JOB 7:7 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) ⇔ Remember that my life is just a puff of air.
⇔ My eyes will never see happiness again.

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 Μνήσθητι οὖν ὅτι πνεῦμά μου ἡ ζωὴ, καὶ οὐκ ἔτι ἐπανελεύσεται ὀφθαλμός μου ἰδεῖν ἀγαθόν.
(Mnaʸsthaʸti oun hoti pneuma mou haʸ zōaʸ, kai ouk eti epaneleusetai ofthalmos mou idein agathon. )

BrTr Remember then that my life is breath, and mine eye shall not yet again see good.

ULT Remember that my life is a breath;
⇔ my eye will not return to see good.

UST God, remember that my life will soon end.
⇔ I do not think that I will ever be happy again.

BSB ⇔ Remember that my life is but a breath.
⇔ My eyes will never again see happiness.

OEB O remember my life is but breath;
⇔ Mine eyes shall see good nevermore.

WEBBE Oh remember that my life is a breath.
⇔ My eye will no more see good.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Remember that my life is but a breath,
⇔ that my eyes will never again see happiness.

LSV Remember that my life [is] a breath,
My eye does not turn back to see good.

FBV Remember that my life is just a breath; I will not see happiness again.

T4T God, do not forget that my life is as short as a breath [MET];
⇔ I think that I [SYN] will never again be happy.

LEB • is a breath; my eye will not return to see good.

BBE O, keep in mind that my life is wind: my eye will never again see good.

Moff No Moff JOB book available

JPS O remember that my life is a breath; mine eye shall no more see good.

ASV Oh remember that my life is a breath:
⇔ Mine eye shall no more see good.

DRA Remember that my life is but wind, and my eyes shall not return to see good things.

YLT Remember Thou that my life [is] a breath, Mine eye turneth not back to see good.

Drby Remember thou that my life is wind; mine eye shall no more see good.

RV Oh remember that my life is wind: mine eye shall no more see good.

Wbstr O remember that my life is wind: my eye will no more see good.

KJB-1769 O remember that my life is wind: mine eye shall no more see good.[fn][fn]

7.7 shall…: Heb. shall not return

7.7 see: to see, that is, to enjoy

KJB-1611 [fn][fn]O remember that my life is winde: mine eye shall no more see good.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above apart from footnotes)

7:7 Hebr. shall not returne.

7:7 To see, that is, to enioy.

Bshps O remember that my lyfe is but a winde, and that myne eye shall no more see pleasures:
(O remember that my life is but a wind, and that mine eye shall no more see pleasures:)

Gnva Remember that my life is but a wind, and that mine eye shall not returne to see pleasure.
(Remember that my life is but a wind, and that mine eye shall not return to see pleasure. )

Cvdl O remembre, that my life is but a wynde, ad that myne eye shal nomore se the pleasures
(O remembre, that my life is but a wind, ad that mine eye shall no more see the pleasures)

Wycl God, haue thou mynde, for my lijf is wynde, and myn iye schal not turne ayen, that it se goodis.
(God, have thou/you mind, for my life is wind, and mine iye shall not turn again, that it see goods.)

Luth Gedenke, daß mein Leben ein Wind ist, und meine Augen nicht wiederkommen, zu sehen das Gute.
(Gedenke, that my life a wind is, and my Augen not againkommen, to see the Gute.)

ClVg Memento quia ventus est vita mea, et non revertetur oculus meus ut videat bona.[fn]
(Memento because ventus it_is vita mea, and not/no revertetur oculus mine as videat bona. )

7.7 Memento. Ibid. Id est, benignus velociter transeuntem respice, quia humanæ brevitatis consideratio, Deo est grata oblatio. Quia ventus est. Vita æterna et solida: hic vita nec solida nec manens judicatur. Ibid. Et quia postquam transit vita, non est locus merendi veniam, subdit: Et non revertitur. Id est, post mortem, mens suam retributionem videns, non revocatur ad exhibenda bona opera: unde dives de se desperans, quod est aggravatio pœnæ, pro fratribus rogat. Ecce vita transit, quod sequitur permanet. Post etiam,

7.7 Memento. Ibid. That it_is, benignus velociter transeuntem respice, because humanæ brevitatis consideratio, Deo it_is grata oblatio. Because ventus it_is. Vita æterna and solida: this vita but_not solida but_not manens yulet_him_sayur. Ibid. And because postquam transit vita, not/no it_is locus merendi veniam, subdit: And not/no revertitur. That it_is, after mortem, mens his_own retributionem videns, not/no reis_called to exhibenda good opera: whence dives about se desperans, that it_is aggravatio pœnæ, for fratribus rogat. Behold vita transit, that follows permanet. Post etiam,

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / yousingular

זְ֭כֹר

remember

To this point in the speech he began in 6:1, Job has been addressing his three friends, and so the pronoun you has been plural and the imperative forms have been second-person plural. However, the imperative Remember here is singular because Job is now addressing God, as he will do for the rest of this speech. So use a second-person singular imperative in your translation if your language marks that distinction. You may also wish to indicate explicitly that Job is now addressing God. Alternate translation: “God, remember”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / imperative

זְ֭כֹר

remember

This is an imperative, but it communicates a polite request rather than a command. Use a form in your language that communicates a polite request. It may be helpful to add an expression such as “please” to make this clear. Alternate translation: “God, please remember”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ר֣וּחַ חַיָּ֑⁠י

breath life,my

Job is speaking as if his life were literally a breath. He likely means that just as a breath of air that a person exhales quickly dissipates, so his life will soon end. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “my life will be over soon”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

לֹא־תָשׁ֥וּב עֵ֝ינִ֗⁠י לִ⁠רְא֥וֹת טֽוֹב

not again eye,my to=see good

Job is using one part of himself, his eye, to mean all of him in the act of seeing. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “I will not return to see good”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

לֹא־תָשׁ֥וּב עֵ֝ינִ֗⁠י לִ⁠רְא֥וֹת טֽוֹב

not again eye,my to=see good

In this context, the expression return means to do something again. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “I will not see good again”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

לֹא־תָשׁ֥וּב עֵ֝ינִ֗⁠י לִ⁠רְא֥וֹת טֽוֹב

not again eye,my to=see good

In this context, to see good means to experience it. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “I will not experience good again”

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

לֹא־תָשׁ֥וּב עֵ֝ינִ֗⁠י לִ⁠רְא֥וֹת טֽוֹב

not again eye,my to=see good

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of good, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: “I will not experience good things again”

Parallel JOB 7:7