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_he/it_was when_heard all the_kings the_Emori who in/on/at/with_side_of the_Yardēn/(Jordan) west_to and_all the_kings the_Kənaˊₐnī who [were]_at the_sea DOM how he_had_dried_up YHWH DOM the_waters the_Yardēn from_face/in_front_of the_people of_Yisrāʼēl/(Israel) until crossed_over_they[fn] and_melted hearts_their and_not it_was in/on/at/with_them still spirit from_face/in_front_of the_people of_Yisrāʼēl/(Israel).
5:1 Variant note: עבר/נו: (x-qere) ’עָבְרָ֑/ם’: lemma_5674 a n_1 morph_HVqc/Sp3mp id_06cMr עָבְרָ֑/ם
OET (OET-RV) When all the Amorite kings who were on the west side of the Yordan (towards the ocean) and all the Canaanite kings (beside the ocean) heard how Yahweh had dried up the water in the Yordan River until the Israelis had crossed over, they trembled with fear and lost their nerve to stand against Israel.
כִשְׁמֹ֣עַ כָּל־מַלְכֵ֣י הָאֱמֹרִ֡י אֲשֶׁר֩ בְּעֵ֨בֶר הַיַּרְדֵּ֜ן יָ֗מָּה וְכָל־מַלְכֵ֤י הַֽכְּנַעֲנִי֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר עַל־הַיָּ֔ם אֵ֠ת אֲשֶׁר־הוֹבִ֨ישׁ יְהוָ֜ה אֶת־מֵ֧י הַיַּרְדֵּ֛ן מִפְּנֵ֥י בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל עַד־עָבְרָ֑ם fn וַיִּמַּ֣ס לְבָבָ֗ם וְלֹא־הָ֨יָה בָ֥ם עוֹד֙ ר֔וּחַ מִפְּנֵ֖י בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
when,heard all/each/any/every kings the=Emori which/who in/on/at/with,side_of the,Jordan west,to and=all kings the,Canaanites which/who on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in the=sea DOM which/who dried_up YHWH DOM waters the,Jordan from=face/in_front_of sons_of Yisrael until (Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_was when,heard all/each/any/every kings the=Emori which/who in/on/at/with,side_of the,Jordan west,to and=all kings the,Canaanites which/who on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in the=sea DOM which/who dried_up YHWH DOM waters the,Jordan from=face/in_front_of sons_of Yisrael until crossed_over,they and,melted hearts,their and=not it_became in/on/at/with,them again/more courage from=face/in_front_of sons_of Yisrael )
Alternate translation: “when all the Amorite kings who were on the other side of the Jordan toward the sea, and all the Canaanite kings who were beside the sea, heard that Yahweh had dried up the waters of the Jordan before the Israelites until they had finished crossing it, then their heart melted, and there was no longer a spirit in them because of the sons of Israel”
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism
וַיִּמַּ֣ס לְבָבָ֗ם וְלֹא־הָ֨יָה בָ֥ם עוֹד֙ ר֔וּחַ
and,melted hearts,their and=not it_became in/on/at/with,them again/more courage
The phrase their heart melted and the phrase there was no longer a spirit in them have very similar meanings. The author says the same thing twice, in slightly different ways, to emphasize the intensity of the fear that these kings felt when they heard what Yahweh had done. If saying the same thing twice might be confusing for your readers, you can combine the phrases into one. Alternate translation: “then their heart melted” or “they became so afraid that they no longer had any courage to fight”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
וַיִּמַּ֣ס לְבָבָ֗ם וְלֹא־הָ֨יָה בָ֥ם עוֹד֙ ר֔וּחַ
and,melted hearts,their and=not it_became in/on/at/with,them again/more courage
The phrases their heart melted and there was no longer a spirit in them are both idioms. Here, hearts refers to courage.The kings were so afraid that it was as if their courage melted away like wax in a fire. Here, the word spirit refers to the kings will to fight. If your readers would not understand this, you could use equivalent idioms or use plain language. See how you translated “our hearts have melted and the spirit in a man no longer stands before your face” in 2:11. Alternate translation: “then they became very afraid and no longer had the courage to fight” or “then they lost all their courage, an no longer had any will to fight”
מִפְּנֵ֖י בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
from=face/in_front_of sons_of Yisrael
Here, the phrase from the face of means “because of.” For more information on this phrase see the section in the book introduction that discusses it. Alternate translation: “because of the sons of Israel”
1Note 3 topic: translate-unknown
חַֽרְב֣וֹת צֻרִ֑ים
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_was when,heard all/each/any/every kings the=Emori which/who in/on/at/with,side_of the,Jordan west,to and=all kings the,Canaanites which/who on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in the=sea DOM which/who dried_up YHWH DOM waters the,Jordan from=face/in_front_of sons_of Yisrael until crossed_over,they and,melted hearts,their and=not it_became in/on/at/with,them again/more courage from=face/in_front_of sons_of Yisrael )
Flint is a type of stone. If your readers would not be familiar with this type of stone, you could use the name of something similar in your area or you could use a more general term. Alternate translation: “knives of sharpened stone” or “knives with blades made of stone”
Note 4 topic: translate-ordinal
וְשׁ֛וּב מֹ֥ל אֶת־בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל שֵׁנִֽית
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_was when,heard all/each/any/every kings the=Emori which/who in/on/at/with,side_of the,Jordan west,to and=all kings the,Canaanites which/who on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in the=sea DOM which/who dried_up YHWH DOM waters the,Jordan from=face/in_front_of sons_of Yisrael until crossed_over,they and,melted hearts,their and=not it_became in/on/at/with,them again/more courage from=face/in_front_of sons_of Yisrael )
If your language does not use ordinal numbers, you could indicate the meaning of this part of the verse without using an ordinal number. This section of the verse means that Yahweh wanted the current generation of male Israelites to be circumcised. The previous generation of male Israelites had been circumcised but they had died in the wilderness as 5:4 states. The current generation of Israelite males had not yet been circumcised. Alternate translation: “and circumcise this generation of male Israelites” or “and again, circumcise the sons of Israel”
15:1 After news of Israel’s crossing of the Jordan River spread, all of southern Canaan was in a state of alert awaiting Israel’s expected invasion.
• With Israel’s impossible crossing of the Jordan, the Canaanites lost heart and were paralyzed with fear. They knew they faced the people of a God more powerful than any they worshiped.
OET (OET-LV) and_he/it_was when_heard all the_kings the_Emori who in/on/at/with_side_of the_Yardēn/(Jordan) west_to and_all the_kings the_Kənaˊₐnī who [were]_at the_sea DOM how he_had_dried_up YHWH DOM the_waters the_Yardēn from_face/in_front_of the_people of_Yisrāʼēl/(Israel) until crossed_over_they[fn] and_melted hearts_their and_not it_was in/on/at/with_them still spirit from_face/in_front_of the_people of_Yisrāʼēl/(Israel).
5:1 Variant note: עבר/נו: (x-qere) ’עָבְרָ֑/ם’: lemma_5674 a n_1 morph_HVqc/Sp3mp id_06cMr עָבְרָ֑/ם
OET (OET-RV) When all the Amorite kings who were on the west side of the Yordan (towards the ocean) and all the Canaanite kings (beside the ocean) heard how Yahweh had dried up the water in the Yordan River until the Israelis had crossed over, they trembled with fear and lost their nerve to stand against Israel.
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.