JOB 38:20 Parallel Verse View

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Key: khaki:verbs.
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BrLXX Εἰ ἀγάγοις με εἰς ὅρια αὐτῶν, εἰ δὲ καὶ ἐπίστασαι τρίβους αὐτῶν·
(Ei agagois me eis horia autōn, ei de kai epistasai tribous autōn; )

BrTr If thou couldest bring me to their utmost boundaries, and if also thou knowest their paths;

ULT that you would take it to its territory,
⇔ and that you would perceive the paths of its house?

UST Would you know how to get to those places
⇔ so that you could bring light and darkness to them?

BSB so you can lead it back to its border?
⇔ Do you know the paths to its home?

OEB Canst thou fetch it out unto its border,
⇔ Or lead it back home to its house?

WEBBE that you should take it to its bound,
⇔ that you should discern the paths to its house?

WMBB (Same as above)

NET that you may take them to their borders
⇔ and perceive the pathways to their homes?

LSV That you take it to its boundary,
And that you understand the paths of its house.

FBV Can you take them home? Do you know the way to where they live?

T4T Can take me to its home?
⇔ Do you know where the road is that goes there?

LEB • and that you might discern the paths to its home?

BBE So that you might take it to its limit, guiding it to its house?

Moff No Moff JOB book available

JPS That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths to the house thereof?

ASV That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof,
⇔ And that thou shouldest discern the paths to the house thereof?

DRA That thou mayst bring every thing to its own bounds, and understand the paths of the house thereof.

YLT That thou dost take it unto its boundary, And that thou dost understand The paths of its house.

Drby That thou shouldest take it to its bound, and that thou shouldest know the paths to its house?

RV That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest discern the paths to the house thereof?

Wbstr That thou shouldest take it to its bound, and that thou shouldest know the paths to its house?

KJB-1769 That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths to the house thereof?[fn]
(That thou/you should take it to the bound thereof, and that thou/you should know the paths to the house thereof? )

38.20 to the bound: or, at, etc

KJB-1611 [fn]That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the pathes to the house thereof.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)

38:20 Or, at.

Bshps That thou shouldest receaue it in the boundes thereof, and know the pathes to their houses.
(That thou/you should receive it in the boundes thereof, and know the paths to their houses.)

Gnva That thou shouldest receiue it in the boundes thereof, and that thou shouldest knowe the paths to the house thereof?
(That thou/you should receive it in the boundes thereof, and that thou/you should know the paths to the house thereof? )

Cvdl yt thou mayest bringe vs vnto their quarters, yf thou cast tell the waye to their houses.
(yt thou/you mayest/may bring us unto their quarters, if thou/you cast tell the way to their houses.)

Wycl that thou lede ech thing to hise termes, and thou vndurstonde the weies of his hows.
(that thou/you lead each thing to his termes, and thou/you understonde the ways of his house.)

Luth daß du mögest abnehmen seine Grenze und merken den Pfad zu seinem Hause?
(daß you may abnehmen his Grenze and merken the Pfad to his house?)

ClVg ut ducas unumquodque ad terminos suos, et intelligas semitas domus ejus.
(ut ducas unumquodque to terminos suos, and intelligas path home his. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-pronouns

כִּ֣י תִ֭קָּחֶ⁠נּוּ אֶל־גְּבוּל֑⁠וֹ וְ⁠כִֽי־תָ֝בִ֗ין נְתִיב֥וֹת בֵּיתֽ⁠וֹ

that/for/because/then/when take,it to/towards territory,its and=because/when discern paths home,its

By it and its, Yahweh is referring specifically to darkness, which he mentioned in the latter part of the previous verse, but he is using darkness to mean both darkness and light. If it would be clearer in your language, you could use plural forms in your translation. Alternate translation: “that you would take them to their territories, and that you would perceive the paths of their houses”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / events

כִּ֣י תִ֭קָּחֶ⁠נּוּ אֶל־גְּבוּל֑⁠וֹ וְ⁠כִֽי־תָ֝בִ֗ין נְתִיב֥וֹת בֵּיתֽ⁠וֹ

that/for/because/then/when take,it to/towards territory,its and=because/when discern paths home,its

Job would need to perceive how to get to the houses of light and darkness before he could take them there, so it might be more natural to reverse the order of these clauses. Alternate translation: “that you would perceive the paths of their houses and take them to their territories”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

נְתִיב֥וֹת בֵּיתֽ⁠וֹ

paths home,its

Yahweh is speaking of the places where light and darkness are kept as if they were literally houses in which they lived and as if there were literally paths that led to those houses. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “how to get to where it is kept” or “how to get to where they are kept”

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