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OET (OET-RV) If I was innocent, I wouldn’t answer.
⇔ I would ask my judge for mercy.
OET-LV Who though I_am_righteous not I_will_answer to_judge_my I_will_seek_favour.
UHB אֲשֶׁ֣ר אִם־צָ֭דַקְתִּי לֹ֣א אֶעֱנֶ֑ה לִ֝מְשֹׁפְטִ֗י אֶתְחַנָּֽן׃ ‡
(ʼₐsher ʼim-ʦādaqtī loʼ ʼeˊₑneh liməshofţiy ʼetḩannān.)
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 Ἐὰν γὰρ ὦ δίκαιος, οὐκ εἰσακούσεταί μου, τοῦ κρίματος αὐτοῦ δεηθήσομαι·
(Ean gar ō dikaios, ouk eisakousetai mou, tou krimatos autou deaʸthaʸsomai; )
BrTr For though I be righteous, he will not hearken to me: I will intreat his judgment.
ULT whom, if I were righteous, I would not answer;
⇔ I would plead to my judge for mercy.
UST Even if I were innocent, I would not be able to argue a case against him.
⇔ All I could do would be to ask God, as my judge, to be merciful to me.
BSB For even if I were right, I could not answer.
⇔ I could only beg my Judge for mercy.
OEB Were I right, I could give Him no answer,
⇔ But needs must entreat my Judge.
WEBBE Though I were righteous, yet I wouldn’t answer him.
⇔ I would make supplication to my judge.
WMBB (Same as above)
NET Although I am innocent,
⇔ I could not answer him;
⇔ I could only plead with my judge for mercy.
LSV Whom, though I were righteous, I do not answer,
For my judgment I make supplication.
FBV Even though I'm right,[fn] I can't answer him. I must plead for mercy from my judge.
9:15 Or “innocent.”
T4T Even though I ◄would be innocent/would not have done what is wrong►, I would not be able to answer him.
⇔ All I could do would be to request God, my judge/accuser, to act mercifully toward me.
LEB • From[fn] my judge I must implore grace.
9:1 Hebrew “To”
BBE Even if my cause was good, I would not be able to give an answer; I would make request for grace from him who was against me.
Moff No Moff JOB book available
JPS Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer; I would make supplication to Him that contendeth with me.
ASV Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer;
⇔ I would make supplication to my judge.
DRA I, who although I should have any just thing, would not answer, but would make supplication to my judge.
YLT Whom, though I were righteous, I answer not, For my judgment I make supplication.
Drby Whom, though I were righteous, [yet] would I not answer; I would make supplication to my judge.
RV Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer; I would make supplication to mine adversary.
Wbstr Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer, but I would make supplication to my judge.
KJB-1769 Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer, but I would make supplication to my judge.
KJB-1611 Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answere, but I would make supplication to my Iudge.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation)
Bshps For though I were righteous, yet might I not geue him one word againe, but mekely submit my selfe to hym as my iudge.
(For though I were righteous, yet might I not give him one word again, but meekly submit myself to him as my judge.)
Gnva For though I were iust, yet could I not answere, but I would make supplication to my Iudge.
(For though I were just, yet could I not answer, but I would make supplication to my Judge. )
Cvdl Yee though I be rightuous, yet will I not geue him one worde agayne, but mekely submytte my self to my iudge.
(Ye/You_all though I be rightuous, yet will I not give him one word again, but meekly submytte myself to my judge.)
Wycl Which also schal not answere, thouy Y haue ony thing iust; but Y schal biseche my iuge.
(Which also shall not answer, though I have any thing just; but I shall beseech/implore my judge.)
Luth Wenn ich auch gleich recht habe, kann ich ihm dennoch nicht antworten sondern ich müßte um mein Recht flehen.
(When I also gleich recht have, kann I him dennoch not antworten rather I müßte around/by/for my law flehen.)
ClVg qui etiam si habuero quippiam justum, non respondebo: sed meum judicem deprecabor.[fn]
(who also when/but_if habuero quippiam justum, not/no respondebo: but mine yudicem deprecabor. )
9.15 Qui etiam si habuero, etc., deprecabor. Prece post justitiam Dei indiget, ut quæ minus ex se, ex pietate judicis valeat. Etsi plena in perfectioribus sit justitia, haberi de illa, Quidpiam, dicitur, quia mens hominis quæ comprehendit vix peragit, et parum est quod comprehendit. Oratio vero, quia multis cogitationibus quatitur, etsi auditur, repelli timet.
9.15 Who also when/but_if habuero, etc., deprecabor. Prece after justitiam of_God indiget, as which minus from se, from pietate yudicis valeat. Etsi plena in perfectioribus let_it_be justitia, haberi about illa, Quidpiam, it_is_said, because mens of_man which comprehendit vix peragit, and parum it_is that comprehendit. Oratio indeed/yet, because multis cogitationibus quatitur, etsi auditur, repelli timet.
9:1-35 Job responded to Bildad by describing God’s cosmic and judicial power. His speech sounds like a complicated legal case, with a summons and response (9:3, 14-16, 19b, 32), the possibility of self-incrimination (9:20), an arbiter (9:33-34), an accusatory question (9:12), a legal sentence (9:22), and a declaration of guilt (9:28-30).
Note 1 topic: writing-pronouns
אֲשֶׁ֣ר אִם־צָ֭דַקְתִּי לֹ֣א אֶעֱנֶ֑ה
which/who if innocent not answer
The pronoun whom refers to text. It may be helpful to clarify this for your readers, and it may be helpful to begin a new sentence here. Alternate translation: “Even if I were righteous, I would not try to answer God”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
אִם־צָ֭דַקְתִּי
if innocent
By righteous, in this context Job implicitly means being the unjustly injured party in a lawsuit. Your language may have an expression for this that you could use in your translation. Alternate translation: “if I were in the right”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
לִ֝מְשֹׁפְטִ֗י אֶתְחַנָּֽן
to,judge,my appeal_for_mercy
Job implicitly means that he would plead to God as his judge. He is not talking about appealing to some other legal authority to judge between him and God. You could indicate this in your translation if it would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: “I would plead for mercy to God as my judge”