JOB 36:26 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) Listen, God must be honoured, but we don’t know him.
⇔ How could we determine how old he is?

Key: khaki:verbs, red:negative, blue:Elohim.
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 Ἰδοὺ ὁ ἰσχυρὸς πολύς, καὶ οὐ γνωσόμεθα· ἀριθμὸς ἐτῶν αὐτοῦ καὶ ἀπέραντος.
(Idou ho isⱪuros polus, kai ou gnōsometha; arithmos etōn autou kai aperantos. )

BrTr Behold, the Mighty One is great, and we shall not know him: the number of his years is even infinite.

ULT Behold, God is great, but we do not know him;
⇔ the number of his years, indeed, there is no searching.

UST How great God is! We are not able to understand how great he is,
⇔ and we are not able to determine how old he is.

BSB Indeed, God [is] great—beyond our knowledge; the number of His years is unsearchable
⇔ 

OEB Behold! God is great beyond knowledge,
⇔ The tale of His years beyond search.

WEBBE Behold, God is great, and we don’t know him.
⇔ The number of his years is unsearchable.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET “Yes, God is great – beyond our knowledge!
⇔ The number of his years is unsearchable.

LSV Behold, God [is] high,
And we do not know the number of His years,
Indeed, there [is] no searching.

FBV See how great God is—more than we can understand! No one can count his years.

T4T ⇔ “Hey, God is very great, and we are not able to know how great he is,
⇔ and we do not know how old he is.

LEB No LEB JOB book available

BBE Truly, God is great, greater than all our knowledge; the number of his years may not be searched out.

Moff No Moff JOB book available

JPS Behold, God is great, beyond our knowledge; the number of His years is unsearchable.

ASV Behold, God is great, and we know him not;
⇔ The number of his years is unsearchable.

DRA Behold, God is great, exceeding our knowledge: the number of his years is inestimable.

YLT Lo, God [is] high, And we know not the number of His years, Yea, there [is] no searching.

Drby Lo, [fn]God is great, and we comprehend [him] not, neither can the number of his years be searched out.

36.26 El

RV Behold, God is great, and we know him not; the number of his years is unsearchable.

SLT Behold, God is great, and we shall not know the number of his years, and it was not searched out.

Wbstr Behold, God is great, and we know him not, neither can the number of his years be searched out.

KJB-1769 Behold, God is great, and we know him not, neither can the number of his years be searched out.

KJB-1611 Behold, God is great, and we know him not, neither can the number of his yeeres be searched out.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps No Bshps JOB book available

Gnva Beholde, God is excellent, and we knowe him not, neither can the nomber of his yeres bee searched out.
(Behold, God is excellent, and we know him not, neither can the number of his years be searched out. )

Cvdl No Cvdl JOB book available

Wycl No Wycl JOB book available

Luth No Luth JOB book available

ClVg Ecce Deus magnus vincens scientiam nostram: numerus annorum ejus inæstimabilis.
(Behold God big vincens knowledge ours: number of_years his inæstimabilis. )

RP-GNT No RP-GNT JOB book available

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

מִסְפַּ֖ר שָׁנָ֣י⁠ו וְ⁠לֹא־חֵֽקֶר

number_of years_of,his and=not finding_out

Elihu may be using the term years, indicating age, by association to mean wisdom. The book makes this association in various other places, such as [12:12](../12/12.md) and [32:7](../32/07.md). If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [and he is extremely wise, since he is older than anyone can determine]

Parallel JOB 36:26