JOB 37:13 Parallel Verse View

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Key: khaki:verbs.
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BrLXX ἐάν τε εἰς παιδείαν, ἐὰν εἰς τὴν γῆν αὐτοῦ, ἐὰν εἰς ἔλεος εὑρήσει αὐτόν.
(ean te eis paideian, ean eis taʸn gaʸn autou, ean eis eleos heuraʸsei auton. )

BrTr this has been appointed by him on the earth, whether for correction, or for his land, or if he shall find him an object for mercy.

UST God may send storms to punish people.
⇔ God may send storms to water the land that he made.
⇔ God may send storms to help people by providing rain to make their crops grow.
⇔ God makes all of these things happen.

BSB Whether for punishment or for His land,
⇔ He accomplishes this in His loving devotion.

OEB Wether for curse and correction
⇔ Or in mercy He sendeth it forth.

WEBBE whether it is for correction, or for his land,
⇔ or for loving kindness, that he causes it to come.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Whether it is for punishment for his land,
⇔ or whether it is for mercy,
⇔ he causes it to find its mark.

LSV Whether for a rod, or for His land,
Or for kindness—He causes it to come.

FBV He does this to accomplish his will, either to discipline or to show his goodness.[fn]

37:13 The Hebrew is unclear.

T4T Sometimes God sends rain to punish us,
⇔ and sometimes he sends rain to show us that he acts kindly toward us.

LEB • [fn] or for his land, or as loyal love, he lets it happen.

37:? Literally “a rod”

BBE For a rod, or for a curse, or for mercy, causing it to come on the mark.

Moff No Moff JOB book available

JPS Whether it be for correction, or for His earth, or for mercy, that He cause it to come.

ASV Whether it be for correction, or for his land,
⇔ Or for lovingkindness, that he cause it to come.

DRA Whether in one tribe, or in his own land, or in what place soever of his mercy he shall command them to be found.

YLT Whether for a rod, or for His land, Or for kindness — He doth cause it to come.

Drby Whether he cause it to come as a rod, or for his land, or in mercy.

RV Whether it be for correction, or for his land, or for mercy, that he cause it to come.

Wbstr He causeth it to come, whether for correction, or for his land, or for mercy.

KJB-1769 He causeth it to come, whether for correction, or for his land, or for mercy.[fn]

37.13 correction: Heb. a rod

KJB-1611 [fn]He causeth it to come, whether for correction, or for his land, or for mercy.

37:13 Heb. a rod.

Bshps Whether it be for punishment, or for his lande, or to do good to them that seeke him.
(Whether it be for punishment, or for his land, or to do good to them that seek him.)

Gnva Whether it be for punishment, or for his lande, or of mercie, he causeth it to come.
(Whether it be for punishment, or for his land, or of mercie, he causeth it to come. )

Cvdl whether it be to punysh eny londe, or to do good vnto them, that seke him.
(whether it be to punysh any land, or to do good unto them, that seek him.)

Wyc whether in o lynage, ethir in his lond, ether in what euer place of his merci he comaundith tho to be foundun.
(whether in o lynage, ethir in his land, ether in what ever place of his mercy he comaundith those to be foundun.)

Luth es sei über ein Geschlecht oder über ein Land, so man ihn barmherzig findet.
(es be above a Geschlecht or above a Land, so man him/it barmherzig findet.)

ClVg sive in una tribu, sive in terra sua, sive in quocumque loco misericordiæ suæ eas jusserit inveniri.
(sive in una tribu, if/or in earth/land sua, if/or in quocumque instead misericordiæ suæ eas yusserit inveniri. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

לְ⁠שֵׁ֥בֶט

for,correction

Elihu is using the term rod by association to mean punishment. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “to punish people”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

לְ⁠אַרְצ֑⁠וֹ

for,land,his

Elihu seems to be referring implicitly to God taking care of the earth that he created. You could indicate that in your translation if it would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: “for the good of his earth”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

לְ֝⁠חֶ֗סֶד

to=favour

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of kindness, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: “in order to be kind to people”

Note 4 topic: writing-pronouns

יַמְצִאֵֽ⁠הוּ

causes_~_tohappen,it

The pronoun it refers in its first instance to rain and in its second instance to the place where the rain falls or to the people on whom it falls. It may be helpful to clarify this for your readers. Alternate translation: “God causes the rain to find the right place” or “God causes the rain to find the right people”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / personification

יַמְצִאֵֽ⁠הוּ

causes_~_tohappen,it

Elihu is speaking of rain as if it were a living thing that God abled to find the right location on which to fall. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “God makes it rain in the right place”

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