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
Nah 3 V1 V2 V3 V4 V5 V6 V7 V8 V9 V10 V11 V12 V13 V14 V16 V17 V18 V19
OET-LV There it_will_consume_you fire it_will_cut_you_off the_sword it_will_consume_you like_locust[s] make_yourself_numerous like_locust[s] make_yourself_numerous like_locust.
OET (OET-RV) Even so, fire will devour you.
⇔ The sword will cut you down.
⇔ They’ll chew you up like locusts.
⇔ You need to multiply like locusts and grasshoppers.
Note 1 topic: writing-pronouns
שָׁ֚ם תֹּאכְלֵ֣ךְ אֵ֔שׁ
(Some words not found in UHB: there it,will_consume_you fire it,will_cut_you_off sword it,will_consume_you like,locust[s] multiply like,locust[s] multiply like,locust )
The pronoun you in this verse refers to Nineveh. If this is not clear for your readers, you could add the name. Alternate translation: [Fire will devour you there, Nineveh]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
תַּכְרִיתֵ֣ךְ
(Some words not found in UHB: there it,will_consume_you fire it,will_cut_you_off sword it,will_consume_you like,locust[s] multiply like,locust[s] multiply like,locust )
The author is using the phrase the sword will cut you off to mean “the sword will end your life.” If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [will end your life]
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis
כַּיָּ֑לֶק
(Some words not found in UHB: there it,will_consume_you fire it,will_cut_you_off sword it,will_consume_you like,locust[s] multiply like,locust[s] multiply like,locust )
The author is leaving out some of the words that in many languages a sentence would need in order to be complete. You could supply these words if it would be clearer in your language. Alternate translation: [as completely as the creeping locust devours plants]
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis
כַּיֶּ֔לֶק
(Some words not found in UHB: there it,will_consume_you fire it,will_cut_you_off sword it,will_consume_you like,locust[s] multiply like,locust[s] multiply like,locust )
The author is leaving out some of the words that in many languages a sentence would need in order to be complete. You could supply these words if it would be clearer in your language. Alternate translation: [as the creeping locust multiplies itself]
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis
כָּאַרְבֶּֽה
(Some words not found in UHB: there it,will_consume_you fire it,will_cut_you_off sword it,will_consume_you like,locust[s] multiply like,locust[s] multiply like,locust )
The author is leaving out some of the words that in many languages a sentence would need in order to be complete. You could supply these words if it would be clearer in your language. Alternate translation: [as the swarming locust multiplies itself]
OET-LV There it_will_consume_you fire it_will_cut_you_off the_sword it_will_consume_you like_locust[s] make_yourself_numerous like_locust[s] make_yourself_numerous like_locust.
OET (OET-RV) Even so, fire will devour you.
⇔ The sword will cut you down.
⇔ They’ll chew you up like locusts.
⇔ You need to multiply like locusts and grasshoppers.
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.