JOB 33:2 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) Listen, I’ve opened my mouth.
⇔ ≈My tongue is ready to speak.

Key: khaki:verbs.
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 γὰρ ἤνοιξα τὸ στόμα μου, καὶ ἐλάλησεν ἡ γλῶσσά μου.
(gar aʸnoixa to stoma mou, kai elalaʸsen haʸ glōssa mou. )

ULT Behold, I have now opened my mouth;
⇔ my tongue has spoken on my palate.

OEB Behold! I have opened my mouth;
⇔ My tongue in my palate hath spoken.

WEBBE See now, I have opened my mouth.
⇔ My tongue has spoken in my mouth.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET See now, I have opened my mouth;
⇔ my tongue in my mouth has spoken.

LSV Now behold, I have opened my mouth,
My tongue has spoken in the palate.

FBV Look, I'm about to speak; my mouth is ready to talk.

T4T I am ready to tell you [MTY, DOU] what I think.

LEB • my tongue in my mouth speaks.

BBE See, now my mouth is open, my tongue gives out words.

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JPS Behold now, I have opened my mouth, my tongue hath spoken in my mouth.

ASV Behold now, I have opened my mouth;
⇔ My tongue hath spoken in my mouth.

DRA Behold now I have opened my mouth, let my tongue speak within my jaws.

YLT Lo, I pray thee, I have opened my mouth, My tongue hath spoken in the palate.

Drby Behold now, I have opened my mouth, my tongue speaketh in my palate,

RV Behold now, I have opened my mouth, my tongue hath spoken in my mouth.

Wbstr Behold, now I have opened my mouth, my tongue hath spoken in my mouth.

KJB-1769 Behold, now I have opened my mouth, my tongue hath spoken in my mouth.[fn]
(Behold, now I have opened my mouth, my tongue hath/has spoken in my mouth. )

33.2 in my mouth: Heb. in my palate

KJB-1611 [fn]Behold, now I haue opened my mouth, my tongue hath spoken in my mouth.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above apart from footnotes)

33:2 Heb. in my palate.

Bshps Behold, I haue now opened my mouth, my tongue hath spoken in my throte.
(Behold, I have now opened my mouth, my tongue hath/has spoken in my throat.)

Gnva Beholde now, I haue opened my mouth: my tongue hath spoken in my mouth.
(Behold now, I have opened my mouth: my tongue hath/has spoken in my mouth. )

Cvdl Beholde, I wil open my mouth, & my tonge shal speake out of my chawes.
(Behold, I will open my mouth, and my tongue shall speak out of my chawes.)

Wycl Lo! Y haue openyd my mouth, my tunge schal speke in my chekis.
(Lo! I have opened my mouth, my tunge shall speak in my chekis.)

Luth Siehe, ich tue meinen Mund auf, und meine Zunge redet in meinem Munde.
(See, I do my Mund on, and my Zunge talks in my Munde.)

ClVg Ecce aperui os meum: loquatur lingua mea in faucibus meis.
(Behold aperui os meum: loquatur lingua mea in faucibus meis. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / pastforfuture

נָ֭א פָּתַ֣חְתִּי פִ֑⁠י דִּבְּרָ֖ה לְשׁוֹנִ֣⁠י בְ⁠חִכִּֽ⁠י

now open mouth_of,my speaks tongue_of,my in/on/at/with,mouth_of,my

Elihu is using the past tense to describe something that he intends to do in the immediate future. He is doing that in order to indicate his resolve to do what he describes. Alternate translation: “I am now about to open my mouth; my tongue is about to speak on my palate”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

נָ֭א פָּתַ֣חְתִּי פִ֑⁠י

now open mouth_of,my

Elihu is using the first part of the speaking process, opening one’s mouth, to mean the entire process of speaking. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “I am now about to speak”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / personification

דִּבְּרָ֖ה לְשׁוֹנִ֣⁠י בְ⁠חִכִּֽ⁠י

speaks tongue_of,my in/on/at/with,mouth_of,my

Elihu is speaking of his tongue as if it were a living thing that could speak on its own. He means that he is about to use his tongue to form words by touching it against his palate and other places in his mouth. Your language may have a similar expression that you could use in your translation. Alternate translation: “the words are on the tip of my tongue”

Parallel JOB 33:2