JOB 9:2 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) Yes, I certainly know that.
⇔ But how can a person be declared innocent before God?

Key: khaki:verbs, blue:Elohim.
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 Ἐπʼ ἀληθείας οἶδα, ὅτι οὕτως ἐστί· πῶς γὰρ ἔσται δίκαιος βροτὸς παρὰ Κυρίῳ;
(Epʼ alaʸtheias oida, hoti houtōs esti; pōs gar estai dikaios brotos para Kuriōi; )

BrTr I know of a truth that it is so: for how shall a mortal man be just before the Lord?

ULT “I know truly that this is so.
⇔ But how will a man be righteous with God?

UST “I certainly know that what you have said is true.
⇔ But a person can not prove that he has done the right thing
⇔ and that God should not punish him.

BSB ⇔ “Yes, I know that it is so,
⇔ but how can a mortal be righteous before God?

OEB Yes, truly: I know it is so:
⇔ But with God how can man urge his right?

WEBBE “Truly I know that it is so,
⇔ but how can man be just with God?

WMBB (Same as above)

NET “Truly, I know that this is so.
⇔ But how can a human be just before God?

LSV “Truly I have known that [it is] so,
But how is man righteous with God?

FBV “Yes, I know all that! But how can anyone be right before God?

T4T “Yes, I certainly know that much of what you said is true.
⇔ But ◄how can anyone say to God, ‘I and prove it?’/no one can say to God ‘I and prove it.’► [RHQ]

LEB • it is so, but[fn] how can a human being be just before God?

9:1 Hebrew “and”

BBE Truly, I see that it is so: and how is it possible for a man to get his right before God?

Moff No Moff JOB book available

JPS Of a truth I know that it is so; and how can man be just with God?

ASV Of a truth I know that it is so:
⇔ But how can man be just with God?

DRA Indeed I know it is so, and that man cannot be justified compared with God.

YLT Truly I have known that [it is] so, And what — is man righteous with God?

Drby Of a truth I know it is so; but how can man be just with [fn]God?

9.2 El

RV Of a truth I know that it is so: but how can man be just with God?

Wbstr I know it to be so of a truth: but how should man be just with God?

KJB-1769 I know it is so of a truth: but how should man be just with God?[fn]

9.2 with God: or, before God?

KJB-1611 [fn][fn]I know it is so of a trueth: but howe should man be iust with God.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)

9:2 Psal.143. 2.

9:2 Or, before God.

Bshps I knowe it is so of a trueth: For how may a man compared vnto God be iustified?
(I know it is so of a truth: For how may a man compared unto God be justified?)

Gnva I knowe verily that it is so: for howe should man compared vnto God, be iustified?
(I know verily/truly that it is so: for how should man compared unto God, be justified? )

Cvdl As for yt I knowe it is so of a treuth, yt a man compared vnto God, can not be iustified.
(As for it I know it is so of a treuth, it a man compared unto God, cannot be justified.)

Wycl and that a man comparisound to God schal not be maad iust.
(and that a man comparisound to God shall not be made just.)

Luth Ja, ich weiß fast wohl, daß also ist, daß ein Mensch nicht rechtfertig bestehen mag gegen GOtt.
(Ya, I know nearly wohl, that also is, that a person not rechtfertig bestehen like gegen God.)

ClVg [Vere scio quod ita sit, et quod non justificetur homo compositus Deo.
([Vere scio that ita let_it_be, and that not/no justificetur human compositus Deo. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

וּ⁠מַה־יִּצְדַּ֖ק אֱנ֣וֹשׁ עִם־אֵֽל

and,how just ʼEnōshh with god

Job is using the question form for emphasis. If you would not use the question form for that purpose in your language, you could translate this as a statement or as an exclamation. Alternate translation: “But a man cannot be righteous with God!”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / gendernotations

אֱנ֣וֹשׁ

ʼEnōshh

Here the masculine term man has a generic sense that includes both men and women. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could use language in your translation that is clearly inclusive of both men and women. Alternate translation: “a person”

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