JOB 42:6 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) Therefore I despise myself for what I said,
⇔ and I show my repentance by sitting in dust and ashes.

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 Διὸ ἐφαύλισα ἐμαυτὸν, καὶ ἐτάκην· ἥγημαι δὲ ἐμαυτὸν γῆν καὶ σποδόν.
(Dio efaulisa emauton, kai etakaʸn; haʸgaʸmai de emauton gaʸn kai spodon. )

BrTr Wherefore I have counted myself vile, and have fainted: and I esteem myself dust and ashes.

UST Therefore I am ashamed of myself for what I said.
⇔ I am sitting in dust and ashes to show that I am sorry for what I said.”

OEB And therefore I spurn (my words)
⇔ And repent in dust and in ashes.

WEBBE Therefore I abhor myself,
⇔ and repent in dust and ashes.”

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Therefore I despise myself,
⇔ and I repent in dust and ashes!

LSV Therefore I loathe [it],
And I have sighed on dust and ashes.”

FBV That is why I'm sorry for what I said,[fn] and I repent in dust and ashes.”

42:6 Or “reject,” “retract.”

T4T Therefore I ◄am ashamed of/withdraw► what I said,
⇔ and I sit in dust and ashes to show that I am sorry for what I said.”

LEB • myself and repent in dust and ashes.”

BBE For this cause I give witness that what I said is false, and in sorrow I take my seat in the dust.

Moff No Moff JOB book available

JPS Wherefore I abhor my words, and repent, seeing I am dust and ashes.

ASV Wherefore I abhor myself,
⇔ And repent in dust and ashes.

DRA Therefore I reprehend myself, and do penance in dust and ashes.

YLT Therefore do I loathe [it], And I have repented on dust and ashes.

Drby Wherefore I abhor [myself], and repent in dust and ashes.

RV Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.

Wbstr Wherefore I abhor myself , and repent in dust and ashes.

KJB-1769 Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.

KJB-1611 Wherefore I abhorre my selfe, and repent in dust and ashes.
(Wherefore I abhorre myself, and repent in dust and ashes.)

Bshps Wherefore I geue myne owne selfe the blame, and take repentaunce in the dust and asshes.
(Wherefore I give mine own self the blame, and take repentance in the dust and ashes.)

Gnva Therefore I abhorre my selfe, and repent in dust and ashes.
(Therefore I abhorre myself, and repent in dust and ashes. )

Cvdl Wherfore I geue myne owne self ye blame, and take repentaunce in the dust and asshes.
(Wherefore I give mine own self ye/you_all blame, and take repentance in the dust and ashes.)

Wycl Therfor Y repreue me, and do penaunce in deed sparcle and aische.
(Therefore I repreue me, and do penance indeed sparcle and aische.)

Luth Darum schuldige ich mich und tue Buße in Staub und Asche.
(Therefore schuldige I me and do repentance in dust and Asche.)

ClVg Idcirco ipse me reprehendo, et ago pœnitentiam in favilla et cinere.]
(Idcirco exactly_that/himself me reprehendo, and ago pœnitentiam in favilla and cinere.] )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

אֶמְאַ֣ס

despise

By the word despise, Job does not mean that he hates something. He means that he thinks little of something. He could mean: (1) that he thinks little of himself, that is, he no longer believes that he can credibly declare whether God is treating anyone fairly or unfairly. Alternate translation: “I no longer believe that I understand as much as I thought I did” (2) that he now thinks little of what he said in all of his speeches. Alternate translation: “I recognize that what I said was wrong”

Note 2 topic: translate-symaction

עַל־עָפָ֥ר וָ⁠אֵֽפֶר

on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in dust and,ashes

In this culture, people would sprinkle dust and ashes on themselves as a symbolic action to show that they were greatly distressed. This is what Job’s friends were doing in 2:12 when they threw dust into the air so that it would land on their heads. Job was doing something similar in 2:8 when he sat down in a pile of ashes. Job could be sprinkling dust and ashes from the pile on himself as he speaks these words, or he could be speaking as if he were doing that in order to describe how sincerely he is repenting. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could explain the significance of this action. Alternate translation: “by sprinkling dust and ashes on myself to show how distressed I am by what I did” or “very sincerely, as if I were sprinkling dust and ashes on myself to show how distressed I am by what I did”

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