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OET (OET-RV) Would one who hates justice really govern?
⇔ Would you condemn the righteous one—the mighty one—as guilty?
OET-LV Really [one_who]_hates justice will_he_govern and_if [the]_righteous_[one] [the]_mighty_[one] will_you_condemn_as_guilty.
UHB הַאַ֬ף שׂוֹנֵ֣א מִשְׁפָּ֣ט יַחֲב֑וֹשׁ וְאִם־צַדִּ֖יק כַּבִּ֣יר תַּרְשִֽׁיעַ׃ ‡
(haʼaf sōnēʼ mishpāţ yaḩₐⱱōsh vəʼim-ʦaddiq kabir tarshiyˊa.)
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 Ἴδε σὺ τὸν μισοῦντα ἄνομα, καὶ τὸν ὀλλύντα τοὺς πονηροὺς, ὄντα αἰώνιον δίκαιον.
(Ide su ton misounta anoma, kai ton ollunta tous ponaʸrous, onta aiōnion dikaion. )
BrTr Behold then the one that hates iniquities, and that destroys the wicked, who is for ever just.
ULT Will one hating justice indeed govern?
⇔ Or if you will condemn the Righteous One, the Mighty One,
UST God could certainly not hate what is right and still rule the world.
⇔ So you really cannot say that God, who is righteous and powerful, has done something wrong.
BSB Could one who hates justice govern?
⇔ Will you condemn the just and mighty One,
OEB Could One rule to whom justice were odious?
⇔ Condemn’st thou the Just and the Mighty One,
WEBBE Should even one who hates justice govern?
⇔ Will you condemn him who is righteous and mighty,
WMBB (Same as above)
NET Do you really think
⇔ that one who hates justice can govern?
⇔ And will you declare guilty
⇔ the supremely righteous One,
LSV Indeed, does one hating justice govern? Or do you condemn the Most Just?
FBV Do you really think someone who hated justice could govern? Are you going to condemn Almighty God who always does what is right?
T4T God could certainly not [RHQ] govern the world if he hated doing what is fair/just.
⇔ So, will you condemn God, who is righteous and powerful, saying that what he has done is wrong?
LEB • he who hates justice really govern? Or will you[fn] declare the Righteous One, the Mighty, guilty?—
34:1 Singular
BBE How may a hater of right be a ruler? and will you say that the upright Ruler of all is evil?
Moff No Moff JOB book available
JPS Shall even one that hateth right govern? And wilt thou condemn Him that is just and mighty —
ASV Shall even one that hateth justice govern?
⇔ And wilt thou condemn him that is righteous and mighty?—
DRA Can he be healed that loveth not judgment? and how dost thou so far condemn him that is just?
YLT Yea, doth one hating justice govern? Or the Most Just dost thou condemn?
Drby Should he that hateth right indeed govern? and wilt thou condemn the All-just?
RV Shall even one that hateth right govern? and wilt thou condemn him that is just and mighty?
Wbstr Shall even he that hateth right govern? and wilt thou condemn him that is most just?
KJB-1769 Shall even he that hateth right govern? and wilt thou condemn him that is most just?[fn]
(Shall even he that hateth right govern? and wilt/will thou/you condemn him that is most just? )
34.17 govern: Heb. bind?
KJB-1611 [fn]Shall euen he that hateth right, gouerne? and wilt thou condemne him that is most iust?
(Shall even he that hateth right, gouerne? and wilt/will thou/you condemn him that is most just?)
34:17 Heb. binde.
Bshps May he be a ruler that loueth not right? or may he that is a very innocent man do vngodly?
(May he be a ruler that loveth/loves not right? or may he that is a very innocent man do ungodly?)
Gnva Shal he that hateth iudgement, gouerne? and wilt thou iudge him wicked that is most iust?
(Shall he that hateth judgement, gouerne? and wilt/will thou/you judge him wicked that is most just? )
Cvdl Maye he be made whole, that loueth no right? Yf thou were a very innocent man, shuldest thou then be punyshed?
(May he be made whole, that loveth/loves no right? If thou/you were a very innocent man, shuldest thou/you then be punyshed?)
Wycl Whether he that loueth not doom may be maad hool? and hou condempnest thou so myche him, that is iust?
(Whether he that loveth/loves not doom may be made hool? and how condempnest thou/you so much him, that is just?)
Luth Sollte einer darum das Recht zwingen, daß er‘s hasset? Und daß du stolz bist, solltest du darum den Gerechten verdammen?
(Sollte einer therefore the law zwingen, that er‘s hasset? And that you stolz bist, solltest you therefore the righteous_ones verdammen?)
ClVg numquid qui non amat judicium sanari potest? et quomodo tu eum qui justus est in tantum condemnas?
(numquid who not/no amat yudicium sanari potest? and how you him who justus it_is in only condemnas? )
34:17 The implied answer was that God could not govern if he hated justice (cp. Rom 3:4-7; 7:7, 13; 9:14; Gal 2:17; 6:14).
• Later, God also asked if Job was going to condemn the almighty judge (Job 40:8).
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion
הַאַ֬ף שׂוֹנֵ֣א מִשְׁפָּ֣ט יַחֲב֑וֹשׁ וְאִם־צַדִּ֖יק כַּבִּ֣יר תַּרְשִֽׁיעַ
?,really hates justice govern and=if law-abiding/just mighty condemn
Elihu is using the question form for emphasis. If you would not use the question form for that purpose in your language, you could translate these questions as statements or as exclamations. (The second question continues into the next two verses, but in many languages it will not be necessary to translate those verses differently except for the punctuation at the end of verse 19.) Alternate translation: “One hating justice will certainly not govern! No, you should not condemn the Righteous One, the Mighty One”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
וְאִם־צַדִּ֖יק כַּבִּ֣יר תַּרְשִֽׁיעַ
and=if law-abiding/just mighty condemn
Elihu is using the word If to introduce a question that anticipates a negative answer. If you decide to retain the question form, you could indicate this in your translation. Alternate translation: “And you will not condemn the Righteous One, the Mighty One, will you”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj
צַדִּ֖יק כַּבִּ֣יר
law-abiding/just mighty
Elihu is using the adjectives Righteous and Mighty as nouns to mean a certain person, God, who possesses these qualities supremely. The ULT adds the word One in each case to show this. Your language may use adjectives in the same way. If not, you can translate these words with equivalent phrases. Alternate translation: “God, who is supremely righteous and mighty”