JOB 41:28 Parallel Verse View

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Original JOB 41:20: 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 41:20) Οὐ μὴ τρώσῃ αὐτὸν τόξον χάλκεον· ἥγηται μὲν πετροβόλον χόρτον.
(Ou maʸ trōsaʸ auton toxon ⱪalkeon; haʸgaʸtai men petrobolon ⱪorton.)

BrTr (JOB 41:20) The bow of brass shall not wound him, he deems a slinger as grass.

ULT The son of the bow does not make it flee;
⇔ with it, the stones of the sling are turned into chaff.

UST Shooting arrows at it does not cause it to flee.
⇔ Hurling stones at it from a sling is like hurling bits of chaff at it.

BSB No arrow can make him flee;
⇔ slingstones become like chaff to him.

OEB No OEB JOB 41:28 book available

WEBBE The arrow can’t make him flee.
⇔ Sling stones are like chaff to him.

NET Arrows do not make it flee;
⇔ slingstones become like chaff to it.

LSV The son of the bow does not cause him to flee,
Stones of the sling are turned into stubble by him.

FBV Arrows cannot make it run away; stones from slingshots are like pieces of stubble.

T4T Shooting arrows at them does not cause them to run away.
⇔ Hurling stones at them from a sling is like hurling bits of chaff at them.

LEB • An arrow[fn] will not make it flee;
• sling stones are turned to stubble for it.

41:? Literally “A son of a bow”

BBE The arrow is not able to put him to flight: stones are no more to him than dry stems.

Moff no arrow makes him fly,
⇔ stones from a sling to him are merely stubble,

JPS (JOB 41:20) (41-12) Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a seething pot and burning rushes.

ASV The arrow cannot make him flee:
⇔ Sling-stones are turned with him into stubble.

DRA (JOB 41:19) The archer shall not put him to flight, the stones of the sling are to him like stubble.

YLT The son of the bow doth not cause him to flee, Turned by him into stubble are stones of the sling.

Drby The arrow will not make him flee; slingstones are turned with him into stubble.

RV The arrow cannot make him flee: slingstones are turned with him into stubble.

SLT The son of the bow shall not cause him to flee: sling-stones were turned to him for stubble.

Wbstr The arrow cannot make him flee: sling-stones are turned with him into stubble.

KJB-1769 The arrow cannot make him flee: slingstones are turned with him into stubble.

KJB-1611 The arrow cannot make him flee: sling-stones are turned with him into stubble.
(Same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps He starteth not away from him that bendeth the bowe: & as for sling stones he careth asmuch for stouble as for the.
(He starteth not away from him that bendeth the bow: and as for sling stones he careth as_much for stubble as for them.)

Gnva No Gnva JOB 41:28 verse available

Cvdl He starteth not awaye for him that bendeth the bowe, & as for slynge stones, he careth as moch for stubble as for them
(He starteth not away for him that bendeth the bow, and as for sling stones, he careth as much for stubble as for them)

Wycl (JOB 41:19) A man archere schal not dryue hym awei; stoonys of a slynge ben turned in to stobil to hym.
(A man archer shall not drive him away; stones of a sling been turned in to stubble to him.)

Luth (JOB 41:20) Kein Pfeil wird ihn verjagen; die Schleudersteine sind wie Stoppeln.
(No/Not arrow becomes him/it chase_away; the sling_stones are as/like stubble.)

ClVg (JOB 41:19) Non fugabit eum vir sagittarius: in stipulam versi sunt ei lapides fundæ.
(Not/No will_drive_away him man archer: in/into/on straw turned are to_him stones to_be_spoken.)

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

בֶן־קָ֑שֶׁת

son_of (Some words not found in UHB: not it,makes_it_flee son_of arrow into,chaff turned to=him/it stones_of sling )

Yahweh is speaking as if an arrow were literally the son of the bow from which it was shot. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [An arrow]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

לְ֝⁠קַ֗שׁ נֶהְפְּכוּ־ל֥⁠וֹ אַבְנֵי־קָֽלַע

into,chaff (Some words not found in UHB: not it,makes_it_flee son_of arrow into,chaff turned to=him/it stones_of sling )

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: [with it, the stones of the sling become chaff]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

לְ֝⁠קַ֗שׁ נֶהְפְּכוּ־ל֥⁠וֹ אַבְנֵי־קָֽלַע

into,chaff (Some words not found in UHB: not it,makes_it_flee son_of arrow into,chaff turned to=him/it stones_of sling )

Yahweh is speaking as if stones slung at Leviathan from a sling would literally become chaff. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [stones slung at it do not hurt it any more than chaff would]

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