JOB 34:14 Parallel Verse View

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BrLXX Εἰ γὰρ βούλοιτο συνέχειν, καὶ τὸ σνεῦμα παρʼ αὐτῷ κατασχεῖν,
(Ei gar bouloito suneⱪein, kai to sneuma parʼ autōi katasⱪein, )

ULT If he set his heart upon himself,
⇔ if he gathered his Spirit and his breath to himself,

UST If God ever thought only about himself and not also about the world he created, if God ever stopped keeping people and animals alive,

OEB If He should recall His spirit
⇔ And gather His breath to Himself,

WEBBE If he set his heart on himself,
⇔ if he gathered to himself his spirit and his breath,

WMBB (Same as above)

NET If God were to set his heart on it,
⇔ and gather in his spirit and his breath,

LSV If He sets His heart on him,
[If] He gathers His Spirit and His breath to Himself,

FBV If he were to withdraw[fn] his spirit, if he were to take back his breath,

34:14 Following the Septuagint reading.

T4T If he would take his spirit back to himself,

LEB • and he should gather his spirit and his breath to himself,

BBE If he made his spirit come back to him, taking his breath into himself again,

Moff No Moff JOB book available

JPS If He set His heart upon man, if He gather unto Himself his spirit and his breath;

ASV If he set his heart upon himself,
⇔ If he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath;

DRA If he turn his heart to him, he shall draw his spirit and breath unto himself.

YLT If He doth set on him His heart, His spirit and his breath unto Him He gathereth.

Drby If he only thought of himself, [and] gathered unto him his spirit and his breath,

RV If he set his heart upon man, if he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath;

Wbstr If he should set his heart upon man, if he should gather to himself his spirit and his breath;

KJB-1769 If he set his heart upon man, if he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath;[fn]

34.14 man: Heb. him

KJB-1611 [fn][fn]If he set his heart vpon man, if he gather vnto himselfe his spirit and his breath;
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above apart from footnotes)

34:14 Psal. 104. 19.

34:14 Hebr. vpon him.

Bshps If he set his heart vpon man and gather vnto hym selfe his spirite and his breath,
(If he set his heart upon man and gather unto himself his spirit and his breath,)

Gnva If he set his heart vpon man, and gather vnto him selfe his spirit and his breath,
(If he set his heart upon man, and gather unto himself his spirit and his breath, )

Cvdl To whom hath he geuen his herte, for to drawe his sprete and breth vnto him?
(To whom hath/has he given his heart, for to drawe his spirit and breth unto him?)

Wycl If God dressith his herte to hym, he schal drawe to hym silf his spirit and blast.
(If God dressith his heart to him, he shall drawe to himself his spirit and blast.)

Luth So er sich‘s würde unterwinden, so würde er aller Geist und Odem zu sich sammeln.
(So he sich‘s würde unterwinden, so würde he aller spirit and Odem to itself/yourself/themselves sammeln.)

ClVg Si direxerit ad eum cor suum, spiritum illius et flatum ad se trahet.
(When/But_if direxerit to him heart his_own, spiritum illius and flatum to se trahet. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

אִם־יָשִׂ֣ים אֵלָ֣י⁠ו לִבּ֑⁠וֹ

if he_~_set to=him/it his/its=heart

Here the heart represents the thoughts and perceptions. Alternate translation: “If he considered only himself” or “If he thought only about himself”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

רוּח֥⁠וֹ וְ֝⁠נִשְׁמָת֗⁠וֹ אֵלָ֥י⁠ו יֶאֱסֹֽף

his/its=breath/wind/spirit and,breath,his to=him/it gather

As he did in 32:, here Elihu is alluding to the way that God originally breathed the breath of life into humans. You could indicate that explicitly in your translation if it would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: “if he withdrew his Spirit and the breath of life from humans”

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