Job 40:28

19 translations of 93 that include the Old Testament

Clementine Vulgate 1598

Ecce spes ejus frustrabitur eum, et videntibus cunctis præcipitabitur.]

Fera-t-il une alliance avec toi ? Le prendras-tu comme serviteur à toujours ?

Aj, naděje o polapení jeho mylná jest. Zdaž i k spatření jeho člověk nebývá poražen?

And will he make a covenant with thee? and wilt thou take him for a perpetual servant?

Behold his hope shall fail him, and in the sight of all he shall be cast down.

Behold, his hope is in vaine: for shall not one perish euen at the sight of him?

Det Håb vilde blive til Skamme, alene ved Synet lå du der.

Voici, on est trompé dans son attente; A son seul aspect n’est-on pas terrassé?

I zar će s tobom savez on sklopiti da sveg života tebi sluga bude?

Gle, zaludu je nadati mu se; kad ga samo ugleda čovek, ne pada li?

Wird es einen Vertrag mit dir eingehen, daß du es für immer zum Sklaven nehmest?

And will he make a covenant with thee? And wilt thou take him for a perpetual servant?

הֲיִכְרֹ֣ת בְּרִ֣ית עִמָּ֑ךְ תִּ֝קָּחֶ֗נּוּ לְעֶ֣בֶד עוֹלָֽם׃

θήσεται δὲ μετὰ σοῦ διαθήκην; λήψῃ δὲ αὐτὸν δοῦλον αἰώνιον;

Θήσεται δὲ μετὰ σοῦ διαθήκην; λήψῃ δὲ αὐτὸν δοῦλον αἰώνιον;

Гле, залуду је надати му се; кад га само угледа човек, не пада ли?

הֲיִכְרֹ֣ת בְּרִ֣ית עִמָּ֑ךְ תִּ֝קָּחֶ֗נּוּ לְעֶ֣בֶד עֹולָֽם׃

Ka wankanywâna mweshi naye, Ly’ayôrha mujà wâwe ensiku zoshi?

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Will he make a brit (covenant) with thee? Wilt thou take him for an eved olam?

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Traditions differ. Both positions are shown rather than one asserted as settled.

Traditional: 2000 BC–1800 BC Unknown
The patriarchal setting and absence of Israelite institutions have long suggested a very early origin.
Critical: 600 BC–400 BC Unknown
Language and the developed treatment of suffering point to the exilic or post-exilic period.

Events overlapping when this passage is dated (2000 BC–400 BC).

2055 BC–1650 BC Egyptian Middle Kingdom Egypt
Egypt reunified under Theban rule; large-scale irrigation works and the classical form of the Egyptian language date from this period.
1755 BC–1750 BC Code of Hammurabi Mesopotamia
Babylonian law code inscribed on a basalt stele, covering property, family and injury, and predating the Mosaic law codes.
1650 BC–1550 BC Hyksos rule in Lower Egypt Egypt
Semitic-speaking rulers governed the Nile delta before their expulsion by the Theban dynasty.
1620 BC–1600 BC Eruption of Thera Greece
A volcanic eruption in the Aegean that devastated Minoan settlements and reshaped Bronze Age trade.
1600 BC–1046 BC Shang dynasty oracle bones China
The earliest substantial Chinese writing, inscribed on bone and shell for divination.
1600 BC–1178 BC Hittite empire Anatolia
An Anatolian power rivalling Egypt, ended in the Bronze Age collapse.
1550 BC–1069 BC Egyptian New Kingdom Egypt
Egypt at its imperial height, ruling from Nubia to the Levant under Thutmose III, Akhenaten and Rameses II.
1200 BC–1150 BC Late Bronze Age collapse Mediterranean
Within roughly two generations most eastern Mediterranean states fell; cities were destroyed, trade networks broke and literacy contracted sharply.