2SA 20:18 Parallel View

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ULT And she said, saying, “They would certainly speak in former times, saying, ‘They will certainly inquire in Abel,’ and thus they would settle it.

UST She said, “Long ago people used to say, ‘Go to Abel town to get good advice about your problems.’ And that is what people did.

BSB § Then the woman said, “Long ago they used to say, ‘Seek counsel at Abel,’ and that is how disputes were settled.

OEB Then she spoke, saying, ‘They used to say formerly, “Let them ask in Abel and ”

WEB Then she spoke, saying, “They used to say in old times, ‘They shall surely ask counsel at Abel,’ and so they settled a matter.

NET She said, “In the past they would always say, ‘Let them inquire in Abel,’ and that is how they settled things.

LSV And she speaks, saying, “They spoke often in former times, saying, Let them diligently inquire at Abel, and so they finished.

FBV Then the woman said, “In times gone by people used to say, ‘If you want advice, go to Abel,’ and that's how arguments were settled.

T4T She said, “Long ago people used to say, ‘Go to Abel town to get good advice about your problems.’ And that is what people did.

LEB Then she said, “In former times, they would always say,[fn] ‘By all means, let them inquire in Abel,’ and so they settled things.

?:? Literally “speaking they would speak”

BBE Then she said, In the old days, there was a saying, Let them put the question in Abel and in Dan, saying, Has what was ordered by men of good faith in Israel ever come to an end?

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JPS Then she spoke, saying: 'They were wont to speak in old time, saying: They shall surely ask counsel at Abel; and so they ended the matter.

ASV Then she spake, saying, They were wont to speak in old time, saying, They shall surely ask counsel at Abel: and so they ended the matter.

DRA And she again said: A saying was used in the old proverb: They that inquire, let them inquire in Abela: and so they made an end.

YLT and she speaketh, saying, 'They spake often in former times, saying, Let them diligently ask at Abel, and so they finished.

DBY And she spoke saying, They were wont to speak in old time saying, Just inquire in Abel; and so they ended.

RV Then she spake, saying, they were wont to speak in old time, saying, They shall surely ask counsel at Abel: and so they ended the matter.

WBS Then she spoke, saying, They were wont to speak in old time, saying, They will surely ask counsel at Abel: and so they ended the matter .

KJB Then she spake, saying, They were wont to speak in old time, saying, They shall surely ask counsel at Abel: and so they ended the matter.[fn]
(Then she spake, saying, They were wont to speak in old time, saying, They shall surely ask counsel at Abel: and so they ended the matter.)

20.18 They were…: or, They plainly spake in the beginning, saying, Surely they will ask of Abel, and so make an end

BB Then she spake thus: They spake in the olde tyme, saying, They should aske of Abel: And so haue they continued.
(Then she spake thus: They spake in the old time, saying, They should ask of Abel: And so have they continued.)

GNV Then shee spake thus, They spake in the olde time, saying, They shoulde aske of Abel. and so haue they continued.
(Then she spake thus, They spake in the old time, saying, They should ask of Abel. and so have they continued. )

CB She sayde: The comonsayenge was somtyme: Who so wyll axe, let him axe at Abel, and so came it to a good ende.
(She said: The comonsayenge was somtyme: Who so will axe, let him axe at Abel, and so came it to a good ende.)

WYC And eft sche seide, A word was seid in eld prouerbe, Thei that axen, axe in Habela; and so thei profitiden.
(And after she said, A word was said in old proverb, They that axen, axe in Habela; and so they profitiden.)

LUT Sie sprach: Vorzeiten sprach man: Wer fragen will, der frage zu Abel; und so ging‘s wohl aus.
(They/She spoke: Vorzeiten spoke man: Who fragen will, the frage to Abel; and so ging‘s wohl aus.)

CLV Rursumque illa: Sermo, inquit, dicebatur in veteri proverbio: Qui interrogant, interrogent in Abela: et sic perficiebant.
(Rursumque illa: Sermo, inquit, dicebatur in veteri proverbio: Who interrogant, interrogent in Abela: and so perficiebant. )

BRN And she spoke, saying, [fn]Of old time they said thus, Surely one was asked in Abel, and Dan, whether the faithful in Israel failed in what they purposed; they will surely ask in Abel, even in like manner, whether they have failed.

20:18 Gr. they spoke a word among the first, saying.

BrLXX Καὶ εἶπε λέγουσα, λόγον ἐλάλησαν ἐν πρώτοις, λέγοντες, ἠρωτημένος ἠρωτήθη ἐν τῇ Ἀβὲλ καὶ ἐν Δὰν εἰ ἐξέλιπον ἃ ἔθεντο οἱ πιστοὶ τοῦ Ἰσραήλ· ἐρωτῶντες ἐπερωτήσουσιν ἐν Ἀβὲλ, καὶ οὕτως εἰ ἐξέλιπον.
(Kai eipe legousa, logon elalaʸsan en prōtois, legontes, aʸrōtaʸmenos aʸrōtaʸthaʸ en taʸ Abel kai en Dan ei exelipon ha ethento hoi pistoi tou Israaʸl; erōtōntes eperōtaʸsousin en Abel, kai houtōs ei exelipon. )

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