JOB 34:28 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) They cause the cry of the poor to reach him,
⇔ ≈and he heard the cries of the afflicted.

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 τοῦ ἐπαγαγεῖν ἐπʼ αὐτὸν κραυγὴν πενήτων, καὶ κραυγὴν πτωχῶν εἰσακούσεται.
(tou epagagein epʼ auton kraugaʸn penaʸtōn, kai kraugaʸn ptōⱪōn eisakousetai. )

BrTr so as to bring before him the cry of the needy; for he will hear the cry of the poor.

ULT to cause the cry of the poor to come to him,
⇔ and he heard the cry of the lowly.

UST They mistreated poor people.
⇔ Those poor people prayed to God for help,
⇔ and God answered their prayers.

BSB They caused the cry of the poor to come before Him,
⇔ and He heard the outcry of the afflicted.

OEB so the crushed were driven to cry to Him,
⇔ And the call of the wretched He heard.

WEBBE so that they caused the cry of the poor to come to him.
⇔ He heard the cry of the afflicted.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET so that they caused the cry of the poor
⇔ to come before him,
⇔ so that he hears the cry of the needy.

LSV To cause to come to Him
The cry of the poor,
And He hears the cry of the afflicted.

FBV They made the poor call out to him, and he heard the cries of the oppressed.

T4T They mistreated the poor people,
⇔ with the result that those poor people cried out to God for help,
⇔ and he heard those afflicted people when they cried out to him.

LEB • they cause the cry of distress from the helpless to come to him, and he hears the cry of distress from the needy,

BBE So that the cry of the poor might come up to him, and the prayer of those in need come to his ears.

Moff No Moff JOB book available

JPS So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto Him, and He heareth the cry of the afflicted.

ASV So that they caused the cry of the poor to come unto him,
⇔ And he heard the cry of the afflicted.

DRA So that they caused the cry of the needy to come to him, and he heard the voice of the poor.

YLT To cause to come in unto Him The cry of the poor, And the cry of the afflicted He heareth.

Drby So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted.

RV So that they caused the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heard the cry of the afflicted.

Wbstr So that they cause the cry of the poor to come to him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted.

KJB-1769 So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted.
(So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he hears the cry of the afflicted. )

KJB-1611 So that they cause the cry of the poore to come vnto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps Insomuch that they haue caused the voyce of the poore to come vnto him, and now he heareth the complaint of such as are in trouble.
(Insomuch that they have caused the voice of the poor to come unto him, and now he hears the complaint of such as are in trouble.)

Gnva So that they haue caused the voyce of the poore to come vnto him, and he hath heard the cry of the afflicted.
(So that they have caused the voice of the poor to come unto him, and he hath/has heard the cry of the afflicted. )

Cvdl In so moch that they haue caused ye voyce of the poore to come vnto him, & now he heareth the coplaynte of soch as are in necessite.
(In so much that they have caused ye/you_all voice of the poor to come unto him, and now he hears the coplaynte of such as are in necessite.)

Wycl That thei schulden make the cry of a nedi man to come to hym, and that he schulde here the vois of pore men.
(That they should make the cry of a nedi man to come to him, and that he should here the voice of poor men.)

Luth daß das Schreien der Armen mußte vor ihn kommen, und er das Schreien der Elenden hörete.
(daß the Schreien the/of_the Armen mußte before/in_front_of him/it coming, and he the Schreien the/of_the Elenden heard.)

ClVg ut pervenire facerent ad eum clamorem egeni, et audiret vocem pauperum.
(ut pervenire facerent to him clamorem egeni, and audiret vocem pauperum. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

לְ⁠הָבִ֣יא עָ֭לָי⁠ו צַֽעֲקַת־דָּ֑ל

to=bring on/upon/above=him/it cry_of poor

In the first part of this verse, Elihu is indicating the result of what he described in the previous verse, wicked people not obeying God’s commandments or respecting the way God wants people to live. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could indicate this explicitly in your translation. It may be helpful to begin a new sentence here. Alternate translation: “As a result, they caused the cry of the poor to come to God”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj

דָּ֑ל & עֲנִיִּ֣ים

poor & afflicted

Elihu is using the adjectives poor and afflicted as nouns to mean certain kinds of people. Your language may use adjectives in the same way. If not, you can translate these words with equivalent phrases. Alternate translation: “poor people … afflicted people”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

עֲנִיִּ֣ים

afflicted

See how you translated the term lowly in 29:12.

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

יִשְׁמָֽע

heard

Elihu is using the term heard in a specific sense to mean “answered.” Alternate translation: “God answered”

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