JOB 34:16 Parallel Verse View

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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 Ἴδὲ μὴ νουθετῇ, ἄκουε ταῦτα, ἐνωτίζου φωνὴν ῥημάτων.
(Ide maʸ nouthetaʸ, akoue tauta, enōtizou fōnaʸn ɽaʸmatōn. )

UST So, Job, if you truly want to understand,
⇔ then listen carefully to what I am about to say.

OEB If thou art wise, listen to this,
⇔ And give ear to the sound of my words.

WEBBE ⇔ “If now you have understanding, hear this.
⇔ Listen to the voice of my words.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET “If you have understanding, listen to this,
⇔ hear what I have to say.

LSV And if [there is] understanding, hear this,
Give ear to the voice of my words.

FBV If you have understanding then hear this; pay attention to what I'm saying.

T4T ⇔ “So, Job, if you say that you understand everything,
⇔ listen to what I am saying.

LEB • [fn] if you have understanding, hear this; listen to[fn]

34:1 Hebrew “And”

34:1 Literally “the voice/sound of my words”

BBE If you are wise, take note of this; give ear to the voice of my words.

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JPS If now thou hast understanding, hear this; hearken to the voice of my words.

ASV ⇔ If now thou hast understanding, hear this:
⇔ Hearken to the voice of my words.

DRA If then thou hast understanding, hear what is said, and hearken to the voice of my words.

YLT And if [there is] understanding, hear this, Give ear to the voice of my words.

Drby If now [thou hast] understanding, hear this: give ear to the voice of my words!

RV If now thou hast understanding, hear this: hearken to the voice of my words.

Wbstr If now thou hast understanding, hear this: hearken to the voice of my words.

KJB-1769 If now thou hast understanding, hear this: hearken to the voice of my words.

KJB-1611 If now thou hast vnderstanding, heare this: hearken to the voyce of my words.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps If thou nowe haue vnderstanding, heare what I say, and hearken to the voyce of my wordes:
(If thou/you now have understanding, hear what I say, and hearken to the voice of my words:)

Gnva And if thou hast vnderstanding, heare this and hearken to the voyce of my wordes.
(And if thou/you hast understanding, hear this and hearken to the voice of my words. )

Cvdl Yf thou now haue vnderstodinge, heare what I saye and herken to the voyce of my wordes.
(If thou/you now have understanding, hear what I say and herken to the voice of my words.)

Wycl Therfor if thou hast vndurstondyng, here thou that that is seid, and herkne the vois of my speche.
(Therefore if thou/you hast understondyng, here thou/you that that is said, and herkne the voice of my speche.)

Luth Hast du nun Verstand, so höre das und merke auf die Stimme meiner Rede.
(Hast you now Verstand, so listen the and merke on the voice my Rede.)

ClVg Si habes ergo intellectum, audi quod dicitur, et ausculta vocem eloquii mei:
(When/But_if habes therefore intellectum, listen that it_is_said, and ausculta vocem eloquii mei: )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

וְ⁠אִם־בִּ֥ינָה

and=if understanding

Elihu is leaving out some of the words that in many languages a sentence would need in order to be complete. You can supply these words from the context if that would be clearer in your language. Alternate translation: “But if understanding is to you” or “But if you have understanding”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / yousingular

שִׁמְעָ⁠ה & הַ֝אֲזִ֗ינָ⁠ה

hear, & listen,

The imperatives hear and listen are singular because Elihu is now addressing Job directly. (He is marking a transition from addressing the other “wise ones” who are present by repeating those two terms, which he also used in verse 2.) So use singular imperative forms in your translation if your language marks that distinction.

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

הַ֝אֲזִ֗ינָ⁠ה לְ⁠ק֣וֹל מִלָּֽ⁠י

listen, to=sound/voice what_~_say,I

Elihu is using the term words to mean what he is about to say by using words. As in 33:8, he may be referring to the sound of the words to mean the exact words, that is, exactly what he is going to say. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “listen to exactly what I am going to say”

Parallel JOB 34:16