DEU 23:14 Parallel Verse View

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Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=Narrator (All still tentative.)

Key: khaki:verbs.
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 (DEU 23:15) Ὅτι Κύριος ὁ Θεός σου ἐμπεριπατεῖ ἐν τῇ παρεμβολῇ σου ἐξελέσθαι σε καὶ παραδοῦναι τὸν ἐχθρόν σου πρὸ προσώπου σου· καὶ ἔσται ἡ παρεμβολή σου ἁγία, καὶ οὐκ ὀφθήσεται ἐν σοὶ ἀσχημοσύνη πράγματος, καὶ ἀποστρέψει ἀπὸ σοῦ.
(Hoti Kurios ho Theos sou emperipatei en taʸ parembolaʸ sou exelesthai se kai paradounai ton eⱪthron sou pro prosōpou sou; kai estai haʸ parembolaʸ sou hagia, kai ouk ofthaʸsetai en soi asⱪaʸmosunaʸ pragmatos, kai apostrepsei apo sou.)

BrTr (DEU 23:15) Because the Lord thy God walks in thy camp to deliver thee, and to give up thine enemy before thy face; and thy camp shall be holy, and there shall not appear in thee a disgraceful thing, and so he [fn]shall turn away from thee.

ULT For Yahweh your God walks in the midst of your camp to give you victory and to give your enemies to your faces. And your camp shall be holy, and he will not see an unclean thing among you and turn away from you.

UST You must keep the camp acceptable to Yahweh our God, because he is with you in your camp to protect you and to enable you to defeat your enemies. Do not do anything disgraceful that would cause Yahweh to abandon you.

BSB & MSB For the LORD your God walks throughout your camp to protect you and deliver your enemies to you. Your camp must be holy, lest He see anything unclean among you and turn away from you.

OEB No OEB DEU 23:14 book available

WEBBE & WMBB for the LORD your God walks in the middle of your camp, to deliver you, and to give up your enemies before you. Therefore your camp shall be holy, that he may not see an unclean thing in you, and turn away from you.

NET For the Lord your God walks about in the middle of your camp to deliver you and defeat your enemies for you. Therefore your camp should be holy, so that he does not see anything indecent among you and turn away from you.

LSV For your God YHWH is walking up and down in the midst of your camp, to deliver you and to give your enemies before you, and your camp has been holy, and He does not see the nakedness of anything in you, and has turned back from after you.

FBV The Lord your God is present with you in your camp to keep you safe and to defeat your enemies. Your camp must be kept holy, because if he sees anything unclean among you, he will leave you.

T4T You must keep the camp acceptable to Yahweh our God, because he is with you in your camp to protect you and to enable you to defeat your enemies. Do not do anything disgraceful/indecent that would cause Yahweh to abandon you.”

LEB For Yahweh your God is walking about in the midst of your camp to deliver you and _⌊to hand your enemies over to you before you_⌋,[fn] and so let your camp be holy, so that he shall not see in it _⌊anything indecent_⌋,[fn] and he shall turn away _⌊from going with you_⌋.[fn]

23:14 Literally “to give your enemies to the face of you”

23:14 Literally “nakedness of a thing”

23:14 Literally “from behind/after you”

BBE For the Lord your God is walking among your tents, to keep you safe and to give up into your hands those who are fighting against you; then let your tents be holy, so that he may see no unclean thing among you, and be turned away from you.

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JPS (DEU 23:15) (23-16) Thou shalt not deliver unto his master a bondman that is escaped from his master unto thee;

ASV for Jehovah thy God walketh in the midst of thy camp, to deliver thee, and to give up thine enemies before thee; therefore shall thy camp be holy, that he may not see an unclean thing in thee, and turn away from thee.

DRA That which thou art eased of: (for the Lord thy God walketh in the midst of thy camp, to deliver thee, and to give up thy enemies to thee:) and let thy camp be holy, and let no uncleanness appear therein, lest he go away from thee.

YLT for Jehovah thy God is walking up and down in the midst of thy camp, to deliver thee, and to give thine enemies before thee, and thy camp hath been holy, and He doth not see in thee the nakedness of anything, and hath turned back from after thee.

Drby For Jehovah thy [fn]God walketh in the midst of thy camp, to deliver thee, and to give up thine enemies before thee; and thy camp shall be holy, that he see nothing unseemly with thee, and turn away from thee.

23.14 Elohim

RV for the LORD thy God walketh in the midst of thy camp, to deliver thee, and to give up thine enemies before thee; therefore shall thy camp be holy: that he see no unclean thing in thee, and turn away from thee.
(for the LORD thy/your God walketh in the midst of thy/your camp, to deliver thee/you, and to give up thine/your enemies before thee/you; therefore shall thy/your camp be holy: that he see no unclean thing in thee/you, and turn away from thee/you.)

SLT For Jehovah thy God goes in the midst of thy camp to deliver thee, and to give thine enemies before thy face; and thy camp was holy; and he will not see in thee the nakedness of a word and turn back from after thee.

Wbstr For the LORD thy God walketh in the midst of thy camp, to deliver thee, and to give up thy enemies before thee; therefore shall thy camp be holy: that he may see no unclean thing in thee, and turn away from thee.

KJB-1769 For the LORD thy God walketh in the midst of thy camp, to deliver thee, and to give up thine enemies before thee; therefore shall thy camp be holy: that he see no unclean thing in thee, and turn away from thee.[fn]
(For the LORD thy/your God walketh in the midst of thy/your camp, to deliver thee/you, and to give up thine/your enemies before thee/you; therefore shall thy/your camp be holy: that he see no unclean thing in thee/you, and turn away from thee/you.)

23.14 unclean…: Heb. nakedness of any thing

KJB-1611 For the LORD thy God walketh in the midst of thy campe, to deliuer thee, and to giue vp thine enemies before thee: therefore shall thy campe be holy, that he see [fn]no vncleane thing in thee, and turne away from thee.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)

23:14 Hebr. nakednesse of any thing.

Bshps For the Lorde thy God walketh in the middes of thyne hoast, to ryd thee, and to set thyne enemies before thee: Therfore shall the place of thyne hoast be pure; that he see do vncleane thyng in thee, and so turne him selfe from thee.
(For the Lord thy/your God walketh in the midst of thine/your host/army, to rid thee/you, and to set thine/your enemies before thee/you: Therefore shall the place of thine/your host/army be pure; that he see do unclean thing in thee/you, and so turn himself from thee/you.)

Gnva For the Lord thy God walketh in the mids of thy campe to deliuer thee, and to giue thee thine enemies before thee: therefore thine hoste shalbe holy, that he see no filthie thing in thee and turne away from thee.
(For the Lord thy/your God walketh in the midst of thy/your camp to deliver thee/you, and to give thee/you thine/your enemies before thee/you: therefore thine/your host/army shall be holy, that he see no filthy thing in thee/you and turn away from thee/you.)

Cvdl For the LORDE thy God walketh in thine hooste, to delyuer the, and to geue thine enemies before the. Therfore shall thy hooste be holy, that he se no vncleane thinge in the, and so turne himselfe from the.
(For the LORD thy/your God walketh in thine/your host/army, to deliver them, and to give thine/your enemies before them. Therefore shall thy/your host/army be holy, that he see no unclean thing in them, and so turn himself from them.)

Wycl where thou art releuyd. For thi Lord God goeth in the myddis of castels, that he diliuere thee, and bitake thin enemyes to thee, that thi castels be hooli, and no thing of filthe appere in tho, lest he forsake thee.
(where thou/you art relieved. For thy/your Lord God goeth/goes in the midst of castles, that he deliver thee/you, and betake/give/grant thine/your enemies to thee/you, that thy/your castles be holy, and nothing of filth appear in those, lest he forsake thee/you.)

Luth (DEU 23:15) Denn der HErr, dein GOtt, wandelt unter deinem Lager, daß er dich errette, und gebe deine Feinde vor dir. Darum soll dein Lager heilig sein, daß keine Schande unter dir gesehen werde, und er sich von dir wende.
(Because the/of_the LORD, your(s) God, transforms under your storage/warehouse, that he you/yourself save/rescue, and give your enemies before/in_front_of you/to_you(sg). Therefore should your(s) storage/warehouse holy be, that no shame/dishonour under you/to_you(sg) seen become, and he itself/yourself/themselves from you/to_you(sg) turn.)

ClVg quo revelatus es: Dominus enim Deus tuus ambulat in medio castrorum, ut eruat te, et tradat tibi inimicos tuos: et sint castra tua sancta, et nihil in eis appareat fœditatis, ne derelinquat te.
(where revealed you_are: Master because God your(sg) he_walks in/into/on in_the_middle of_the_camp, as rescue you(sg), and to_deliver to_you enemies yours: and let_them_be camp your holy, and nothing in/into/on to_them appear foulness, not leave you(sg).)

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

כִּי֩

(Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when YHWH God_of,your walking_around/wandering in,the_midst_of your_camp_of,your to,deliver,you and,to,deliver_up enemies_of,your to=your=face and=it_was camps_of,your holy and=not he/it_will_see in=you(ms) indecent_of anything and,he_will_turn_back from,after,you )

For indicates that what follows is a reason for what came before. This verse gives the reason for all the instructions about cleanliness in verses 1–13. Use a connector in your language that makes it clear that what follows is a reason for what came before.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

יְהוָ֨ה אֱלֹהֶ֜י⁠ךָ מִתְהַלֵּ֣ךְ ׀ בְּ⁠קֶ֣רֶב מַחֲנֶ֗⁠ךָ

YHWH God_of,your (Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when YHWH God_of,your walking_around/wandering in,the_midst_of your_camp_of,your to,deliver,you and,to,deliver_up enemies_of,your to=your=face and=it_was camps_of,your holy and=not he/it_will_see in=you(ms) indecent_of anything and,he_will_turn_back from,after,you )

Here Moses is speaking of Yahweh walking in the midst of your camp as if God were physically moving around in the Israelite camp. This image represents God’s active presence with his people and his close involvement in their affairs. Your language may have a comparable expression that you can use in your translation, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [Yahweh your God is present among you in your camp] or [Yahweh your God is actively watching over you in your camp]

Note 3 topic: grammar-connect-logic-goal

לְ⁠הַצִּֽילְ⁠ךָ֙ וְ⁠לָ⁠תֵ֤ת אֹיְבֶ֨י⁠ךָ֙ לְ⁠פָנֶ֔י⁠ךָ

Here, to give you victory and to give your enemies to your faces marks the goal or purpose of Yahweh your God walks in the midst of your camp. Use a connector in your language that makes it clear that this is the purpose. Alternate translation: [in order to make you victorious and to deliver your enemies into your power]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

וְ⁠לָ⁠תֵ֤ת אֹיְבֶ֨י⁠ךָ֙ לְ⁠פָנֶ֔י⁠ךָ

and,to,deliver_up enemies_of,your to=your=face

The phrase to your faces represents “into your power” or “into your presence.” If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or plain language. Alternate translation: [and to give your enemies into your power] or [and to deliver your enemies to you]

Note 5 topic: grammar-connect-logic-goal

וְ⁠שָׁ֖ב מֵ⁠אַחֲרֶֽי⁠ךָ

Moses is using the phrase and turn away from you to introduce an outcome that he does not want to happen. Because of this, he first gives the Israelites an instruction to keep their camp holy so that this will not happen. Use a connector in your language that makes it clear that avoiding this outcome is the purpose of the instruction. Alternate translation: [or else he will turn away from you] or [lest he turn away from you]

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