JOB 8:12 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) They’re not harvested when they’re still flowering,
⇔ but they wither before any other plants.

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 Ἔτι ὂν ἐπὶ ῥίζης, καὶ οὐ μὴ θερισθῇ, πρὸ τοῦ πιεῖν πᾶσα βοτάνη οὐχὶ ξηραίνεται;
(Eti on epi ɽizaʸs, kai ou maʸ theristhaʸ, pro tou piein pasa botanaʸ ouⱪi xaʸrainetai; )

BrTr When it is yet on the root, and though it has not been cut down, does not any herb wither before it has received moisture?

ULT It is still in its greenness, it is not cut down,
⇔ but it withers before any other plant.

UST If their water dries up while they are blossoming,
⇔ they wither, while plants that do have water keep flourishing.

OEB While yet in its freshness, unplucked,
⇔ Of all herbs it withers most quickly.

WEBBE While it is yet in its greenness, not cut down,
⇔ it withers before any other reed.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET While they are still beginning to flower
⇔ and not ripe for cutting,
⇔ they can wither away
⇔ faster than any grass!

LSV While it [is] in its budding—uncropped,
Even before any herb it withers.

FBV Even without being cut, while they are still flowering, they wither faster than grass.

T4T If they do not have enough water, while they are still blossoming,
⇔ they wither more quickly than other plants wither.

LEB • is in its flower and is not plucked, yet[fn] it withers [fn] all grass.

8:1 Hebrew “and”

8:1 Literally “to the faces of”

BBE When it is still green, without being cut down, it becomes dry and dead before any other plant.

Moff No Moff JOB book available

JPS Whilst it is yet in its greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb.

ASV Whilst it is yet in its greenness, and not cut down,
⇔ It withereth before any other herb.

DRA When it is yet in flower, and is not plucked up with the hand, it withereth before all herbs.

YLT While it [is] in its budding — uncropped, Even before any herb it withereth.

Drby Whilst it is yet in its greenness [and] not cut down, it withereth before any [other] grass.

RV Whilst it is yet in its greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb.

Wbstr Whilst it is yet in its greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb.

KJB-1769 Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb.

KJB-1611 [fn]Whilest it is yet in his greennesse, and not cut downe, it withereth before any other herbe.
(Whilest it is yet in his greennesse, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb.)

8:12 Psal. 129. 6. ier.17.6.

Bshps No, but whilste it is nowe in his greennesse, though it be not cut downe, yet withereth it before any other hearbe:
(No, but whilste it is now in his greennesse, though it be not cut down, yet withereth it before any other herb:)

Gnva Though it were in greene and not cutte downe, yet shall it wither before any other herbe.
(Though it were in green and not cutte down, yet shall it wither before any other herb. )

Cvdl No: but (or euer it be shot forth, and or euer it be gathered) it wythereth, before eny other herbe.
(No: but (or ever it be shot forth, and or ever it be gathered) it wythereth, before any other herb.)

Wycl Whanne it is yit in the flour, nethir is takun with hond, it wexeth drie bifor alle erbis.
(When it is yet in the flour, neither is taken with hand, it wexeth dry before all erbis.)

Luth Sonst wenn‘s noch in der Blüte ist, ehe es abgehauen wird, verdorret es, ehe denn man Heu machet.
(Otherwise wenn‘s still in the/of_the Blüte is, before it abgehauen becomes, verdorret es, before because man Heu machet.)

ClVg Cum adhuc sit in flore, nec carpatur manu, ante omnes herbas arescit.
(Since adhuc let_it_be in flore, but_not carpatur manu, before everyone herbas arescit. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

בְ֭⁠אִבּ⁠וֹ

in/on/at/with,flower,its

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of greenness, you could express the same idea in another way. The idea is that while marsh plants dry up and lose color at the end of their life cycles, this is a young plant that is still colorful and growing. Alternate translation: “young and growing”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

וְ⁠לִ⁠פְנֵ֖י כָל־חָצִ֣יר יִיבָֽשׁ

and,to/for,before all plant wither

Bildad assumes that Job will understand that he means that even a young, uncut reed withers without water. You could say that explicitly if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: “but without water it withers before any other plant”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / hyperbole

וְ⁠לִ⁠פְנֵ֖י כָל־חָצִ֣יר יִיבָֽשׁ

and,to/for,before all plant wither

Bildad says any as a generalization for emphasis. If it would be clearer in your language, you could express the emphasis in a different way. Alternate translation: “but without water it withers very quickly”

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