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ULT Will I ransom them from the hand of Sheol?
 ⇔ Will I redeem them from death?
 ⇔ Where, O Death, are your plagues?
 ⇔ Where, O Sheol, is your destruction?
 ⇔ Compassion is hidden from my eyes.”

UST Will I really keep you from dying?
⇔ Will I rescue you from dying?
 ⇔ No! I will let you die
⇔ I will let you perish.
⇔ I have no more compassion left for you.”

BSB  ⇔ I will ransom them from the power of Sheol;
⇔ I will redeem them from Death.[fn]
 ⇔ Where, O Death, are your plagues?
⇔ Where, O Sheol, is your sting?[fn]
 ⇔ Compassion is hidden from My eyes.

13:14 Or Shall I ransom them from the power of Sheol? Shall I redeem them from Death?

13:14 LXX Where, O Death, is your penalty? Where, O Hades, is your sting? Cited in 1 Corinthians 15:55

OEB  ⇔ Should I deliver them from the power of Sheol?
 ⇔ Should I redeem them from death?
 ⇔ Death, where are your plagues?
 ⇔ Sheol, where is your pestilence?
 ⇔ Compassion is forever hidden from my eyes.

WEB I will ransom them from the power of Sheol.[fn]
⇔ I will redeem them from death!
⇔ Death, where are your plagues?
⇔ Sheol, where is your destruction?
 ⇔ “Compassion will be hidden from my eyes.

13:14 Sheol is the place of the dead.

NET Will I deliver them from the power of Sheol? No, I will not!
 ⇔ Will I redeem them from death? No, I will not!
 ⇔ O Death, bring on your plagues!
 ⇔ O Sheol, bring on your destruction!
 ⇔ My eyes will not show any compassion!

LSV Will I ransom them from the hand of Sheol? Will I redeem them from death? Where [is] your plague, O death? Where your destruction, O Sheol? Comfort is hid from My eyes.

FBV I shall redeem them from the power of Sheol; I shall deliver them from death. Where, death, are your plagues? Where, Sheol, is your destruction? Compassion is hidden from my sight.

T4T I certainly will not [RHQ] save you from being killed
⇔ and from going to the place where the dead people are.
 ⇔ I will [RHQ] cause you to be afflicted by plagues
⇔ and to die and be buried in graves.
 ⇔ I will not be merciful to you.

LEB • [fn] of Sheol?[fn] Should I deliver them from death? • Where are your plagues, O Death? • Where is your destruction, O Sheol?[fn] • Compassion is hidden from my eyes.

?:? Literally “the hand”

?:? “Sheol” is a Hebrew term for the place where the dead reside, i.e., the underworld

BBE I will give the price to make them free from the power of the underworld, I will be their saviour from death: O death! where are your pains? O underworld! where is your destruction? my eyes will have no pity.

MOF Am I to save them from Death-land?
 ⇔ am I to rescue them from death?
 ⇔ Nay, come, death, with your plagues!
 ⇔ Come, Death-land, with your pestilence!
 ⇔ I have no thought of relenting.

JPS Shall I ransom them from the power of the nether-world? Shall I redeem them from death? Ho, thy plagues, O death! Ho, thy destruction, O nether-world! Repentance be hid from Mine eyes!

ASV I will ransom them from the power of Sheol; I will redeem them from death: O death, where are thy plagues? O Sheol, where is thy destruction? repentance shall be hid from mine eyes.

DRA I will deliver them out of the hand of death. I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be thy death; O hell, I will be thy bite: comfort is hidden from my eyes.

YLT From the hand of Sheol I do ransom them, From death I redeem them, Where [is] thy plague, O death? Where thy destruction, O Sheol? Repentance is hid from Mine eyes.

DBY I will ransom them from the power of Sheol. I will redeem them from death: where, O death, are thy plagues? where, O Sheol, is thy destruction? Repentance shall be hid from mine eyes.

RV I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death: O death, where are thy plagues? O grave, where is thy destruction? repentance shall be hid from mine eyes.

WBS I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be thy plagues, O grave, I will be thy destruction: repentance shall be hid from my eyes.

KJB I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction: repentance shall be hid from mine eyes.[fn]
(I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be thy/your plagues; O grave, I will be thy/your destruction: repentance shall be hid from mine eyes.)

13.14 power: Heb. hand

BB I wyll redeeme them from the power of the graue, and deliuer them from death: O death, I wyll be thy death: O hell, I wyll be thy styng: yet can I see no comfort.
(I will redeeme them from the power of the graue, and deliver them from death: O death, I will be thy/your death: O hell, I will be thy/your styng: yet can I see no comfort.)

GNV I wil redeeme them from the power of the graue: I will deliuer them from death: O death, I wil be thy death: O graue, I will be thy destruction: repentance is hid from mine eyes.
(I will redeeme them from the power of the graue: I will deliver them from death: O death, I will be thy/your death: O graue, I will be thy/your destruction: repentance is hid from mine eyes. )

CB had not I defended him from the graue, and delyuered him from death. O death, I wil be thy death: o hell, I wil be thy stynge.
(had not I defended him from the graue, and delivered him from death. O death, I will be thy/your death: o hell, I will be thy/your stynge.)

WYC Y schal delyuere hem fro the hoond of deeth, and Y schal ayenbie hem fro deth. Thou deth, Y schal be thi deth; thou helle, Y schal be thi mussel.
(I shall delyuere them from the hand of death, and I shall ayenbie them from death. Thou death, I shall be thy/your death; thou/you helle, I shall be thy/your mussel.)

LUT Aber ich will sie erlösen aus der Hölle und vom Tod erretten. Tod, ich will dir ein Gift sein; Hölle, ich will dir eine Pestilenz sein! Doch ist der Trost vor meinen Augen verborgen.
(But I will they/she/them erlösen out of the hell and from_the Tod erretten. Tod, I will you a Gift sein; hell, I will you one Pestilenz sein! Doch is the Trost before/in_front_of my Augen verborgen.)

CLV De manu mortis liberabo eos; de morte redimam eos. Ero mors tua, o mors ! morsus tuus ero, inferne ! consolatio abscondita est ab oculis meis.
(De by_hand mortis liberabo them; about morte redimam them. Ero mors tua, o mors ! morsus tuus ero, inferne ! consolatio abscondita it_is away oculis meis. )

BRN I will deliver them out of the power of Hades, and will redeem them from death: where is thy penalty, O death? O Hades, where is thy sting? comfort is hidden from mine eyes.

BrLXX Ἐκ χειρὸς ᾅδου ῥύσομαι, καὶ ἐκ θανάτου λυτρώσομαι αὐτούς· ποῦ ἡ δίκη σου θάνατε; ποῦ τὸ κέντρον σου ᾅδη; παράκλησις κέκρυπται ἀπὸ ὀφθαλμῶν μου.
(Ek ⱪeiros ᾅdou ɽusomai, kai ek thanatou lutrōsomai autous; pou haʸ dikaʸ sou thanate? pou to kentron sou ᾅdaʸ? paraklaʸsis kekruptai apo ofthalmōn mou. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

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Yahweh is speaking.

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

(Occurrence 0) Will I rescue them from the hand of Sheol? Will I rescue them from death?

(Some words not found in UHB: from,power sheol ransom,them from,death redeem,them where plagues,your death where destruction,your sheol compassion hidden from,eyes,my )

Yahweh uses these questions to tell the people of Israel that he is not going to save them from dying. He will certainly punish them. Alternate translation: “I will certainly not rescue them from death and from going down to Sheol”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / personification

(Occurrence 0) Where, death, are your plagues? Where, Sheol, is your destruction?

(Some words not found in UHB: from,power sheol ransom,them from,death redeem,them where plagues,your death where destruction,your sheol compassion hidden from,eyes,my )

Yahweh speaks to “death” and “Sheol” as if they were people. Alternate translation: “Now I will cause plagues and let the people of Israel die. I will destroy them and send them to Sheol”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

(Occurrence 0) Compassion is hidden from my eyes

(Some words not found in UHB: from,power sheol ransom,them from,death redeem,them where plagues,your death where destruction,your sheol compassion hidden from,eyes,my )

Not to think about having compassion is spoken of as if compassion were hidden so that it cannot be seen. Alternate translation: “I have no compassion for them” or “I will not be compassionate towards them”

Parallel HOS 13:14

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