)

By this, Elihu seems to mean Job’s belief that God was not treating him fairly, which Elihu has just summarized. You could indicate that in your translation if it would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: “in thinking that God is not treating you fairly,”

Note 2 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

זֹ֣את לֹא־צָדַ֣קְתָּ & כִּֽי־יִרְבֶּ֥ה אֱ֝ל֗וֹהַ מֵ⁠אֱנֽוֹשׁ

this(f) not right & that/for/because/then/when greater god than,man

If it would be more natural in your language, you could move this phrase to the start of the verse (after Behold), since it gives the reason why Elihu says that Job is not right. Alternate translation: “since God is greater than man, you have misunderstood how he is treating you”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / gendernotations

מֵ⁠אֱנֽוֹשׁ

than,man

As the General Notes to this chapter discuss, here the masculine term man has a generic sense that includes both men and women. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could use language in your translation that is clearly inclusive of both men and women. Alternate translation: “than humans”

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