DEU 18:21 Parallel Verse View

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Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance=normal (All still tentative.)

Key: khaki:verbs, red:negative, green:YHWH.
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 Ἐὰν δὲ εἴπῃς ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ σου, πῶς γνωσόμεθα τὸ ῥῆμα ὃ οὐκ ἐλάλησε Κύριος;
(Ean de eipaʸs en taʸ kardia sou, pōs gnōsometha to ɽaʸma ho ouk elalaʸse Kurios; )

BrTr But if thou shalt say in thine heart, How shall we know the word which the Lord has not spoken?

ULT And thus you must say in your heart: ‘How will we recognize a word that Yahweh has not spoken?’

UST But perhaps you will say to yourself, ‘How can we know if a message that someone tells us does not come from Yahweh?’

BSB § You may ask in your heart, “How can we recognize a message that the LORD has not spoken?”

OEB No OEB DEU book available

WEBBE You may say in your heart, “How shall we know the word which the LORD has not spoken?”

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Now if you say to yourselves, ‘How can we tell that a message is not from the Lord?’ –

LSV And when you say in your heart, How do we know the word which YHWH has not spoken?

FBV You may be wondering, “How can we be sure that a message hasn't come from the Lord?”

T4T But if you say to yourself, ‘How can we know if a message that someone tells us does not come from Yahweh?’

LEB And if you say to yourself,[fn] ‘How can we know the word that Yahweh has not spoken to him?’

18:21 Literally “in your heart”

BBE And if you say in your hearts, How are we to be certain that the word does not come from the Lord?

Moff No Moff DEU book available

JPS And if thou say in thy heart: 'How shall we know the word which the LORD hath not spoken?'

ASV And if thou say in thy heart, How shall we know the word which Jehovah hath not spoken?

DRA And if in silent thought thou answer: How shall I know the word that the Lord hath not spoken?

YLT 'And when thou sayest in thy heart, How do we know the word which Jehovah hath not spoken? —

Drby And if thou say in thy heart, How shall we know the word that Jehovah hath not spoken?

RV And if thou say in thine heart, How shall we know the word which the LORD hath not spoken?

Wbstr And if thou shalt say in thy heart, How shall we know the word which the LORD hath not spoken?

KJB-1769 And if thou say in thine heart, How shall we know the word which the LORD hath not spoken?
(And if thou/you say in thine/your heart, How shall we know the word which the LORD hath/has not spoken? )

KJB-1611 And if thou say in thine heart, How shall wee know the word which the LORD hath not spoken?
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps And if thou say in thine heart: howe shall we knowe the worde which the Lorde hath not spoken?
(And if thou/you say in thine/your heart: how shall we know the word which the Lord hath/has not spoken?)

Gnva And if thou thinke in thine heart, Howe shall we knowe the worde which the Lord hath not spoken?
(And if thou/you thinke in thine/your heart, How shall we know the word which the Lord hath/has not spoken? )

Cvdl But yf thou saye in thine hert: How can I knowe what worde the LORDE hath not spoken?
(But if thou/you say in thine/your hert: How can I know what word the LORD hath/has not spoken?)

Wycl That if thou answerist bi pryuy thouyt, Hou may Y vndirstonde the word, which the Lord spak not? thou schalt haue this signe,
(That if thou/you answerist by pryuy thouyt, How may I undirstonde the word, which the Lord spake not? thou/you shalt have this signe,)

Luth Ob du aber in deinem Herzen sagen würdest: Wie kann ich merken, welches Wort der HErr nicht geredet hat?
(Ob you but in your hearts say würdest: How kann I merken, which Wort the/of_the LORD not geredet has?)

ClVg Quod si tacita cogitatione responderis: Quomodo possum intelligere verbum, quod Dominus non est locutus?
(That when/but_if tacita cogitatione responderis: Quomodo possum intelligere verbum, that Master not/no it_is locutus? )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

בִּ⁠לְבָבֶ֑⁠ךָ

in/on/at/with,heart,your

Here, say in your heart is an idiom that means “think” or “say to yourself.” If this phrase does not have that meaning in your language, you could use an idiom from your language that does have this meaning or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “think”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / quotesinquotes

תֹאמַ֖ר בִּ⁠לְבָבֶ֑⁠ךָ אֵיכָה֙ נֵדַ֣ע אֶת־הַ⁠דָּבָ֔ר אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹא־דִבְּר֖⁠וֹ יְהוָֽה

say in/on/at/with,heart,your how know DOM the,word which/who not spoken,him YHWH

If it would be clearer in your language, you could translate this so that there is not a quotation within a quotation. Alternate translation: “you must ask how you will recognize a word that Yahweh has not spoken”

Note 3 topic: writing-pronouns

נֵדַ֣ע

know

The pronoun we refers to the Israelites. If this is not clear for your readers, you could state the subject of the sentence. Alternate translation: “us Israelites recognize”

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