JOB 41:17 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) The lock tightly to their next door neighbour.
⇔ ≈They cling together and can’t be separated.

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 Στραφέντος δὲ αὐτοῦ, φόβος θηρίοις τετράποσιν ἐπὶ γῆς ἁλλομένοις.
(Strafentos de autou, fobos thaʸriois tetraposin epi gaʸs hallomenois. )

BrTr And when he turns, he is a terror to the four-footed wild beasts which leap upon the earth.

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.

OEB Each cleaveth so close to his fellow,
⇔ So locked, that they cannot be served.

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

WMBB (Same as above)

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 • [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.

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JPS (41-9) They are joined one to another; they stick together, that they cannot be sundered.

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

DRA When a sword shall lay at him, it shall not be able to hold, nor a spear, nor a breastplate.

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.

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.
(They are joined one to another, they sticke together, that they cannot be sundred.)

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

Gnva When the sword doeth touch him, he will not rise vp, nor for the speare, dart nor habergeon.
(When the sword doeth 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 so upon another, and sticke so together, that they cannot be sundered.)

Wyc Whanne swerd takith hym, it may not stonde, nethir spere, nether haburioun.
(When sword takith him, it may not stonde, neither spere, neither haburioun.)

Luth Wenn er sich erhebt, so entsetzen sich die Starken; und wenn er daherbricht, so ist keine Gnade da.
(When he itself/yourself/themselves erhebt, so entsetzen itself/yourself/themselves the Starken; and when he daherbricht, so is no Gnade da.)

ClVg Cum apprehenderit eum gladius, subsistere non poterit, neque hasta, neque thorax:
(Since apprehenderit him gladius, subsistere not/no poterit, nor hasta, nor thorax: )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

אִישׁ־בְּ⁠אָחִ֥י⁠הוּ יְדֻבָּ֑קוּ

(Some words not found in UHB: when,raises_~_up,he terrified mighty because_of,thrashing retreat )

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

(Some words not found in UHB: when,raises_~_up,he terrified mighty because_of,thrashing retreat )

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: when,raises_~_up,he terrified mighty because_of,thrashing retreat )

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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