JOB 36:29 Parallel Verse View

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Key: khaki:verbs.
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BrLXX Καὶ ἐὰν συνῇ ἐπεκτάσεις νεφέλης, ἰσότητα σκηνῆς αὐτοῦ,
(Kai ean sunaʸ epektaseis nefelaʸs, isotaʸta skaʸnaʸs autou, )

BrTr And though one should understand the outspreadings of the clouds, or the measure of his tabernacle;

ULT Indeed, if one will understand the spread of the cloud,
⇔ the thunder from his hut?

UST No one can really understand how the clouds spread across the sky
⇔ or how it thunders in the sky where God lives.

BSB Furthermore who can understand how the clouds spread out, how the thunder roars from His pavilion?
⇔ 

MSB Furthermore who can understand how the clouds spread out, how the thunder roars from His pavilion?
⇔ 

OEB Who can tell how the clouds are spread out,
⇔ How He thunders from His pavilion?

WEBBE Indeed, can anyone understand the spreading of the clouds
⇔ and the thunderings of his pavilion?

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Who can understand the spreading of the clouds,
⇔ the thunderings of his pavilion?

LSV Indeed, do [any] understand
The spreadings out of a cloud? The noises of His dwelling place?

FBV Can anyone understand how the clouds spread out, or how thunder roars from where he lives?[fn]

36:29 Literally, “the thunderings of his pavilion.”

T4T No one can [RHQ] understand how the clouds move across the sky
⇔ or how it thunders in the sky where God lives.

LEB No LEB JOB book available

BBE And who has knowledge of how the clouds are stretched out, or of the thunders of his tent?

Moff No Moff JOB book available

JPS Yea, can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, the crashings of His pavilion?

ASV Yea, can any understand the spreadings of the clouds,
⇔ The thunderings of his pavilion?

DRA If he will spread out clouds as his tent,

YLT Yea, doth [any] understand The spreadings out of a cloud? The noises of His tabernacle?

Drby But can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, [or] the crashing of his pavilion?

RV Yea, can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, the thunderings of his pavilion?

SLT Also if he shall understand the spreadings of the cloud, the noise of his booth.

Wbstr Also can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, or the noise of his tabernacle?

KJB-1769 Also can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, or the noise of his tabernacle?

KJB-1611 Also can any vnderstand the spreadings of the clouds, or the noise of his tabernacle?
(Also can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, or the noise of his tabernacle?)

Bshps No Bshps JOB book available

Gnva Who can know the diuisions of ye clouds and the thunders of his tabernacle?
(Who can know the divisions of ye/you_all clouds and the thunders of his tabernacle? )

Cvdl No Cvdl JOB book available

Wycl No Wycl JOB book available

Luth No Luth JOB book available

ClVg Si voluerit extendere nubes quasi tentorium suum,
(When/But_if voluerit extendere clouds as_if tent his_own, )

RP-GNT No RP-GNT JOB book available

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

אִם־יָ֭בִין מִפְרְשֵׂי־עָ֑ב תְּ֝שֻׁא֗וֹת סֻכָּתֽ⁠וֹ

if understand spreading_of clouds thundering_of pavilion_of,his

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: [no one can understand how God makes clouds spread or how he makes thunder come from his hut!]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

סֻכָּתֽ⁠וֹ

pavilion_of,his

Elihu is speaking as if God literally lived in a hut in the sky. (He is using the same term that Job used in [27:18](../27/18.md) to describe a guard booth.) If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [from his dwelling place in the sky]

Parallel JOB 36:29