JOB 6:11 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) I don’t have the strength to keep waiting.
⇔ ≈What future do I have, that I should want to go on living?

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 Τίς γάρ μου ἡ ἰσχύς, ὅτι ὑπομένω; τίς μου ὁ χρόνος, ὅτι ἀνέχεταί μου ἡ ψυχή;
(Tis gar mou haʸ isⱪus, hoti hupomenō; tis mou ho ⱪronos, hoti aneⱪetai mou haʸ psuⱪaʸ; )

BrTr For what is my strength, that I continue? what is my time, that my soul endures?

ULT What is my strength, that I should wait?
⇔ And what is my end, that I should prolong my life?

UST I do not have the strength to endure until these troubles are over.
⇔ I have nothing to look forward to, so I do not want to live any longer!

BSB What strength do I have, that I should still hope? What is my future, that I should be patient?
⇔ 

OEB What is my strength, that I should endure?
⇔ Or what is mine end, that I should be patient?

WEBBE What is my strength, that I should wait?
⇔ What is my end, that I should be patient?

WMBB (Same as above)

NET What is my strength, that I should wait?
⇔ and what is my end,
⇔ that I should prolong my life?

LSV What [is] my power that I should hope? And what [is] my end that I should prolong my life?

FBV Why should I go on waiting when I don't have the strength? Why should I keep going when I don't know what is going to happen to me?

T4T ⇔ But now I do not have [RHQ] enough strength to endure all these things.
⇔ And since I have nothing to hope for in ◄the future/this life►,
⇔ it is difficult for me to be patient now [RHQ].

LEB No LEB JOB book available

BBE Have I strength to go on waiting, or have I any end to be looking forward to?

Moff No Moff JOB book available

JPS What is my strength, that I should wait? and what is mine end, that I should be patient?

ASV What is my strength, that I should wait?
⇔ And what is mine end, that I should be patient?

DRA For what is my strength, that I can hold out? or what is my end that I should keep patience?

YLT What [is] my power that I should hope? And what mine end That I should prolong my life?

Drby What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should have patience?

RV What is my strength, that I should wait? and what is mine end, at I should be patient?

SLT For what my strength that I shall wait and what my end, that I shall prolong my soul?

Wbstr What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is my end, that I should prolong my life?

KJB-1769 What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should prolong my life?

KJB-1611 What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine ende, that I should prolong my life?
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps No Bshps JOB book available

Gnva What power haue I that I should endure? or what is mine end, if I should prolong my life?
(What power have I that I should endure? or what is mine end, if I should prolong my life? )

Cvdl No Cvdl JOB book available

Wycl No Wycl JOB book available

Luth No Luth JOB book available

ClVg Quæ est enim fortitudo mea, ut sustineam? aut quis finis meus, ut patienter agam?[fn]
(Which it_is because strength my, as hold_onam? or who/any end/limit mine, as patienter agam? )

6.11 Quæ est enim fortitudo mea? Ibid. Alia est fortitudo bonorum, etc., usque ad et pro ea quam non amat, pati recusat, dicit ergo: Quæ est enim fortitudo, aut quis finis? Id est, mala, etc., usque ad unde infirmus habet vires, unde subjungit:

6.11 Which it_is because strength my? Ibid. Alia it_is strength of_goods, etc., until to and for them how not/no loves, pati recusat, he_says ergo: Which it_is because strength, or who/any end/limit? That it_is, evil, etc., until to whence infirmus has vires, whence subyungit:

RP-GNT No RP-GNT JOB book available

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

מַה־כֹּחִ֥⁠י כִֽי־אֲיַחֵ֑ל וּ⁠מַה־קִּ֝צִּ֗⁠י כִּֽי־אַאֲרִ֥יךְ נַפְשִֽׁ⁠י

what? strength_of,my that wait and,what end_of,my that/for/because/then/when patient soul_of,me

Job is using the question form for emphasis in both of these sentences. If you would not use the question form for that purpose in your language, you could translate these sentences as statements or as exclamations. Alternate translation: [I do not have enough strength to wait! And I should not try to prolong my life beyond when it will end!]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

כִֽי־אֲיַחֵ֑ל

that wait

Job means implicitly that he does not have the strength to wait or endure until he receives the long-term blessings that Eliphaz said he would have if he committed his cause to God. You can indicate this in your translation if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: [that I should wait for those blessings] or [that I would be able to endure until I received those blessings]

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