JOB 36:32 Parallel Verse View

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BrLXX Ἐπὶ χειρῶν ἐκάλυψε φῶς, καὶ ἐνετείλατο περὶ αὐτῆς ἐν ἀπαντῶντι.
(Epi ⱪeirōn ekalupse fōs, kai eneteilato peri autaʸs en apantōnti. )

BrTr He has hidden the light in his hands, and given charge concerning it to the interposing cloud.

ULT He covers over his hands with lightning
⇔ and he enjoins upon it against the mark.

UST It is as if God picks up lightning in his hands
⇔ and sends it to strike where he wants it to.

OEB He wrappeth His hands in the lightning,
⇔ And biddeth it fly to its mark.

WEBBE He covers his hands with the lightning,
⇔ and commands it to strike the mark.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET With his hands he covers the lightning,
⇔ and directs it against its target.

LSV By two palms He has covered the light,
And lays a charge over it in meeting,

FBV He holds lightning in his hands and commands where it should strike.

T4T It is as though he holds the lightning in his hands,
⇔ and then he commands it to strike where he wants it to.

LEB • his hands with lightning, and he commands it the place at which to strike.

BBE He takes the light in his hands, sending it against the mark.

Moff No Moff JOB book available

JPS He covereth His hands with the lightning, and giveth it a charge that it strike the mark.

ASV He covereth his hands with the lightning,
⇔ And giveth it a charge that it strike the mark.

DRA In his hands he hideth the light, and commandeth it to come again.

YLT By two palms He hath covered the light, And layeth a charge over it in meeting,

Drby [His] hands he covereth with lightning, and commandeth it where it is to strike.

RV He covereth his hands with the lightning; and giveth it a charge that it strike the mark.

Wbstr With clouds he covereth the light; and commandeth it not to shine by the intervening cloud .

KJB-1769 With clouds he covereth the light; and commandeth it not to shine by the cloud that cometh betwixt.
(With clouds he covereth the light; and commandeth it not to shine by the cloud that cometh/comes betwixt. )

KJB-1611 With clouds he couereth the light, and commaundeth it not to shine, by the cloud that commeth betwixt.
(With clouds he covereth the light, and commaundeth it not to shine, by the cloud that cometh/comes betwixt.)

Bshps With the cloudes he hydeth the light, and at his commaundement it breaketh out:
(With the clouds he hideth/hides the light, and at his commandment it breaketh out:)

Gnva He couereth the light with the clouds, and commandeth them to go against it.
(He covereth the light with the clouds, and commandeth them to go against it. )

Cvdl In ye turnynge of a hande he hydeth the light, & at his commaundement it commeth agayne.
(In ye/you_all turnynge of a hand he hideth/hides the light, and at his commandment it cometh/comes again.)

Wycl In hondis he hidith liyt; and comaundith it, that it come eft.
(In hands he hidith light; and comaundith it, that it come eft.)

Luth Er decket den Blitz wie mit Händen und heißt es doch wiederkommen.
(He decket the Blitz like with hands and is_called it though/but againkommen.)

ClVg In manibus abscondit lucem, et præcepit ei ut rursus adveniat.
(In manibus abscondit lucem, and ordered to_him as rursus adveniat. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

עַל־כַּפַּ֥יִם כִּסָּה־א֑וֹר

on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in hands covers light

Elihu is using this expression to mean that God picks up so much lightning with his hands that his hands are no longer visible beneath it. Your language may have a comparable expression that you can use in your translation. Alternate translation: “He fills his hands with lightning”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

וַ⁠יְצַ֖ו עָלֶ֣י⁠הָ בְ⁠מַפְגִּֽיעַ

and=he/it_commanded on/upon=it(f) in/on/at/with,strike_the_mark

Elihu is speaking as if God literally gave a command to the lightning that it should hit a certain mark. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “and he makes it strike where he wishes”

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