JOB 38:10 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) I assigned my boundaries for the ocean,
⇔ and put a latch on its gates,

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 Ἐθέμην δὲ αὐτῇ ὅρια, περιθεὶς κλεῖθρα καὶ πύλας.
(Ethemaʸn de autaʸ horia, peritheis kleithra kai pulas. )

UST I decided how much of the area under the sky the sea would cover.
⇔ I made barriers at the shore of the sea to keep it off the land.

OEB When I broke off its border for it,
⇔ And set on its bars and doors,

WEBBE marked out for it my bound,
⇔ set bars and doors,

WMBB (Same as above)

MSG ^(1-11)And now, finally, God answered Job from the eye of a violent storm. He said:
  “Why do you confuse the issue?
  Why do you talk without knowing what you’re talking about?
Pull yourself together, Job!
  Up on your feet! Stand tall!
I have some questions for you,
  and I want some straight answers.
Where were you when I created the earth?
  Tell me, since you know so much!
Who decided on its size? Certainly you’ll know that!
  Who came up with the blueprints and measurements?
How was its foundation poured,
  and who set the cornerstone,
While the morning stars sang in chorus
  and all the angels shouted praise?
And who took charge of the ocean
  when it gushed forth like a baby from the womb?
That was me! I wrapped it in soft clouds,
  and tucked it in safely at night.
Then I made a playpen for it,
  a strong playpen so it couldn’t run loose,
And said, ‘Stay here, this is your place.
  Your wild tantrums are confined to this place.’

NET when I prescribed its limits,
⇔ and set in place its bolts and doors,

LSV And I measure My statute over it,
And place bar and doors,

FBV I set its limits, marking its borders.[fn]

38:10 Literally, “I set bars and doors.”

T4T I set limits for the seas,
⇔ and I put barriers so that the water would not come over the land.

LEB • and I set bars and doors,

BBE Ordering a fixed limit for it, with locks and doors;

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JPS And prescribed for it My decree, and set bars and doors,

ASV And marked out for it my bound,
⇔ And set bars and doors,

DRA I set my bounds around it, and made it bars and doors:

YLT And I measure over it My statute, And place bar and doors,

Drby When I cut out for it my boundary, and set bars and doors,

RV And prescribed for it my decree, and set bars and doors,

Wbstr And broke up for it my decreed place , and set bars and doors,

KJB-1769 And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,[fn]

38.10 brake…: or, established my decree upon it

KJB-1611 [fn]And brake vp for it my decreed place, and set barres and doores,
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above apart from footnotes)

38:10 Or, established my decree vpon it.

Bshps When I gaue it my commaundement, making doores and barres for it,
(When I gave it my commandment, making doors and bars for it,)

Gnva When I stablished my commandement vpon it, and set barres and doores,
(When I stablished my commandment upon it, and set bars and doors, )

Cvdl when I gaue it my comaundement, makynge dores & barres for it,
(when I gave it my commandment, making doors and bars for it,)

Wycl Y cumpasside it with my termes, and Y settide a barre, and doris;
(I cumpasside it with my termes, and I set a barre, and doors;)

Luth da ich ihm den Lauf brach mit meinem Damm und setzte ihm Riegel und Tür
(da I him the Lauf brach with my Damm and sat him Riegel and Tür)

ClVg Circumdedi illud terminis meis, et posui vectem et ostia,
(Circumdedi illud terminis mine, and posui vectem and ostia, )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

וָ⁠אֶשְׁבֹּ֣ר עָלָ֣י⁠ו חֻקִּ֑⁠י

and,prescribed on/upon/above=him/it boundaries,my

Yahweh may be referring implicitly to the way he broke off the edge of the land to make a boundary for the sea. This could be a description of the cliffs that serve as the boundary between the land and the sea in many places. You could indicate that in your translation if it would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: “And I broke off the land to make a boundary for the sea” or “And at the edge of the land I made cliffs that the sea cannot flow over”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / events

וָֽ֝⁠אָשִׂ֗ים בְּרִ֣יחַ וּ⁠דְלָתָֽיִם

and,set bars and,doors

Since Yahweh would first have made doors and then a bar to put across them to keep them shut, it may be more natural to mention the doors first. Alternate translation: “and I set doors and a bar”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

וָֽ֝⁠אָשִׂ֗ים בְּרִ֣יחַ וּ⁠דְלָתָֽיִם

and,set bars and,doors

As in verse 8, Yahweh is speaking as if he had literally set up doors to keep the sea from flowing onto the land. See how you translated the similar expression there. Alternate translation: “and I set up floodgates to hold the sea back” or “and I restrained the sea from flowing onto the land”

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