JOB 9:14 Parallel Verse View

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Key: khaki:verbs.
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BrLXX Ἐὰν δέ μου ὑπακούσεται, ἤ διακρίνει τὰ ῥήματά μου.
(Ean de mou hupakousetai, aʸ diakrinei ta ɽaʸmata mou. )

UST So I could hardly think of the right words to say
⇔ in order to argue a case against God!

OEB How much less can I give Him answer,
⇔ And choose out my words against Him?

WEBBE How much less will I answer him,
⇔ and choose my words to argue with him?

WMBB (Same as above)

NET “How much less, then, can I answer him
⇔ and choose my words to argue with him!

LSV How much less do I answer Him? Choose out my words with Him?

FBV So how much less could I answer God, or choose my words to argue with him!

T4T ⇔ “So, if God took me to court,
⇔ what could I say [MTY] to answer him?

LEB • [fn] can I myself[fn] answer him? How can I choose my words with him,

9:1 Literally “Also for”

9:1 Emphatic personal pronoun

BBE How much less may I give an answer to him, using the right words in argument with him?

Moff No Moff JOB book available

JPS How much less shall I answer Him, and choose out my arguments with Him?

ASV How much less shall I answer him,
⇔ And choose out my words to reason with him?

DRA What am I then, that I should answer him, and have words with him?

YLT How much less do I — I answer Him? Choose out my words with Him?

Drby How much less shall I answer him, choose out my words [to strive] with him?

RV How much less shall I answer him, and choose out my words to reason with him?

Wbstr How much less shall I answer him, and choose out my words to reason with him?

KJB-1769 How much less shall I answer him, and choose out my words to reason with him?

KJB-1611 How much lesse shall I answere him, and choose out my words to reason with him?
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps Howe much lesse shall I aunswere him? or howe shoulde I finde out my wordes with him?
(How much less shall I answer him? or how should I find out my words with him?)

Gnva Howe much lesse shall I answere him? or howe should I finde out my words with him?
(How much less shall I answer him? or how should I find out my words with him? )

Cvdl How shulde I then answere him? or, what wordes shulde I fynde out agaynst him?
(How should I then answer him? or, what words should I find out against him?)

Wycl Hou greet am Y, that Y answere to hym, and speke bi my wordis with hym?
(How great am I, that I answer to him, and speak by my words with him?)

Luth Wie sollt ich denn ihm antworten und Worte finden gegen ihn?
(How sollt I because him antworten and words finden gegen ihn?)

ClVg Quantus ergo sum ego, ut respondeam ei, et loquar verbis meis cum eo?[fn]
(Quantus therefore I_am ego, as respondeam ei, and loquar verbis meis when/with eo? )

9.14 Quantus ergo se. Ibid. Id est, si angelus hunc considerare non sufficit, qua mente de ejus judiciis disputo qui carne premor? Verba nostra ad Deum sunt opera, sed his quia non potest homo loqui cum Deo, quia in eis apud subtile judicium Dei nulla fiducia est, unde addit:

9.14 Quantus therefore se. Ibid. That it_is, when/but_if angelus this_one considerare not/no sufficit, which mente about his yudiciis disputo who carne premor? Verba nostra to God are opera, but his because not/no potest human loqui when/with Deo, because in to_them apud subtile yudicium of_God nulla fiducia it_is, whence addit:

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

אַ֭ף כִּֽי־אָנֹכִ֣י אֶֽעֱנֶ֑⁠נּוּ

also/though that/for/because/then/when I answer,him

Indeed that is an expression that indicates that what follows is greater in degree than what a person has just said. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “How much less would I be able to answer him”

Note 2 topic: writing-pronouns

אַ֭ף כִּֽי־אָנֹכִ֣י אֶֽעֱנֶ֑⁠נּוּ

also/though that/for/because/then/when I answer,him

For emphasis, Job is stating the pronoun I, whose meaning is already present in the verb translated will answer. If your language can state implied pronouns explicitly for emphasis, you may want to use that construction here in your translation. Other languages may have other ways of bringing out this emphasis. Alternate translation: “How much less would a mere mortal such as I be able to answer him”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

אֶבְחֲרָ֖ה דְבָרַ֣⁠י עִמּֽ⁠וֹ

choose words,my with=him/it

Job is using the expression choose words to mean by association arguing a case against God, since he would have to choose the right words in order to do that. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “argue a case against him”

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