EXO 3:8 Parallel View

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ULT And I have come down to deliver him from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring him up from that land to a good and wide land, to a land flowing with milk and honey; to the place of the Canaanites and the Hittites and the Amorites and the Perizzites and the Hivites and the Jebusites.

UST I am coming down from heaven to rescue them from being slaves to the Egyptians. I will lead them from Egypt to a fertile land with plenty of room. It will be very good for raising livestock and growing crops. The peoples called the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites live there now.

BSB I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey—the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.

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WEB I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land to a good and large land, to a land flowing with milk and honey; to the place of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite.

NET I have come down to deliver them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up from that land to a land that is both good and spacious, to a land flowing with milk and honey, to the region of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.

LSV and I go down to deliver it out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to cause it to go up out of the land to a land good and broad, to a land flowing with milk and honey—to the place of the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite.

FBV That's why I have come down to rescue them from Egyptian oppression and to take them up from that country to a productive, wide-open land—a land flowing with milk and honey—where currently the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites are living.

T4T So I have come down from heaven to rescue them from the Egyptians [SYN]. I have come to bring them up from that land to the highlands in Canaan. I will bring them to a land that is good/fertile and that has plenty of space. It will be very good for raising livestock and growing crops [MTY]. It is the land where the descendants of Canaan, Heth, Amor, Periz, Hiv, and Jebus live.

LEB And I have come down to deliver them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up from this land to a good and wide land, to a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of the Canaanites[fn] and the Hittites[fn] and the Amorites[fn] and the Perizzites[fn] and the Hivites[fn] and the Jebusites.[fn]

?:? Hebrew “Canaanite”

?:? Hebrew “Hittite”

?:? Hebrew “Amorite”

?:? Hebrew “Perizzite”

?:? Hebrew “Hivite”

?:? Hebrew “Jebusite”

BBE And I have come down to take them out of the hands of the Egyptians, guiding them out of that land into a good land and wide, into a land flowing with milk and honey; into the place of the Canaanite and the Hittite and the Amorite and the Perizzite and the Hivite and the Jebusite.

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JPS and I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite.

ASV and I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite.

DRA And knowing their sorrow, I am come down to deliver them out of the hands of the Egyptians, and to bring them out of that land into a good and spacious land, into a land that floweth with milk and honey, to the places of the Chanaanite, and Hethite, and Amorrhite, and Pherezite, and Hevite, and Jebusite.

YLT and I go down to deliver it out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to cause it to go up out of the land, unto a land good and broad, unto a land flowing with milk and honey — unto the place of the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite.

DBY And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good and spacious land, unto a land flowing with milk and honey, unto the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites.

RV and I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite.

WBS And I am come down to deliver them from the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them out of that land, to a good land, and a large, to a land flowing with milk and honey; to the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites.

KJB And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites.

BB And am come downe to deliuer the out of the hande of the Egyptians, and to bryng them out of that lande, vnto a good lande & a large, vnto a lande that floweth with mylke and hony, euen vnto the place of the Chanaanites, and Hethites, and Amorites, and Pherizites, and Heuites, and of the Iebusites.
(And am come down to deliver the out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them out of that land, unto a good land and a large, unto a land that floweth/flows with milk and honey, even unto the place of the Chanaanites, and Hethites, and Amorites, and Pherizites, and Hivites, and of the Yebusites.)

GNV Therefore I am come downe to deliuer them out of the hande of the Egyptians, and to bring them out of that lande into a good lande and a large, into a lande that floweth with milke and honie, euen into the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hiuites, and the Iebusites.
(Therefore I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them out of that land into a good land and a large, into a land that floweth/flows with milk and honie, even into the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Yebusites. )

CB and am come downe to delyuer them from the power of the Egipcians, and to carye them out of that lode, in to a good and wyde londe, euen in to a londe that floweth with mylke and hony: namely, vnto the place of the Cananites, Hethites, Amorites, Pheresites, Heuytes & Iebusites.
(and am come down to deliver them from the power of the Egyptians, and to carye them out of that lode, in to a good and wide land, even in to a land that floweth/flows with milk and honey: namely, unto the place of the Cananites, Hethites, Amorites, Pheresites, Hivites and Yebusites.)

WYC And Y knew the sorewe of the puple, and Y cam down to delyuere it fro the hondis of Egipcians, and lede out of that lond in to a good lond and brood, into a lond that flowith with milk and hony, to the places of Cananey, and of Ethei, of Amorrey, and of Feresei, of Euey, and of Jebusei.
(And I knew the sorrow of the people, and I came down to delyuere it from the hands of Egyptians, and lead out of that land in to a good land and brood, into a land that floweth/flows with milk and honey, to the places of Cananey, and of Ethei, of Amorrey, and of Feresei, of Hivites, and of Yebusei.)

LUT Und bin herniedergefahren, daß ich sie errette von der Ägypter Hand und sie ausführe aus diesem Lande in ein gut und weit Land, in ein Land, darinnen Milch und Honig fleußt, nämlich an den Ort der Kanaaniter, Hethiter, Amoriter, Pheresiter, Heviter und Jebusiter.
(And bin herniedergefahren, that I they/she/them errette from the Ägypter Hand and they/she/them ausführe out of this_one land in a good and weit Land, in a Land, darinnen Milch and Honig fleußt, namely at the location the Kanaaniter, Hethiter, Amoriter, Pheresiter, Heviter and Yebusiter.)

CLV et sciens dolorem ejus, descendi ut liberem eum de manibus Ægyptiorum, et educam de terra illa in terram bonam, et spatiosam, in terram quæ fluit lacte et melle, ad loca Chananæi et Hethæi, et Amorrhæi, et Pherezæi, et Hevæi, et Jebusæi.[fn]
(and sciens dolorem his, descendi as liberem him about manibus Ægyptiorum, and educam about earth/land illa in the_earth/land goodm, and spatiosam, in the_earth/land which fluit lacte and melle, to loca Chananæi and Hethæi, and Amorrhæi, and Pherezæi, and Hevæi, and Yebusæi.)

3.8 Et educam de terra, etc. GREG., homil. 32. Rudi populo de præsenti vita aliquid promittendum fuit, ut posset in futuro robustius solidari. Si enim parva non acciperet, magna non crederet. Deus ergo largiendo terrena suadet et cœlestia, ut percipiens quod videbat, speraret quod non videbat. In terram bonam et spatiosam, in terra quæ fluit lacte, etc. Ibid. Præsens prosperitas aliquando datur, ut ad meliorem vitam provocet, aliquando ut in æternum plenius damnet. Hinc Isrælitis terra Chanaan promittitur, ut quandoque ad æterna speranda provocentur: quia rudis populus promissionibus non crederet, nisi a promissore aliquid in vicino perciperet. Non ergo solum spe ad res, sed rebus quandoque ad spem trahitur. Unde psal. CIV: Et dedit illis regiones gentium, et labores populorum possederunt, ut custodiant justificationes ejus, et legem requirant.

3.8 And educam about terra, etc. GREG., homil. 32. Rudi populo about præsenti vita aliquid promittendum fuit, as posset in futuro robustius solidari. When/But_if because parva not/no acciperet, magna not/no crederet. God ergo largiendo terrena suadet and cœlestia, as percipiens that videbat, speraret that not/no videbat. In the_earth/land goodm and spatiosam, in earth/land which fluit lacte, etc. Ibid. Præsens prosperitas aliquando datur, as to meliorem life provocet, aliquando as in eternal plenius damnet. Hinc Isrælitis earth/land Chanaan promittitur, as quandoque to æterna speranda provocentur: because rudis populus promissionibus not/no crederet, nisi a promissore aliquid in vicino perciperet. Non ergo solum spe to res, but rebus quandoque to spem trahitur. Unde psal. CIV: And he_gave illis regiones gentium, and labores populorum possederunt, as custodiant justificationes his, and legem requirant.

BRN And I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them out of that land, and to bring them into a good and wide land, into a land flowing with milk and honey, into the place of the Chananites, and the Chettites, and Amorites, and Pherezites, and Gergesites, and Evites, and Jebusites.

BrLXX καὶ κατέβην ἐξελέσθαι αὐτοὺς ἐκ χειρὸς τῶν Αἰγυπτίων, καὶ ἐξαγαγεῖν αὐτοὺς ἐκ τῆς γῆς ἐκείνης, καὶ εἰσαγαγεῖν αὐτοὺς εἰς γῆν ἀγαθὴν καὶ πολλήν, εἰς γῆν ῥέουσαν γάλα καὶ μέλι, εἰς τὸν τόπον τῶν Χαναναίων, καὶ Χετταίων, καὶ Ἀμοῤῥαίων, καὶ Φερεζαίων, καὶ Γεργεσαὶων, καὶ Εὐαίων, καὶ Ἰεβουσαίων.
(kai katebaʸn exelesthai autous ek ⱪeiros tōn Aiguptiōn, kai exagagein autous ek taʸs gaʸs ekeinaʸs, kai eisagagein autous eis gaʸn agathaʸn kai pollaʸn, eis gaʸn ɽeousan gala kai meli, eis ton topon tōn Ⱪananaiōn, kai Ⱪettaiōn, kai Amoῤɽaiōn, kai Ferezaiōn, kai Gergesaiōn, kai Euaiōn, kai Iebousaiōn. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

Verse 8 contains God’s intended result from his acts of seeing and hearing, expressed in both verses 7 and 9. You may need to expressly mark this, for instance by introducing verse 8 with something like “Therefore,” and verse 9 with something like “Again, because.”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / go

וָ⁠אֵרֵ֞ד

and,come_down

God is expressing that he is descending from heaven to earth to intervene. God is always everywhere, but this phrase means that his special attention will be directed to this situation. Use whatever form of come or go is appropriate in your language for this.

Note 3 topic: grammar-collectivenouns

לְ⁠הַצִּיל֣⁠וֹ & וּֽ⁠לְ⁠הַעֲלֹת⁠וֹ֮

to,deliver,them & and,to,bring_~_up,them

Here, him refers in the singular to the Israelites as a group. It is agreeing with “people” as a collective noun in 3:6. Some languages may have to use plural pronouns. Others may have to match the pronoun’s gender to the grammatical gender of the word for “people” in their language. See what you did in the previous verse.

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

מִ⁠יַּ֣ד

from,hand

Someone’s hand is a common Biblical metaphor for power and control. If your readers would not understand what this image means in this context, you could use an equivalent metaphor from your culture. Alternatively, you could express the meaning plainly.

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

מִ⁠יַּ֣ד מִצְרַ֗יִם

from,hand from_Miʦrayim/(Miʦrayim/(Egypt))s

This is a possessive where the Egyptians are the subject of the hand, which means power. The Egyptians used their power and control to oppress the Israelites. Use a phrase in your language that expresses the idea of a group of people having power.

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

אֶל־אֶ֤רֶץ טוֹבָה֙ וּ⁠רְחָבָ֔ה אֶל־אֶ֛רֶץ זָבַ֥ת חָלָ֖ב וּ⁠דְבָ֑שׁ

to/towards earth/land good and,spacious to/towards earth/land flowing milk and,honey

There are multiple levels of parallelism here. First, the statements, to a good and wide land and to a land flowing with milk and honey are in parallel with each other. Within each of those, good and wide are in parallel with each other, and milk and honeyare in parallel with each other. Each of these levels is meant to reinforce and expand upon one another. These are not examples of synonymous parallelism, and each part of the statement should be translated.

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

חָלָ֖ב וּ⁠דְבָ֑שׁ

milk and,honey

Here, milk is a metonym for domestic animals and the food products obtained from them; honey is a metonym for the food obtained from growing plants. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or plain language. The next note explains further.

Note 8 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

אֶ֛רֶץ זָבַ֥ת חָלָ֖ב וּ⁠דְבָ֑שׁ

earth/land flowing milk and,honey

God spoke of the land being good for animals and plants as if the milk and honey from those animals and plants were flowing through the land. If this metaphor makes sense in your language, you may translate it. If your language has metaphors that mean a land is good for producing healthy livestock and good crops, you may consider using those. If neither is the case, you may translate the meaning. See UST.

זָבַ֥ת

flowing

Alternate translation: “full of” or “with an abundance of”

Note 9 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

חָלָ֖ב

milk

Since milk comes from cows and goats, this represents food produced by livestock. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or plain language. Alternate translation: “food from livestock”

Note 10 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

וּ⁠דְבָ֑שׁ

and,honey

Since honey is produced from flowers, this represents food from crops. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or plain language. Alternate translation: “food from crops”

Parallel EXO 3:8