DEU 28:13 Parallel Verse View

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

Key: khaki:verbs.
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BrLXX Καταστήσαι σε Κύριος ὁ Θεός σου εἰς κεφαλὴν καὶ μὴ εἰς οὐρὰν, καὶ ἔσῃ τότε ἐπάνω καὶ οὐκ ἔσῃ ὑποκάτω, ἐὰν ἀκούσῃς τῆς φωνῆς Κυρίου τοῦ Θεοῦ σου, ὅσα ἐγὼ ἐντέλλομαί σοι σήμερον φυλάσσειν.
(Katastaʸsai se Kurios ho Theos sou eis kefalaʸn kai maʸ eis ouran, kai esaʸ tote epanō kai ouk esaʸ hupokatō, ean akousaʸs taʸs fōnaʸs Kuriou tou Theou sou, hosa egō entellomai soi saʸmeron fulassein.)

BrTr The Lord thy God make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt then be above and thou shalt not be below, if thou wilt hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God, in all things that I charge thee this day to observe.

ULT And Yahweh will set you as head, and not as tail, and you will be only above, and you will not be beneath, if you listen to the commandments of Yahweh your God that I am commanding you today, to keep and do,

UST If you faithfully obey all of the commands of Yahweh our God that I am giving you today, then Yahweh will cause your people group to be superior to other people groups, not inferior to them.

BSB The LORD will make you the head and not the tail; you will only move upward and never downward, if you hear and carefully follow the commandments of the LORD your God, which I am giving you today.

MSB (Same as BSB above)

OEB No OEB DEU book available

WEBBE The LORD will make you the head, and not the tail. You will be above only, and you will not be beneath, if you listen to the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you today, to observe and to do,

WMBB (Same as above)

NET The Lord will make you the head and not the tail, and you will always end up at the top and not at the bottom, if you obey his commandments which I am urging you today to be careful to do.

LSV And YHWH has set you for head and not for tail; and you have been only above, and are not beneath, for you listen to the commands of your God YHWH, which I am commanding you today, to keep and to do,

FBV The Lord will put you in first place, not the last. You will only go up, never down, as long as you listen to and follow carefully the commandments of the Lord your God that I'm giving you today.

T4T If you faithfully obey all of the commands of Yahweh our God that I am giving you today, Yahweh will cause your nation to be a leader among the nations, not inferior to them; you will always be prosperous and never be needy/poor [IDM].

LEB And Yahweh shall make you[fn] as head and not the tail, and you shall be only at the top of the nations, and you shall not be at the bottom, if you listen to the commandments of Yahweh your God that I am commanding you _⌊today_⌋[fn] _⌊and diligently observe them_⌋.[fn]

28:13 Literally “place/set you up”

28:13 Literally “the day”

28:13 Literally “to observe them and to do them”

BBE The Lord will make you the head and not the tail; and you will ever have the highest place, if you give ear to the orders of the Lord your God which I give you today, to keep and to do them;

Moff No Moff DEU book available

JPS And the LORD will make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if thou shalt hearken unto the commandments of the LORD thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do them;

ASV And Jehovah will make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if thou shalt hearken unto the commandments of Jehovah thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do them,

DRA And the Lord shall make thee the head and not the tail: and thou shalt be always above, and not beneath: yet so if thou wilt hear the commandments of the Lord thy God which I command thee this day, and keep and do them,

YLT 'And Jehovah hath given thee for head, and not for tail; and thou hast been only above, and art not beneath, for thou dost hearken unto the commands of Jehovah thy God, which I am commanding thee to-day, to keep and to do,

Drby And Jehovah will make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if thou hearken unto the commandments of Jehovah thy [fn]God, which I command thee this day, to keep and to do them,

28.13 Elohim

RV And the LORD shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if thou shalt hearken unto the commandments of the LORD thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do them;
(And the LORD shall make thee/you the head, and not the tail; and thou/you shalt/shall be above only, and thou/you shalt/shall not be beneath; if thou/you shalt/shall hearken unto the commandments of the LORD thy/your God, which I command thee/you this day, to observe and to do them;)

SLT And Jehovah gave thee for head, and not for tail: and thou wert only for ascending, and thou shalt not be for beneath; when thou shalt hear to the commands of Jehovah thy God that I command thee this day, to watch and to do.

Wbstr And the LORD shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if thou shalt hearken to the commandments of the LORD thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do them :

KJB-1769 And the LORD shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that thou hearken unto the commandments of the LORD thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do them:
(And the LORD shall make thee/you the head, and not the tail; and thou/you shalt/shall be above only, and thou/you shalt/shall not be beneath; if that thou/you hearken unto the commandments of the LORD thy/your God, which I command thee/you this day, to observe and to do them:)

KJB-1611 And the LORD shall make thee the head, and not the taile, and thou shalt be aboue onely, and thou shalt not be beneath: if that thou hearken vnto the Commandements of the LORD thy God, which I command thee this day, to obserue, and to doe them:
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation)

Bshps And the Lorde shall make thee chiefest, and not the lowest, and thou shalt be aboue only, and not beneath: if that thou hearken vnto the commaundementes of the Lorde thy God which I commaunde thee this day, to kepe and to do them:
(And the Lord shall make thee/you chiefest, and not the lowest, and thou/you shalt/shall be above only, and not beneath: if that thou/you hearken unto the commandments of the Lord thy/your God which I command thee/you this day, to keep and to do them:)

Gnva And the Lord shall make thee the head, and not the tayle, and thou shalt be aboue onely, and shalt not bee beneath, if thou obey the commandements of the Lord thy God, which I command thee this day, to keepe and to do them.
(And the Lord shall make thee/you the head, and not the tayle, and thou/you shalt/shall be above only, and shalt/shall not be beneath, if thou/you obey the commandments of the Lord thy/your God, which I command thee/you this day, to keep and to do them.)

Cvdl And ye LORDE shal set the before, and not behynde: & thou shalt be aboue onely, and not benethe, yf thou be obedient vnto the commaundementes of ye LORDE thy God, which I commaunde the this daye to kepe and to do them:
(And ye/you_all LORD shall set the before, and not behind: and thou/you shalt/shall be above only, and not beneathe, if thou/you be obedient unto the commandments of ye/you_all LORD thy/your God, which I command the this day to keep and to do them:)

Wycl The Lord God schal sette thee in to the heed, and not in to the tail, and euere thou schalt be aboue, and not bynethe; if netheles thou herist the comaundementis of thi Lord God, whiche Y comaunde to thee to day, and kepist,
(The Lord God shall set thee/you in to the heed, and not in to the tail, and ever thou/you shalt/shall be above, and not beneath; if nevertheless thou/you hearest/hear the commandments of thy/your Lord God, which I command to thee/you to day, and keepest/keep,)

Luth Und der HErr wird dich zum Haupt machen und nicht zum Schwanz, und wirst oben schweben und nicht unten liegen, darum daß du gehorsam bist den Geboten des HErr’s, deines Gottes, die ich dir heute gebiete, zu halten und zu tun,
(And the/of_the LORD becomes you/yourself for_the head make and not for_the Schwanz, and will above float and not below lie/lay, therefore that you(sg) obedient/submissive are the commandments/commands the LORD’s, your(s) God’s, the I you/to_you(sg) today areas, to/for hold/keep and to/for do/put,)

ClVg Constituet te Dominus in caput, et non in caudam: et eris semper supra, et non subter: si tamen audieris mandata Domini Dei tui quæ ego præcipio tibi hodie, et custodieris et feceris,
(Set_upt you(sg) Master in/into/on the_head, and not/no in/into/on tail: and you_will_be always above, and not/no underneath: when/but_if nevertheless you_will_be_heard commands Master of_God yours(sg) which I I_command to_you today/at_this_time, and keeperis and you_did,)

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-condition-hypothetical

וּ⁠נְתָֽנְ⁠ךָ֨ יְהוָ֤ה לְ⁠רֹאשׁ֙ וְ⁠לֹ֣א לְ⁠זָנָ֔ב וְ⁠הָיִ֨יתָ֙ רַ֣ק לְ⁠מַ֔עְלָ⁠ה וְ⁠לֹ֥א תִהְיֶ֖ה לְ⁠מָ֑טָּה כִּֽי־תִשְׁמַ֞ע אֶל־מִצְוֺ֣ת ׀ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֗י⁠ךָ אֲשֶׁ֨ר אָנֹכִ֧י מְצַוְּ⁠ךָ֛ הַ⁠יּ֖וֹם לִ⁠שְׁמֹ֥ר וְ⁠לַ⁠עֲשֽׂוֹת

(Some words not found in UHB: and,he,will_make_you YHWH into_[the],head and=not into_[the],tail and,you_will_be only (to),upwards, and=not be (to),downwards that/for/because/then/when listen to/towards commands_of YHWH God_of,your which/who I [am]_commanding_of,you the=day to=guard/protect and,to,do )

Moses is presenting a possible condition beginning with the phrase, that Yahweh will only do the things described in this verse if the Israelites obey Yahweh’s commandments. Use a natural form in your language for introducing a condition that could happen. It may be helpful to reorder this sentence so that the conditional statement is first. Alternate translation: [If you listen to the commandments of Yahweh your God that I am commanding you today, to keep and do, then Yahweh will set you as head, and not as tail; and you will be only above, and you will not be beneath]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

וּ⁠נְתָֽנְ⁠ךָ֨ יְהוָ֤ה לְ⁠רֹאשׁ֙ וְ⁠לֹ֣א לְ⁠זָנָ֔ב וְ⁠הָיִ֨יתָ֙ רַ֣ק לְ⁠מַ֔עְלָ⁠ה וְ⁠לֹ֥א תִהְיֶ֖ה לְ⁠מָ֑טָּה

These two phrases Yahweh will set you as head, and not as tail and you will be only above, and you will not be beneath mean basically the same thing. The second emphasizes the meaning of the first by repeating the same idea with different words. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could combine them and express the emphasis in another way. Alternate translation: [and you will be in a position of honor and not of shame]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

וּ⁠נְתָֽנְ⁠ךָ֨ יְהוָ֤ה לְ⁠רֹאשׁ֙ וְ⁠לֹ֣א לְ⁠זָנָ֔ב

Here Moses is comparing Israel’s status among nations to the head and tail of an animal. He means that the Israelites will be leaders among the nations, not followers. Your language may have a comparable expression that you can use in your translation, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [And Yahweh will make you the leader of nations, and not the follower]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

וְ⁠הָיִ֨יתָ֙ רַ֣ק לְ⁠מַ֔עְלָ⁠ה וְ⁠לֹ֥א תִהְיֶ֖ה לְ⁠מָ֑טָּה

and,you_will_be only (to),upwards, and=not be (Some words not found in UHB: and,he,will_make_you YHWH into_[the],head and=not into_[the],tail and,you_will_be only (to),upwards, and=not be (to),downwards that/for/because/then/when listen to/towards commands_of YHWH God_of,your which/who I [am]_commanding_of,you the=day to=guard/protect and,to,do )

Here Moses is speaking of Israel’s status among nations as if it were above and not beneath in physical position. He means that the Israelites will be in a position of authority, not subservience. Your language may have a comparable expression that you can use in your translation, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [and you will be in authority and not subservient]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

לִ⁠שְׁמֹ֥ר וְ⁠לַ⁠עֲשֽׂוֹת

Moses is leaving out some of the words that in many languages a sentence would need in order to be complete. You can supply these words from the context if that would be clearer in your language. Alternate translation: [to keep them and do them]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / doublet

לִ⁠שְׁמֹ֥ר וְ⁠לַ⁠עֲשֽׂוֹת

The terms keep and do mean similar things. Moses is using the two terms together for emphasis. If it would be clearer for your readers, you could express the emphasis with a single phrase. Alternate translation: [to carefully obey them]

Parallel DEU 28:13