DEU 10:22 Parallel View

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10:22 Note: Marks a place where we agree with BHQ against BHS in reading L.

10:22 Note: Marks an anomalous form.

10:22 Note: We read punctuation in L differently from BHS.

Key: yellow:verbs, blue:Elohim, green:YHWH.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

ULT Your fathers went down into Egypt as 70 souls. And now, Yahweh your God has made you like the stars of the heavens in number.

UST When our ancestors, Jacob and his family, went down to Egypt, there were only 70 of them. But now Yahweh our God has caused us to be as numerous as the stars in the sky.

BSB Your fathers went down to Egypt, seventy in all, and now the LORD your God has made you as numerous as the stars in the sky.

OEB No OEB DEU book available

WEB Your fathers went down into Egypt with seventy persons; and now Yahweh your God has made you as the stars of the sky for multitude.

WMB Your fathers went down into Egypt with seventy persons; and now the LORD your God has made you as the stars of the sky for multitude.

NET When your ancestors went down to Egypt, they numbered only seventy, but now the Lord your God has made you as numerous as the stars of the sky.

LSV Your fathers went down to Egypt with seventy persons, and now your God YHWH has made you as [the] stars of the heavens for multitude.”

FBV When your forefathers went to Egypt there were only seventy of them in total, but now God has increased your numbers so much that there are as many of you as there are stars in the sky.

T4T When our ancestors, Jacob and his family, went down to Egypt, there were only seventy of them. But now Yahweh our God has caused us to be as numerous as the stars in the sky.”

LEB With only seventy persons your ancestors[fn] went down to Egypt, but now Yahweh your God has made you as the stars of the heavenwith respect to multitude.[fn]

?:? Or “fathers”

?:? Literally “as far as number”

BBE Your fathers went down into Egypt with seventy persons; and now the Lord your God has made you like the stars of heaven in number.

MOF No MOF DEU book available

JPS Thy fathers went down into Egypt with threescore and ten persons; and now the LORD thy God hath made thee as the stars of heaven for multitude.

ASV Thy fathers went down into Egypt with threescore and ten persons; and now Jehovah thy God hath made thee as the stars of heaven for multitude.

DRA In seventy souls thy fathers went down into Egypt: and behold now the Lord thy God hath multiplied thee as the stars of heaven.

YLT with seventy persons did thy fathers go down to Egypt, and now hath Jehovah thy God made thee as stars of the heavens for multitude.

DBY With seventy souls thy fathers went down into Egypt; and now Jehovah thy [fn]God hath made thee as the stars of heaven for multitude.

10.22 Elohim

RV Thy fathers went down into Egypt with threescore and ten persons; and now the LORD thy God hath made thee as the stars of heaven for multitude.

WBS Thy fathers went down into Egypt with seventy persons; and now the LORD thy God hath made thee as the stars of heaven for multitude.

KJB Thy fathers went down into Egypt with threescore and ten persons; and now the LORD thy God hath made thee as the stars of heaven for multitude.
(Thy fathers went down into Egypt with threescore and ten persons; and now the LORD thy/your God hath/has made thee as the stars of heaven for multitude. )

BB Thy fathers went downe into Egypt with threscore and ten persons: and nowe the Lorde thy God hath made thee & multiplied thee as the starres of heauen.
(Thy fathers went down into Egypt with threscore and ten persons: and now the Lord thy/your God hath/has made thee and multiplied thee as the stars of heaven.)

GNV Thy fathers went downe into Egypt with seuentie persons, and now the Lord thy God hath made thee, as ye starres of ye heauen in multitude.
(Thy fathers went down into Egypt with seuentie persons, and now the Lord thy/your God hath/has made thee, as ye/you_all stars of ye/you_all heaven in multitude. )

CB Thy fathers wete downe into Egipte wt seuentye soules, but now hath ye LORDE thy God made the as ye starres of heauen in multitude.
(Thy fathers went down into Egypt with seuentye soules, but now hath/has ye/you_all LORD thy/your God made the as ye/you_all stars of heaven in multitude.)

WYC In seuenti men thi fadris yeden doun in to Egipt, and lo! now thi Lord God hath multiplied thee as the sterris of heuene.
(In seuenti men thy/your fathers went down in to Egypt, and lo! now thy/your Lord God hath/has multiplied thee as the sterris of heaven.)

LUT Deine Väter zogen hinab nach Ägypten mit siebenzig Seelen; aber nun hat dich der HErr, dein GOtt, gemehret wie die Sterne am Himmel.
(Deine Väter pulled down nach Egypt with siebenzig Seelen; but now has you/yourself the HErr, your God, gemehret like the Sterne in/at/on_the heaven.)

CLV In septuaginta animabus descenderunt patres tui in Ægyptum, et ecce nunc multiplicavit te Dominus Deus tuus sicut astra cæli.[fn]
(In septuaginta animabus descenderunt patres yours in Ægyptum, and ecce now multiplicavit you(sg) Master God tuus like astra cæli.)

10.22 Descenderunt patres tui in Ægyptum. Descenditur in Ægyptum: Facilis est descensus Averni. In Jerusalem ascenditur, quia arcta est via quæ ducit ad vitam, et tendit in ardua virtus

10.22 Descenderunt patres yours in Ægyptum. Descenditur in Ægyptum: Facilis it_is descensus Averni. In Yerusalem ascenditur, because arcta it_is road which ducit to vitam, and tendit in ardua virtus

BRN With seventy souls your fathers went down into Egypt; but the Lord thy God has made thee as the stars of heaven in multitude.

BrLXX Ἐν ἑβδομήκοντα ψυχαῖς κατέβησαν οἱ πατέρες σου εἰς Αἴγυπτον· νυνὶ δὲ ἐποίησέ σε Κύριος ὁ Θεός σου ὡσεὶ τὰ ἄστρα τοῦ οὐρανοῦ τῷ πλήθει.
(En hebdomaʸkonta psuⱪais katebaʸsan hoi pateres sou eis Aigupton; nuni de epoiaʸse se Kurios ho Theos sou hōsei ta astra tou ouranou tōi plaʸthei. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

אֲבֹתֶ֖י⁠ךָ

fathers,your

Moses is using the term fathers to mean “ancestors.” If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “Your predecessors”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

בְּ⁠שִׁבְעִ֣ים נֶ֔פֶשׁ יָרְד֥וּ אֲבֹתֶ֖י⁠ךָ מִצְרָ֑יְמָ⁠הּ

in/on/at/with,seventy creature went_down fathers,your Egypt,to

This refers to the events of Genesis 46, when Jacob and his whole family moved from Canaan to Egypt. You could include this information if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: “Your fathers went down from Canaan into Egypt as 70 souls”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

נֶ֔פֶשׁ

creature

Here, souls represents human lives. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression from your language or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “people”

Note 4 topic: grammar-connect-logic-contrast

וְ⁠עַתָּ֗ה

and=now

Moses uses the word now here to indicate a strong contrast between how many Israelites there were when the Israelites first went to Egypt and how many Israelites there are at the time of this speech. In your translation, indicate this strong contrast in a way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “Yet”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / simile

כְּ⁠כוֹכְבֵ֥י הַ⁠שָּׁמַ֖יִם לָ⁠רֹֽב

as_~_as,stars the=heavens to=increase_in_number

Here Moses compares the number of Israelites to the number of the stars of the heavens. He uses this to emphasize that Yahweh has blessed the Israelites so they had many children and increased in population. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make it clear that Moses is referring to many people and many stars. Alternate translation: “as many as the many stars of heaven”

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