JOB 37:7 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) He puts a seal on everyone’s hands,
⇔ so that everyone knows that he made them.

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 Ἐν χειρὶ παντὸς ἀνθρώπου κατασφραγίζει, ἵνα γνῷ πᾶς ἄνθρωπος τὴν ἑαυτοῦ ἀσθένειαν.
(En ⱪeiri pantos anthrōpou katasfragizei, hina gnōi pas anthrōpos taʸn heautou astheneian. )

BrTr He seals up the hand of every man, that every man may know his own weakness.

ULT He seals the hand of every man
⇔ for the knowing of all of men of his making.

UST When God makes it rain so hard, everyone has to stop working outside.
⇔ This shows all people, whom he has made, what great things he is able to do.

OEB He sealeth up all mankind,
⇔ That His work may be known of them all.

WEBBE He seals up the hand of every man,
⇔ that all men whom he has made may know it.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET He causes everyone to stop working,
⇔ so that all people may know his work.

LSV Into the hand of every man he seals,
For the knowledge by all men of His work.

FBV By this he stops people working so that everyone can understand what he does.

T4T And when God does that, it prevents people [SYN] from working,
⇔ in order that all people may know that he is the one who has done that (OR, what he can do).

LEB • [fn] [fn]

37:? Literally “on the hand of all man he seals”

37:? Literally “to know all men of his work”

BBE He puts an end to the work of every man, so that all may see his work.

Moff No Moff JOB book available

JPS He sealeth up the hand of every man, that all men whom He hath made may know it.

ASV He sealeth up the hand of every man,
⇔ That all men whom he hath made may know it.

DRA He sealeth up the hand of all men, that every one may know his works.

YLT Into the hand of every man he sealeth, For the knowledge by all men of His work.

Drby He sealeth up the hand of every man; that all men may know his work.

RV He sealeth up the hand of every man; that all men whom he hath made may know it.

Wbstr He sealeth up the hand of every man; that all men may know his work.

KJB-1769 He sealeth up the hand of every man; that all men may know his work.
(He sealeth/seals up the hand of every man; that all men may know his work. )

KJB-1611 He sealeth vp the hand of euery man; that all men may knowe his worke.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps With the force of the rayne he shutteth men vp, that all men may knowe his workes.
(With the force of the rain he shutteth men up, that all men may know his works.)

Gnva With the force thereof he shutteth vp euery man, that all men may knowe his worke.
(With the force thereof he shutteth up every man, that all men may know his work. )

Cvdl He sendeth feare vpon euery man, that they might knowe their owne workes.
(He sendeth/sends fear upon every man, that they might know their own works.)

Wycl Which markith in the hond of alle men, that alle men knowe her werkis.
(Which markith in the hand of all men, that all men know her works.)

Luth Alle Menschen hat er in der Hand als verschlossen, daß die Leute lernen, was er tun kann.
(Alle Menschen has he in the/of_the hand als verschlossen, that the Leute lernen, what/which he do/put kann.)

ClVg qui in manu omnium hominum signat, ut noverint singuli opera sua.
(who in by_hand omnium of_men signat, as noverint singuli opera sua. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

בְּ⁠יַד־כָּל־אָדָ֥ם יַחְתּ֑וֹם

in/on/at/with,hand all/each/any/every humankind stops

Elihu is speaking as if God literally put a seal on every person’s hand to restrict it from being used. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “He restrains the hand of every man”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

בְּ⁠יַד־כָּל־אָדָ֥ם יַחְתּ֑וֹם

in/on/at/with,hand all/each/any/every humankind stops

Elihu is using one part of a person, his hand, to mean all of him in the act of working. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “He restrains every person from working”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

בְּ⁠יַד־כָּל־אָדָ֥ם יַחְתּ֑וֹם

in/on/at/with,hand all/each/any/every humankind stops

Elihu is referring implicitly to the way that a heavy downpour of rain prevents people from working in their fields. You could indicate that in your translation if it would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: “He sends heavy downpours that keep people from working in their fields”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / gendernotations

אָדָ֥ם & לָ֝⁠דַ֗עַת כָּל־אַנְשֵׁ֥י מַעֲשֵֽׂ⁠הוּ

humankind & to=know all/each/any/every men_of made,his

Here the masculine terms man and men have a generic sense that includes both men and women. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could use language in your translation that is clearly inclusive of both men and women. Alternate translation: “person so that all the people whom he has made will know”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

לָ֝⁠דַ֗עַת כָּל־אַנְשֵׁ֥י מַעֲשֵֽׂ⁠הוּ

to=know all/each/any/every men_of made,his

Elihu is leaving out some of the words that in many languages a sentence would need in order to be complete. If it would be clearer in your language, you can indicate from the context what God wants people to be knowing. Alternate translation: “so that all the people whom he has made will appreciate the great things that he does”

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