JOB 39:22 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) It laughs at fear—not afraid at all,
⇔ and it doesn’t retreat back from the sword.

Key: khaki:verbs, red:negative.
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 Συναντῶν βασιλεῖ καταγελᾷ, καὶ οὐ μὴν ἀποστραφῇ ἀπὸ σιδήρου.
(Sunantōn basilei katagela, kai ou maʸn apostrafaʸ apo sidaʸrou. )

BrTr He laughs to scorn a king as he meets him, and will by no means turn back from the sword.

ULT It laughs at fear and it is not frightened,
⇔ and it does not turn back from the face of the sword.

UST Horses seem to disregard danger as they go bravely into battle.
⇔ They do not run away when enemy soldiers attack them.

BSB He laughs at fear, frightened of nothing;
⇔ he does not turn back from the sword.

OEB He laughs undismayed at the terror,
⇔ He turneth not back from the sword.

WEBBE He mocks at fear, and is not dismayed,
⇔ neither does he turn back from the sword.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET It laughs at fear and is not dismayed;
⇔ it does not shy away from the sword.

LSV He laughs at fear, and is not frightened,
And he does not turn back from the face of the sword.

FBV It laughs at fear; it is not frightened at all.

T4T It is as if they laugh at the thought of being afraid. They are not afraid of anything!
⇔ They do not run away when the soldiers in the battle are fighting each other with swords.

LEB • and it does not turn back from[fn] the sword.

39:? Literally “from faces of”

BBE In his strength he goes out against the arms of war, turning not away from the sword.

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JPS He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from the sword.

ASV He mocketh at fear, and is not dismayed;
⇔ Neither turneth he back from the sword.

DRA He despiseth fear, he turneth not his back to the sword,

YLT He laugheth at fear, and is not affrighted, And he turneth not back from the face of the sword.

Drby He laugheth at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from before the sword.

RV He mocketh at fear, and is not dismayed; neither turneth he back from the sword.

Wbstr He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from the sword.

KJB-1769 He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from the sword.

KJB-1611 He mocketh at feare, and is not affrighted: neither turneth he backe from the sword.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps He layeth aside all feare, his stomacke is not abated, neither starteth he backe for any sworde.
(He layeth aside all fear, his stomach is not abated, neither starteth he back for any sword.)

Gnva Hast thou giuen the horse strength? or couered his necke with neying?
(Hast thou/you given the horse strength? or covered his neck with neying? )

Cvdl He layeth asyde all feare, his stomack is not abated, nether starteth he a back for eny swerde.
(He layeth asyde all fear, his stomack is not abated, neither starteth he a back for any sword.)

Wycl He dispisith ferdfulnesse, and he yyueth not stide to swerd.
(He dispisith ferdfulnesse, and he giveth/gives not stide to sword.)

Luth Es spottet der Furcht und erschrickt nicht und fleucht vor dem Schwert nicht,
(It scoffs the/of_the Furcht and erschrickt not and fleucht before/in_front_of to_him sword not,)

ClVg Contemnit pavorem, nec cedit gladio.
(Contemnit pavorem, but_not cedit gladio. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / personification

יִשְׂחַ֣ק לְ֭⁠פַחַד וְ⁠לֹ֣א יֵחָ֑ת

laughs at,fear and=not dismayed

Yahweh is speaking of the horse as if it could consciously express by laughing what it was thinking and feeling. Here the term laughs implicitly means laughing scornfully. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “It does not feel fear; no, it is not frightened”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / doublet

יִשְׂחַ֣ק לְ֭⁠פַחַד וְ⁠לֹ֣א יֵחָ֑ת

laughs at,fear and=not dismayed

These two expressions mean similar things. Yahweh is using them terms together for emphasis. If it would be clearer for your readers, you could express the emphasis with a single phrase. Alternate translation: “It is not afraid at all”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / doublenegatives

וְ⁠לֹֽא־יָ֝שׁ֗וּב מִ⁠פְּנֵי־חָֽרֶב

and=not turn_back from=face/in_front_of sword

If it would be clearer in your language, you could use a positive expression to translate this double negative that consists of the negative particle not and the negative verb turn back. Alternate translation: “and it charges forward to the face of the sword”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

מִ⁠פְּנֵי־חָֽרֶב

from=face/in_front_of sword

Here the word face represents the presence of a person or thing by association with the way people can see the face of someone who is present. Alternate translation: “from the presence of the sword”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun

מִ⁠פְּנֵי־חָֽרֶב

from=face/in_front_of sword

Yahweh is not referring to a specific sword. He means swords in general and, by extension, all the weapons of an enemy army. Alternate translation: “from the weapons it encounters”

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