JOB 41:17 Parallel Verse View

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Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=Yahweh (All still tentative.)

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 (JOB 41:9) Ἀνὴρ τῷ ἀδελφῷ αὐτοῦ προσκολληθήσεται· συνέχονται καὶ οὐ μὴ ἀποσπασθῶσιν.
(Anaʸr tōi adelfōi autou proskollaʸthaʸsetai; suneⱪontai kai ou maʸ apospasthōsin.)

BrTr (JOB 41:9) They will remain united each to the other: they are closely joined, and cannot be separated.

ULT A man with his brother, they are joined together;
⇔ they clasp themselves and they do not separate themselves.

UST Those scales join very closely to each other
⇔ and they do not pull apart.

BSB & MSB They are joined to one another;
⇔ they clasp and cannot be separated.

OEB No OEB JOB 41:17 book available

WEBBE & WMBB They are joined to one another.
⇔ They stick together, so that they can’t be pulled apart.

NET They lock tightly together, one to the next;
⇔ they cling together and cannot be separated.

LSV They adhere to one another,
They stick together and are not separated.

FBV Each scale attaches to the next; they lock together and nothing can penetrate them.

T4T The scales are joined very closely to each other,
⇔ and they cannot be separated.

LEB • They are joined one to another ;[fn]
• they cling together and cannot be separated.

41:? Literally “a man to his brother”

BBE They take a grip of one another; they are joined together, so that they may not be parted.

Moff welded each to each,
⇔ clasped till they cannot be parted.

JPS (JOB 41:9) (41-1) Behold, the hope of him is in vain; shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him?

ASV They are joined one to another;
⇔ They stick together, so that they cannot be sundered.

DRA (JOB 41:8) They stick one to another and they hold one another fast, and shall not be separated.

YLT One unto another they adhere, They stick together and are not separated.

Drby They are joined each to its fellow; they stick together, and cannot be sundered.

RV They are joined one to another; they stick together, that they cannot be sundered.

SLT They will adhere each in his brotherhood, they will hold together, and they will not be separated.

Wbstr They are joined one to another, they stick together, that they cannot be sundered.

KJB-1769 They are joined one to another, they stick together, that they cannot be sundered.

KJB-1611 They are ioyned one to another, they sticke together, that they cannot be sundred.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps Yea, one hangeth so vpon another, & sticketh so together, that they can not be sundred.
(Yea, one hangeth/hangs so upon another, and sticketh so together, that they cannot be sundered.)

Gnva When the sword doeth touch him, he will not rise vp, nor for the speare, dart nor habergeon.
(When the sword doeth/does touch him, he will not rise up, nor for the spear, dart nor habergeon.)

Cvdl Yee one hangeth so vpon another, and sticke so together, that they can not be sundered.
(Ye/You_all one hangeth/hangs so upon another, and stick so together, that they cannot be sundered.)

Wycl (JOB 41:8) Oon schal cleue to anothir, and tho holdynge hem silf schulen not be departid.
(One shall cleave_or_cling to another, and those holding himself should not be departed.)

Luth (JOB 41:9) Es hängt eine an der andern, und halten sich zusammen, daß sie sich nicht voneinander trennen.
(It hang a/one at/to the/of_the other, and hold/keep itself/yourself/themselves together, that they/she/them itself/yourself/themselves not each_other separate.)

ClVg (JOB 41:8) Una alteri adhærebit, et tenentes se nequaquam separabuntur.
(Una to_another will_adhere, and holding himself by_no_means they_will_be_separated.)

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

אִישׁ־בְּ⁠אָחִ֥י⁠הוּ יְדֻבָּ֑קוּ

(a)_man (Some words not found in UHB: (a)_man on,brother_of,its joined clasp and=not separated )

Yahweh is speaking as if a scale were literally a man and the scale next to it were literally his brother. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [Each scale is joined together with the scale next to it]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

אִישׁ־בְּ⁠אָחִ֥י⁠הוּ יְדֻבָּ֑קוּ

(a)_man (Some words not found in UHB: (a)_man on,brother_of,its joined clasp and=not separated )

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: [Each scale closely adjoins the scale next to it]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / personification

יִ֝תְלַכְּד֗וּ וְ⁠לֹ֣א יִתְפָּרָֽדוּ

(Some words not found in UHB: (a)_man on,brother_of,its joined clasp and=not separated )

Yahweh is speaking of the scales of Leviathan as if they were living things that could clasp themselves together and potentially separate themselves (although they do not). If it would be helpful to your readers, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [they overlap, with no separation between them]

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