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 C20 C21 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 22 V1 V2 V3 V4 V5 V6 V7 V8 V9 V10 V11 V12 V13 V14 V16 V17 V18 V19 V20 V21 V22 V23 V24 V25 V26 V27 V28 V29 V30
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Used in these topics: Justice and defending the vulnerable
OET-LV Are_you_king if/because you are_competing in_cedar father_of_your am_not did_he_eat and_did_he_drink and_did_he_do justice and_righteousness then good to_him/it.
OET (OET-RV) Does having the best cedar make you a better king?
⇔ Didn’t your father Yoshiyah (Josiah) eat and drink well?
⇔ However, he administered justice and did what was right
⇔ → so things went well for him.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion
(Occurrence 0) Is this what makes you a good king, that you wanted to have boards of cedar?
(Some words not found in UHB: are,you_king? that/for/because/then/when you(ms) compete in,cedar father_of,your am=not eat and,did_he_drink? and,did_he_do? justice and,righteousness then good to=him/it )
Yahweh asks this rhetorical question to rebuke Jehoiakim for his expensive palace. Alternate translation: [Having a cedar palace does not make you a good king.]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion
(Occurrence 0) Did not your father also eat and drink, yet do … righteousness?
(Some words not found in UHB: are,you_king? that/for/because/then/when you(ms) compete in,cedar father_of,your am=not eat and,did_he_drink? and,did_he_do? justice and,righteousness then good to=him/it )
Yahweh asks this rhetorical question to remind Jehoiakim about the example of his father, King Josiah. Alternate translation: [Your father King Josiah enjoyed his life, yet did … righteousness.]
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns
(Occurrence 0) do justice and righteousness
(Some words not found in UHB: are,you_king? that/for/because/then/when you(ms) compete in,cedar father_of,your am=not eat and,did_he_drink? and,did_he_do? justice and,righteousness then good to=him/it )
These abstract nouns have similar meanings, are repeated for emphasis and can be stated as actions. Alternate translation: [act justly and fairly]
OET-LV Are_you_king if/because you are_competing in_cedar father_of_your am_not did_he_eat and_did_he_drink and_did_he_do justice and_righteousness then good to_him/it.
OET (OET-RV) Does having the best cedar make you a better king?
⇔ Didn’t your father Yoshiyah (Josiah) eat and drink well?
⇔ However, he administered justice and did what was right
⇔ → so things went well for him.
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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