DAN 9:13 Parallel Verse View

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Key: khaki:verbs, red:negative, blue:Elohim, green:YHWH.
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ULT As it is written in the law of Moses, all this calamity has come on us, yet we have not entreated the favor of Yahweh our God, turning away from our iniquities and giving attention to your truth.

UST You punished us just like Moses wrote that you would do. But, Yahweh our God, we still have not tried, by turning away from our sinning and by heeding your truth, to persuade you to act mercifully toward us.

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WEBBE As it is written in the law of Moses, all this evil has come on us. Yet we have not entreated the favour of the LORD our God, that we should turn from our iniquities and have discernment in your truth.

WMBB As it is written in the Torah of Moses, all this evil has come on us. Yet we have not entreated the favour of the LORD our God, that we should turn from our iniquities and have discernment in your truth.

NET Just as it is written in the law of Moses, so all this calamity has come on us. Still we have not tried to pacify the LORD our God by turning back from our sin and by seeking wisdom from your reliable moral standards.

LSV as it is written in the Law of Moses, all this evil has come on us, and we have not appeased the face of our God YHWH to turn back from our iniquities, and to act wisely in Your truth.

FBV Just as the Law of Moses said, all this punishment has fallen on us, but we still have not asked you, the Lord our God, to be favorable to us, turning away from our sins and paying attention to your truth.

T4T You punished us just like Moses wrote that you would do. But, Yahweh our God, we still have not tried, by turning away from our sinning and by heeding your truth, to persuade you to act mercifully toward us.

LEB Just as it is written in the law of Moses, all of this calamity has come upon us, and _⌊we have not implored_⌋[fn] the face of Yahweh our God so as to turn from our iniquities and to attend closely to your faithfulness.[fn]

9:13 Literally “we not implored”

9:13 Or “truth”

BBE As it was recorded in the law of Moses, all this evil has come on us: but we have made no prayer for grace from the Lord our God that we might be turned from our evil doings and come to true wisdom.

Moff All this disaster has befallen us, as it was written in the law of Moses, and yet never have we besought the Eternal our God, so as to turn from our iniquities and order our lives wisely by thy true religion.

JPS As it is written in the Law of Moses, all this evil is come upon us; yet have we not entreated the favour of the LORD our God, that we might turn from our iniquities, and have discernment in Thy truth.

ASV As it is written in the law of Moses, all this evil is come upon us: yet have we not entreated the favor of Jehovah our God, that we should turn from our iniquities, and have discernment in thy truth.

DRA As it is written in the law of Moses, all this evil is come upon us: and we entreated not thy face, O Lord our God, that we might turn from our iniquities, and think on thy truth.

YLT as it is written in the law of Moses, all this evil hath come upon us, and we have not appeased the face of Jehovah our God to turn back from our iniquities, and to act wisely in Thy truth.

Drby As it is written in the law of Moses, all this evil is come upon us; yet we besought not Jehovah our [fn]God, that we might turn from our iniquities, and understand thy truth.

9.13 Elohim

RV As it is written in the law of Moses, all this evil is come upon us: yet have we not entreated the favour of the LORD our God, that we should turn from our iniquities, and have discernment in thy truth.
(As it is written in the law of Moses, all this evil is come upon us: yet have we not entreated the favour of the LORD our God, that we should turn from our iniquities, and have discernment in thy/your truth. )

SLT As that written in the law of Moses all this evil came upon us, and we supplicated not the face of Jehovah our God to turn back from our iniquities and to understand in thy truth.

Wbstr As it is written in the law of Moses, all this evil is come upon us: yet we have not made our prayer before the LORD our God, that we might turn from our iniquities, and understand thy truth.

KJB-1769 As it is written in the law of Moses, all this evil is come upon us: yet made we not our prayer before the LORD our God, that we might turn from our iniquities, and understand thy truth.[fn]
(As it is written in the law of Moses, all this evil is come upon us: yet made we not our prayer before the LORD our God, that we might turn from our iniquities, and understand thy/your truth. )

9.13 made…: Heb. intreated we not the face of the, etc

KJB-1611 [fn]As it is written in the Law of Moses, all this euill is come vpon vs: yet made we not our prayer before the LORD our God, that we might turne from our iniquities, and vnderstand thy trueth.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and footnotes)

9:13 Hebr. intreated the face.

Bshps Yea, all this plague as it is written in the lawe of Moyses, is come vpon vs: yet made we not our prayers before the Lorde our God, that we might turne againe from our wickednes, and vnderstand thy trueth.
(Yea, all this plague as it is written in the law of Moses, is come upon us: yet made we not our prayers before the Lord our God, that we might turn again from our wickedness, and understand thy/your truth.)

Gnva All this plague is come vpon vs, as it is written in the Lawe of Moses: yet made we not our prayer before the Lord our God, that we might turne from our iniquities and vnderstand thy trueth.
(All this plague is come upon us, as it is written in the Law of Moses: yet made we not our prayer before the Lord our God, that we might turn from our iniquities and understand thy/your truth. )

Cvdl Yee all this plage, as it is written in the lawe of Moses, is come vpon vs. Yet made we not oure prayer before the LORDE oure God, that we might turne agayne from oure wickednesse, and to be lerned in thy verite.
(Ye/You_all all this plague, as it is written in the law of Moses, is come upon us. Yet made we not our prayer before the LORD our God, that we might turn again from our wickedness, and to be learned/learnt in thy/your verity/truth.)

Wycl as it is writun in the lawe of Moises. Al this yuel cam on vs, and, oure Lord God, we preieden not thi face, that we schulden turne ayen fro oure wickidnessis, and schulden thenke thi treuthe.
(as it is written in the law of Moses. All this evil came on us, and, our Lord God, we prayed not thy/your face, that we should turn again from our wickednesses, and should think thy/your truth.)

Luth Gleichwie es geschrieben stehet im Gesetz Mose, so ist all dies große Unglück über uns gegangen. So beteten wir auch nicht vor dem HErr’s, unserm GOtt, daß wir uns von den Sünden bekehreten und deine Wahrheit vernähmen.
(Equally it written stands in_the law Moses, so is all this/these large accident/misfortune/disaster above us/to_us/ourselves went/gone. So prayed we/us also not before/in_front_of to_him LORD’s, ours God, that we/us us/to_us/ourselves from the sins(n) convertedn and your truth vernähmen.)

ClVg Sicut scriptum est in lege Moysi, omne malum hoc venit super nos: et non rogavimus faciem tuam, Domine Deus noster, ut reverteremur ab iniquitatibus nostris, et cogitaremus veritatem tuam.
(Like written it_is in/into/on lawfully of_Moses, everything evil this he_came over us: and not/no rogavimus face your(sg), Master God our, as returnmur away iniquities ours, and to_thinkmus the_truth your(sg). )

SOTN SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 9:1–27: Daniel asked God to help Jerusalem and received a message from Gabriel concerning seventy weeks

The vision recorded in this chapter occurred during the first year of the reign of Darius (538 B.C.). Thirteen years had therefore passed since Daniel received the vision described in chapter 8. Daniel was now more than eighty years old.

Daniel had read in the book of Jeremiah that God’s people would remain in exile and serve the king of Babylon for seventy years (Jeremiah 25:11). During that time the city of Jerusalem would remain in ruins. However, God had promised to bring his people back to the land of Judah after the seventy years were over (Jeremiah 29:10). Now Daniel realized that the seventy-year period was almost at an end. He prayed for his people and for Jerusalem. In response, God sent the angel Gabriel to reveal what would happen in the future.

Paragraph 9:11–14

In this paragraph Daniel affirmed that God was justified in punishing the people of Israel for their disobedience.

9:13a

Just as it is written in the Law of Moses, all this disaster has come upon us,

Every disaster that is described in the Law of Moses has happened to us.
We^(excl) have received all the evils that the Law of Moses threatens.

Just as it is written in the Law of Moses: The phrase the Law of Moses again refers to the Torah, the Old Testament Scriptures that we now know as the first five books of the Old Testament.

all this disaster has come upon us: The Hebrew word that the BSB translates as disaster means an event that is “bad” or “evil.” The people of Israel had experienced punishment in accordance with what was written in the Law of Moses. In some languages it may be natural to make it explicit that this disaster or evil was punishment. For example:

we have received punishment

we have been punished

If you use a word such as “evil", be sure that it does not imply that God did anything morally wrong.

General Comment on 9:13a

In some languages it may be natural to reorder the information in 9:13a. For example:

giving us all the punishment described in the Law of Moses (GNT)

Every curse written against us in the Law of Moses has come true (NLT)

9:13b

yet we have not sought the favor of the LORD our God

In spite of this, we^(excl) have not tried to please you, Yahweh our God.
Yet we have refused to act/live in the way that pleases you.

yet we have not sought the favor of the LORD our God: The Hebrew verb that the BSB translates as sought the favor means “appease, pacify.” The idea is to try to make someone a friend or to stop them from being angry. Other ways to translate this include:

Still we have not tried to pacify the Lord our God (NET)

But even now, O Lord our God, we have not tried to please you (GNT)

9:13c

by turning from our iniquities and giving attention to Your truth.

We^(excl) have not turned from our sins or paid attention to your truth.
We have not given up our sinful ways or given ourselves to your truth.

by turning from our iniquities: The Hebrew expression that the BSB translates as by turning from our iniquities means “by ceasing to sin.” This is the first thing that the people of Israel had failed to do. They had not stopped doing those things that they knew made God angry.

and giving attention to Your truth: The Hebrew phrase that the BSB translates as and giving attention to Your truth describes a second thing that the people of Israel had not done. They had not tried to please God by turning from their sins. Nor had they tried to please God by giving/paying attention to God’s truth.

Here is another way to translate this:

or by following your truth (GNT)

Your truth: The Hebrew word that the BSB translates as Your truth can also be translated as “your faithfulness.” God is dependable and reliable and always does what he says. The people of Israel had not chosen to remember that. Other ways to translate this include: