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Parallel JOB 40:20

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BI Job 40:20 ©

Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clearImportance=normal(All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV)The hills provide produce for it,
 ⇔ and all the animals in the countryside play there.

OET-LVIf/because produce [the]_mountains they_carry to_him/it and_all (the)_animal the_field they_play there.

UHBכִּֽי־ב֭וּל הָרִ֣ים יִשְׂאוּ־ל֑⁠וֹ וְֽ⁠כָל־חַיַּ֥ת הַ֝⁠שָּׂדֶ֗ה יְשַֽׂחֲקוּ־שָֽׁם׃
   (kiy-ⱱūl hārim yisʼū-l⁠ō və⁠kāl-ḩayyat ha⁠ssādeh yəsaḩₐqū-shām.)

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).

ULTFor the hills provide food for it,
 ⇔ and all of the beasts of the field play there.

USTThey need those tusks because they come out of the rivers where they live in order to eat the plants that grow nearby.
 ⇔ But other animals do not have to be afraid of them, so those animals do not run away or hide.


BSBThe hills yield him their produce,
 ⇔ while all the beasts of the field play nearby.

OEBThe mountains yields him their fruits;
 ⇔ All the wild beasts he grindeth to powder.

WEBBESurely the mountains produce food for him,
 ⇔ where all the animals of the field play.

WMBB (Same as above)

MSG(15-24)“Look at the land beast, Behemoth. I created him as well as you.
  Grazing on grass, docile as a cow—
Just look at the strength of his back,
  the powerful muscles of his belly.
His tail sways like a cedar in the wind;
  his huge legs are like beech trees.
His skeleton is made of steel,
  every bone in his body hard as steel.
Most magnificent of all my creatures,
  but I still lead him around like a lamb!
The grass-covered hills serve him meals,
  while field mice frolic in his shadow.
He takes afternoon naps under shade trees,
  cools himself in the reedy swamps,
Lazily cool in the leafy shadows
  as the breeze moves through the willows.
And when the river rages he doesn’t budge,
  stolid and unperturbed even when the Jordan goes wild.
But you’d never want him for a pet—
  you’d never be able to housebreak him!”

NETFor the hills bring it food,
 ⇔ where all the wild animals play.

LSVFor mountains bear food for him,
And all the beasts of the field play there.

FBVThe hills produce food for it, and all the wild animals play there.[fn]


40:20 Presumably the other animals are safe from the Behemoth since it is vegetarian.

T4TOn the hills grows food [PRS] for them to eat
 ⇔ while many [HYP] other wild animals play nearby.

LEB• the mountains yield produce for it, and all[fn] play there.


?:? Literally “all the animals of the field”

BBEHe takes the produce of the mountains, where all the beasts of the field are at play.

MoffNo Moff JOB book available

JPSSurely the mountains bring him forth food, and all the beasts of the field play there.

ASVSurely the mountains bring him forth food,
 ⇔ Where all the beasts of the field do play.

DRACanst thou draw out the leviathan with a hook, or canst thou tie his tongue with a cord?

YLTFor food do mountains bear for him, And all the beasts of the field play there.

DrbyFor the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play.

RVSurely the mountains bring him forth food; where all the beasts of the field do play.

WbstrSurely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play.

KJB-1769Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play.

KJB-1611Surely the mountaines bring him foorth foode: where all the beasts of the field play.
   (Surely the mountains bring him forth foode: where all the beasts of the field play.)

BshpsSurely the mountaines bring him foorth grasse, where all the beastes of the fielde take their pastime.
   (Surely the mountains bring him forth grasse, where all the beasts/animals of the field take their pastime.)

GnvaCanst thou drawe out Liuiathan with an hooke, and with a line which thou shalt cast downe vnto his tongue?
   (Canst thou/you drawe out Liuiathan with an hooke, and with a line which thou/you shalt cast down unto his tongue? )

Cvdlyt the mountaynes shulde geue him grasse, where all the beastes off the felde take their pastyme.
   (yt the mountains should give him grasse, where all the beasts/animals off the field take their pastyme.)

WycWhether thou schalt mowe drawe out leuyathan with an hook, and schalt bynde with a roop his tunge?
   (Whether thou/you shalt more drawe out leuyathan with an hook, and shalt bind with a roop his tunge?)

LuthDie Berge tragen ihm Kräuter, und alle wilden Tiere spielen daselbst.
   (The mountains/hills tragen him Kräuter, and all wilden Tiere spielen there.)

ClVgAn extrahere poteris Leviathan hamo, et fune ligabis linguam ejus?
   (An extrahere you_will_be_able_to Leviathan hamo, and fune ligabis linguam his? )

BrTrAnd when he has gone up to a steep mountain, he causes joy to the quadrupeds in the deep.

BrLXXἘπελθὼν δὲ ἐπʼ ὄρος ἀκρότομον, ἐποίησε χαρμονὴν τετράποσιν ἐν τῷ ταρτάρῳ.
   (Epelthōn de epʼ oros akrotomon, epoiaʸse ⱪarmonaʸn tetraposin en tōi tartarōi. )


TSNTyndale Study Notes:

40:15-24 Following a list of natural animals (39:1-30), God described Behemoth (40:15-24) and Leviathan (41:1-34) as creatures that man cannot tame. Job couldn’t tame the wild donkey or ox (39:5-12), let alone Behemoth and Leviathan (40:15-24), but God created them and could control them, and Job had to acknowledge it (41:2).
• Here Behemoth seems to be a natural creature: (1) It is an animal that God made, just as he made Job (40:15); (2) it is not a dreadful predator but eats grass like an ox (40:15); and (3) it is in a poem describing God’s creation of the natural order, rather than in a mythological story of the world’s formation. Most commentators identify Behemoth with the hippopotamus, a huge, grass-eating animal (40:15-19) that lies in the river among the lotus plants and reeds (40:21). Like the wild ox, Behemoth is powerful (40:16-18, 24; 39:11), yet is essentially peaceful (40:20-23).


UTNuW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases

כִּֽי

that/for/because/then/when

Yahweh is using the word For to introduce the reason why he created Behemoth with long, sharp tusks. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could indicate this in your translation. Alternate translation: “I gave it tusks because”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / personification

ב֭וּל הָרִ֣ים יִשְׂאוּ־ל֑⁠וֹ

food mountains yield to=him/it

Yahweh is speaking of these hills as if they were living things that could provide food for Behemoth. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “it eats the plants that grow on the hills”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

הָרִ֣ים יִשְׂאוּ

mountains yield

The term hills likely refers in this context to the higher ground on both sides of the river in which Behemoth lives. You could indicate that in your translation if it would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: “the higher ground on the sides of the river provides”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

וְֽ⁠כָל־חַיַּ֥ת הַ֝⁠שָּׂדֶ֗ה יְשַֽׂחֲקוּ־שָֽׁם

and=all being/animal the=field play there

Yahweh means implicitly that the beasts of the field can play where Behemoth is feeding because it eats plants and so it will not harm them. You could indicate that in your translation if it would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: “and so it leaves the nearby beasts of the field peacefully alone” or “and so it does not harm any of the nearby beasts of the field”

BI Job 40:20 ©