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1 Ki C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 C15 C16 C17 C18 C19 C20 C21 C22
1 Ki 3 V1 V2 V3 V4 V5 V6 V7 V8 V10 V11 V12 V13 V14 V15 V16 V17 V18 V19 V20 V21 V22 V23 V24 V25 V26 V27 V28
OET (OET-LV) And_give to_servant_of_your a_heart which_listens to_judge DOM people_of_your to_discern between good from_evil if/because who is_he_able to_judge DOM people_of_yours the_great the_this.
OET (OET-RV) So please give your servant the ability to listen to your people and to judge them well—discerning between good and evil, because who’s able to judge your people—that’s a heavy task.”
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion
For who is able to judge this great people of yours?
(Some words not found in UHB: and,give to,servant_of,your heart understanding to,judge DOM people_of,your to,discern between good from,evil that/for/because/then/when who? he/it_would_be_able to,judge DOM people_of,yours the,great the,this )
Solomon asks a question to emphasize that he knows that no one can judge. Alternate translation: “No one is able to judge this great people of yours.”
3:4-15 God’s gift of wisdom to Solomon is narrated as a chiasm (a symmetrical arrangement in which sections A and B are mirrored by sections B’ and A’), drawing the focus in on Solomon’s transaction with the Lord: A: While he sacrificed at Gibeon . . . the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream (3:4-5). B: Solomon prayed for wisdom to govern his people equitably and efficiently (3:6-9). B’: The Lord favorably answered his request and granted additional blessings (3:10-14). A’: Solomon awoke from the dream and offered additional sacrifices to the Lord (3:15).
OET (OET-LV) And_give to_servant_of_your a_heart which_listens to_judge DOM people_of_your to_discern between good from_evil if/because who is_he_able to_judge DOM people_of_yours the_great the_this.
OET (OET-RV) So please give your servant the ability to listen to your people and to judge them well—discerning between good and evil, because who’s able to judge your people—that’s a heavy task.”
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.