Open Bible Data Home About News OET Key
OET OET-RV OET-LV ULT UST BSB BLB AICNT OEB WEB WMB NET LSV FBV TCNT T4T LEB BBE Moff JPS ASV DRA YLT Drby RV Wbstr KJB-1769 KJB-1611 Bshps Gnva Cvdl TNT Wyc SR-GNT UHB Related Parallel Interlinear Reference Dictionary Search
interlinearVerse INT GEN EXO LEV NUM DEU JOS JDG RUTH 1SA 2SA 1KI 2KI 1CH 2CH EZRA NEH EST JOB PSA PRO ECC SNG ISA JER LAM EZE DAN HOS JOEL AMOS OBA YNA MIC NAH HAB ZEP HAG ZEC MAL YHN MARK MAT LUKE ACTs ROM 1COR 2COR GAL EPH PHP COL 1TH 2TH 1TIM 2TIM TIT PHM HEB YAC 1PET 2PET 1YHN 2YHN 3YHN YUD REV
Jos C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 C15 C16 C17 C18 C19 C20 C21 C22 C23 C24
OET (OET-LV) And_tell to/for_them (cmp) they_were_cut_off the_waters the_Yardēn from_face/in_front_of the_ark of_the_covenant of_YHWH in/on/at/with_crossed_it in/on/at/with_Yardēn they_were_cut_off the_waters the_Yardēn and_they_will_be the_stones the_these as_memorial to_people of_Yisrāʼēl/(Israel) until perpetuity.
OET (OET-RV) then you’ll all be able to tell them that the water in the Yordan River was cut off ahead of the box with Yahweh’s agreement. When it crossed over into the river, the water in the river stopped flowing, and those rocks are a memorial for the Israelis forever.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
אֲשֶׁ֨ר נִכְרְת֜וּ מֵימֵ֤י הַיַּרְדֵּן֙…נִכְרְת֖וּ מֵ֣י הַיַּרְדֵּ֑ן
which/who cut_off waters (Some words not found in UHB: and,tell to/for=them which/who cut_off waters the,Jordan from=face/in_front_of ark covenant YHWH in/on/at/with,crossed,it in/on/at/with,Jordan cut_off waters the,Jordan and=they_will_be the,stones the=these as,memorial to,people Yisrael until eternity )
If your language does not use the passive form in this way, you can state this in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “Because Yahweh cut off the waters of the Jordan…Yahweh cut off the waters of the Jordan”
Note 2 topic: writing-poetry
אֲשֶׁ֨ר נִכְרְת֜וּ מֵימֵ֤י הַיַּרְדֵּן֙ מִפְּנֵי֙ אֲר֣וֹן בְּרִית־יְהוָ֔ה בְּעָבְרוֹ֙ בַּיַּרְדֵּ֔ן נִכְרְת֖וּ מֵ֣י הַיַּרְדֵּ֑ן
which/who cut_off waters the,Jordan from=face/in_front_of ark covenant YHWH in/on/at/with,crossed,it in/on/at/with,Jordan cut_off waters the,Jordan
Here two ideas are presented and then they are further explained in reverse order. This is called a chiasm. Biblical Hebrew sometimes uses this literary device. If possible, try to follow this AB-BA sequence of presenting the information here. If it is not possible you can state the information one time and show the emphasis in another ways. See the chapter introduction for more information regarding chiasms. Alternate translation: “Because the waters of the Jordan were cut when the Box of the Covenant of Yahweh crossed over in the Jordan!”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
בְּעָבְרוֹ֙
in/on/at/with,crossed,it
It is implied from the context that the Box of the Covenant of Yahweh was carried over the Jordan River by the Israelite priests and that it did not cross over on its own. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could indicate that explicitly. Alternate translation: “when the priests carried it over”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
הַיַּרְדֵּן֙
the,Jordan
Here, the phrase the Jordan refers to the riverbed of the Jordan River, as it did in 3:17. See how you translated the phrase the Jordan there. Alternate translation: “the river bed of the Jordan” or “the Jordan’s river bed”
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
לִבְנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל
to,people Yisrael
See how you translated the phrase the sons of Israel in 1:2.
OET (OET-LV) And_tell to/for_them (cmp) they_were_cut_off the_waters the_Yardēn from_face/in_front_of the_ark of_the_covenant of_YHWH in/on/at/with_crossed_it in/on/at/with_Yardēn they_were_cut_off the_waters the_Yardēn and_they_will_be the_stones the_these as_memorial to_people of_Yisrāʼēl/(Israel) until perpetuity.
OET (OET-RV) then you’ll all be able to tell them that the water in the Yordan River was cut off ahead of the box with Yahweh’s agreement. When it crossed over into the river, the water in the river stopped flowing, and those rocks are a memorial for the Israelis forever.
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.