JOB 33:6 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) Listen, my words are just like yours in God’s sight.
⇔ ≈I too was broken off from the clay.

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 Ἐκ πηλοῦ διήρτισαι σὺ ὡς καὶ ἐγὼ, ἐκ τοῦ αὐτοῦ διηρτίσμεθα.
(Ek paʸlou diaʸrtisai su hōs kai egō, ek tou autou diaʸrtismetha. )

BrTr Thou art formed out of the clay as also I: we have been formed out of the same substance.

ULT Behold, I am for God according to your mouth.
⇔ I too have been formed from clay;

UST Now you wanted God to answer you, and I will do that for him.
⇔ But I am human, just like you,

OEB See! I am in God’s sight as thou;
⇔ I, too, was fashioned to clay.

WEBBE Behold, I am towards God even as you are.
⇔ I am also formed out of the clay.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Look, I am just like you in relation to God;
⇔ I too have been molded from clay.

LSV Behold, I [am], according to your word, for God,
I have also been formed from the clay.

FBV Look, before God we are both the same. I was also made from a piece of clay.

T4T ⇔ “God considers that you, and I are both equal;
⇔ he formed both of us from clay.

LEB • [fn] I myself was also formed from clay.

33:? Literally “I am like your mouth”

BBE See, I am the same as you are in the eyes of God; I was cut off from the same bit of wet earth.

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JPS Behold, I am toward God even as thou art; I also am formed out of the clay.

ASV Behold, I am toward God even as thou art:
⇔ I also am formed out of the clay.

DRA Behold God hath made me as well as thee, and of the same clay I also was formed.

YLT Lo, I [am], according to thy word, for God, From the clay I — I also, have been formed.

Drby Behold, before [fn]God I am as thou; I also am formed out of the clay.

33.6 El

RV Behold, I am toward God even as thou art: I also am formed out of the clay.

Wbstr Behold, I am according to thy wish in God's stead: I also am formed out of the clay.

KJB-1769 Behold, I am according to thy wish in God’s stead: I also am formed out of the clay.[fn][fn]
(Behold, I am according to thy/your wish in God’s stead: I also am formed out of the clay. )

33.6 wish: Heb. mouth

33.6 formed: Heb. cut

KJB-1611 [fn][fn][fn]Behold, I am according to thy wish in Gods stead: I also am formed out of the clay.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)

33:6 Cha.9.35. and 23. 20.

33:6 Heb. according to thy mouth.

33:6 Heb. cut out of the clay.

Bshps Beholde, before God I am euen as thou: for I am fashioned & made euen of the same molde.
(Behold, before God I am even as thou: for I am fashioned and made even of the same molde.)

Gnva Beholde, I am according to thy wish in Gods stead: I am also formed of the clay.
(Behold, I am according to thy/your wish in Gods stead: I am also formed of the clay. )

Cvdl Beholde, before God am I euen as thou, for I am fashioned and made eue of the same moulde.
(Behold, before God am I even as thou/you, for I am fashioned and made eue of the same moulde.)

Wycl Lo! God made me as and thee; and also Y am formyd of the same cley.
(Lo! God made me as and thee/you; and also I am formyd of the same cley.)

Luth Siehe ich bin Gottes ebensowohl als du, und aus Leimen bin ich auch gemacht.
(Siehe I am God’s ebensowohl als you, and out_of Leimen am I also made.)

ClVg Ecce, et me sicut et te fecit Deus, et de eodem luto ego quoque formatus sum.
(Ecce, and me like and you(sg) he_did God, and about eodem luto I too formatus sum. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

אֲנִ֣י כְ⁠פִ֣י⁠ךָ לָ⁠אֵ֑ל

I like,mouth_of,you before_THE,God

Elihu could be using the term mouth to mean: (1) what Job said when he wished that God would respond to him. Job said something like this in 31:35 and in several other places earlier in his speeches. Alternate translation: “I will reply to you on behalf of God, as you wished” (2) Job himself. Elihu would be using part of Job, the part he has been using to pursue his case against God, to mean all of Job. If you follow this second interpretation in your translation, you may wish to put the sentence break at the end of the verse rather than in the middle of the verse, since the two halves of the verse would be parallel statements. Alternate translation: “I am just like you to God”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

מֵ֝⁠חֹ֗מֶר קֹרַ֥צְתִּי גַם־אָֽנִי

from,clay formed also/even I

If your language does not use this passive form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. If you need to say who does the action, the context suggests that it is God. Alternate translation: “God formed me too from clay”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

מֵ֝⁠חֹ֗מֶר קֹרַ֥צְתִּי גַם־אָֽנִי

from,clay formed also/even I

Elihu is speaking as if God had literally formed him from clay. He is indicating that he is only a mortal human being by alluding to the way that God originally formed humans from the dust of the earth. The Bible presents this concept in Genesis 2:7). As the next verse makes clear, Elihu is reassuring Job that he does not have to be afraid of how he will respond to him, in contrast with the way Job said in 30:21–23 and other places that he was afraid that God would respond to him violently and with great force. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “I am only a mortal human being”

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