JOB 36:20 Parallel Verse View

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BrLXX καὶ πάντας τοὺς κραταιοῦντας ἰσχὺν μὴ ἐξελκύσῃς τὴν νύκτα, τοῦ ἀναβῆναι λαοὺς ἀντʼ αὐτῶν,
(kai pantas tous krataiountas isⱪun maʸ exelkusaʸs taʸn nukta, tou anabaʸnai laʼous antʼ autōn, )

BrTr And draw not forth all the mighty men by night, so that the people should go up instead of them.

ULT Do not desire the night,
⇔ which is to the departing of peoples from their place.

UST You should not wish that you could die so that your suffering would be over.
⇔ Once people die, they are gone.

OEB Let not folly beguile thee to rival
⇔ The man who doth think himself wise.

WEBBE Don’t desire the night,
⇔ when people are cut off in their place.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Do not long for the cover of night
⇔ to drag people away from their homes.

LSV Do not desire the night,
For the going up of peoples in their stead.

FBV Do not long for the night when people are suddenly taken away.[fn]

36:20 Presumably a reference to longing for death to bring an end to suffering.

T4T Do not wish that it would be nighttime in order that God will not see you and punish you,
⇔ because night is the time when even people-groups are destroyed!

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BBE ...

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JPS Desire not the night, when peoples are cut off in their place.

ASV Desire not the night,
⇔ When peoples are cut off in their place.

DRA Prolong not the night that people may come up for them.

YLT Desire not the night, For the going up of peoples in their stead.

Drby Desire not the night, when peoples are cut off from their place.

RV Desire not the night, when peoples are cut off in their place.

SLT Thou shalt not pant after the night, for taking up peoples in their place.

Wbstr Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their place.

KJB-1769 Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their place.

KJB-1611 Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their place.
(Same as from KJB-1769 above)

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Gnva Be not carefull in the night, howe he destroyeth the people out of their place.
(Be not careful in the night, how he destroyeth the people out of their place. )

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ClVg Ne protrahas noctem, ut ascendant populi pro eis.
(Don't protrahas the_night, as let_them_go_up of_the_people for to_them. )

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UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

הַ⁠לָּ֑יְלָה

the=night

Elihu is probably using the image of night to mean death, similarly to the way Bildad used “darkness” to mean death in [18:18](../18/18.md). If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [death] or [to die]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

לַ⁠עֲל֖וֹת עַמִּ֣ים תַּחְתָּֽ⁠ם

when,cut_off people place,their

By their place, Elihu seems to mean this earth. This may be an implicit warning to Job that once he dies, he will no longer have the opportunity that people on this earth have to repent and be reconciled to God. Alternate translation: [because when people die, they leave this earth and they have no further opportunity to repent]

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