JOB 5:23 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) because you have an agreement with the stones in the fields for walls,
⇔ ≈and the wild animals will be at peace with you.

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 Θῆρες γὰρ ἄγριοι εἰρηνεύσουσί σοι.
(Thaʸres gar agrioi eiraʸneusousi soi. )

ULT For with the stones of the field will be your covenant,
⇔ and the beast of the field will be made peaceable to you.

UST because you will be confident that those wild animals will not attack you.
⇔ You will not have big rocks in your fields that make plowing difficult.

BSB For you will have a covenant with the stones of the field, and the wild animals will be at peace with you.
⇔ 

OEB For the stones of the earth are thine allies,
⇔ The beasts of the field are thy friends.

WEBBE For you will be allied with the stones of the field.
⇔ The animals of the field will be at peace with you.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET For you will have a pact with the stones of the field,
⇔ and the wild animals will be at peace with you.

LSV (For with sons of the field [is] your covenant,
And the beast of the field
Has been at peace with you.)

FBV for you will be at peace with the stones of the field[fn] and the wild animals will be at peace with you.

5:23 The meaning of the Hebrew is unclear. Some suggest that stones in a field cause difficulties for farming and that this will not be a problem.

T4T You will not worry about having big rocks in your fields that will make plowing difficult,
⇔ and you will not worry about being attacked by wild animals there.

LEB No LEB JOB book available

BBE For you will be in agreement with the stones of the earth, and the beasts of the field will be at peace with you.

Moff No Moff JOB book available

JPS For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field; and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.

ASV For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field;
⇔ And the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.

DRA But thou shalt have a covenant with the stones of the lands, and the beasts of the earth shall be at pence with thee.

YLT (For with sons of the field [is] thy covenant, And the beast of the field Hath been at peace with thee.)

Drby For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field, and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.

RV For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field; and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.
(For thou/you shalt/shall be in league with the stones of the field; and the beasts/animals of the field shall be at peace with thee/you. )

SLT For with the stones of the field they covenant, and the beast of the field was at peace with thee.

Wbstr For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field: and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.

KJB-1769 For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field: and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.
(For thou/you shalt/shall be in league with the stones of the field: and the beasts/animals of the field shall be at peace with thee/you. )

KJB-1611 For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field: and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps No Bshps JOB book available

Gnva For the stones of the fielde shall be in league with thee, and the beastes of the field shall be at peace with thee.
(For the stones of the field shall be in league with thee/you, and the beasts/animals of the field shall be at peace with thee/you. )

Cvdl No Cvdl JOB book available

Wycl No Wycl JOB book available

Luth No Luth JOB book available

ClVg Sed cum lapidibus regionum pactum tuum, et bestiæ terræ pacificæ erunt tibi.[fn]
(But when/with stones regionum agreement your, and bestiæ of_the_earth/land pacificæ they_will_be to_you. )

5.23 Sed cum lapidibus regionum pactum. Quasi divisæ sunt regiones gentium, ecclesiæ moribus et linguas distantes; lapides electi, qui in ædificio ponuntur. Qui ergo recte vivit pacto se lapidibus jungit: quia in eo quod mundum deserit, sanctis per imitationem se alligat; unde impugnatio crescit, qua tamen attritus humilius Deo subditur, unde subjicit: Et bestiæ terræ. Non pacatæ sed pacificæ, quia non pacem habent, sed pacem faciunt; quia cum acrius homo a diabolo impugnatur, amplius ad amorem impellitur, et cum eo robustior pax efficitur. Vel bestiæ sunt motus carnis, quæ continentia quasi cavea pressæ, etsi tentando rugiunt, non tamen ad effectum quasi ad rabiem morsus excedunt, in quo sunt pacificæ. Vel quia perturbant, amplius illud, ubi nulla contradictione vivitur, diligitur: et sic ad amorem intimæ quietis impellunt.

5.23 But when/with stones regionum agreement. As_if divisæ are regions nations, assemblies/churches moribus and tongue/languages distantes; stones electi, who in/into/on ædificio ponuntur. Who therefore recte vivit pacto himself stones yungit: because in/into/on by_him that the_world deserit, to_the_saints through imitationem himself alligat; whence impugnatio crescit, which nevertheless attritus humilius to_God I_submitur, whence subyicit: And bestiæ of_the_earth/land. Not/No pacatæ but pacificæ, because not/no peace they_have, but peace they_do; because when/with acrius human from diabolo impugnatur, more to with_lovem impellitur, and when/with by_him robustior pax efficitur. Or bestiæ are movement carnis, which continentia as_if cavea pressæ, even_though tentando rugiunt, not/no nevertheless to effectum as_if to rabiem bite excedunt, in/into/on where are pacificæ. Or because perturbant, more it/this/that, where none contradiction vivitur, is_loved: and so to with_lovem intimæ quietis impellunt.

RP-GNT No RP-GNT JOB book available

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / infostructure

כִּ֤י עִם־אַבְנֵ֣י הַ⁠שָּׂדֶ֣ה בְרִיתֶ֑⁠ךָ וְ⁠חַיַּ֥ת הַ֝⁠שָּׂדֶ֗ה הָשְׁלְמָה־לָֽ⁠ךְ

that/for/because/then/when with stones_of the=field covenant_of,you and,wild_animals_of the=field at_peace to/for=you(fs)

Since, in this verse, Eliphaz is giving the reason why he told Job in the previous verse that he would not “fear the beast of the earth,” it may be more natural in your language to put that information first. Alternate translation: [For the beast of the field will be made peaceable to you, and even with the stones of the field will be your covenant]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / personification

עִם־אַבְנֵ֣י הַ⁠שָּׂדֶ֣ה בְרִיתֶ֑⁠ךָ

with stones_of the=field covenant_of,you

Eliphaz is speaking of the stones of the field were living things that could make a covenant with Job. He means that God will keep stones from falling or rolling onto Job’s fields or emerging in the soil from underground, either making the fields less fertile or requiring extra labor to remove. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [God will prevent stones from ruining your fields]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

וְ⁠חַיַּ֥ת הַ֝⁠שָּׂדֶ֗ה הָשְׁלְמָה־לָֽ⁠ךְ

and,wild_animals_of the=field at_peace to/for=you(fs)

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. If you need to say who does the action, the context suggests that it is God. Alternate translation: [and God will cause the beast of the field to live peaceably with you] or [and God will prevent the beast of the field from harming you]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun

וְ⁠חַיַּ֥ת הַ֝⁠שָּׂדֶ֗ה

and,wild_animals_of the=field

Eliphaz is not referring to a specific beast. He means any and every beast. Express this in the way that would be most natural in your language. Alternate translation: [and the beasts of the field]

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