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 Yir C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 C15 C16 C17 C18 C19 C21 C22 C23 C24 C25 C26 C27 C28 C29 C30 C31 C32 C33 C34 C35 C36 C37 C38 C39 C40 C41 C42 C43 C44 C45 C46 C47 C48 C49 C50 C51 C52
Yir 20 V1 V2 V3 V5 V6 V7 V8 V9 V10 V11 V12 V13 V14 V15 V16 V17 V18
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People tagged in the matching LV passage: God
Places tagged in the matching LV passage: Babylon
OET-LV If/because thus YHWH he_says HERE_I am_about_of_to_make_you[fn] into_a_terror to/for_yourself(m) and_to/for_all friends_of_your and_they_will_fall by_the_sword_of their_enemies_of_their and_eyes_of_your will_be_seeing and_DOM all_of Yəhūdāh/(Judah) I_will_give in_the_hand_of the_king_of Bāⱱel and_he_will_take_them_into_exile to_Bāⱱel and_he_will_strike_them_down with_sword.
20:4 OSHB note: We read one or more accents in L differently than BHS. Often this notation indicates a typographical error in BHS.
OET (OET-RV) because Yahweh says this: Listen, I’ll make you a terror to yourself and to all your friends. They’ll fall by their enemies’ swords before your very eyes, and then I’ll hand Yehudah (Judah) over to the Babylonian king, and he’ll carry them away to Bavel (Babylon) and put them to death.
(Occurrence 0) Look,
(Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when thus he/it_had_said YHWH here,I [am]_about_of,to_make_you into,a_terror to/for=yourself(m) and=to/for=all friends_of,your and,they_will_fall by,the_sword_of their_enemies_of,their and,eyes_of,your look_on and=DOM all/each/any/every Yehuda give in,the_hand_of king Bāⱱel and,he,will_take_them_into_exile to,Babylon and,he,will_strike_them_down with,sword )
This word adds emphasis to what is said next. Alternate translation: [Pay attention to what I am about to tell you.]
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
(Occurrence 0) they will fall by the sword of their enemies
(Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when thus he/it_had_said YHWH here,I [am]_about_of,to_make_you into,a_terror to/for=yourself(m) and=to/for=all friends_of,your and,they_will_fall by,the_sword_of their_enemies_of,their and,eyes_of,your look_on and=DOM all/each/any/every Yehuda give in,the_hand_of king Bāⱱel and,he,will_take_them_into_exile to,Babylon and,he,will_strike_them_down with,sword )
The idiom “fall by the sword” means that they will die in battle. Alternate translation: [their enemies will kill them with swords]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche
(Occurrence 0) your eyes will see it
(Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when thus he/it_had_said YHWH here,I [am]_about_of,to_make_you into,a_terror to/for=yourself(m) and=to/for=all friends_of,your and,they_will_fall by,the_sword_of their_enemies_of,their and,eyes_of,your look_on and=DOM all/each/any/every Yehuda give in,the_hand_of king Bāⱱel and,he,will_take_them_into_exile to,Babylon and,he,will_strike_them_down with,sword )
Here the word “eyes” represents Pashhur. Alternate translation: [you will see it]
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
(Occurrence 0) I will give all of Judah into the hand of the king of Babylon
(Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when thus he/it_had_said YHWH here,I [am]_about_of,to_make_you into,a_terror to/for=yourself(m) and=to/for=all friends_of,your and,they_will_fall by,the_sword_of their_enemies_of,their and,eyes_of,your look_on and=DOM all/each/any/every Yehuda give in,the_hand_of king Bāⱱel and,he,will_take_them_into_exile to,Babylon and,he,will_strike_them_down with,sword )
Here the word “hand” refers to power. Alternate translation: [I will enable the king of Babylon to conquer all of Judah]
OET-LV If/because thus YHWH he_says HERE_I am_about_of_to_make_you[fn] into_a_terror to/for_yourself(m) and_to/for_all friends_of_your and_they_will_fall by_the_sword_of their_enemies_of_their and_eyes_of_your will_be_seeing and_DOM all_of Yəhūdāh/(Judah) I_will_give in_the_hand_of the_king_of Bāⱱel and_he_will_take_them_into_exile to_Bāⱱel and_he_will_strike_them_down with_sword.
20:4 OSHB note: We read one or more accents in L differently than BHS. Often this notation indicates a typographical error in BHS.
OET (OET-RV) because Yahweh says this: Listen, I’ll make you a terror to yourself and to all your friends. They’ll fall by their enemies’ swords before your very eyes, and then I’ll hand Yehudah (Judah) over to the Babylonian king, and he’ll carry them away to Bavel (Babylon) and put them to death.
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.
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