JOB 38:34 Parallel Verse View

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ULT Will you raise your voice to the cloud
⇔ and an abundance of waters will cover you?

UST Could you shout an order up to a cloud
⇔ to make it pour rain down on you?

BSB Can you command the clouds
⇔ so that a flood of water covers you?

OEB Dost thou lift up thy voice to the clouds,
⇔ That abundance of waters obey thee?

WEBBE ⇔ “Can you lift up your voice to the clouds,
⇔ that abundance of waters may cover you?

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Can you raise your voice to the clouds
⇔ so that a flood of water covers you?

LSV Do you lift up your voice to the cloud,
And abundance of water covers you?

FBV Can you shout to the clouds and command them to pour rain down on you?

T4T ⇔ “Can you shout to the clouds and cause rain to pour down on you?

LEB • so that[fn] a flood of water may cover you?

?:? Hebrew “and”

BBE Is your voice sent up to the cloud, so that you may be covered by the weight of waters?

Moff No Moff JOB book available

JPS Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?

ASV ⇔ Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds,
⇔ That abundance of waters may cover thee?

DRA Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that an abundance of waters may cover thee?

YLT Dost thou lift up to the cloud thy voice, And abundance of water doth cover thee?

Drby Dost thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that floods of waters may cover thee?

RV Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?

Wbstr Canst thou lift thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?

KJB-1769 Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?
(Canst thou/you lift up thy/your voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee? )

KJB-1611 Canst thou lift vp thy voice to the cloudes, that abundance of waters may couer thee?
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps Moreouer, canst thou lift vp thy voyce to the cloudes, that they may powre downe a great rayne vpon thee?
(Moreover/What's_more, canst thou/you lift up thy/your voice to the clouds, that they may powre down a great rain upon thee?)

Gnva Canst thou lift vp thy voice to the cloudes that the aboundance of water may couer thee?
(Canst thou/you lift up thy/your voice to the clouds that the aboundance of water may cover thee? )

Cvdl Morouer, cast thou lift vp thy voyce to ye cloudes, yt they maye poure downe a greate rayne vpo the?
(Moreover/What's_more, cast thou/you lift up thy/your voice to ye/you_all clouds, it they may poure down a great rain upo the?)

Wyc Whethir thou schalt reise thi vois in to a cloude, and the fersnesse of watris schal hile thee?
(Whethir thou/you shalt raise thy/your voice in to a cloud, and the fersnesse of waters shall hile thee?)

Luth Kannst du deinen Donner in der Wolke hoch herführen? Oder wird dich die Menge des Wassers verdecken?
(Kannst you deinen Donner in the/of_the Wolke hoch herführen? Oder becomes you/yourself the Menge the waters verdecken?)

ClVg Numquid elevabis in nebula vocem tuam, et impetus aquarum operiet te?
(Numquid elevabis in nebula vocem your, and impetus waterrum operiet te? )

BrTr And wilt thou call a cloud with thy voice, and will it obey thee with a violent shower of much rain?

BrLXX καλέσεις δὲ νέφος φωνῇ, καὶ τρόμῳ ὕδατος λάβρου ὑπακούσεταί σου;
(kaleseis de nefos fōnaʸ, kai tromōi hudatos labrou hupakousetai sou; )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

הֲ⁠תָרִ֣ים & קוֹלֶ֑⁠ךָ

?,lift_up & voice,your

Yahweh is speaking of how Job might raise his voice by association to mean how Job might shout out a command. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “Will you shout a command”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun

לָ⁠עָ֣ב

to_the,clouds

Yahweh is not referring to a specific cloud. He means clouds in general. It may be more natural in your language to express this meaning by using a plural form. Alternate translation: “to the clouds”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

וְֽ⁠שִׁפְעַת־מַ֥יִם תְּכַסֶּֽ⁠ךָּ

and,flood waters cover,you

By waters, Yahweh implicitly means rain. You could indicate that in your translation if it would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: “and make heavy rain fall on you”

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