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Parallel JOB 4:16

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BI Job 4:16 ©

Text critical issues=small word differences Clarity of original=clearImportance=normal(All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV)It stood still, but I didn’t recognise what it was.
 ⇔ There was an image in front of my eyes.
 ⇔ It was silent and then I heard a voice:

OET-LVIt_stood_still and_not I_recognized appearance_its a_form at_before eyes_my a_whisper and_voice I_heard.

UHBיַעֲמֹ֤ד ׀ וְֽ⁠לֹא־אַכִּ֬יר מַרְאֵ֗⁠הוּ תְּ֭מוּנָה לְ⁠נֶ֣גֶד עֵינָ֑⁠י דְּמָמָ֖ה וָ⁠ק֣וֹל אֶשְׁמָֽע׃
   (yaˊₐmod və⁠loʼ-ʼakkir marʼē⁠hū təmūnāh lə⁠neged ˊēynā⁠y dəmāmāh vā⁠qōl ʼeshmāˊ.)

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).

BrLXXἈνέστην καὶ οὐκ ἐπέγνων, εἶδον καὶ οὐκ ἦν μορφὴ πρὸ ὀφθαλμῶν μου, ἀλλʼ ἢ αὖραν καὶ φωνὴν ἤκουον.
   (Anestaʸn kai ouk epegnōn, eidon kai ouk aʸn morfaʸ pro ofthalmōn mou, allʼ aʸ auran kai fōnaʸn aʸkouon. )

BrTrI arose and perceived it not: I looked, and there was no form before my eyes: but I only heard a breath and a voice, saying,

ULTIt was standing still, but I was not recognizing its appearance.
 ⇔ An image was in front of my eyes.
 ⇔ There was silence, then I heard a voice:

USTThe spirit stopped there, but I could not see what it really looked like.
 ⇔ However, I knew that there was some being in front of me.
 ⇔ At first it did not speak, but then it said,

BSBIt stood still,
 ⇔ but I could not discern its appearance;
 ⇔ a form loomed before my eyes,
 ⇔ and I heard a whispering voice:


OEBThere – it – stood.
 ⇔ I could not tell what it looked like–
 ⇔ This form before mine eyes.
 ⇔ In the silence I heard a voice say:

WEBBEIt stood still, but I couldn’t discern its appearance.
 ⇔ A form was before my eyes.
 ⇔ Silence, then I heard a voice, saying,

WMBB (Same as above)

NETIt stands still,
 ⇔ but I cannot recognize its appearance;
 ⇔ an image is before my eyes,
 ⇔ and I hear a murmuring voice:

LSVIt stands, and I do not discern its aspect,
A likeness [is] before my eyes,
Silence! And I hear a voice:

FBVSomething stopped, but I couldn't see its face. My eyes could only make out a shape. It was totally quiet, and then I heard a voice:

T4TIt stopped, but I could not see what form it had.
 ⇔ But I could sense that there was some being in front of me,
 ⇔ and it said in a quiet voice,

LEB• [fn] I could not recognize its appearance; a form was[fn] my eyes; •  there was a hush, and I heard a voice:


4:1 Hebrew “and”

4:1 Literally “to before”

BBESomething was present before me, but I was not able to see it clearly; there was a form before my eyes: a quiet voice came to my ears, saying:

MoffNo Moff JOB book available

JPSIt stood still, but I could not discern the appearance thereof; a form was before mine eyes; I heard a still voice:

ASVIt stood still, but I could not discern the appearance thereof;
 ⇔ A form was before mine eyes:
 ⇔ There was silence, and I heard a voice, saying,

DRAThere stood one whose countenance I knew not, an image before my eyes, and I heard the voice as it were of a gentle wind:

YLTIt standeth, and I discern not its aspect, A similitude [is] over-against mine eyes, Silence! and a voice I hear:

DrbyIt stood still; I could not discern the appearance thereof: a form was before mine eyes; I heard a slight murmur and a voice:

RVIt stood still, but I could not discern the appearance thereof; a form was before mine eyes: there was silence, and I heard a voice, saying,

WbstrIt stood still, but I could not discern its form: an image was before my eyes, there was silence, and I heard a voice, saying ,

KJB-1769It stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof: an image was before mine eyes, there was silence, and I heard a voice, saying,[fn]


4.16 there…: or, I heard a still voice

KJB-1611[fn]It stood still, but I could not discerne the forme thereof: an image was before mine eyes, there was silence, and I heard a voyce, saying,
   (It stood still, but I could not discern the forme thereof: an image was before mine eyes, there was silence, and I heard a voice, saying,)


4:16 Or, I heard a still voyce.

BshpsHe stoode thereon and I knewe not his face, an image there was before myne eyes, and in the stilnesse hearde I a voyce.
   (He stood thereon and I knew not his face, an image there was before mine eyes, and in the stilnesse heard I a voice.)

GnvaThen stoode one, and I knewe not his face: an image was before mine eyes, and in silence heard I a voyce, saying,
   (Then stood one, and I knew not his face: an image was before mine eyes, and in silence heard I a voice, saying, )

CvdlThen stode there one before me, whose face I knewe not: an ymage there was, and the wether was still, so that I herde this voyce:
   (Then stood there one before me, whose face I knew not: an image there was, and the wether was still, so that I heard this voice:)

WyclOon stood, whos chere Y knewe not, an ymage bifor myn iyen; and Y herde a vois as of softe wynd.
   (Oon stood, whos cheer I knew not, an image before mine eyes; and I heard a voice as of softe wynd.)

LuthDa stund ein Bild vor meinen Augen, und ich kannte seine Gestalt nicht; es war stille, und ich hörete eine Stimme:
   (So stood a Bild before/in_front_of my Augen, and I kannte his Gestalt not; it what/which stille, and I heard one Stimme:)

ClVgStetit quidam, cujus non agnoscebam vultum, imago coram oculis meis, et vocem quasi auræ lenis audivi.[fn]
   (Stetit quidam, cuyus not/no agnoscebam vultum, imago coram oculis mine, and vocem as_if auræ lenis audivi. )


4.16 Stetit quidam. Ibid. Ut incomprehensibilia se novisse judicent, etc., usque ad quia bonum commune specialiter sibi arrogavit. Inhorruerunt pili carnis meæ. Ibid. Pili sunt superflua quælibet humanæ corruptionis cogitationes vitæ veteris: quas si a mente excludimus, pilos carne incidimus, ut non dolore fatigemur. Unde Moyses: Levitæ radant omnes pilos carnis suæ Levit. 14.. Hæc autem subtilius in nobis conspicimus, cum alta penetramus, unde recte nunc dicitur: Cum spiritus transiret. Cum enim mens vera videt, durius se de superfluis cruciat. Transeunte ergo spiritu, pili pertimescunt, quia ante vim compunctionis superfluæ cogitationes fugiunt, quia intima visio animam contra se inflammat; et dum illicita districte resecat, mens latius speculationi inhæret, et bene figit spiritum qui transibat, nec tamen hæc ipsa mora contemplationis vim pietatis plene aperit, unde subdit: Stetit quidam cujus non agnoscebam vultum. Ibid. Quidam non dicitur, etc., usque ad per coæternam ejus speciem conspicit, subdit: Imago coram oculis me. Imago Patris Filius est, qui dicit: Nemo venit ad Patrem, nisi per me. Et vocem quasi auræ lenis audivi. Ibid. Vox auræ, cognitio, etc., usque ad qui ex hoc auditu, didicit.


4.16 Stetit quidam. Ibid. Ut incomprehensibilia se novisse yudicent, etc., until to because bonum commune specialiter sibi arrogavit. Inhorruerunt pili carnis meæ. Ibid. Pili are superflua quælibet humanæ corruptionis cogitationes of_life veteris: which when/but_if from mente excludimus, pilos carne incidimus, as not/no dolore fatigemur. Unde Moyses: Levitæ radant everyone pilos carnis suæ Levit. 14.. This however subtilius in us conspicimus, when/with alta penetramus, whence recte now it_is_said: Since spiritus transiret. Since because mens vera videt, durius se about superfluis cruciat. Transeunte therefore spiritu, pili pertimescunt, because before vim compunctionis superfluæ cogitationes fugiunt, because intima visio animam on_the_contrary se inflammat; and dum illicita districte resecat, mens latius speculationi inhæret, and bene figit spiritum who transibat, but_not tamen these_things herself mora contemplationis vim pietatis plene aperit, whence subdit: Stetit quidam cuyus not/no agnoscebam vultum. Ibid. Quidam not/no it_is_said, etc., until to through coæternam his speciem conspicit, subdit: Imago coram oculis me. Imago Patris Son it_is, who he_says: Nemo he_came to Patrem, nisi through me. And vocem as_if auræ lenis audivi. Ibid. The_voice auræ, cognitio, etc., until to who from this auditu, didicit.


TSNTyndale Study Notes:

4:12-16 Eliphaz posed as a prophet, implying that God spoke to him in secret (Num 12:6); later God did speak to him, but not to affirm his counsel (Job 42:7).


UTNuW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

תְּ֭מוּנָה לְ⁠נֶ֣גֶד עֵינָ֑⁠י

form at,before eyes,my

Eliphaz is referring to seeing by association with the eyes by which he could see. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “I saw an image”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

וָ⁠ק֣וֹל אֶשְׁמָֽע

and,voice heard

Eliphaz is referring to speaking by association with the voice by which this spirit spoke. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “then I heard the spirit say”

BI Job 4:16 ©