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OET (OET-RV) Long ago, God spoke to our ancestors through the prophets in many different circumstances and in many different ways,![]()
OET-LV Many_ways and many_ways long_ago, the god, having_spoken to_the fathers in the prophets![]()
ULT In many portions and in many ways long ago, God, having spoken to our fathers through the prophets,
UST In the past, God communicated to the Israelite ancestors through people who proclaimed his message. He did this throughout the time during which the ancestors lived, and he used many different means to do so.
BSB & MSB {On many} past occasions and in many different ways, God spoke to [our] fathers through the prophets.
BLB God, having spoken long ago to our fathers in the prophets in many portions and in many ways,
AICNT [fn]In many parts[fn] and in many ways, God long ago spoke to {the}[fn] fathers through the prophets.
OEB God, who, of old, at many times and in many ways, spoke to our ancestors, by the prophets,
WEBBE & WMBB God, having in the past spoken to the fathers through the prophets at many times and in various ways,
NET After God spoke long ago in various portions and in various ways to our ancestors through the prophets,
LSV In many parts and many ways, God, having spoken long ago to the fathers by the prophets,
FBV God, who in the past spoke to our forefathers through the prophets at various times and in many ways,
TCNT God spoke to our fathers long ago at many times and in many ways through the prophets, but in these last days he has spoken to us through his Son,
T4T Long ago God communicated frequently to our ancestors in various ways by what the prophets said and wrote.
LEB Although[fn] God spoke long ago in many parts[fn] and in many ways to the fathers by the prophets,
BBE In times past the word of God came to our fathers through the prophets, in different parts and in different ways;
Moff Many were the forms and fashions in which God spoke of old to our fathers by the prophets,
Wymth God, who in ancient days spoke to our forefathers in many distinct messages and by various methods through the Prophets,
ASV God, having of old time spoken unto the fathers in the prophets by divers portions and in divers manners,
DRA God, who, at sundry times and in divers manners, spoke in times past to the fathers by the prophets, last of all,
YLT In many parts, and many ways, God of old having spoken to the fathers in the prophets,
Drby [fn]God having spoken in many parts and in many ways formerly to the fathers in the prophets,
RV God, having of old time spoken unto the fathers in the prophets by divers portions and in divers manners,
(God, having of old time spoken unto the fathers in the prophets by diverse/various portions and in diverse/various manners,)
SLT God, formerly multifariously and abundantly having spoken to the fathers in the prophets,
Wbstr God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets,
KJB-1769 God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,
(God, who at sundry times and in diverse/various manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,)
KJB-1611 ¶ God who at sundry times, and in diuers manners, spake in time past vnto the Fathers by the Prophets,
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation)
Bshps God which in time past, at sundrie tymes, and in diuers maners, spake vnto the fathers in the prophetes:
(God which in time past, at sundrie times, and in diverse/various manners, spake unto the fathers in the prophets:)
Gnva At sundry times and in diuers maners God spake in the olde time to our fathers by the Prophetes: in these last dayes hee hath spoken vnto vs by his Sonne,
(At sundry times and in diverse/various manners God spake in the old time to our fathers by the Prophets: in these last days he hath/has spoken unto us by his Son,)
Cvdl God in tyme past dyuersly & many wayes, spake vnto ye fathers by prophetes,
(God in time past dyuersly and many ways, spake unto ye/you_all fathers by prophets,)
TNT God in tyme past diversly and many wayes spake vnto the fathers by Prophetes:
(God in time past diversly and many ways spake unto the fathers by Prophets:)
Wycl God, that spak sum tyme bi prophetis in many maneres to oure fadris, at the
(God, that spake some time by prophets in many manners to our fathers, at the)
Luth Nachdem vorzeiten GOtt manchmal und mancherlei Weise geredet hat zu den Vätern durch die Propheten,
(After ancient_times God sometimes and various way/manner talked has to/for the fathers through the prophet(s),)
ClVg Multifariam, multisque modis olim Deus loquens patribus in prophetis:[fn]
(Manyfariam, manyque in_ways formerly/once God speaking to_the_fathers in/into/on prophets:)
SR-GNT Πολυμερῶς καὶ πολυτρόπως πάλαι, ὁ ˚Θεὸς, λαλήσας τοῖς πατράσιν ἐν τοῖς προφήταις ‡
UGNT πολυμερῶς καὶ πολυτρόπως πάλαι, ὁ Θεὸς, λαλήσας τοῖς πατράσιν ἐν τοῖς προφήταις
SBL-GNT Πολυμερῶς καὶ πολυτρόπως πάλαι ὁ θεὸς λαλήσας τοῖς πατράσιν ἐν τοῖς προφήταις
RP-GNT Πολυμερῶς καὶ πολυτρόπως πάλαι ὁ θεὸς λαλήσας τοῖς πατράσιν ἐν τοῖς προφήταις, ἐπ' ἐσχάτου τῶν ἡμερῶν τούτων ἐλάλησεν ἡμῖν ἐν υἱῷ,
TC-GNT Πολυμερῶς καὶ πολυτρόπως πάλαι ὁ Θεὸς λαλήσας τοῖς πατράσιν ἐν τοῖς προφήταις ἐπ᾽ [fn]ἐσχάτου τῶν ἡμερῶν τούτων ἐλάλησεν ἡμῖν ἐν υἱῷ,