JOB 38:21 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) You’d know because surely you were born before then, ☺
⇔ ≈and you’re so very, very old. ☺

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 Οἶδα ἄρα ὅτι τότε γεγέννησαι, ἀριθμὸς δὲ ἐτῶν σου πολύς;
(Oida ara hoti tote gegennaʸsai, arithmos de etōn sou polus; )

BrTr I know then that thou wert born at that time, and the number of thy years is great.

ULT You know, for you were born then,
⇔ and the number of your days is many!

UST If you had been alive when I created the world, then you would know the answers to these questions.
⇔ But you are not that old, so you certainly do not know the answers.

BSB Surely you know, for you were already born!
⇔ And the number of your days is great!

OEB Thou wast born then, so doubtless thou knowest–
⇔ The tale of thy years is so great!

WEBBE Surely you know, for you were born then,
⇔ and the number of your days is great!

WMBB (Same as above)

NET You know, for you were born before them;
⇔ and the number of your days is great!

LSV You have known—for then you are born,
And the number of your days [are] many!

FBV Of course you know, because you were already born then! You've lived so long!

T4T I am sure that you know these things,
⇔ because you talk as though you were born before the time when all things were created;
⇔ you must be very old!

LEB • and the number of your days is great.

BBE No doubt you have knowledge of it, for then you had come to birth, and the number of your days is great.

Moff No Moff JOB book available

JPS Thou knowest it, for thou wast then born, and the number of thy days is great!

ASV Doubtless, thou knowest, for thou wast then born,
⇔ And the number of thy days is great!

DRA Didst thou know then that thou shouldst be born? and didst thou know the number of thy days?

YLT Thou hast known — for then thou art born And the number of thy days [are] many!

Drby Thou knowest, for thou wast then born, and the number of thy days is great!

RV Doubtless, thou knowest, for thou wast then born, and the number of thy days is great!

Wbstr Knowest thou it , because thou wast then born? or because the number of thy days is great?

KJB-1769 Knowest thou it, because thou wast then born? or because the number of thy days is great?
(Knowst thou/you it, because thou/you wast then born? or because the number of thy/your days is great? )

KJB-1611 Knowest thou it, because thou wast then borne? or because the number of thy daies is great?
(Knowst thou/you it, because thou/you wast then borne? or because the number of thy/your days is great?)

Bshps Knewest thou afore thou wast borne how olde thou shouldest be?
(Knewest thou/you afore thou/you wast born how old thou/you should be?)

Gnva Knewest thou it, because thou wast then borne, and because the nomber of thy dayes is great?
(Knewest thou/you it, because thou/you wast then born, and because the number of thy/your days is great? )

Cvdl Knewest thou (when thou wast borne) how olde thou shuldest be?
(Knewest thou/you (when thou/you wast borne) how old thou/you shuldest be?)

Wycl Wistist thou thanne, that thou schuldist be borun, and knew thou the noumbre of thi daies?
(Wistist thou/you thanne, that thou/you should be born, and knew thou/you the number of thy/your days?)

Luth Wußtest du, daß du zu der Zeit solltest geboren werden und wieviel deiner Tage sein würden?
(Wußtest you, that you to the/of_the time solltest geboren become and wieviel deiner days his würden?)

ClVg Sciebas tunc quod nasciturus esses, et numerum dierum tuorum noveras?
(Sciebas tunc that nasciturus esses, and numerum dierum tuorum noveras? )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / irony

יָ֭דַעְתָּ כִּי־אָ֣ז תִּוָּלֵ֑ד וּ⁠מִסְפַּ֖ר יָמֶ֣י⁠ךָ רַבִּֽים

know that/for/because/then/when then born and,number days,your great

For emphasis, Yahweh is saying the opposite of what he means. If a speaker of your language would not do this, in your translation you could indicate what he actually means. Alternate translation: “You must admit that you actually do not know any of these things, since you were not born then; the number of your days is not that many”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

תִּוָּלֵ֑ד

born

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: “you were alive”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

אָ֣ז

then

By then, Yahweh implicitly means when he created all of the things he has been describing. You could indicate that in your translation if it would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: “when I created all of these things”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

וּ⁠מִסְפַּ֖ר יָמֶ֣י⁠ךָ רַבִּֽים

and,number days,your great

While Job actually has lived for a certain number of days, Yahweh is probably using the term days to refer to a specific time, the lifetime of Job. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “and you have lived for such a long time” or “and you have had such a long lifetime”

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