JOB 34:7 Parallel Verse View

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BrLXX Τίς ἀνὴρ ὥσπερ Ἰὼβ, πίνων μυκτηρισμὸν ὥσπερ ὕδωρ;
(Tis anaʸr hōsper Iōb, pinōn muktaʸrismon hōsper hudōr; )

UST I have not heard anyone else speak the way Job does.
⇔ People drink water to satisfy their thirst, and mocking God seems to satisfy Job.

OEB Where is the man like Job
⇔ That drinketh up scorning like water,

WEBBE What man is like Job,
⇔ who drinks scorn like water,

WMBB (Same as above)

NET What man is like Job,
⇔ who drinks derision like water!

LSV Who [is] a man like Job? He drinks scoffing like water,

FBV Has there ever been a man like Job with such a thirst for ridiculing others?[fn]

34:7 Literally, “who drinks scorn like water.”

T4T ◄Is there any person like Job, who insults others as easily as people accept a drink of water?/There is no person like Job, who insults others as easily as people accept a drink of water.► [RHQ]

LEB No LEB JOB book available

BBE What man is like Job, a man who freely makes sport of God,

Moff No Moff JOB book available

JPS What man is like Job, who drinketh up scorning like water?

ASV What man is like Job,
⇔ Who drinketh up scoffing like water,

DRA What man is there like Job, who drinketh up scorning like water?

YLT Who [is] a man like Job? He drinketh scoffing like water,

Drby What man is like Job? he drinketh up scorning like water,

RV What man is like Job, who drinketh up scorning like water?
(What man is like Job, who drinketh/drinks up scorning like water? )

SLT What man as Job he will drink scoffing as water?

Wbstr What man is like Job, who drinketh up scorning like water?

KJB-1769 What man is like Job, who drinketh up scorning like water?
(What man is like Job, who drinketh/drinks up scorning like water? )

KJB-1611 What man is like Iob, who drinketh vp scorning like water?
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps No Bshps JOB book available

Gnva What man is like Iob, that drinketh scornfulnesse like water?
(What man is like Yob, that drinketh/drinks scornfulness like water? )

Cvdl No Cvdl JOB book available

Wycl No Wycl JOB book available

Luth No Luth JOB book available

ClVg Quis est vir ut est Job, qui bibit subsannationem quasi aquam:
(Who it_is man as it_is Yob, who he_drank falsificationn as_if water: )

RP-GNT No RP-GNT JOB book available

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

מִי־גֶ֥בֶר כְּ⁠אִיּ֑וֹב

who? man like,Job

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 this as a statement or as an exclamation. Alternate translation: [There is no other person like Job!]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

יִֽשְׁתֶּה־לַּ֥עַג כַּ⁠מָּֽיִם

drinks scorn like_the,water

Elihu is speaking as if Job literally drank scorn the way he would drink water. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [He indulges freely in making scornful statements]

Parallel JOB 34:7