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Job 9:16
New English Translation
Job 9:16
New English Translation
16 If I summoned him, and he answered me,[a]
I would not believe[b]
that he would be listening to my voice—
Footnotes
- Job 9:16 sn The idea of “answer” in this line is that of responding to the summons, i.e., appearing in court. This preterite and the perfect before it have the nuance of hypothetical perfects since they are in conditional clauses (GKC 330 §111.x). D. J. A. Clines (Job [WBC], 219) translates literally, “If I should call and he should answer.”
- Job 9:16 tn The Hiphil imperfect in the apodosis of this conditional sentence expresses what would (not) happen if God answered the summons.
Job 9:16
English Standard Version
Job 9:16
English Standard Version
16 If I summoned him and he answered me,
I would not believe that he was listening to my voice.
Job 9:16
King James Version
Job 9:16
King James Version
16 If I had called, and he had answered me; yet would I not believe that he had hearkened unto my voice.
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Job 9:16
New International Version
Job 9:16
New International Version
16 Even if I summoned him and he responded,
I do not believe he would give me a hearing.(A)
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