GEN 29:7 Parallel View

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OET (OET-RV) “Look, it’s still broad daylight,” Yacob told them. “It’s not time for the livestock to be brought it. Water the flock, and go pasture them.”

Key: yellow:verbs, red:negative.
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 Then he said, “Behold, the day is still large. It is not time for the livestock to be gathered. Water the sheep, and go pasture them.”

UST Then Jacob urged them, “Look, the sun is still bright, and it is too early to gather the flocks for the night. You ought to draw water for them and take them back out to the fields to graze some more.”

BSB § “Look,” said Jacob, “it is still broad daylight; it is not yet time to gather the livestock. Water the sheep and take them back to pasture.”

OEB He said, ‘See, the sun is still high! It is not time for the cattle to be gathered together. Water the sheep and feed them.’

WEB He said, “Behold, it is still the middle of the day, not time to gather the livestock together. Water the sheep, and go and feed them.”

NET Then Jacob said, “Since it is still the middle of the day, it is not time for the flocks to be gathered. You should water the sheep and then go and let them graze some more.”

LSV And he says, “Behold, the day [is] still great, [it is] not time for the livestock to be gathered; water the flock, and go, delight yourselves.”

FBV “Look, there's still plenty of daylight left,” said Jacob. “It's too early to round up the sheep yet. Why not let them drink so they can go back to grazing?”

T4T Jacob said, “Hey! The sun is still high in the sky. It is not time for the flocks to be gathered for nighttime. Give the sheep some water and then take them back to ◄graze/eat grass► in the pastures!”

LEB And he said, “Look, it is still broad daylight;[fn] it is not the timefor the livestock to be gathered. Give water to the sheep and go, pasture them.”

?:? Literally “high day”

BBE Then Jacob said, The sun is still high and it is not time to get the cattle together: get water for the sheep and go and give them their food.

MOF No MOF GEN book available

JPS And he said: 'Lo, it is yet high day, neither is it time that the cattle should be gathered together; water ye the sheep, and go and feed them.'

ASV And he said, Lo, it is yet high day, neither is it time that the cattle should be gathered together: water ye the sheep, and go and feed them.

DRA And Jacob said: There is yet much day remaining, neither is it time to bring the flocks into the folds again: first give the sheep drink, and so lead them back to feed.

YLT And he saith, 'Lo, the day [is] still great, [it is] not time for the cattle to be gathered; water ye the flock, and go, delight yourselves.'

DBY And he said, Behold, it is yet high day; it is not time that the cattle should be gathered together; water the sheep, and go, feed [them].

RV And he said, Lo, it is yet high day, neither is it time that the cattle should be gathered together: water ye the sheep, and go and feed them.

WBS And he said, Lo, it is yet high day, neither is it time that the cattle should be collected: water ye the sheep, and go and feed them.

KJB And he said, Lo, it is yet high day, neither is it time that the cattle should be gathered together: water ye the sheep, and go and feed them.[fn]
(And he said, Lo, it is yet high day, neither is it time that the cattle should be gathered together: water ye/you_all the sheep, and go and feed them.)

29.7 it is…: Heb. yet the day is great

BB And he sayde: loe it is yet a great whyle to nyght, neither is it tyme that the cattell should be gathered together: water ye the sheepe, and go and feede them.
(And he said: loe it is yet a great while to night, neither is it time that the cattle should be gathered together: water ye/you_all the sheep, and go and feede them.)

GNV Then he sayd, Lo, it is yet hie day, neither is it time that the cattell shoulde be gathered together: water ye the sheepe and go feede them.
(Then he said, Lo, it is yet high day, neither is it time that the cattle should be gathered together: water ye/you_all the sheep and go feede them. )

CB He sayde: It is yet hye daye, & is not yet tyme to dryue in the catell: geue the shepe to drynke, & go youre waye, & fede them.
(He said: It is yet high day, and is not yet time to drive in the cattlel: give the sheep to drink, and go your(pl) way, and fede them.)

WYC And Jacob seide, Yit myche of the dai is to come, and it is not tyme that the flockis be led ayen to the fooldis; sotheli yyue ye drynk to the scheep, and so lede ye hem ayen to mete.
(And Yacob said, Yit much of the day is to come, and it is not time that the flocks be led ayen to the fooldis; truly give ye/you_all drink to the sheep, and so lead ye/you_all them ayen to mete.)

LUT Er sprach: Es ist noch hoch Tag und ist noch nicht Zeit, das Vieh einzutreiben; tränket die Schafe und gehet hin und weidet sie.
(Er spoke: It is still hoch Tag and is still not Zeit, the Vieh einzutreiben; tränket the Schafe and gehet there and weidet sie.)

CLV Dixitque Jacob: Adhuc multum diei superest, nec est tempus ut reducantur ad caulas greges: date ante potum ovibus, et sic eas ad pastum reducite.
(And_he_said Yacob: Adhuc multum diei superest, but_not it_is tempus as reducantur to caulas greges: date ante potum ovibus, and so eas to pastum reducite. )

BRN And Jacob said, It is yet high day, it is not yet time that the flocks be gathered together; water ye the flocks, and depart and feed them.

BrLXX Καὶ εἶπεν Ἰακὼβ, ἔτι ἐστὶν ἡμέρα πολλὴ· οὔπω ὥρα συναχθῆναι τὰ κτήνη· ποτίσαντες τὰ πρόβατα, ἀπελθόντες βόσκετε.
(Kai eipen Yakōb, eti estin haʸmera pollaʸ; oupō hōra sunaⱪthaʸnai ta ktaʸnaʸ; potisantes ta probata, apelthontes boskete. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-quotations

וַ⁠יֹּ֗אמֶר

and=he/it_said

Alternate translation: “Then Jacob said to them,”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

הֵ֥ן עוֹד֙ הַ⁠יּ֣וֹם גָּד֔וֹל

if again/more the=day big/great

This is an idiom that means there are still many more hours of daytime left. Consider whether your language has an idiom for this. Alternate translation: “Look, it is still the middle of the day” or “Look, the sun is still high in the sky” or “There is still a lot of daylight left”

לֹא עֵ֖ת הֵאָסֵ֣ף הַ⁠מִּקְנֶ֑ה

not time gathered the,livestock

Alternate translation: “so it is too soon to gather the flocks for the night.”

Note 3 topic: writing-politeness

הַשְׁק֥וּ הַ⁠צֹּ֖אן

water the,sheep

For some languages it sounds too rude for Jacob to make a direct command here, so it is better to make this a suggestion or even a rhetorical question. Do what is best in your language. Alternate translation: “You ought to get water for them” or “It seems like you should water your sheep” or “So why not water your sheep”

וּ⁠לְכ֥וּ רְעֽוּ

and,go Reu

Alternate translation: “then take them back out to the fields to graze some more.” or “then you can take them out to eat more grass.”

Parallel GEN 29:7