OET interlinear 1 KI 21:10

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

בְּנֵֽי־בְלִיַּעַל֮

(Some words not found in UHB: and,make_sit two men sons_of worthless before,him and,let,them_testify_against_him to=say cursed ʼElohīm and_[the],king and,take,him_out and,stone,him so,that_he_may_die )

To translate this expression here and in verse 13, see how you translated the similar expression in [1:52](../01/52.md). Alternate translation: [very wicked men]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / quotesinquotes

לֵ⁠אמֹ֔ר בֵּרַ֥כְתָּ אֱלֹהִ֖ים וָ⁠מֶ֑לֶךְ

to=say (Some words not found in UHB: and,make_sit two men sons_of worthless before,him and,let,them_testify_against_him to=say cursed ʼElohīm and_[the],king and,take,him_out and,stone,him so,that_he_may_die )

If it would be clearer in your language, you could translate this so that there is not a quotation within a quotation. Alternate translation: [saying that he blessed God and the king]

Note 3 topic: translate-textvariants

בֵּרַ֥כְתָּ אֱלֹהִ֖ים וָ⁠מֶ֑לֶךְ

(Some words not found in UHB: and,make_sit two men sons_of worthless before,him and,let,them_testify_against_him to=say cursed ʼElohīm and_[the],king and,take,him_out and,stone,him so,that_he_may_die )

It is likely that the original reading here was “cursed” and that scribes changed it to blessed in order to avoid the uncomfortable language of a person cursing God. (It would not have been a capital crime if Naboth had blessed God and the king, but it would have been a capital crime if he had cursed them.) Many versions of the Bible read “cursed” here, since this is the kind of change that scribes are known to have made in similar cases. If a translation of the Bible exists in your region, you may wish to use the reading that it uses, here and in verse 13. If a translation of the Bible does not exist in your region, you may wish to use the reading of the ULT. Alternate translation: [You cursed God and the king]