JOB 5:20 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) During famines, he’ll rescue you from death,
⇔ ≈and in war, he’ll save you from slaughter.

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 Ἐν λιμῷ ῥύσεταί σε ἐκ θανάτου, ἐν πολέμῳ δὲ ἐκ χειρὸς σιδήρου λύσει σε.
(En limōi ɽusetai se ek thanatou, en polemōi de ek ⱪeiros sidaʸrou lusei se. )

BrTr In famine he shall deliver thee from death: and in war he shall free thee from the power of the sword.

ULT In famine he will redeem you from death,
⇔ and in war, from the hands of the sword.

UST When there is little food to eat, God will not allow you to starve to death.
⇔ When there is war, God will not allow your enemies to kill you.

BSB In famine He will redeem you from death,
⇔ and in battle from the stroke of the sword.

OEB In famine He frees thee from death,
⇔ And in war from the power of the sword.

WEBBE In famine he will redeem you from death;
⇔ in war, from the power of the sword.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET In time of famine he will redeem you from death,
⇔ and in time of war from the power of the sword.

LSV In famine He has redeemed you from death,
And in battle from the hands of the sword.

FBV In times of famine he will rescue you from death, and in times of war he will save you from the power of the sword.

T4T When there is a famine, he will not allow you to die,
⇔ and when there is a war, you will not be killed [MTY].

LEB • and in war from the[fn] the sword.

5:? Literally “hand of”

BBE When there is need of food he will keep you from death, and in war from the power of the sword.

Moff No Moff JOB book available

JPS In famine He will redeem thee from death; and in war from the power of the sword.

ASV In famine he will redeem thee from death;
⇔ And in war from the power of the sword.

DRA In famine he shall deliver thee from death: and in battle, from the hand of the sword.

YLT In famine He hath redeemed thee from death, And in battle from the hands of the sword.

Drby In famine he will redeem thee from death, and in war from the power of the sword.

RV In famine he shall redeem thee from death; and in war from the power of the sword.

Wbstr In famine he will redeem thee from death: and in war from the power of the sword.

KJB-1769 In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the power of the sword.[fn]
(In famine he shall redeem thee/you from death: and in war from the power of the sword. )

5.20 power: Heb. hands

KJB-1611 [fn]In famine he shall redeeme thee from death: and in warre from the power of the sword.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above apart from footnotes)

5:20 Heb. from the hands.

Bshps In hunger he shall saue thee from death, and when it is warre, from the power of the sworde.
(In hunger he shall save thee/you from death, and when it is war, from the power of the sword.)

Gnva In famine he shall deliuer thee from death: and in battel from the power of the sworde.
(In famine he shall deliver thee/you from death: and in battle from the power of the sword. )

Cvdl In the myddest of honger he saueth ye from death: and when it is warre, from the power of the swearde.
(In the myddest of hunger he saueth ye/you_all from death: and when it is war, from the power of the swearde.)

Wycl In hungur he schal delyuere thee fro deeth, and in batel fro the power of swerd.
(In hunger he shall deliver thee/you from death, and in battle from the power of sword.)

Luth In der Teurung wird er dich vom Tode erlösen und im Kriege von des Schwerts Hand.
(In the/of_the Teurung becomes he you/yourself from_the Tode erlösen and in_the Kriege from the Schwerts Hand.)

ClVg In fame eruet te de morte, et in bello de manu gladii.[fn]
(In fame eruet you(sg) about morte, and in bello about by_hand gladii. )

5.20 In fame. Ibid. Enumerat mala præsentis vitæ et adjutoria Dei. Fames mentis est silentium verbi Dei: quo subtracto, tentatio carnis invalescit, quæ est bellum. Sed Deus etiam in fame a morte animam eripit, quia verbo suo reficit. Et in bello. Contra tentationes carnis fortes facit. Sed talis factus aliquando detractiones metuit, unde addit:

5.20 In fame. Ibid. Enumerat mala præsentis of_life and adyutoria of_God. Fames mentis it_is silentium verbi of_God: quo subtracto, tentatio carnis invalescit, which it_is bellum. But God also in fame from morte animam eripit, because verbo his_own reficit. And in bello. Contra tentationes carnis strong facit. But talis factus aliquando detractiones metuit, whence addit:

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

פָּֽדְ⁠ךָ֣ מִ⁠מָּ֑וֶת

redeem,you from,death

Eliphaz is speaking as if God would literally redeem or make a payment to free Job from death during a famine. He means that God will keep Job from dying from hunger. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “he will keep you from dying of hunger”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

וּ֝⁠בְ⁠מִלְחָמָ֗ה מִ֣⁠ידֵי

and,in/on/at/with,war from,power

Eliphaz is leaving out some of the words that in many languages a sentence would need in order to be complete. You can supply these words from the context if that would be clearer in your language. Alternate translation: “and in war he will redeem you from the hands of”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

מִ֣⁠ידֵי חָֽרֶב

from,power sword

Here, the term hands represents capability. Eliphaz is saying that God will rescue Job from what a sword might otherwise do to him if his enemies were to use one as a weapon against him. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “from being hurt by the sword”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun

חָֽרֶב

sword

This phrase does not refer to a specific sword. It refers to any sword that someone might use as a weapon against Job. Express this in the way that would be most natural in your language. Alternate translation: “any sword”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

חָֽרֶב

sword

Eliphaz is using one kind of weapon, the sword, to mean all kinds of weapons. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “any weapon”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

חָֽרֶב

sword

Eliphaz is referring to enemies in war by association with the weapons that those enemies would use. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “your enemies”

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