JOB 36:8 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) If they become prisoners in chains,
⇔ ≈tangled in the ropes of suffering,

Key: khaki:verbs.
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 Καὶ οἱ πεπεδημένοι ἐν χειροπέδαις, συσχεθήσονται ἐν σχοινίοις πενίας.
(Kai hoi pepedaʸmenoi en ⱪeiropedais, susⱪethaʸsontai en sⱪoiniois penias. )

ULT But if they are bound in chains
⇔ and they are caught in cords of affliction,

BSB ⇔ And if men are bound with chains,
⇔ caught in cords of affliction,

OEB That prisoners in chains they became,
⇔ Held fast in the cords of misery:

WEBBE If they are bound in fetters,
⇔ and are taken in the cords of afflictions,

WMBB (Same as above)

NET But if they are bound in chains,
⇔ and held captive by the cords of affliction,

LSV And if prisoners in chains
They are captured with cords of affliction,

FBV If they are bound in chains, tied down by ropes of suffering,

T4T But if people who commit crimes are caught,
⇔ they are thrown into prison and are caused to suffer by being fastened with chains.

LEB • they are tied up with fetters, if they are caught in the cords of misery,

BBE And if they have been prisoned in chains, and taken in cords of trouble,

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JPS And if they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of affliction;

ASV And if they be bound in fetters,
⇔ And be taken in the cords of affliction;

DRA And if they shall be in chains, and be bound with the cords of poverty:

YLT And if prisoners in fetters They are captured with cords of affliction,

Drby And if, bound in fetters, they be held in cords of affliction,

RV And if they be bound in fetters, and be taken in the cords of affliction;

Wbstr And if they are bound in fetters, and are held in cords of affliction;

KJB-1769 And if they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of affliction;

KJB-1611 And if they bee bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of affliction:
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from marking of added words (and possibly capitalisation and punctuation))

Bshps But if they be layde in chaynes, or bounde with the bondes of trouble,
(But if they be laid in chains, or bound with the bondes of trouble,)

Gnva And if they bee bound in fetters and tyed with the cordes of affliction,
(And if they be bound in fetters and tied with the cordes of affliction, )

Cvdl But yf they be layed in preson and cheynes, or bounde with the bondes of pouerte:
(But if they be laid in preson and chains, or bound with the bondes of pouerte:)

Wycl And if thei ben in chaynes, and ben boundun with the roopis of pouert,
(And if they been in chains, and been bound with the roopis of pouert,)

Luth Und wo Gefangene liegen in Stöcken und gebunden mit Stricken elendiglich,
(And where Gefangene lie/lay in Stöcken and gebunden with Stricken elendiglich,)

ClVg Et si fuerint in catenis, et vinciantur funibus paupertatis,
(And when/but_if fuerint in catenis, and vinciantur funibus paupertatis, )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

וְ⁠אִם־אֲסוּרִ֥ים בַּ⁠זִּקִּ֑ים יִ֝לָּכְד֗וּ⁠ן בְּ⁠חַבְלֵי־עֹֽנִי

and=if bound in/on/at/with,fetters caught, in/on/at/with,cords affliction

The phrase bound in chains could mean: (1) the same thing as caught in cords of affliction. Elihu may be using repetition to emphasize the idea that these phrases express. In that case, he would be speaking in both phrases as if righteous people were literally bound or caught by affliction in order to say that they were suffering from affliction. Alternate translation: “If they are bound in chains of affliction; yes, if they are caught in cords of affliction” (2) being bound in actual chains. This would mean that people who had previously been righteous had unfortunately committed some crime and had been punished with imprisonment. In that case Elihu would be using chains in the first part of the verse to mean actual physical restraint and cords in the second part of the verse to represent sufferings. Alternate translation: “But if they are put in prison for some crime or if they are suffering from affliction”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

אֲסוּרִ֥ים בַּ⁠זִּקִּ֑ים יִ֝לָּכְד֗וּ⁠ן בְּ⁠חַבְלֵי־עֹֽנִי

bound in/on/at/with,fetters caught, in/on/at/with,cords affliction

If your language does not use these passive forms, you could express the ideas in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “chains are binding them and cords of affliction have caught them”

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