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 C22 C23 C24 C25 C26 C27 C28 C29 C30 C31 C32 C33 C34 C35 C36 C37 C39 C40 C41 C42 C43 C44 C45 C46 C47 C48 C49 C50 C51 C52
Yir 38 V1 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 V28
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OET-LV Thus YHWH he_says the_one_who_remains in_city (the)_this he_will_die by_sword by_famine and_by_pestilence and_the_one_who_goes_out to the_ones_from_Kasdiy and_he_will_live[fn] and_it_will_belong for_him/it life_of_his to_plunder and_he_will_live.
38:2 OSHB variant note: יחיה: (x-qere) ’וְ/חָיָ֔ה’: lemma=c/2421 n=0.1 morph=HC/Vqq3ms id=2411s וְ/חָיָ֔ה
OET (OET-RV) Yahweh says this: Anyone who stays in this city will be killed by fighting, famine, or deadly diseases, but anyone who goes out to the Babylonians will survive—they won’t be killed.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
(Occurrence 0) Anyone staying in this city will be killed by sword, famine, and plague
(Some words not found in UHB: thus he/it_had_said YHWH the_[one,who]_remains in,city (the),this die by,sword by,famine and,by,pestilence and,the_[one,who]_goes_out to/towards the=\add >ones\add*_from_Kasdiy יחיה and,it_will_belong for=him/it life_of,his to,plunder and,he_will_live )
This can be translated in active form. Alternate translation: [Anyone staying in this city will die by sword, famine, and plague] or [I will kill anyone staying in this city with sword, famine, and plague]
(Occurrence 0) He will escape with his own life
(Some words not found in UHB: thus he/it_had_said YHWH the_[one,who]_remains in,city (the),this die by,sword by,famine and,by,pestilence and,the_[one,who]_goes_out to/towards the=\add >ones\add*_from_Kasdiy יחיה and,it_will_belong for=him/it life_of,his to,plunder and,he_will_live )
The one who surrenders to the Babylonians will escape alive, even though he will lose all his possessions. See how you translated a similar phrase in Jeremiah 21:9.
OET-LV Thus YHWH he_says the_one_who_remains in_city (the)_this he_will_die by_sword by_famine and_by_pestilence and_the_one_who_goes_out to the_ones_from_Kasdiy and_he_will_live[fn] and_it_will_belong for_him/it life_of_his to_plunder and_he_will_live.
38:2 OSHB variant note: יחיה: (x-qere) ’וְ/חָיָ֔ה’: lemma=c/2421 n=0.1 morph=HC/Vqq3ms id=2411s וְ/חָיָ֔ה
OET (OET-RV) Yahweh says this: Anyone who stays in this city will be killed by fighting, famine, or deadly diseases, but anyone who goes out to the Babylonians will survive—they won’t be killed.
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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