JOB 3:7 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) Listen, may that night be barren.
⇔ May a happy shout never enter it.

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 Ἀλλὰ ἡ νὺξ ἐκείνη εἴη ὀδύνη, καὶ μὴ ἔλθοι ἐπʼ αὐτὴν εὐφροσύνη, μηδὲ χαρμονή·
(Alla haʸ nux ekeinaʸ eiaʸ odunaʸ, kai maʸ elthoi epʼ autaʸn eufrosunaʸ, maʸde ⱪarmonaʸ; )

ULT Behold: That night—may it be barren!
⇔ May a joyful shout not come into it.

UST I mean it—I wish that no mother would ever again bear a child on that date.
⇔ I wish that no one would ever again rejoice over a child’s birth on that date.

BSB Behold, may that night be barren;
⇔ may no joyful voice come into it.

MSB (Same as BSB above)

OEB No OEB JOB book available

WEBBE Behold, let that night be barren.
⇔ Let no joyful voice come therein.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Indeed, let that night be barren;
⇔ let no shout of joy penetrate it!

LSV Behold! That night—let it be barren,
Let no singing come into it.

FBV Let that night be childless, with no sounds of happiness heard.

T4T I wish that no child would again be conceived on that night of the month [MET],
⇔ and that no one would again be happy on that night.

LEB • Look, let that night become[fn] barren; let a joyful song not enter it.

3:2 Or “be”

BBE As for that night, let it have no fruit; let no voice of joy be sounded in it;

Moff Aye, barren be that night,
⇔ bereft of any joyous cry!

JPS Lo, let that night be desolate; let no joyful voice come therein.

ASV Lo, let that night be barren;
⇔ Let no joyful voice come therein.

DRA Let that night be solitary, and not worthy of praise.

YLT Lo! that night — let it be gloomy, Let no singing come into it.

Drby Behold, let that night be barren; let no joyful sound come therein;

RV Lo, let that night be barren; let no joyful voice come therein.

SLT Behold, that night shall be hard; no rejoicing shall be in it.

Wbstr Lo, let that night be solitary, let no joyful voice come therein.

KJB-1769 Lo, let that night be solitary, let no joyful voice come therein.

KJB-1611 Loe, let that night be solitarie, let no ioyfull voice come therein.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps Desolate be that night, and without gladnesse.
(Desolate be that night, and without gladness.)

Gnva Yea, desolate be that night, and let no ioy be in it.
(Yea, desolate be that night, and let no joy be in it. )

Cvdl Despysed be that night, and discommended: let them that curse the daye,
(Despysed be that night, and discommended: let them that curse the day,)

Wycl Thilke nyyt be soleyn, and not worthi of preisyng.
(That night be soleyn, and not worthy of praising.)

Luth Siehe, die Nacht müsse einsam sein und kein Jauchzen drinnen sein.
(See/Look, the night must lonely/solitary be and no/not Yauchzen inside be.)

ClVg Sit nox illa solitaria, nec laude digna.[fn]
(Let_it_be night/darkness that solitaria, but_not praise worthy. )

3.7 Sit nox illa solitaria. Quia a frequentia illa separatur, vel hominem, quem sibi socium fecerat, amittit: et electis per gratiam redemptis solus cum corpore suo gehennæ traditur. Nec laude digna. Homo cum substratus, idola coluit, in quibus dæmonia quasi tenebras noctis laudavit: sed jam idolis reprobatis, nox est laude digna.

3.7 Let_it_be night/darkness that solitaria. Because from frequency/population that separatur, or man, which to_himself socium had_done, loses: and chosen_(ones) through grace redemptis alone when/with body his_own hell is_handed_down. Neither praise worthy. Man when/with substratus, idols worshipped, in/into/on to_whom demons as_if darkness of_the_night I_praisedt: but already idols reprobatis, night/darkness it_is praise worthy.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / personification

הַ⁠לַּ֣יְלָה הַ֭⁠הוּא יְהִ֣י גַלְמ֑וּד

the=night (the)=that let_it_be barren

Job is speaking of the night he was conceived as if it were a living thing that could be barren. He means that he does not want that night to have any children, in the sense that he does not want any more children to be conceived on that night or, as the context suggests, born on that night. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [May no one ever again be born on that night]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / personification

אַל־תָּבֹ֖א רְנָנָ֣ה בֽ⁠וֹ

not heard joyful_shout in=him/it

Job is speaking of a joyful shout as if it were a living thing that could come into a place. He is referring to people shouting for joy on the night of the day when he was born. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [May no one shout joyfully on that night]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

אַל־תָּבֹ֖א רְנָנָ֣ה בֽ⁠וֹ

not heard joyful_shout in=him/it

Job means implicitly that he does not want anyone to shout joyfully on this particular night to celebrate the birth of a child. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [May no one shout joyfully on that night to celebrate the birth of a child]

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