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 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 C38 C39 C40 C41 C42 C43 C44 C45 C46 C47 C48 C49 C50 C51 C52
Yir 4 V1 V2 V3 V4 V5 V6 V7 V8 V9 V10 V11 V12 V13 V14 V15 V16 V17 V18 V19 V20 V21 V23 V24 V25 V26 V27 V28 V29 V30 V31
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OET-LV If/because is_a_fool people_of_my me not they_know are_children fools they and_not they are_having_understanding are_skillful they to_do_evil and_to_do_good not they_know.
OET (OET-RV) Yes, my people are foolish—they don’t know me.
⇔ ≈ They’re like stupid children who don’t understand anything.
⇔ They’ve very clever at doing what’s evil
⇔ ≈ and they don’t know how to do what’s good.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
(Occurrence 0) For the foolishness of my people … do not know to do good.
(Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when foolish people_of,my ,me not know sons stupid they(emph) and=not understanding they(emph) skilled they(emph) to,do_evil and,to,do_good not know )
It can be stated clearly that Yahweh says this. This is probably his reply to Jeremiah, telling why the battle is still happening. Alternate translation: [Yahweh replied, ‘It is because of the foolishness of my people … do not know to do good.’]
(Occurrence 0) idiotic people
(Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when foolish people_of,my ,me not know sons stupid they(emph) and=not understanding they(emph) skilled they(emph) to,do_evil and,to,do_good not know )
Alternate translation: [stupid people]
OET-LV If/because is_a_fool people_of_my me not they_know are_children fools they and_not they are_having_understanding are_skillful they to_do_evil and_to_do_good not they_know.
OET (OET-RV) Yes, my people are foolish—they don’t know me.
⇔ ≈ They’re like stupid children who don’t understand anything.
⇔ They’ve very clever at doing what’s evil
⇔ ≈ and they don’t know how to do what’s good.
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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