NEH 4:4 Parallel View

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ULT Hear, our God, that we are a contempt, and cause their taunts to return on their heads! And give them for plunder in a land of captivity.

UST When I heard about what they were saying, I prayed to God and said, “O our God, listen to the way they are mocking us! Make them fail in their attempts to stop us, so that other people will mock them! Allow their enemies to capture them and force them to go to a foreign land!

BSB § Hear us, O God, for we are despised. Turn their scorn back upon their own heads, and let them be taken as plunder to a land of captivity.

OEB Hear, O our God--for we are despised--and turn back their reproach upon their own head and give them up as an object of spoil in a land of captivity,

WEB “Hear, our God, for we are despised. Turn back their reproach on their own head. Give them up for a plunder in a land of captivity.

NET Hear, O our God, for we are despised! Return their reproach on their own head! Reduce them to plunder in a land of exile!

LSV Hear, O our God, for we have been despised; and return their reproach on their own head, and give them for a spoil in a land of captivity;

FBV I prayed, “Lord, please listen to us, because we are being treated with contempt. Rain down their insults on their own heads! Let them be taken away like plunder, prisoners in a foreign land!

T4T Then I prayed. I said, “Our God, hear us, because they are ridiculing us! Cause the words of their insults to fall back on them! Allow their enemies to come and capture them and force them to go to a foreign land!

LEB Hear, our God, for we are despised. Turn their scorn on their head and give them over to plunder in the land of captivity.

BBE Give ear, O our God, for we are looked down on: let their words of shame be turned back on themselves, and let them be given up to wasting in a land where they are prisoners:

MOF No MOF NEH book available

JPS (3-36) Hear, O our God; for we are despised; and turn back their reproach upon their own head, and give them up to spoiling in a land of captivity;

ASV Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn back their reproach upon their own head, and give them up for a spoil in a land of captivity;

DRA Hear thou our God, for we are despised: turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them to be despised in a land of captivity.

YLT Hear, O our God, for we have been despised; and turn back their reproach on their own head, and give them for a spoil in a land of captivity;

DBY Hear, our [fn]God, for we are despised, and turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them for a prey in a land of captivity!

4.4 Elohim

RV Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn back their reproach upon their own head, and give them up to spoiling in a land of captivity:

WBS Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them for a prey in the land of captivity:

KJB Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them for a prey in the land of captivity:[fn]
(Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them for a prey in the land of captivity:)

4.4 despised: Heb. despite

BB Heare O thou our God, for we are despised, turne their shame vpon their owne head, & geue them ouer into despising in the lande of their captiuitie.
(Heare O thou/you our God, for we are despised, turn their shame upon their own head, and give them over into despising in the land of their captiuitie.)

GNV Heare, O our God (for we are despised) and turne their shame vpon their owne head, and giue them vnto a pray in the lande of their captiuitie,
(Heare, O our God (for we are despised) and turn their shame upon their own head, and give them unto a pray in the land of their captiuitie, )

CB Heare O thou oure God, how we are despysed, turne their shame vpon their awne heade, yt thou mayest geue them ouer in to despisinge in the londe of their captiuite.
(Heare O thou/you our God, how we are despised, turn their shame upon their own heade, it thou/you mayest/may give them over in to despisinge in the land of their captiuite.)

WYC And Neemye seide, Oure God, here thou, for we ben maad dispising; turne thou the schenschip on her heed, and yyue thou hem in to dispisyng in the lond of caytifte;
(And Neemye said, Oure God, here thou, for we been made dispising; turn thou/you the schenschip on her heed, and give thou/you them in to dispisyng in the land of caytifte;)

LUT Und Juda sprach: Die Kraft der Träger ist zu schwach, und des Staubs ist zu viel; wir können an der Mauer nicht bauen.
(And Yuda spoke: The Kraft the Träger is to schwach, and the Staubs is to viel; wir können at the Mauer not bauen.)

CLV Audi, Deus noster, quia facti sumus despectui: converte opprobrium super caput eorum, et da eos in despectionem in terra captivitatis.
(Audi, God noster, because facti sumus despectui: converte opprobrium super caput eorum, and da them in despectionem in earth/land captivitatis. )

BRN Hear, O our God, for we have become a scorn; and return thou their reproach upon their head, and make them a scorn in a land of captivity,

BrLXX No BrLXX NEH book available

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

שְׁמַ֤ע אֱלֹהֵ֨י⁠נוּ֙