Open Bible Data Home About News OET Key
OET OET-RV OET-LV ULT UST BSB BLB AICNT OEB WEBBE WMBB NET LSV FBV TCNT T4T LEB BBE Moff JPS Wymth ASV DRA YLT Drby RV Wbstr KJB-1769 KJB-1611 Bshps Gnva Cvdl TNT Wyc SR-GNT UHB BrLXX BrTr Related Topics Parallel Interlinear Reference Dictionary Search
interlinearVerse INT GEN EXO LEV NUM DEU JOS JDG RUTH 1SA 2SA PSA AMOS HOS 1KI 2KI 1CH 2CH PRO ECC SNG JOEL MIC ISA ZEP HAB JER LAM YNA NAH OBA DAN EZE EZRA EST NEH HAG ZEC MAL JOB YHN MARK MAT LUKE ACTs YAC GAL 1TH 2TH 1COR 2COR ROM COL PHM EPH PHP 1TIM TIT 1PET 2PET 2TIM HEB YUD 1YHN 2YHN 3YHN REV
Jdg C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 C15 C16 C17 C18 C19 C20 C21
OET (OET-LV) And_gathered Yiftāḩ DOM all the_men of_Gilˊād and_fought with ʼEfrayim and_defeated the_men of_Gilˊād DOM ʼEfrayim if/because they_had_said [are]_fugitives of_ʼEfrayim you_all Oh_Gilˊād in_the_middle of_ʼEfrayim in_the_middle of_Mənashsheh.
OET (OET-RV) Then Yiftah assembled all of the men of Gilead and they battled against Efraim. The men of Gilead struck Efraim because they had said, “You Gilead people are just fugitives from Efraim—living here in the middle of Efraim, in the middle of Manashsheh.”
Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result
And Jephthah assembled all of the men of Gilead and fought with Ephraim. And the men of Gilead struck Ephraim because they said, “You, Gilead, {are} fugitives of Ephraim in the midst of Ephraim, in the midst of Manasseh.”
(Some words not found in UHB: and,gathered Yiftāḩ/(Jephthah) DOM all/each/any/every men_of Gilˊād and,fought DOM Efrayim and,defeated men_of Gilˊād DOM ʼEfrayim that/for/because/then/when said fugitives ʼEfrayim you_all Gilˊādites in_the=middle ʼEfrayim in_the=middle Mənashsheh )
If it would be more natural in your language, you could put the last clause first in the verse, since it gives the reason for the actions that the other clauses describe. Alternate translation: “Then the men of Ephraim said, ‘You, Gilead, are fugitives of Ephraim in the midst of Ephraim, in the midst of Manasseh.’ For that, Jephthah assembled all of the men of Gilead and fought with Ephraim. And the men of Gilead struck Ephraim.”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / hyperbole
all the men of Gilead
(Some words not found in UHB: and,gathered Yiftāḩ/(Jephthah) DOM all/each/any/every men_of Gilˊād and,fought DOM Efrayim and,defeated men_of Gilˊād DOM ʼEfrayim that/for/because/then/when said fugitives ʼEfrayim you_all Gilˊādites in_the=middle ʼEfrayim in_the=middle Mənashsheh )
The author is making an overstatement for emphasis. Alternate translation: “his entire Gileadite army”
Note 3 topic: writing-pronouns
they said
(Some words not found in UHB: and,gathered Yiftāḩ/(Jephthah) DOM all/each/any/every men_of Gilˊād and,fought DOM Efrayim and,defeated men_of Gilˊād DOM ʼEfrayim that/for/because/then/when said fugitives ʼEfrayim you_all Gilˊādites in_the=middle ʼEfrayim in_the=middle Mənashsheh )
Since the referent for they might be unclear, you could state it explicitly. Alternate translation: “the Ephraimites had said”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
Gilead
(Some words not found in UHB: and,gathered Yiftāḩ/(Jephthah) DOM all/each/any/every men_of Gilˊād and,fought DOM Efrayim and,defeated men_of Gilˊād DOM ʼEfrayim that/for/because/then/when said fugitives ʼEfrayim you_all Gilˊādites in_the=middle ʼEfrayim in_the=middle Mənashsheh )
The Ephraimites are using the name of the region to refer to the people from that region. Alternate translation: “you Gileadites”
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
in the midst of Ephraim, in the midst of Manasseh
(Some words not found in UHB: and,gathered Yiftāḩ/(Jephthah) DOM all/each/any/every men_of Gilˊād and,fought DOM Efrayim and,defeated men_of Gilˊād DOM ʼEfrayim that/for/because/then/when said fugitives ʼEfrayim you_all Gilˊādites in_the=middle ʼEfrayim in_the=middle Mənashsheh )
The people of this culture commonly used the expression in the midst of … in the midst of to mean “in between.” The Ephraimites from the west side of the Jordan River are insulting the Gileadites by suggesting they are fugitives with no permanent territory. Alternate translation: “who live between Ephraim and Manasseh”
12:4 It is unclear why the people of Ephraim were taunting the men of Gilead. Perhaps they resented or looked down on the Israelites who lived east of the Jordan River.
OET (OET-LV) And_gathered Yiftāḩ DOM all the_men of_Gilˊād and_fought with ʼEfrayim and_defeated the_men of_Gilˊād DOM ʼEfrayim if/because they_had_said [are]_fugitives of_ʼEfrayim you_all Oh_Gilˊād in_the_middle of_ʼEfrayim in_the_middle of_Mənashsheh.
OET (OET-RV) Then Yiftah assembled all of the men of Gilead and they battled against Efraim. The men of Gilead struck Efraim because they had said, “You Gilead people are just fugitives from Efraim—living here in the middle of Efraim, in the middle of Manashsheh.”
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.