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 Hero C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 C15 C16 C17 C19 C20 C21
Hero 18 V1 V2 V3 V4 V5 V6 V7 V8 V9 V10 V11 V12 V13 V14 V15 V16 V17 V18 V19 V20 V21 V22 V23 V24 V25 V26 V27 V29 V30 V31
◄ ← HERO (JDG) 18:28 ↓ → ► ║ ≡ ©
Places tagged in the matching LV passage: Sidon (GEN 10:19)
OET-LV And_there_was_not a_deliverer if/because was_far it from_Tsīdōn/(Sidon) and_anything there_belonged_not to/for_them with anyone and_she was_in_valley which belongs_to_Bēyt- rehob and_they_rebuilt DOM the_city and_they_lived in_it.
OET (OET-RV) No one came to rescue them because it was a long way from Tsidon (Sidon) and they did have much involvement with them anyway. (Layish was in the valley near Beyt-Rehov.) They rebuilt the city and then moved into it.
Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result
וְאֵ֨ין מַצִּ֜יל כִּ֧י רְֽחוֹקָה־הִ֣יא מִצִּיד֗וֹן וְדָבָ֤ר אֵין־לָהֶם֙ עִם־אָדָ֔ם
and,there_[was]_not (Some words not found in UHB: and,there_[was]_not deliverer that/for/because/then/when far she/it from,Sidon and,anything not to/for=them with humankind and=she [was]_in,valley which/who [belongs]_to,Beth- -rehob and,they_rebuilt DOM the=city and=they_lived in,it )
If it would be more natural in your language, you could reverse the order of these phrases, since the second phrase gives the reason for the result that the first phrase describes. Alternate translation: [Since the city was far from Sidon and it had no alliances with nearby cities or people groups, there was no one to rescue them]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
וְדָבָ֤ר אֵין־לָהֶם֙ עִם־אָדָ֔ם
and,anything not to/for=them with humankind
See how you translated the same expression in 18:7.
Note 3 topic: writing-background
וְהִ֕יא בָּעֵ֖מֶק אֲשֶׁ֣ר לְבֵית־רְח֑וֹב
and=she (Some words not found in UHB: and,there_[was]_not deliverer that/for/because/then/when far she/it from,Sidon and,anything not to/for=them with humankind and=she [was]_in,valley which/who [belongs]_to,Beth- -rehob and,they_rebuilt DOM the=city and=they_lived in,it )
The author is providing background information to help readers recognize where Laish was located. In your translation, introduce this information in a way that would be natural in your own language and culture.
OET-LV And_there_was_not a_deliverer if/because was_far it from_Tsīdōn/(Sidon) and_anything there_belonged_not to/for_them with anyone and_she was_in_valley which belongs_to_Bēyt- rehob and_they_rebuilt DOM the_city and_they_lived in_it.
OET (OET-RV) No one came to rescue them because it was a long way from Tsidon (Sidon) and they did have much involvement with them anyway. (Layish was in the valley near Beyt-Rehov.) They rebuilt the city and then moved into it.
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.