JOB 9:30 Parallel Verse View

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9:30 Variant note: במו: (x-qere) ’בְ/מֵי’: lemma_b/4325 morph_HR/Ncmpc id_181ME בְ/מֵי

Key: khaki:verbs.
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UST If I washed my body with pure water from melted snow
⇔ and cleansed my hands with strong soap
⇔ to show how innocent I am,

BSB If I should wash myself with snow [fn]
⇔ and cleanse my hands with lye,

9:30 Or soap

OEB For though I wash me with snow,
⇔ And cleanse my hands with lye,

WEB If I wash myself with snow,
⇔ and cleanse my hands with lye,

WMB (Same as above)

NET If I wash myself with snow water,
⇔ and make my hands clean with lye,

LSV If I have washed myself with snow-water,
And purified my hands with soap,

FBV Even if I wash myself with pure mountain water and clean my hands with soap,

T4T If I washed myself with snow
⇔ or cleansed my hands with lye/soap
⇔ to get rid of my guilt,

LEB • [fn] and I cleanse my hands with lye,

?:? Or “with snow,” or “in snow”

BBE If I am washed with snow water, and make my hands clean with soap;

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JPS If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean;

ASV If I wash myself with snow water,
⇔ And make my hands never so clean;

DRA If I be washed as it were with snow waters, and my hands shall shine ever so clean:

YLT If I have washed myself with snow-water, And purified with soap my hands,

Drby If I washed myself with snow-water, and cleansed my hands in purity,

RV If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean;

Wbstr If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean;

KJB-1769 If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean;

KJB-1611 If I wash my selfe with snow water, and make my handes neuer so cleane:
(If I wash my self with snow water, and make my hands never so cleane:)

Bshps If I washe my selfe with snowe water, and make myne handes neuer so cleane at the well:
(If I wash my self with snowe water, and make mine hands never so clean at the well:)

Gnva If I wash my selfe with snowe water, and purge mine hands most cleane,
(If I wash my self with snowe water, and purge mine hands most cleane,)

Cvdl Though I wasshed my self with snowe water, and made myne hondes neuer so clene,
(Though I washed my self with snowe water, and made mine hands never so clene,)

Wyc Thouy Y am waischun as with watris of snow, and thouy myn hondis schynen as moost cleene,
(Thouy I am washing as with waters of snow, and though mine hands schynen as most cleene,)

Luth Wenn ich mich gleich mit Schneewasser wünsche und reinigte meine Hände mit dem Brunnen,
(When I me gleich with Schneewasser wünsche and reinigte my hands with to_him Brunnen,)

ClVg Si lotus fuero quasi aquis nivis, et fulserint velut mundissimæ manus meæ,[fn]
(When/But_if lotus fuero as_if awho/any nivis, and fulserint velut mundissimæ hands meæ,)

9.30 Si lotus fuero quasi aquis nivis. Qui conterit se ut lamentis, etc., usque ad qui compungitur in prece pro terrenis, aqua terræ. Manus, Ibid. sunt opera. Velut mundissimæ, quasi non vere mundæ sub hac corruptione.

9.30 When/But_if lotus fuero as_if awho/any nivis. Who conterit se as lamentis, etc., until to who compungitur in prece pro terrenis, water terræ. Manus, Ibid. are opera. Velut mundissimæ, as_if not/no vere mundæ under hac corruptione.

BrTr For if I should wash myself with snow, and purge myself with pure hands,

BrLXX Ἐὰν γὰρ ἀπολούσωμαι χιόνι, καὶ ἀποκαθάρωμαι χερσὶ καθαραῖς,
(Ean gar apolousōmai ⱪioni, kai apokatharōmai ⱪersi katharais,)

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: translate-symaction

אִם־ הִתְרָחַ֥צְתִּי בְמֵי־ שָׁ֑לֶג וַ֝⁠הֲזִכּ֗וֹתִי בְּ⁠בֹ֣ר כַּפָּֽ⁠י

if wash (Some words not found in UHB: if wash במו soap and,cleanse in/on/at/with,lye hands,my )

Job is speaking hypothetically of something he might do as a symbolic action to show that he is genuinely innocent. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could explain the significance of this action. Alternate translation: “If I washed myself with water of snow and cleansed my hands with lye to show how innocent I am”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

בְמֵי־שָׁ֑לֶג

(Some words not found in UHB: if wash במו soap and,cleanse in/on/at/with,lye hands,my )

The implication is that water from freshly melting snow is very pure. You could indicate that in your translation if it would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: “with very pure water”

Note 3 topic: translate-unknown

בְּ⁠בֹ֣ר

in/on/at/with,lye

The word lye describes a cleansing agent made from the ashes created by burning certain plants. If your readers would not be familiar with what lye is, in your translation you could use the name of a comparable substance in your culture, or you could use a general expression. Alternate translation: “with a strong cleansing agent”

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