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

Key: khaki:verbs, red:negative, 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 παρὰ τὸ μὴ συναντῆσαι αὐτοὺς ὑμῖν μετὰ ἄρτων καὶ ὕδατος ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ, ἐκπορευομένων ὑμῶν ἐξ Αἰγύπτου, καὶ ὅτι ἐμισθώσαντο ἐπὶ σὲ τὸν Βαλαὰμ υἱὸν Βεὼρ ἐκ τῆς Μεσοποταμίας καταρᾶσθαί σε.
(para to maʸ sunantaʸsai autous humin meta artōn kai hudatos en taʸ hodōi, ekporeuomenōn humōn ex Aiguptou, kai hoti emisthōsanto epi se ton Balaʼam huion Beōr ek taʸs Mesopotamias katarasthai se. )

BrTr because they met you not with bread and water by the way, when ye went out of Egypt; and because they hired against thee Balaam the son of Beor of Mesopotamia to curse thee.

ULT But Yahweh your God was not willing to listen to Balaam, and Yahweh your God turned the curse into a blessing for you, because Yahweh your God loved you.

UST But Yahweh our God did not pay attention to Balaam; instead, he caused Balaam to bless your ancestors, because Yahweh loved them.

BSB Yet the LORD your God would not listen to Balaam, and the LORD your God turned the curse into a blessing for you, because the LORD your God loves you.

OEB No OEB DEU book available

WEBBE Nevertheless the LORD your God wouldn’t listen to Balaam, but the LORD your God turned the curse into a blessing to you, because the LORD your God loved you.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET But the Lord your God refused to listen to Balaam and changed the curse to a blessing, for the Lord your God loves you.

LSV and your God YHWH has not been willing to listen to Balaam, and your God YHWH turns the reviling to a blessing for you, because your God YHWH has loved you;

FBV But the Lord your God refused to listen to Balaam. The Lord your God turned what was meant to be a curse into a blessing for you because the Lord your God loves you.

T4T But Yahweh our God did not pay attention to Balaam; instead, he caused Balaam to bless your ancestors, because Yahweh loved them.

LEB But Yahweh your God was not willing to listen to Balaam, and Yahweh your God turned the curse into a blessing for you, because Yahweh your God loved you.

BBE But the Lord your God would not give ear to Balaam, but let the curse be changed into a blessing to you, because of his love for you.

Moff No Moff DEU book available

JPS (23-6) Nevertheless the LORD thy God would not hearken unto Balaam; but the LORD thy God turned the curse into a blessing unto thee, because the LORD thy God loved thee.

ASV Nevertheless Jehovah thy God would not hearken unto Balaam; but Jehovah thy God turned the curse into a blessing unto thee, because Jehovah thy God loved thee.

DRA And the Lord thy God would not hear Balaam, and he turned his cursing into thy blessing, because he loved thee.

YLT and Jehovah thy God hath not been willing to hearken unto Balaam, and Jehovah thy God doth turn for thee the reviling to a blessing, because Jehovah thy God hath loved thee;

Drby But Jehovah thy [fn]God would not listen to Balaam; and Jehovah thy [fn]God turned the curse into blessing unto thee, because Jehovah thy [fn]God loved thee.

23.5 Elohim

RV Nevertheless the LORD thy God would not hearken unto Balaam; but the LORD thy God turned the curse into a blessing unto thee, because the LORD thy God loved thee.

Wbstr Nevertheless, the LORD thy God would not hearken to Balaam: but the LORD thy God turned the curse into a blessing to thee, because the LORD thy God loved thee.

KJB-1769 Nevertheless the LORD thy God would not hearken unto Balaam; but the LORD thy God turned the curse into a blessing unto thee, because the LORD thy God loved thee.
(Nevertheless the LORD thy/your God would not hearken unto Balaam; but the LORD thy/your God turned the curse into a blessing unto thee/you, because the LORD thy/your God loved thee/you. )

KJB-1611 Neuerthelesse, the LORD thy God would not hearken vnto Balaam: but the LORD thy God turned the curse into a blessing vnto thee, because the LORD thy God loued thee.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps Neuerthelesse, the Lorde thy God woulde not hearken vnto Balaam: but the Lord thy God turned the curse to a blessing vnto thee, because the Lord thy God loued thee.
(Nevertheless, the Lord thy/your God would not hearken unto Balaam: but the Lord thy/your God turned the curse to a blessing unto thee/you, because the Lord thy/your God loved thee/you.)

Gnva Neuerthelesse, the Lord thy God would not hearken vnto Balaam, but the Lord thy God turned the curse to a blessing vnto thee, because the Lord thy God loued thee.
(Nevertheless, the Lord thy/your God would not hearken unto Balaam, but the Lord thy/your God turned the curse to a blessing unto thee/you, because the Lord thy/your God loved thee/you. )

Cvdl But ye LORDE yi God wolde not heare Balaam, and turned the curse to a blessynge vnto the: because the LORDE yi God loued the.
(But ye/you_all LORD yi God would not hear Balaam, and turned the curse to a blessing unto them: because the LORD yi God loved them.)

Wycl and thi Lord God nolde here Balaam, and God turnede `the cursyng of Balaam in to thi blessyng, for he louyde thee.
(and thy/your Lord God nolde here Balaam, and God turned `the cursyng of Balaam in to thy/your blessing, for he loved thee/you.)

Luth darum daß sie euch nicht zuvorkamen mit Brot und Wasser auf dem Wege, da ihr aus Ägypten zoget, und dazu wider euch dingeten den Bileam den Sohn Beors von Pethor aus Mesopotamien, daß er dich verfluchen sollte.
(darum that they/she/them you not zuvorkamen with bread and water on to_him Wege, there you/their/her out_of Egypt zoget, and in_addition against you dingeten the Bileam the son Beors from Pethor out_of Mesopotamien, that he you/yourself verfluchen sollte.)

ClVg et noluit Dominus Deus tuus audire Balaam, vertitque maledictionem ejus in benedictionem tuam, eo quod diligeret te.[fn]
(and noluit Master God tuus audire Balaam, vertitque maledictionem his in benedictionem your, eo that diligeret you(sg). )

23.5 Vertitque. Quia sæpe persecutio causa majoris prosperitatis est. Quia diligentibus Deum omnia cooperantur in bonum Rom. 8..

23.5 Vertitque. Because sæpe persecutio causa mayoris prosperitatis it_is. Because diligentibus God everything cooperantur in bonum Rom. 8..

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / you

General Information:

Moses speaks to the Israelites as if they were one man, so the words “you” and “your” here are singular.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

(Occurrence 0) would not listen

(Some words not found in UHB: on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in word/matter_of which/who not meet DOM,you_all in/on/at/with,food and,in/on/at/with,water in/on/at/with,way in/on/at/with,came_out,you_all of,Egypt and=which hired against,you DOM Bilˊām son_of Bəˊōr from,Pethor אֲרַם נַהֲרַיִם to,curse,you )

This is an idiom. Alternate translation: “did not pay attention”

(Occurrence 0) turned the curse into a blessing for you

Alternate translation: “had him bless you and not curse you”

Parallel DEU 23:5

General Information: