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OET (OET-LV) To_the_Gazites to_say he_has_come Shimshōn here and_surrounded and_lay_in_wait to_him/it all the_night in/on/at/with_gate the_city and_kept_quiet all the_night to_say until the_light the_morning and_kill_him.
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16:2 Note: We agree with both BHS 1997 and BHQ on an unexpected reading.
OET (OET-RV) But the Gazites passed around the news, “Shimshon’s in town.” So they encircled the city gate and they laid in wait for him all night. They stayed quiet the whole night, saying, “We’ll kill him when it gets light.”
Note 1 topic: translate-textvariants
{And it was told} to the Gazites, saying
(Some words not found in UHB: to_the,Gazites to=say he/it_came Shimshōn they(f) and,surrounded and,lay_in_wait to=him/it all the=night in/on/at/with,gate the=city and,kept_quiet all the=night to=say until light the,morning and,kill,him )
Ancient translations of the book of Judges all have the words And it was told. The text does not make sense without them. So it appears that these words dropped out of the Hebrew text during the process of copying and transmission. Modern versions of the Bible include them or the equivalent, and we recommend that you do the same in your translation. If your language does not use passive verbal forms, you could express this idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “And the Gadites learned”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis
So they encircled
(Some words not found in UHB: to_the,Gazites to=say he/it_came Shimshōn they(f) and,surrounded and,lay_in_wait to=him/it all the=night in/on/at/with,gate the=city and,kept_quiet all the=night to=say until light the,morning and,kill,him )
The author is leaving out some of the words that in many languages a sentence would need in order to be complete. You can supply these words from the context if that would be clearer in your language. Alternate translation: “So they encircled the house that Samson was in”
16:1-31 There is nothing of judgeship in this last chapter of Samson’s checkered history. Samson effectively abandoned his calling and was eventually stripped of his gifting as well. Only in his final encounter, when he again turned to the Lord in prayer, did any of his heroic stature revive.
OET (OET-LV) To_the_Gazites to_say he_has_come Shimshōn here and_surrounded and_lay_in_wait to_him/it all the_night in/on/at/with_gate the_city and_kept_quiet all the_night to_say until the_light the_morning and_kill_him.
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16:2 Note: We agree with both BHS 1997 and BHQ on an unexpected reading.
OET (OET-RV) But the Gazites passed around the news, “Shimshon’s in town.” So they encircled the city gate and they laid in wait for him all night. They stayed quiet the whole night, saying, “We’ll kill him when it gets light.”
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.