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BrLXX Καὶ ἔλαβον ἐκ τῶν υἱῶν ὑμῶν εἰς προφήτας, καὶ ἐκ τῶν νεανίσκων ὑμῶν εἰς ἁγιασμόν· μὴ οὐκ ἔστι ταῦτα υἱοὶ Ἰσραήλ; λέγει Κύριος.
(Kai elabon ek tōn huiōn humōn eis profaʸtas, kai ek tōn neaniskōn humōn eis hagiasmon; maʸ ouk esti tauta huioi Israaʸl; legei Kurios. )

BrTr And I took of your sons for prophets, and of your young men for consecration. Are not these things so, ye sons of Israel? saith the Lord.

ULT I raised up prophets from among your sons
⇔ and Nazirites from your young men.
⇔ Is it not so,
⇔ sons of Israel?—
⇔ this is Yahweh’s declaration.

UST I chose some of you Israelites to be prophets,
⇔ and I chose others to be Nazir who were completely dedicated to me.
⇔ You people of Israel certainly know that what I, Yahweh, have declared will happen!

BSB I raised up prophets from your sons
⇔ and Nazirites from your young men.
⇔ Is this not true,
⇔ O children of Israel?”
⇔ declares the LORD.

OEB ⇔ I raised up some of your sons to be prophets
⇔ some of your youths to be Nazirites.
⇔ Is not this indeed so, Israelites?
⇔ says the Lord.

WEBBE I raised up some of your sons for prophets,
⇔ and some of your young men for Nazirites.
⇔ Isn’t this true,
⇔ you children of Israel?” says the LORD.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET I made some of your sons prophets
⇔ and some of your young men Nazirites.
⇔ Is this not true, you Israelites?”
⇔ The Lord is speaking!

LSV And I raise of your sons for prophets,
And of your choice ones for Nazarites,
Is this not true, O sons of Israel?” A declaration of YHWH.

FBV I appointed some of your sons to be prophets, and some of your young men to be Nazirites.[fn] Isn't this true, people of Israel?

2:11 Nazirites: men who took special vows of service for God, and who were not allowed to drink wine or cut their hair.

T4T I chose some of you Israelis to be prophets,
⇔ and I chose others to be Nazir-men who were completely dedicated to me.
⇔ You people of Israel certainly [RHQ] know that what I have said is true!

LEB And I raised up some of your sons to be prophets and some of your young men to be Nazirites. Is it not so, O people[fn] of Israel? This is the declaration of Yahweh!

2:11 Literally “children”

BBE And some of your sons I made prophets, and some of your young men I made separate for myself. Is it not even so, O children of Israel? says the Lord.

Moff No Moff AMOS book available

JPS And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young men for Nazirites. Is it not even thus, O ye children of Israel? saith the LORD.

ASV And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young men for Nazirites. Is it not even thus, O ye children of Israel? saith Jehovah.

DRA And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young men for Nazarites. Is it not so, O ye children of Israel, saith the Lord?

YLT And I raise of your sons for prophets, And of your choice ones for Nazarites, Is not this true, O sons of Israel? An affirmation of Jehovah.

Drby And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young men for Nazarites. Is it not even thus, ye children of Israel? saith Jehovah.

RV And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young men for Nazirites. Is it not even thus, O ye children of Israel? saith the LORD.

Wbstr And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young men for Nazarites. Is it not even thus, O ye children of Israel? saith the LORD.

KJB-1769 And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young men for Nazarites. Is it not even thus, O ye children of Israel? saith the LORD.
(And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young men for Nazarites. Is it not even thus, O ye/you_all children of Israel? saith/says the LORD. )

KJB-1611 And I raised vp of your sonnes for Prophets, and of your young men for Nazarites. Is it not euen thus, O ye children of Israel, saith the LORD?
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation)

Bshps And I raysed vp of your sonnes for prophetes, and of your young men for Nazarites: Is it not euen thus, O ye children of Israel, sayth the Lorde?
(And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young men for Nazarites: Is it not even thus, O ye/you_all children of Israel, saith/says the Lord?)

Gnva And I raysed vp of your sonnes for Prophets, and of your yong men for Nazarites. Is it not euen thus, O ye children of Israel, sayth the Lord?
(And I raised up of your sons for Prophets, and of your young men for Nazarites. Is it not even thus, O ye/you_all children of Israel, saith/says the Lord? )

Cvdl I raysed vp prophetes amonge youre children, and absteyners amonge youre yoge men. Is it not so, o ye children of Israel, sayeth the LORDE?
(I raised up prophets among your(pl) children, and absteyners among your(pl) yoge men. Is it not so, o ye/you_all children of Israel, sayeth the LORD?)

Wycl And Y reiside of youre sones in to profetis, and Nayareis of youre yonge men. Whether it is not so, ye sones of Israel? seith the Lord.
(And I reiside of your(pl) sons in to prophets, and Nayareis of your(pl) young men. Whether it is not so, ye/you_all sons of Israel? saith/says the Lord.)

Luth und hab aus euren Kindern Propheten auferwecket und Nasaräer aus euren Jünglingen. Ist‘s nicht also, ihr Kinder Israel? spricht der HErr.
(and hab out_of yours Kindern Propheten auferwecket and Nasaräer out_of yours Yünglingen. Ist‘s not also, you/their/her children Israel? says the/of_the LORD.)

ClVg Et suscitavi de filiis vestris in prophetas, et de juvenibus vestris nazaræos. Numquid non ita est, filii Israël? dicit Dominus.
(And suscitavi about childrens vestris in prophetas, and about yuvenibus vestris nazaræos. Numquid not/no ita it_is, children Israel? dicit Master. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

General Information:

The words “your” and “you” in these verses refer to the people of Israel.

Connecting Statement:

Yahweh continues his message of judgment on the people of Israel.

(Occurrence 0) raised up

(Some words not found in UHB: and,raised_up some_of,sons,your_all's to,prophets and,some_of,young_men,your_all's to,nazirites ?,indeed not this(f) sons_of Yisrael declares YHWH )

Alternate translation: “appointed”

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

(Occurrence 0) Is it not so, people of Israel?

(Some words not found in UHB: and,raised_up some_of,sons,your_all's to,prophets and,some_of,young_men,your_all's to,nazirites ?,indeed not this(f) sons_of Yisrael declares YHWH )

Yahweh asks this question to emphasize what he has said. If your language does not use the passive form in this way, you can state this in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “You people of Israel certainly know that what I have said is true!”

Parallel AMOS 2:11

General Information:

Connecting Statement: