JOB 38:15 Parallel Verse View

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38:15 Note: Suspended letter(s). Shown as suspended letters without a superscript note number.

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 Ἀφεῖλες δὲ ἀπὸ ἀσεβῶν τὸ φῶς, βραχίονα δὲ ὑπερηφάνων συνέτριψας;
(Afeiles de apo asebōn to fōs, braⱪiona de huperaʸfanōn sunetripsas; )

BrTr And hast thou removed light from the ungodly, and crushed the arm of the proud?

ULT And from the wicked, their light is withheld,
⇔ and their high arm is broken.

UST When daylight comes, wicked people do not have the darkness that they like.
⇔ They are no longer able to hurt other people.

OEB No OEB JOB 38:15 verse available

WEBBE From the wicked, their light is withheld.
⇔ The high arm is broken.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Then from the wicked the light is withheld,
⇔ and the arm raised in violence is broken.

LSV And their light is withheld from the wicked,
And the arm lifted up is broken.

FBV The ‘light’[fn] of the wicked is taken away from them; their acts of violence are stopped.

38:15 Of course the wicked's “light” is the reverse—darkness.

T4T When it becomes daylight, the wicked do not have the darkness that they like;
⇔ in the daylight they no longer are able to raise up their arms, ready to hurt people.

LEB • the wicked, and their uplifted arm is broken.

BBE And from the evil-doers their light is kept back, and the arm of pride is broken.

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JPS But from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm is broken.

ASV And from the wicked their light is withholden,
⇔ And the high arm is broken.

DRA From the wicked their light shall be taken away, and the high arm shall be broken.

YLT And withheld from the wicked is their light, And the arm lifted up is broken.

Drby And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the uplifted arm is broken.

RV And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm is broken.

Wbstr And from the wicked their light is withheld, and the high arm shall be broken.

KJB-1769 And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken.

KJB-1611 And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arme shalbe broken.
(And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arme shall be broken.)

Bshps The vngodly shall be disapointed of their light, and the arme of the proude shalbe broken.
(The ungodly shall be disapointed of their light, and the arme of the proud shall be broken.)

Gnva And from the wicked their light shall be taken away, and the hie arme shalbe broken.
(And from the wicked their light shall be taken away, and the high arme shall be broken. )

Cvdl Yee thou hast spoyled the vngodly off their light, & broke the arme of the proude.
(Ye/You_all thou/you hast spoiled the ungodly off their light, and broke the arme of the proud.)

Wycl The liyt of wickid men schal be takun awey fro hem, and an hiy arm schal be brokun.
(The light of wicked men shall be taken away from them, and an high arm shall be brokun.)

Luth Und den GOttlosen wird ihr Licht genommen werden; und der Arm der Hoffärtigen wird zerbrochen werden.
(And the Godlosen becomes you/their/her light taken become; and the/of_the Arm the/of_the Hoffärtigen becomes zerbrochen become.)

ClVg auferetur ab impiis lux sua, et brachium excelsum confringetur.
(auferetur away impiis light sua, and brachium excelsum confringetur. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj

מֵרְשָׁעִ֣ים

(Some words not found in UHB: and,withheld from, light,their and,arm uplifted broken )

Yahweh is using the adjective wicked as a noun to mean a certain kind of person. Your language may use adjectives in the same way. If not, you can translate this word with an equivalent phrase. Alternate translation: “wicked people”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / irony

וְ⁠יִמָּנַ֣ע & אוֹרָ֑⁠ם

and,withheld & light,their

For emphasis, Yahweh is saying the opposite of what he means. As Job said in 24:16–17, for wicked people, day is like night (they stay at home and do not know what is going on outside) and night is like day (that is when they go out). So here Yahweh is speaking as if night were light, saying how wicked people see this from their perspective. If a speaker of your language would not say the opposite of what he means, in your translation you could indicate what Yahweh actually means. Alternate translation: “And … their opportunity to go out and commit crimes is withheld”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

וְ⁠יִמָּנַ֣ע & אוֹרָ֑⁠ם

and,withheld & light,their

If your language does not use this passive form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “And … the day withholds their opportunity to go out and commit crimes”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

וּ⁠זְר֥וֹעַ רָ֝מָ֗ה תִּשָּׁבֵֽר

and,arm uplifted broken

If your language does not use this passive form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “and their high arm breaks”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

וּ⁠זְר֥וֹעַ רָ֝מָ֗ה תִּשָּׁבֵֽר

and,arm uplifted broken

Yahweh is speaking as if each wicked person had lifted his arm up high in order to strike a vulnerable person violently with it but that the arm had then been broken so that the wicked person could not use it that way. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “and they cannot commit violence against anyone”

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