DEU 12:3 Parallel Verse View

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12:3 Note: We agree with both BHS 1997 and BHQ on an unexpected reading.

Key: khaki:verbs, blue:Elohim.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

BrLXX Καὶ κατασκάψετε τοὺς βωμοὺς αὐτῶν, καὶ συντρίψετε τὰς στήλας αὐτῶν, καὶ τὰ ἄλση αὐτῶν ἐκκόψετε, καὶ τὰ γλυπτὰ τῶν θεῶν αὐτῶν κατακαύσετε πυρί, καὶ ἀπολεῖτε τὸ ὄνομα αὐτῶν ἐκ τοῦ τόπου ἐκείνου.
(Kai kataskapsete tous bōmous autōn, kai suntripsete tas staʸlas autōn, kai ta alsaʸ autōn ekkopsete, kai ta glupta tōn theōn autōn katakausete puri, kai apoleite to onoma autōn ek tou topou ekeinou. )

BrTr And ye shall destroy their altars, and break in pieces their pillars, and ye shall cut down their groves, and ye shall burn with fire the graven images of their gods, and ye shall abolish their name out of that place.

ULT And you shall break down their altars and shatter their stone pillars and burn their Asherah in the fire. And you shall cut down the carved figures of their gods and destroy their name out of that place.

UST Tear down their altars, demolish the stone pillars that are dedicated to their gods, burn the poles that they use when they worship the goddess Asherah, and chop down their carved idols. This is so that no one will ever worship them in those places again.

BSB Tear down their altars, smash their sacred pillars, burn up their Asherah poles, cut down the idols of their gods, and wipe out their names from every place.

OEB No OEB DEU book available

WEBBE You shall break down their altars, dash their pillars in pieces, and burn their Asherah poles with fire. You shall cut down the engraved images of their gods. You shall destroy their name out of that place.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET You must tear down their altars, shatter their sacred pillars, burn up their sacred Asherah poles, and cut down the images of their gods; you must eliminate their very memory from that place.

LSV and you have broken down their altars, and shattered their standing pillars, and you burn their Asherim with fire, and you cut down carved images of their gods, and have destroyed their name out of that place.

FBV Tear down their altars, knock down their idolatrous pillars, burn down their Asherah poles, and cut down the idols of their gods. Remove any trace of them from everywhere.

T4T You must tear down their altars and smash their sacred pillars. Completely burn the statues of their goddess Asherah in fires, and chop down their wooden idols, in order that no one will ever worship them [MTY] in those places again.

LEB And you shall break down their altars, and you shall smash their stone pillars, and their Asherah poles you must burn with fire, and the images of their gods you shall hew down, and you shall blot out their names from that place.

BBE Their altars and their pillars are to be broken down, and their holy trees burned with fire, and the images of their gods cut down; you are to take away their names out of that place.

Moff No Moff DEU book available

JPS And ye shall break down their altars, and dash in pieces their pillars, and burn their Asherim with fire; and ye shall hew down the graven images of their gods; and ye shall destroy their name out of that place.

ASV and ye shall break down their altars, and dash in pieces their pillars, and burn their Asherim with fire; and ye shall hew down the graven images of their gods; and ye shall destroy their name out of that place.

DRA Overthrow their altars, and break down their statues, burn their groves with fire, and break their idols in pieces: destroy their names out of those places.

YLT and ye have broken down their altars, and shivered their standing pillars, and their shrines ye burn with fire, and graven images of their gods ye cut down, and have destroyed their name out of that place.

Drby and ye shall break down their altars, and shatter their statues, and burn their Asherahs with fire; and ye shall hew down the graven images of their [fn]gods, and ye shall destroy the names of them out of that place.

12.3 Elohim

RV and ye shall break down their altars, and dash in pieces their pillars, and burn their Asherim with fire; and ye shall hew down the graven images of their gods; and ye shall destroy their name out of that place.

Wbstr And ye shall overthrow their altars, and break their pillars, and burn their groves with fire; and ye shall hew down the graven images of their gods, and destroy the names of them out of that place.

KJB-1769 And ye shall overthrow their altars, and break their pillars, and burn their groves with fire; and ye shall hew down the graven images of their gods, and destroy the names of them out of that place.[fn]
(And ye/you_all shall overthrow their altars, and break their pillars, and burn their groves with fire; and ye/you_all shall hew down the graven images of their gods, and destroy the names of them out of that place. )

12.3 overthrow: Heb. break down

KJB-1611 [fn][fn]And you shall ouerthrow their altars, and breake their pillars, and burne their groues with fire, and you shall hew downe the grauen images of their gods, and destroy the names of them out of that place.
(And you shall overthrow their altars, and break their pillars, and burn their groves with fire, and you shall hew down the graven images of their gods, and destroy the names of them out of that place.)

12:3 Iudg. 2. 2.

12:3 Heb. break downe.

Bshps You shall ouerthrowe their aulters, and breake their pillers, and burne their groues with fire, and you shall hewe downe the grauen images of the gods that they haue, and bryng the names of them to naught out of that place.
(You shall overthrowe their altars, and break their pillars, and burn their groves with fire, and you shall hewe down the graven images of the gods that they have, and bring the names of them to naught out of that place.)

Gnva Also ye shall ouerthrowe their altars, and breake downe their pillars, and burne their groues with fire: and ye shall hew downe ye grauen images of their gods, and abolish their names out of that place.
(Also ye/you_all shall overthrowe their altars, and break down their pillars, and burn their groves with fire: and ye/you_all shall hew down ye/you_all graven images of their gods, and abolish their names out of that place. )

Cvdl And ouerthrowe their altares, and breake downe their pilers, and burne their groues with fyre, and hewe downe the ymages of their goddes, & brynge the names of them to naught out of the same place.
(And overthrowe their altars, and break down their pillars, and burn their groves with fire, and hewe down the images of their gods, and bring the names of them to naught out of the same place.)

Wycl Distrie ye `the auteris of hem, and `breke ye the ymagis; brenne ye the wodis with fier, and al to breke ye the idolis; destrie ye `the names of hem fro the places.
(Distrie ye/you_all `the altaris of them, and `breke ye/you_all the ymagis; brenne ye/you_all the wodis with fire, and all to breke ye/you_all the idolis; destrie ye/you_all `the names of them from the places.)

Luth und reißet um ihre Altäre und zerbrechet ihre Säulen und verbrennet mit Feuer ihre Haine; und die Götzen ihrer Götter tut ab und vertilget ihren Namen aus demselben Ort.
(and reißet around/by/for their/her Altäre and zerbrechet their/her Säulen and verbrennet with fire their/her Haine; and the Götzen of_their/her gods tut ab and vertilget your name(s) out_of demselben place.)

ClVg Dissipate aras eorum, et confringite statuas: lucos igne comburite, et idola comminuite: disperdite nomina eorum de locis illis.
(Dissipate aras their, and confringite statuas: lucos igne comburite, and idola comminuite: disperdite nomina their about locis illis. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

אֶת־מַצֵּ֣בֹתָ֔⁠ם

DOM DOM sacred_pillars,their

The people groups in the land built stone pillars as symbols of their god Baal. You could include this information if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: “their sacred stone pillars”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

אֶת־שְׁמָ֔⁠ם

DOM DOM DOM their=name

Here, name represents idols and knowledge about them. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression from your language or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “any trace of those idols”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

הַ⁠מָּק֖וֹם הַ⁠הֽוּא

the,place (the)=that

Here that place refers to all the places where the people living in the land worshiped idols, as described in the previous verse. You could include this information if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: “those places of idol worship”

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