GEN 31:15 Parallel View

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OET (OET-RV) Doesn’t he just treat us like foreigners now? Yes, he sold us and then he frittered away all the money that should have been ours,

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 Are we not regarded by him as foreigners? For he sold us, and he has indeed completely eaten up our silver.

UST It is obvious that he treats us like strangers and not family. For example, he sold us to you, and then he spent all the money that should have been ours.

BSB Are we not regarded by him as outsiders? Not only has he sold us, but he has certainly squandered what was paid for us.

OEB Are we not considered as foreigners by him? For he has sold us and goes on to consume the money paid for us.

WEB Aren’t we considered as foreigners by him? For he has sold us, and has also used up our money.

NET Hasn’t he treated us like foreigners? He not only sold us, but completely wasted the money paid for us!

LSV Have we not been reckoned strangers to him? For he has sold us, and he also utterly consumes our money;

FBV “He treats us like foreigners because he sold us to you, and now he's spent all that money.

T4T He treats us as though we were foreigners [RHQ]! Your working for him all these years was like a payment that you gave him as a price for us, but we will not inherit any of that money that he got as a price for us. He has spent it all!

LEB Are we not regarded as foreigners by him, because he has sold us and completely consumed our money?

BBE Are we not as people from a strange country to him? for he took a price for us and now it is all used up.

MOF No MOF GEN book available

JPS Are we not accounted by him strangers? for he hath sold us, and hath also quite devoured our price.

ASV Are we not accounted by him as foreigners? for he hath sold us, and hath also quite devoured our money.

DRA Hath he not counted us as strangers and sold us, and eaten up the price of us?

YLT have we not been reckoned strangers to him? for he hath sold us, and he also utterly consumeth our money;

DBY Are we not reckoned of him strangers? for he has sold us, and has even constantly devoured our money.

RV Are we not counted of him strangers? for he hath sold us, and hath also quite devoured our money.

WBS Are we not counted by him strangers; for he hath sold us, and hath quite consumed also our money.

KJB Are we not counted of him strangers? for he hath sold us, and hath quite devoured also our money.
(Are we not counted of him strangers? for he hath/has sold us, and hath/has quite devoured also our money. )

BB Doth not he count vs euen as straungers? for he hath solde vs, & hath quite deuoured also our money.
(Doth not he count us even as strangers? for he hath/has sold us, and hath/has quite deuoured also our money.)

GNV Doeth not he count vs as strangers? for he hath solde vs, and hath eaten vp and consumed our money.
(Doeth not he count us as strangers? for he hath/has sold us, and hath/has eaten up and consumed our money. )

CB & he hath couted vs as straugers, for he hath solde vs, & spent vp or wages.
(& he hath/has couted us as straugers, for he hath/has sold us, and spent up or wages.)

WYC Wher he `arettide not vs as aliens, and selde, and eet oure prijs?
(Wher he `arettide not us as aliens, and selde, and eet our prijs?)

LUT Hat er uns doch gehalten als die Fremden; denn er hat uns verkauft und unsern Lohn verzehret.
(Hat he uns though/but gehalten als the Fremden; because he has uns verkauft and unsern Lohn verzehret.)

CLV nonne quasi alienas reputavit nos, et vendidit, comeditque pretium nostrum?
(nonne as_if alienas reputavit nos, and vendidit, comeditque pretium nostrum? )

BRN Are we not considered strangers by him? for he has sold us, and quite devoured our money.

BrLXX Οὐχ ὡς αἱ ἀλλότριαι λελογίσμεθα αὐτῷ; πέπρακε γὰρ ἡμᾶς, καὶ καταβρώσει κατέφαγε τὸ ἀργύριον ἡμῶν.
(Ouⱪ hōs hai allotriai lelogismetha autōi? peprake gar haʸmas, kai katabrōsei katefage to argurion haʸmōn. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

הֲ⁠ל֧וֹא & נֶחְשַׁ֥בְנוּ ל֖⁠וֹ

am=not & regarded to=him/it

This rhetorical question expects the answer “yes” and expresses Rachel's and Leah’s anger at how their father treats them. Consider whether or not it is natural in your language to use a rhetorical question here. Alternate translation: “It is obvious that he regards us” or “He obviously is treating us”

נָכְרִיּ֛וֹת

foreigners

Make sure that the punctuation you use here fits with how you translate this rhetorical question. Alternate translation: “like outsiders and not family” or “as if we were foreigners instead of family”

כִּ֣י מְכָרָ֑⁠נוּ

that/for/because/then/when sold,us

This sentence is an example of how Laban treated his daughters like foreigners. Alternate translation: “After all, he sold us to you,”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

וַ⁠יֹּ֥אכַל גַּם אָכ֖וֹל

and,using_up also/yet to_use

The phrase eaten up is used here as an idiom that means Laban had spent or kept for himself all the wealth he had gained from Jacob’s 14 years of working for him. Many languages have a similar idiom that could be used here. Do what is best in your language. Alternate translation: “and then he used up all”

Note 3 topic: translate-unknown

אֶת כַּסְפֵּֽ⁠נוּ

DOM money,our

In that culture at that time, silver was a currency used to buy and sell things. Alternate translation: “the wealth that should have been ours.” or “the money that belonged to us.”

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