Job 37:21 — Compare Translations
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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young
And now, they have not seen the light, Bright it [is] in the clouds, And the wind hath passed by and cleanseth them.
English ASV
And now men see not the light which is bright in the skies; But the wind passeth, and cleareth them.
English Amplified
And now men cannot look upon the light when it is bright in the skies, when the wind has passed and cleared them.
English Amplified Classic Bible 1987
And now men cannot look upon the light when it is bright in the skies, when the wind has passed and cleared them.
English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025
Now no one can gaze at the sun when it is bright in the skies after the wind has swept them clean.
English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible
Now no one can even look at the sun when it is in the skies, after a wind has swept through and cleared the clouds away.
English Darby 1890 : Public Domain
And now [men] see not the light as it gleameth, it is [hidden] in the skies. But the wind passeth by and cleareth them.
English EASY 2024
Now the wind has blown all the clouds away. The sun shines brightly in the sky. It is too bright for us to look at.
English ERV 2006 - Only For Website
A person cannot look at the sun. It is too bright as it shines in the sky after the wind blows the clouds away.
English ESV 2016 == The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles
"And now no one looks on the light when it is bright in the skies, when the wind has passed and cleared them.
English GNT (Good News Translation)
And now the light in the sky is dazzling, too bright for us to look at it; and the sky has been swept clean by the wind.
English God's Word - GW 1995
People can't look at the sun when it's bright among the clouds or after the wind has blown and cleared those clouds away.
English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website
Now men cannot [even] look at the sun when it is in the skies, after a wind has swept through and cleared them away.
English KJV 1611
And now men see not the bright light which is in the clouds: but the wind passeth, and cleanseth them.
English LSB
“So now men do not see the light which is bright in the skies; But the wind has passed and cleared them.
English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)
Now men do not see the bright light which is in the clouds, but the wind passes and cleanses them.
English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)
"Now men do not see the light which is bright in the skies; But the wind has passed and cleared them.
English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website
Nay, rather, it is as the light which men see not while it is obscured among the clouds, till the wind comes by and sweeps the clouds away.
English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)
But now, the sun cannot be looked at — it is bright in the skies — after a wind passed and swept the clouds away.
English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website
No one can look at the sun. It's too bright after the wind has swept the skies clean.
English NIV
Now no one can look at the sun, bright as it is in the skies after the wind has swept them clean.
English NKJ 1982
Even now men cannot look at the light when it is bright in the skies, When the wind has passed and cleared them.
English NLT
We cannot look at the sun, for it shines brightly in the sky when the wind clears away the clouds.
English NRSV 1989 - Only for website
Now, no one can look on the light when it is bright in the skies, when the wind has passed and cleared them.
English RSV (Revised Standard Version)
“And now men cannot look on the light when it is bright in the skies, when the wind has passed and cleared them.
English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)
For as we cannot look at the sun for its brightness when the winds have cleared away the clouds,
English Tyndale 1537
For every man seeth not the light, that he keepeth clear in the clouds, which he cleanseth when he maketh the wind to blow.