GEN 49:12 Parallel View

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ULT His eyes will be brilliant from wine,
⇔  and his teeth will be white from milk.

UST Your eyes will be bright from drinking abundant wine,
⇔  and your teeth will be white from drinking abundant milk.

BSB His eyes are darker than wine,
⇔ and his teeth are whiter than milk.

OEB His eyes are red with wine,
 ⇔ and his teeth are white with milk.

WEB His eyes will be red with wine,
⇔ his teeth white with milk.

MSG ^(8-12)You, Judah, your brothers will praise you:
  Your fingers on your enemies’ throat,
  while your brothers honor you.
You’re a lion’s cub, Judah,
  home fresh from the kill, my son.
Look at him, crouched like a lion, king of beasts;
  who dares mess with him?
The scepter shall not leave Judah;
  he’ll keep a firm grip on the command staff
Until the ultimate ruler comes
  and the nations obey him.
He’ll tie up his donkey to the grapevine,
  his purebred prize to a sturdy branch.
He will wash his shirt in wine
  and his cloak in the blood of grapes,
His eyes will be darker than wine,
  his teeth whiter than milk.

NET His eyes will be dark from wine,
 ⇔ and his teeth white from milk.

LSV Red [are] eyes with wine,
And white [are] teeth with milk!

FBV His eyes sparkle more than wine, and his teeth are whiter than milk.

T4T Their eyes will be red because of drinking too much wine,
 ⇔ but their teeth will be very white because of drinking much milk from the cows.

LEB • are darker than wine, and the teeth whiter than milk.

BBE His eyes will be dark with wine, and his teeth white with milk.

MOF No MOF GEN book available

JPS His eyes shall be red with wine, and his teeth white with milk.

ASV His eyes shall be red with wine,
 ⇔ And his teeth white with milk.

DRA His eyes are more beautiful than wine, and his teeth whiter than milk.

YLT Red [are] eyes with wine, And white [are] teeth with milk!

DBY The eyes are red with wine, And the teeth [are] white with milk.

RV His eyes shall be red with wine, And his teeth white with milk.

WBS His eyes shall be red with wine, and his teeth white with milk.

KJB His eyes shall be red with wine, and his teeth white with milk.
(His eyes shall be red with wine, and his teeth white with milk. )

BB His eyes shalbe redde with wine, and his teeth whyte with mylke.
(His eyes shall be red with wine, and his teeth white with mylke.)

GNV His eyes shalbe red with wine, and his teeth white with milke.
(His eyes shall be red with wine, and his teeth white with milke. )

CB His eyes are roudier then wyne, and his teth whyter then mylck.

WYC hise iyen ben fairere than wyn, and hise teeth ben whittere than mylk.
(hise iyen been fairere than wyn, and his teeth been whittere than mylk.)

LUT Seine Augen sind rötlicher denn Wein und seine Zähne weißer denn Milch.
(Seine Augen are rötlicher because wine and his teeth weißer because Milch.)

CLV Pulchriores sunt oculi ejus vino, et dentes ejus lacte candidiores.[fn]
(Pulchriores are oculi his vino, and dentes his lacte candidiores.)

49.12 Pulchriores oculi, etc. ISID. Quia doctrina eorum austeritatem veteris legis exsuperat, et evangelica præcepta clariora sunt quam legis mandata. Lacte, id est doctrina legis, quæ carnalem populum vel parvulum lacte alebat: sed candidiores, Ecclesiæ doctores, qui fortem et validum verbi cibum manducant, et distribuunt. Unde Hebr. 5: Perfectorum est solidus cibus, qui bene candidiores lacte dicuntur, quia candidi, puri et ab omni macula liberi.

49.12 Pulchriores oculi, etc. ISID. Quia doctrina eorum austeritatem veteris legis exsuperat, and evangelica præcepta clariora are how legis mandata. Lacte, id it_is doctrina legis, which carnalem the_people or parvulum lacte alebat: but candidiores, Ecclesiæ doctores, who fortem and validum verbi cibum manducant, and distribuunt. Unde Hebr. 5: Perfectorum it_is solidus cibus, who bene candidiores lacte dicuntur, because candidi, puri and away all macula liberi.

BRN His eyes shall be more cheering than wine, and his teeth whiter than milk.

BrLXX Χαροποιοὶ οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ αὐτοῦ ὑπὲρ οἶνον· καὶ λευκοὶ οἱ ὀδόντες αὐτοῦ ἢ γάλα.
(Ⱪaropoioi hoi ofthalmoi autou huper oinon; kai leukoi hoi odontes autou aʸ gala. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

עֵינַ֖יִם

eyes

Alternate translation: “Their eyes” or “You will be so blessed that your eyes”

חַכְלִילִ֥י & מִ⁠יָּ֑יִן

darker & than,wine

The Hebrew text is ambiguous here. It could mean: (1) “will be bright from drinking abundant wine,” or (2) “will be darker than wine,” In both interpretations the emphasis is that Judah’s descendants will be blessed with an abundance of the best foods, including wine and milk, which are examples of the most valuable foods that were produced in the land.

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / infostructure

וּ⁠לְבֶן־שִׁנַּ֖יִם מֵ⁠חָלָֽב

and,whiter teeth than,milk

The Hebrew text is ambiguous here. It could mean: (1) “and their/your teeth will be white from drinking abundant milk.” or (2) “and their/your teeth will be whiter than milk.” Make sure that the way you translate this phrase fits with the interpretation you used for the first part of this verse. For some languages it may be clearer or more natural to change the order of some of these phrases and say, “They/You will be so blessed/wealthy that they/you will have plenty of the best foods, including abundant wine and milk.” Do what is best in your language.

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