InterlinearVerse GEN EXO LEV NUM DEUT JOB YEHO (JOS) HERO (JDG) RUTH 1 SAM 2 SAM PSA AMOS HOS 1 KI 2 KI 1 CHR 2 CHR PROV ECC SNG YOEL (JOEL) MIC ISA ZEP HAB YIR (JER) LAM YNA (JNA) NAH OBAD DAN EZEK EZRA EST NEH HAG ZEC MAL 2 PS WIS TOB MAN BAR G DAN G ESD L ESD ESG JDT 3 MAC SIR 1 MAC 2 MAC 4 MAC YHN (JHN) MARK MAT LUKE ACTs YAC (JAM) GAL 1 TH 2 TH 1 COR 2 COR ROM COL LAOD PHM EPH PHP 1 TIM TIT 1 PET 2 PET 2 TIM HEB YUD (JUD) 1 YHN (1 JHN) 2 YHN (2 JHN) 3 YHN (3 JHN) REV
InterlinearVerse Exo C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 C15 C16 C17 C18 C19 C20 C21 C22 C23 C24 C25 C26 C27 C28 C29 C30 C31 C32 C34 C35 C36 C37 C38 C39 C40
Exo 33 V1 V2 V3 V4 V5 V6 V7 V8 V9 V10 V11 V12 V13 V14 V15 V16 V17 V18 V20 V21 V22 V23
People tagged in the matching LV passage: God
OET-LV And_he/it_said I I_will_cause_to_pass_by all_of goodness_of_my on face_of_your and_I_will_proclaim (in)_the_name_of YHWH to_your_face and_I_will_show_favour_to DOM those_whom I_will_show_favour and_I_will_have_compassion_on DOM those_whom I_will_have_compassion.
OET (OET-RV) Yahweh replied, “I myself will cause all my goodness to pass over in front of you, and I will say my name of Yahweh in front of you. I will favour anyone I want, and I’ll be compassionate to whoever I want.”
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
אֲנִ֨י אַעֲבִ֤יר כָּל־טוּבִי֙ עַל־פָּנֶ֔יךָ
I pass (Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said I pass all/each/any/every goodness_of,my on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in face_of,your and,I_will_proclaim (in)_the,name_of YHWH to=your=face and,I_will_show_favor_to DOM which/who gracious and,I_will_have_compassion_on DOM which/who have_compassion )
Yahweh speaks of his goodness like it was an object that he could move over Moses. If your readers would not understand what this image means in this context, you could use an equivalent metaphor from your culture. Alternatively, you could express the meaning plainly. See the UST.
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns
טוּבִי֙
goodness_of,my
If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of goodness, you can express the same idea in another way. See the UST.
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
עַל־פָּנֶ֔יךָ & לְפָנֶ֑יךָ
on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in (Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said I pass all/each/any/every goodness_of,my on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in face_of,your and,I_will_proclaim (in)_the,name_of YHWH to=your=face and,I_will_show_favor_to DOM which/who gracious and,I_will_have_compassion_on DOM which/who have_compassion )
Here, face means “you.” Alternate translation: [above you … before you]
וְקָרָ֧אתִֽי בְשֵׁ֛ם יְהוָ֖ה
and,I_will_proclaim (Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said I pass all/each/any/every goodness_of,my on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in face_of,your and,I_will_proclaim (in)_the,name_of YHWH to=your=face and,I_will_show_favor_to DOM which/who gracious and,I_will_have_compassion_on DOM which/who have_compassion )
The meaning of the phrase is unclear. It may mean that Yahweh will disclose something about his character to Moses. Alternate translation: [and I will proclaim my name, ‘Yahweh,’]
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism
וְחַנֹּתִי֙ אֶת־אֲשֶׁ֣ר אָחֹ֔ן וְרִחַמְתִּ֖י אֶת־אֲשֶׁ֥ר אֲרַחֵֽם
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said I pass all/each/any/every goodness_of,my on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in face_of,your and,I_will_proclaim (in)_the,name_of YHWH to=your=face and,I_will_show_favor_to DOM which/who gracious and,I_will_have_compassion_on DOM which/who have_compassion )
These statements use parallelism internally and between each other. They stress Yahweh’s divine prerogative to do whatever he wants. The structure also parallels Yahweh’s I AM statements in Exodus 3:14. If this form of parallelism would be misunderstood in your language, consider another form that emphasizes that Yahweh is graciously kind to exactly those and only those to whom he chooses to show kindness, and he does so without outside influence.
OET-LV And_he/it_said I I_will_cause_to_pass_by all_of goodness_of_my on face_of_your and_I_will_proclaim (in)_the_name_of YHWH to_your_face and_I_will_show_favour_to DOM those_whom I_will_show_favour and_I_will_have_compassion_on DOM those_whom I_will_have_compassion.
OET (OET-RV) Yahweh replied, “I myself will cause all my goodness to pass over in front of you, and I will say my name of Yahweh in front of you. I will favour anyone I want, and I’ll be compassionate to whoever I want.”
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The Hebrew text, lemmas, and morphology are all thanks to the OSHB and some of the glosses are from Macula Hebrew.