Protestantism
English
If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied.
If the men of my tent have not said, Who can find one that hath not been filled with his meat?
If not--say ye, O men of my tent, `O that we had of his flesh, we are not satisfied.'
If the men of my tent said not, Who shall find one that hath not been satisfied with his meat? —
Did not the men of my Tabernacle say, Who shall giue vs of his flesh? we can not bee satisfied.
if the men of my tent have not said, Who can find one who has not been filled with his food?
If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied.
if the men of my house have not said, ‘Who is there who has not had his fill?’—
If the men of my tent said not: 'Who can find one that hath not been satisfied with his meat?'
when the servants of my tent said, Oh that we had of his flesh! We would never be satisfied.
If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied.
⌞Have the people of my tent not said⌟,1 ‘⌞O that⌟2 someone3 had not been satisfied with his meat’?
- Literally “If the people of my tent have not said”
- Literally “who shall give”
- Or “he”
if the men of my tent did not say, Who can find one not being satisfied from his meat,
if the men of my camp did not say, Who can find one who has not been satisfied with his meat?
if the men of my tent have not said, 'Who can find one who has not been filled with his meat?'
if the men of my tent have not said, 'Who can find one who has not been filled with his meat?'
if the men of my tent have not said, 'Who can find one who has not been filled with his meat?'
If the men of my tent have not exclaimed, "Who is there that hath not been satisfied with his meat?"
If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied.
If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied.
If the men of my household have not said, Oh for some of his flesh—we cannot get filled,
If the men of my tent have not said, O that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied.
If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied.
Catholicism
English
If the men of my tabernacle have not said: Who will give us of his flesh that we may be filled?
if the men around my tabernacle have not said: “He might give us some of his food, so that we will be filled,”1
- 31:31Job is listing sinful things that he has not done, so this good deed is spoken of in the negative: ‘Si non dixerunt....’ The good deed is that any men who came around his tabernacle (or tent or home) knew that they might obtain food from him if they were hungry. The Latin is here translated loosely, because a strict literal translation would be more difficult to understand. Here ‘carnibus’ does not specifically refer to meat (or flesh), but to food or a meal. Notice that ‘Quis’ is not to be understood as the word ‘Who’ introducing a question, but as a pronoun, better translated as ‘He’ than as ‘Who.’ Latin uses ‘quis’ as a pronoun in a way that English rarely uses the word ‘who.’ The quote here, beginning with ‘Quis’ could be translated as a question, but it is more clearly understood in its proper meaning when translated as a statement. The hungry knew that they could count on Job for food when they were hungry. Notice also that the genitive ‘tabernaculi mei,’ referring to ‘viri’ does not connotate possession (the men of my tabernacle), for the next verse clearly indicates that these men are foreigners or travelers, not the men working or living at Job’s home. The genitive case can occasionally mean ‘among’ or ‘around’ rather than ‘of.’(Conte)