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
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OET-LV And_I_said what is_it and_he/it_said this is_the_ʼēyfāh which_is_going_forth and_he/it_said this eye_of_is_their in_all the_earth/land.
OET (OET-RV) “What is it?” I asked.
¶ And he said, “That’s the measuring bin that’s coming.” Then he continued, “That’s their eye[fn] across the whole land.”
5:6 Some ancient translations have ‘iniquity’ here, but we’ve stayed with the Hebrew.
Note 1 topic: writing-pronouns
עֵינָ֖ם
eye_of,[is]_their
The pronoun their refers to the people of the land. It may be helpful to clarify this for your readers. Alternate translation: [the people’s eye]
Note 2 topic: translate-alternativereadings
עֵינָ֖ם
eye_of,[is]_their
The phrase their eye is a translation of the written text in the original language. Some ancient translations, however, read “their iniquity” instead. You may want to follow this alternative reading in your translation. Alternate translation: [their iniquity]
Note 3 topic: translate-bvolume
הָֽאֵיפָה֙
[is]_the,ephah
An ephah was a unit of dry volume equivalent to about 22 liters or nearly two thirds of a bushel. Here it refers to a large measuring container. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could express this in terms of modern measurements, either in the text or in a footnote.
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
עֵינָ֖ם בְּכָל־הָאָֽרֶץ
eye_of,[is]_their in=all the=earth/land
Here, their eye could mean: (1) their appearance, meaning the ephah represents what the people are doing throughout the land. Alternate translation: [what they are doing throughout all the earth] (2) their iniquity, since the words for “eye” and “iniquity” are similar in the original language. Alternate translation: [how they are sinning throughout all the earth]
OET-LV And_I_said what is_it and_he/it_said this is_the_ʼēyfāh which_is_going_forth and_he/it_said this eye_of_is_their in_all the_earth/land.
OET (OET-RV) “What is it?” I asked.
¶ And he said, “That’s the measuring bin that’s coming.” Then he continued, “That’s their eye[fn] across the whole land.”
5:6 Some ancient translations have ‘iniquity’ here, but we’ve stayed with the Hebrew.
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.
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