DEU 18:5 Parallel Verse View

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Text critical issues=small word differences Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal (All still tentative.)

Key: khaki:verbs, blue:Elohim, 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 Ὅτι αὐτὸν ἐξελέξατο Κύριος ἐκ πασῶν τῶν φυλῶν σου, παρεστάναι ἔναντι Κυρίου τοῦ Θεοῦ, λειτουργεῖν καὶ εὐλογεῖν ἐπὶ τῷ ὀνόματι αὐτοῦ, αὐτὸς καὶ οἱ υἱοὶ αὐτοῦ ἐν τοῖς υἱοῖς Ἰσραήλ.
(Hoti auton exelexato Kurios ek pasōn tōn fulōn sou, parestanai enanti Kuriou tou Theou, leitourgein kai eulogein epi tōi onomati autou, autos kai hoi huioi autou en tois huiois Israaʸl. )

BrTr because the Lord has chosen him out of all thy tribes, to stand before the Lord thy God, to minister and bless in his name, himself and his sons among the children of Israel.

ULT For Yahweh your God has chosen him out of all your tribes to stand to serve in the name of Yahweh, him and his sons, all of the days.

UST You must do this because Yahweh our God has chosen the tribe of Levi from all of your tribes. He did this so that they would always be the priests who would serve him.

BSB For the LORD your God has chosen [Levi] and his sons out of all your tribes to stand and minister in [His] name for all time.

OEB No OEB DEU book available

WEBBE For the LORD your God has chosen him out of all your tribes to stand to minister in the LORD’s name, him and his sons forever.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET For the Lord your God has chosen them and their sons from all your tribes to stand and serve in his name permanently.

LSV for your God YHWH has fixed on him, out of all your tribes, to stand to serve in the Name of YHWH—him and his sons continually.

FBV For the Lord your God has chosen Levi and his descendants from all your tribes to stand before him and serve in his name forever.

T4T You must do this because Yahweh our God has chosen the tribe of Levi from all of your tribes, in order that men from that tribe would always be the priests who would serve him.

LEB No LEB DEU book available

BBE For he, and his sons after him for ever, have been marked out by the Lord your God from all your tribes, to do the work of priests in the name of the Lord.

Moff No Moff DEU book available

JPS For the LORD thy God hath chosen him out of all thy tribes, to stand to minister in the name of the LORD, him and his sons for ever.

ASV For Jehovah thy God hath chosen him out of all thy tribes, to stand to minister in the name of Jehovah, him and his sons for ever.

DRA For the Lord thy God hath chosen him of all thy tribes, to stand and to minister to the name of the Lord, him and his sons for ever.

YLT for on him hath Jehovah thy God fixed, out of all thy tribes, to stand to serve in the name of Jehovah, He and his sons continually.

Drby for Jehovah thy [fn]God hath chosen him out of all thy tribes, that he may stand to serve in the name of Jehovah, he and his sons continually.

18.5 Elohim

RV For the LORD thy God hath chosen him out of all thy tribes, to stand to minister in the name of the LORD, him and his sons for ever.
(For the LORD thy/your God hath/has chosen him out of all thy/your tribes, to stand to minister in the name of the LORD, him and his sons forever. )

SLT For in him Jehovah thy God chose from all thy tribes to stand to serve in the name of Jehovah, he and his sons all the days.

Wbstr For the LORD thy God hath chosen him out of all thy tribes, to stand to minister in the name of the LORD, him and his sons for ever.

KJB-1769 For the LORD thy God hath chosen him out of all thy tribes, to stand to minister in the name of the LORD, him and his sons for ever.
(For the LORD thy/your God hath/has chosen him out of all thy/your tribes, to stand to minister in the name of the LORD, him and his sons forever. )

KJB-1611 For the LORD thy God hath chosen him out of all thy tribes, to stand to minister in the Name of the LORD, him, and his sonnes for euer.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation)

Bshps No Bshps DEU book available

Gnva For the Lord thy God hath chosen him out of all thy tribes, to stande and minister in the Name of the Lord, him, and his sonnes for euer.
(For the Lord thy/your God hath/has chosen him out of all thy/your tribes, to stand and minister in the Name of the Lord, him, and his sons forever. )

Cvdl No Cvdl DEU book available

Wycl No Wycl DEU book available

Luth No Luth DEU book available

ClVg Ipsum enim elegit Dominus Deus tuus de cunctis tribubus tuis, ut stet, et ministret nomini Domini, ipse, et filii ejus in sempiternum.
(Ipsum because I_choset Master God your from/about to_all tribubus yours, as stet, and ministret to_the_name Master, ipse, and children his in/into/on eternal. )

RP-GNT No RP-GNT DEU book available

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

כִּ֣י

that/for/because/then/when

The word translated as For indicates that what follows is a reason for what came before. Use a connector in your language that makes it clear that what follows is a reason for what came before. Alternate translation: [This is because]

Note 2 topic: writing-pronouns

ב֗⁠וֹ

in=him/it

The pronoun him refers to Levi. If this is not clear for your readers, you could use the person's name here. Alternate translation: [Levi]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

בְּ⁠שֵׁם־יְהוָ֛ה

in/on=name_of YHWH

Here, name represents all of Yahweh: his power, presence, knowledge, and so on. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression from your language or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [Yahweh himself]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

וּ⁠בָנָ֖י⁠ו

and,sons_of,his

Here, sons means “descendants.” If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [and his descendants]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

כָּל־הַ⁠יָּמִֽים

all/each/any/every the=days

Here, all of the days is a common expression that means “forever.” If this phrase does not have that meaning in your language, you could use a comparable expression from your language that does have this meaning or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [forever]

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