JOB 42:4 Parallel Verse View

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BrLXX Ἄκουσον δέ μου Κύριε, ἵνα κᾀγὼ λαλήσω· ἐρωτήσω δέ σε, σὺ δέ με δίδαξον.
(Akouson de mou Kurie, hina kagō lalaʸsō; erōtaʸsō de se, su de me didaxon. )

BrTr But hear me, O Lord, that I also may speak: and I will ask thee, and do thou teach me.

ULT ‘Listen, now, and I will speak;
⇔ I will question you, and you will inform me.’

UST You told me that I should listen and let you talk because you were going to ask me some questions. You wanted me to try to answer them.
⇔ But I will admit that I am not able to answer the questions you asked.

BSB You said, ‘Listen now, and I will speak.
⇔ I will question you, and you shall inform Me.’[fn]

OEB No OEB JOB 42:4 verse available

WEBBE You said, ‘Listen, now, and I will speak;
⇔ I will question you, and you will answer me.’

WMBB (Same as above)

NET You said,
⇔ ‘Pay attention, and I will speak;
⇔ I will question you, and you will answer me.’

LSV Please hear, and I speak; [You said], I ask you, and you cause Me to know.

FBV You told me,[fn] ‘Listen to me, I am going to speak. I am going to question you, and you must answer me.’

42:4 Implied.

T4T You said to me, ‘Listen while I talk to you.
⇔ I want to ask you some questions,
⇔ so prepare yourself to answer them.’

LEB • I will question you, then[fn] inform me.’

42:1 Hebrew “and”

BBE Give ear to me, and I will say what is in my mind; I will put questions to you, and you will give me the answers.

Moff No Moff JOB book available

JPS Hear, I beseech Thee, and I will speak; I will demand of Thee, and declare Thou unto me.

ASV Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak;
⇔ I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.

DRA Hear, and I will speak: I will ask thee, and do thou tell me.

YLT 'Hear, I pray thee, and I — I do speak, I ask thee, and cause thou me to know.'

Drby Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and inform me.

RV Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak; I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.

Wbstr Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will ask of thee, and declare thou to me.

KJB-1769 Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.
(Hear, I beseech/implore thee/you, and I will speak: I will demand of thee/you, and declare thou/you unto me. )

KJB-1611 Heare, I beseech thee, and I will speake: I will demand of thee, and declare thou vnto me.
(Hear, I beseech/implore thee/you, and I will speake: I will demand of thee/you, and declare thou/you unto me.)

Bshps O hearken thou vnto me also, and let me speake: aunswere vnto the thing that I wyll aske thee.
(O hearken thou/you unto me also, and let me speake: answer unto the thing that I will ask thee/you.)

Gnva Heare, I beseech thee, and I will speake: I will demaunde of thee, and declare thou vnto me.
(Hear, I beseech/implore thee/you, and I will speake: I will demaunde of thee/you, and declare thou/you unto me. )

Cvdl O herken thou vnto me also, and let me speake: answere me vnto the thinge that I will axe the.
(O herken thou/you unto me also, and let me speake: answer me unto the thing that I will axe them.)

Wycl Here thou, and Y schal speke; Y schal axe thee, and answere thou to me.
(Here thou/you, and I shall speke; I shall axe thee/you, and answer thou/you to me.)

Luth So erhöre nun, laß mich reden; ich will dich fragen, lehre mich!
(So erhöre now, let me reden; I will you/yourself fragen, lehre me!)

ClVg Audi, et ego loquar: interrogabo te, et responde mihi.
(Listen, and I loquar: interrogabo you(sg), and responde mihi. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / quotesinquotes

שְֽׁמַֽע־נָ֭א וְ⁠אָנֹכִ֣י אֲדַבֵּ֑ר אֶ֝שְׁאָלְ⁠ךָ֗ וְ⁠הוֹדִיעֵֽ⁠נִי

hear now and,I speak question,you and,inform,me

In this verse, Job is once again quoting what Yahweh said in his speech. In 38:3 and 40:7, Yahweh said, “I will question you, and you will inform me.” Since Job had said in 13:22 that he could choose either to ask questions first or to listen to questions first, by saying that he would question Job, Yahweh was implicitly telling Job to listen, as Job indicates in the first part of this verse. The ULT indicates that Job is quoting Yahweh by putting this verse in second-level quotation marks. If it would be clearer in your language, you could translate this so that there is not a quotation within a quotation. Alternate translation: “You told me to listen and you would speak; you said that you would question me and I would inform you”

Parallel JOB 42:4