JOB 9:18 Parallel Verse View

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Key: khaki:verbs, red:negative.
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BrLXX Οὐκ ἐᾷ γάρ με ἀναπνεῦσαι· ἐνέπλησε δέ με πικρίας,
(Ouk ea gar me anapneusai; eneplaʸse de me pikrias, )

BrTr For he suffers me not to take breath, but he has filled me with bitterness.

ULT He does not allow me to cause my breath to return,
⇔ for he fills me with bitterness.

UST He causes me to suffer all the time.
⇔ It is as if he will not even let me get my breath again before he causes the next disaster.

BSB He does not let me catch my breath,
⇔ but overwhelms me with bitterness.

OEB He suffers me not to take breath,
⇔ But with bitterness He fills me.

WEBBE He will not allow me to catch my breath,
⇔ but fills me with bitterness.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET He does not allow me to recover my breath,
⇔ for he fills me with bitterness.

LSV He does not permit me to refresh my spirit,
But fills me with bitter things.

FBV He doesn't give me a chance even to catch my breath; instead he fills my life with bitter suffering.

T4T It is as though he will not let me get/catch my breath,
⇔ because he causes me to suffer all the time.

LEB • [fn] my breath; rather, he will fill me with bitterness.

9:1 Literally “return,” or “regain”

BBE He would not let me take my breath, but I would be full of bitter grief.

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JPS That would not suffer me to take my breath, but fill me with bitterness.

ASV He will not suffer me to take my breath,
⇔ But filleth me with bitterness.

DRA He alloweth not my spirit to rest, and he filleth me with bitterness.

YLT He permitteth me not to refresh my spirit, But filleth me with bitter things.

Drby He suffereth me not to take my breath, for he filleth me with bitternesses.

RV He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness.

Wbstr He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness.

KJB-1769 He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness.
(He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth/fills me with bitterness. )

KJB-1611 Hee will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitternesse.
(He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth/fills me with bitterness.)

Bshps He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitternesse.
(He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth/fills me with bitterness.)

Gnva He wil not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitternesse.
(He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth/fills me with bitterness. )

Cvdl He will not let my sprete be in rest, but fylleth me wt bytternesse.
(He will not let my spirit be in rest, but filleth/fills me with bitternessse.)

Wyc He grauntith not, that my spirit haue reste, and he fillith me with bittirnesses.
(He grauntith not, that my spirit have reste, and he fillith me with bittirnesses.)

Luth Er läßt meinen Geist sich nicht erquicken, sondern macht mich voll Betrübnis.
(He läßt my spirit itself/yourself/themselves not erquicken, rather macht me voll Betrübnis.)

ClVg Non concedit requiescere spiritum meum, et implet me amaritudinibus.[fn]
(Non concedit requiescere spiritum mine, and implet me amaritudinibus. )

9.18 Non concedit. GREG. Plena probatio: extra lacerant tormenta, intus castigant tentamenta, unde se impletum amaritudinibus dicit, sed mitigat vim doloris æquitas et potentia ferientis. Et hoc est:

9.18 Non concedit. GREG. Plena probatio: extra lacerant tormenta, intus castigant tentamenta, whence se impletum amaritudinibus dicit, but mitigat vim doloris æquitas and potentia ferientis. And this it_is:

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

לֹֽא־יִ֭תְּנֵ⁠נִי הָשֵׁ֣ב רוּחִ֑⁠י כִּ֥י יַ֝שְׂבִּעַ֗⁠נִי מַמְּרֹרִֽים

not let,me get my=breath/wind/spirit that/for/because/then/when fills,me bitterness

If it would be more natural in your language, you could reverse the order of these phrases, since the second phrase gives the reason for the result that the first phrase describes. Alternate translation: “He fills me with bitterness, and by doing that, he does not allow me to cause my breath to return”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

הָשֵׁ֣ב רוּחִ֑⁠י

get my=breath/wind/spirit

This expression means to rest in order to start breathing regularly again after exertion or extended speaking. Your language may have an expression for this that you could use in your translation. Alternate translation: “to catch my breath”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

יַ֝שְׂבִּעַ֗⁠נִי מַמְּרֹרִֽים

fills,me bitterness

Job is speaking of himself as if he were a container that God fills with bitterness. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “he causes me great bitterness”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

יַ֝שְׂבִּעַ֗⁠נִי מַמְּרֹרִֽים

fills,me bitterness

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of bitterness, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: “he makes my life very bitter”

Parallel JOB 9:18