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
InterlinearVerse 1 Sam C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 C10 C12 C13 C14 C15 C16 C17 C18 C19 C20 C21 C22 C23 C24 C25 C26 C27 C28 C29 C30 C31
1 Sam 11 V1 V2 V3 V4 V5 V6 V7 V8 V9 V11 V12 V13 V14 V15
Places tagged in the matching LV passage: Jabesh (SA1 11:1)
OET-LV And_ the_men_of Yāⱱēsh _they_said tomorrow will_we_go_out to_you(pl) and_you(pl)_will_do to/for_ourselves according_to_all_of the_good in_eyes_of_your(pl).
OET (OET-RV) So the Yavesh leaders told Nahash, “We’ll surrender to you all tomorrow, then you can do to us whatever seems good to you all.”
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis
וַֽיֹּאמְרוּ֙ אַנְשֵׁ֣י יָבֵ֔ישׁ
(Some words not found in UHB: and,they_said men_of Yāⱱēsh/(Jabesh) tomorrow come_out to,you(pl) and,you(pl)_will_do to/for=ourselves according,to_all_of the,good in,eyes_of,your(pl) )
The author is leaving out some of the words that in many languages a sentence would need in order to be complete. You can supply these words from the context if that would be clearer in your language. Alternate translation: [And the men of Jabesh said to Nahash]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche
וַֽיֹּאמְרוּ֙ אַנְשֵׁ֣י יָבֵ֔ישׁ
(Some words not found in UHB: and,they_said men_of Yāⱱēsh/(Jabesh) tomorrow come_out to,you(pl) and,you(pl)_will_do to/for=ourselves according,to_all_of the,good in,eyes_of,your(pl) )
The author refers to all the men of Jabesh to represent one part of them, the leaders who were conducting these negotiations. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [And the leaders of Jabesh said]
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / go
נֵצֵ֣א אֲלֵיכֶ֑ם
come_out to,you(pl)
In this context, your language might say “come” instead of go. See how you translated this in 11:3. Alternate translation: [we will come out to you]
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
כְּכָל־הַטּ֖וֹב בְּעֵינֵיכֶֽם
(Some words not found in UHB: and,they_said men_of Yāⱱēsh/(Jabesh) tomorrow come_out to,you(pl) and,you(pl)_will_do to/for=ourselves according,to_all_of the,good in,eyes_of,your(pl) )
See how you translated in your eyes similar expression in 1:18. Alternate translation: [as you see fit] or [according to what you consider right]
OET-LV And_ the_men_of Yāⱱēsh _they_said tomorrow will_we_go_out to_you(pl) and_you(pl)_will_do to/for_ourselves according_to_all_of the_good in_eyes_of_your(pl).
OET (OET-RV) So the Yavesh leaders told Nahash, “We’ll surrender to you all tomorrow, then you can do to us whatever seems good to you all.”
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.