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28:25 Note: We read one or more accents in L differently from BHQ.

Key: khaki:verbs, 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 Δῴη σε Κύριος ἐπὶ κοπὴν ἐναντίον τῶν ἐχθρῶν· ἐν ὁδῷ μιᾷ ἐξελεύσῃ πρὸς αὐτοὺς, καὶ ἐν ἑπτὰ ὁδοῖς φεύξῃ ἀπὸ προσώπου αὐτῶν· καὶ ἔσῃ διασπορὰ ἐν πάσαις βασιλείαις τῆς γῆς.
(Dōaʸ se Kurios epi kopaʸn enantion tōn eⱪthrōn; en hodōi mia exeleusaʸ pros autous, kai en hepta hodois feuxaʸ apo prosōpou autōn; kai esaʸ diaspora en pasais basileiais taʸs gaʸs. )

BrTr The Lord give thee up for slaughter before thine enemies: thou shalt go out against them one way, and flee from their face seven ways; and thou shalt be a dispersion in all the kingdoms of the earth.

ULT Yahweh shall let you be struck down before the faces of your enemies; you will go out one way against him but will flee before his face seven ways. And you will be trembling before all the kingdoms of the earth.

UST Yahweh will enable your enemies to defeat you;
¶ your soldiers will attack them from one direction, but will run away from them in seven directions,
¶ and when the people of other nations see what is happening to you, they will say that it is horrible.

BSB § The LORD will cause you to be defeated before your enemies. You will march out against them in one direction but flee from them in seven. You will be an object of horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.

OEB No OEB DEU book available

WEBBE The LORD will cause you to be struck before your enemies. You will go out one way against them, and will flee seven ways before them. You will be tossed back and forth amongst all the kingdoms of the earth.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET “The Lord will allow you to be struck down before your enemies; you will attack them from one direction but flee from them in seven directions and will become an object of terror to all the kingdoms of the earth.

LSV YHWH makes you struck before your enemies; in one way you go out to them, and in seven ways you flee before them, and you have been for a trembling to all kingdoms of the earth;

FBV The Lord will have your enemies defeat you. You will attack them from one direction, but you will scatter seven different ways. Everyone on earth will be horrified at what happens to you.

T4T Yahweh will enable your enemies to defeat you;
¶ your soldiers will attack your enemies from one direction, but they will run away from your enemies in seven/many directions,
¶ and when the people of other nations see what is happening to you, they will say that it is horrible.

LEB “Yahweh shall cause you to be defeated before[fn] your enemies; on one road you shall go against[fn] them,[fn] but you will flee on seven roads before[fn] them,[fn] and you shall become a thing of horror to all of the kingdoms of the earth.

28:25 Literally “to the face of”

28:25 Literally “to/toward”

28:25 Hebrew “him”

BBE The Lord will let you be overcome by your haters: you will go out against them one way, and you will go in flight before them seven ways: you will be the cause of fear among all the kingdoms of the earth.

Moff No Moff DEU book available

JPS The LORD will cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies; thou shalt go out one way against them, and shalt flee seven ways before them; and thou shalt be a horror unto all the kingdoms of the earth.

ASV Jehovah will cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies; thou shalt go out one way against them, and shalt flee seven ways before them: and thou shalt be tossed to and from among all the kingdoms of the earth.

DRA The Lord make thee to fall down before thy enemies, one way mayst thou go out against them, and flee seven ways, and be scattered throughout all the kingdoms of the earth.

YLT 'Jehovah giveth thee smitten before thine enemies; in one way thou goest out unto them, and in seven ways dost flee before them, and thou hast been for a trembling to all kingdoms of the earth;

Drby Jehovah will give thee up smitten before thine enemies; thou shalt go out against them one way, and by seven ways shalt thou flee before them; and thou shalt be driven hither and thither into all the kingdoms of the earth.

RV The LORD shall cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies: thou shalt go out one way against them, and shalt flee seven ways before them: and thou shalt be tossed to and fro among all the kingdoms of the earth.

Wbstr The LORD shall cause thee to be smitten before thy enemies: thou shalt go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before them; and shalt be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.

KJB-1769 The LORD shall cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies: thou shalt go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before them: and shalt be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.[fn]
(The LORD shall cause thee/you to be smitten before thine/your enemies: thou/you shalt go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before them: and shalt be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth. )

28.25 removed: Heb. for a removing

KJB-1611 [fn]The LORD shall cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies: thou shalt go out one way against them, and flee seuen wayes before them, and shalt be remoued into all the kingdomes of the earth.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)

28:25 Heb. for a remouing.

Bshps And the Lorde shall cause thee to fall before thine enemies: Thou shalt come out one way agaynst them, and flee seuen wayes before them, & shalbe scattered among al the kingdomes of ye earth.
(And the Lord shall cause thee/you to fall before thine/your enemies: Thou shalt come out one way against them, and flee seven ways before them, and shall be scattered among all the kingdoms of ye/you_all earth.)

Gnva And the Lord shall cause thee to fall before thine enemies: thou shalt come out one way against them, and shalt flee seuen wayes before them, and shalt be scattered through all the kingdomes of the earth.
(And the Lord shall cause thee/you to fall before thine/your enemies: thou/you shalt come out one way against them, and shalt flee seven ways before them, and shalt be scattered through all the kingdoms of the earth. )

Cvdl The LORDE shall cause the be smytten before thine enemyes. Thou shalt come out one waye agaynst them, and seuen wayes shalt thou flye before them, and shalt be scatered amoge all the kyngdomes vpon earth.
(The LORD shall cause the be smitten before thine/your enemies. Thou shalt come out one way against them, and seven ways shalt thou/you flee before them, and shalt be scatered among all the kingdoms upon earth.)

Wycl The Lord yyue thee fallynge bifor thin enemyes; bi o weie go thou ayens hem, and bi seuene weies fle thou, and be thou scaterid bi alle the rewmes of erthe;
(The Lord give thee/you fallynge before thine/your enemies; by o way go thou/you against them, and by seven ways flee thou/you, and be thou/you scaterid by all the realms of earth;)

Luth Der HErr wird dich vor deinen Feinden schlagen. Durch einen Weg wirst du zu ihnen ausziehen, und durch sieben Wege wirst du vor ihnen fliehen; und wirst zerstreuet werden unter alle Reiche auf Erden.
(The LORD becomes you/yourself before/in_front_of deinen enemies schlagen. Durch a path will you to to_them ausziehen, and through seven ways will you before/in_front_of to_them fliehen; and will zerstreuet become under all Reiche on earthn.)

ClVg Tradat te Dominus corruentem ante hostes tuos: per unam viam egrediaris contra eos, et per septem fugias, et dispergaris per omnia regna terræ,[fn]
(Tradat you(sg) Master corruentem before hostes tuos: through unam road egrediaris on_the_contrary them, and through seven fugias, and dispergaris through everything regna terræ, )

28.25 Et dispergaris. Sicut Judæi captivati per latitudinem orbis dispersi sunt quia contra Deum collecti sunt, sic generatio malorum a spiritibus immundis dispersa per pœnarum genera perturbatur, unde: Inimici tui peribunt et dispergentur omnes qui operantur iniquitatem Psal. 91..

28.25 And dispergaris. Sicut Yudæi captivati through latitudinem orbis dispersi are because on_the_contrary God collecti are, so generatio malorum from spiritibus immundis dispersa through pœnarum genera perturbatur, unde: Inimici yours peribunt and dispergentur everyone who operantur iniquitatem Psal. 91..

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 / activepassive

(Occurrence 0) Yahweh will cause you to be struck down before your enemies

(Some words not found in UHB: cause,you YHWH defeated to=(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before enemies,your in/on/at/with,way one(ms) go_out to=him/it and,in/on/at/with,seven ways flee from,face/front,them and,become as,object_of_horror to=all/each/any/every kingdoms the=earth/land )

If your language does not use the passive form in this way, you can state this in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “Yahweh will cause your enemies to strike you down”

(Occurrence 0) to be struck down before

See how you translated this in Deuteronomy 28:7.

Note 3 topic: translate-numbers

(Occurrence 0) will flee before them seven ways

This means the Israelites will be afraid and panic and run away from their enemies. See similar wording in Deuteronomy 28:7. Alternate translation: “you will flee in seven directions”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

(Occurrence 0) seven ways

This is an idiom. Alternate translation: “in many different directions”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

(Occurrence 0) You will be tossed to and fro among all the kingdoms

If your language does not use the passive form in this way, you can state this in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “The peoples of the other nations will drive you from one nation to another”

Parallel DEU 28:25

General Information: