JOB 6:13 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) Am I in a position to help myself?
⇔ It seems that success has been driven away from me.

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).

BrLXX Ἢ οὐκ ἐπʼ αὐτῷ ἐπεποίθειν; βοήθεια δὲ ἀπʼ ἐμοῦ ἄπεστιν.
(Aʸ ouk epʼ autōi epepoithein; boaʸtheia de apʼ emou apestin. )

UST I am no longer able to help myself.
⇔ My troubles are keeping me from doing that.

OEB Behold! I have no help in myself,
⇔ And the power to achieve is driven from me.

WEBBE Isn’t it that I have no help in me,
⇔ that wisdom is driven away from me?

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Is not my power to help myself nothing,
⇔ and has not every resource been driven from me?

LSV Is my help not with me,
And substance driven from me?

FBV How can I help myself now that any chance of success is ripped[fn] away from me?

6:13 Literally, “driven.”

T4T So I am not able to help myself,
⇔ and it seems that there is no one to rescue me.”

LEB • [fn] my help is not in me, and any success is driven from me.

6:1 An interrogative marker plus “if”

BBE I have no help in myself, and wisdom is completely gone from me.

Moff No Moff JOB book available

JPS Is it that I have no help in me, and that sound wisdom is driven quite from me?

ASV Is it not that I have no help in me,
⇔ And that wisdom is driven quite from me?

DRA Behold there is no help for me in myself, and my familiar friends also are departed from me.

YLT Is not my help with me, And substance driven from me?

Drby Is it not that there is no help in me, and soundness is driven away from me?

RV Is it not that I have no help in me, and that effectual working is driven quite from me?

Wbstr Is not my help in me? and is wisdom driven quite from me?

KJB-1769 Is not my help in me? and is wisdom driven quite from me?

KJB-1611 Is not my helpe in me? and is wisedome driuen quite from me?
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps Is it not so that there is in me no helpe? & that my substaunce is taken from me?
(Is it not so that there is in me no helpe? and that my substance is taken from me?)

Gnva Is it not so, that there is in me no helpe? and that strength is taken from me?

Cvdl Am I able to helpe my self? Is not my strength gone fro me,
(Am I able to help myself? Is not my strength gone from me,)

Wycl Lo! noon help is to me in me; also my meyneal frendis `yeden awey fro me.
(Lo! noon help is to me in me; also my meyneal frendis `yeden away from me.)

Luth Habe ich doch nirgend keine Hilfe, und mein Vermögen ist weg.
(goods I though/but nirgend no Hilfe, and my Vermögen is weg.)

ClVg Ecce non est auxilium mihi in me, et necessarii quoque mei recesserunt a me.[fn]
(Behold not/no it_is auxilium to_me in me, and necessarii too my/mine recesserunt from me. )

6.13 Ecce non est auxilium. Ad majoris quoque meritum fortitudinis, quomodo a proximis destituitur, addit: Necessarii quoque. Si exterius despectus, intus solio judicii præsidet; nam ad sententias erumpit: Qui tollit, etc.

6.13 Behold not/no it_is auxilium. Ad mayoris too meritum fortitudinis, how from proximis destituitur, addit: Necessarii quoque. When/But_if exterius despectus, intus solio yudicii præsidet; nam to sententias erumpit: Who tollit, etc.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

הַ⁠אִ֬ם אֵ֣ין עֶזְרָתִ֣⁠י בִ֑⁠י וְ֝⁠תֻשִׁיָּ֗ה נִדְּחָ֥ה מִמֶּֽ⁠נִּי

,since not help,myself in/on/at/with,me and,success driven from,me

Job is using the word If to introduce questions that anticipate negative answers. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could indicate this in your translation. Alternate translation: “My help is not in me, is it, and initiative has been taken away from me, hasn’t it?”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

הַ⁠אִ֬ם אֵ֣ין עֶזְרָתִ֣⁠י בִ֑⁠י וְ֝⁠תֻשִׁיָּ֗ה נִדְּחָ֥ה מִמֶּֽ⁠נִּי

,since not help,myself in/on/at/with,me and,success driven from,me

Job is using the question form for emphasis. If you would not use the question form for that purpose in your language, you could translate this as a statement or as an exclamation. Alternate translation: “My help is not in me, and initiative has been taken away from me!”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

וְ֝⁠תֻשִׁיָּ֗ה נִדְּחָ֥ה מִמֶּֽ⁠נִּי

and,success driven from,me

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. Alternate translation: “and my troubles have taken initiative away from me”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

וְ֝⁠תֻשִׁיָּ֗ה

and,success

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of initiative, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: “and the capacity to act on my own behalf”

Parallel JOB 6:13