What if Job didn't repent? On the translation of Job 42,6

• Autor(a) principal: Ribeiro, Osvaldo Luiz
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Cadernos de Tradução (Florianópolis. Online)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/traducao/article/view/71254

The article assesses whether the translation that Jack Miles postulates for Job 42:6 should be considered better than the traditional translation. In terms of the traditional translations of Job 42:6, Job repents and retracts, whereas, in terms of Jack Miles’ translation, Job does not repent or retract, and, in the face of the manifestation of a god who he finds out how insensitive, the character expresses deep pity for the “mortal clay”. Based on the Hebrew text of Job 42:6, the article assesses that, in grammatical terms, both traditional and Miles’ translations are adequate, and conclude that Miles’ translation is preferable over the traditional one because it works better in terms of consistency with the narrative strategy of the Book of Job.