DEU 29:19 Parallel Verse View

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BrLXX (DEU 29:18) Μή τις ἐστὶν ἐν ὑμῖν ἀνὴρ, ἢ γυνὴ, ἢ πατριὰ, ἢ φυλὴ, τινὸς ἡ διάνοια ἐξέκλινεν ἀπὸ Κυρίου τοῦ Θεου ὑμῶν, πορευθέντες λατρεύειν τοῖς θεοῖς τῶν ἐθνῶν ἐκείνων· μή τις ἐστὶν ἐν ὑμῖν ῥίζα ἄνω φύουσα ἐν χολῇ καὶ πικρίᾳ·
(Maʸ tis estin en humin anaʸr, aʸ gunaʸ, aʸ patria, aʸ fulaʸ, tinos haʸ dianoia exeklinen apo Kuriou tou Theou humōn, poreuthentes latreuein tois theois tōn ethnōn ekeinōn; maʸ tis estin en humin ɽiza anō fuousa en ⱪolaʸ kai pikria;)

BrTr (DEU 29:18) Lest there be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart has turned aside from the Lord your God, having gone to serve the gods of these nations; lest there be in you a root springing up with gall and bitterness.

ULT And it will be, when he hears the words of this curse, then he will bless himself in his heart, saying, ‘I will have peace, though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart,’ so that the wet, and the dry are swept away.

UST Be sure that no one here today who hears us agreeing with Yahweh says to himself, ‘Everything will go well with me, even if I stubbornly do what I want to.’ If you do that, the result will be that Yahweh will eventually destroy all of you, both good people and evil people.

BSB & MSB because when such a person hears the words of this oath,[fn] he invokes a blessing on himself, saying, ‘I will have peace, even though I walk in the stubbornness of my own heart.’
§ This will bring disaster on the watered [land] as well as the dry.

29:19 Or curse

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WEBBE & WMBB and it happen, when he hears the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, “I shall have peace, though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart,” to destroy the moist with the dry.

NET When such a person hears the words of this oath he secretly blesses himself and says, “I will have peace though I continue to walk with a stubborn spirit.” This will destroy the watered ground with the parched.

LSV and it has been, in his hearing the words of this oath, that he has blessed himself in his heart, saying, I have peace, though I go on in the stubbornness of my heart—in order to sweep away the watered with the thirsty.

FBV For when someone like that hears the words of this solemn promise, they think they'll still receive a blessing, telling themselves, “I'll be safe, even though I'll go on doing whatever I feel like.” Such an attitude would destroy good and bad alike.[fn]

29:19 “Destroy good and bad alike”: literally, “destroy the well-watered with the parched.”

T4T “Be sure that no one here today who hears this agreement thinks, ‘Everything will go well with me, even if I stubbornly do what I want to.’ If you are stubborn like that, the result will be that Yahweh will eventually get rid of all of you, both good people and evil people [MET].

LEB And then when he hears the words of this oath, then[fn] _⌊he will assure himself_⌋[fn] in his heart, _⌊saying_⌋,[fn] ‘_⌊Safety shall be mine even though I go in the stubbornness of my heart_⌋,’[fn] thereby destroying the well-watered land along with the parched.[fn]

29:19 Or “and”

29:19 Literally “he will bless himself”; HALOT 160 suggests “to consider oneself fortunate”

29:19 Literally “to say”

29:19 Literally “Peace shall happen/be for me, although/even if in the stubbornness of my heart I go”

29:19 Some translators prefer to include the last clause as a part of the words of the wicked man (NASV vs. NEB)

BBE If such a man, hearing the words of this oath, takes comfort in the thought that he will have peace even if he goes on in the pride of his heart, taking whatever chance may give him:

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JPS (DEU 29:18) (29-17) lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from the LORD our God, to go to serve the gods of those nations; lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood;

ASV and it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart, to destroy the moist with the dry.

DRA And when he shall hear the words of this oath, he should bless himself in his heart saying: I shall have peace, and will walk on in the naughtiness of my heart: and the drunken may consume the thirsty,

YLT 'And it hath been, in his hearing the words of this oath, and he hath blessed himself in his heart, saying, I have peace, though in the stubbornness of my heart I go on, in order to end the fulness with the thirst.

Drby and it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart, to sweep away the drunken with the thirsty.

RV and it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the stubbornness of mine heart, to destroy the moist with the dry:
(and it come to pass, when he heareth/hears the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the stubbornness of mine heart, to destroy the moist with the dry:)

SLT And it was in his hearing the words of this oath, and he blessed himself in his heart, saying, Peace shall be to me, if in the hardness of my heart, I shall go to add satiating to thirst:

Wbstr And it should come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he should bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of my heart, to add drunkenness to thirst:

KJB-1769 And it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of mine heart, to add drunkenness to thirst:[fn][fn]
(And it come to pass, when he heareth/hears the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of mine heart, to add drunkenness to thirst:)

29.19 imagination: or, stubbornness

29.19 drunkenness…: Heb. the drunken to the thirsty

KJB-1611 And it come to passe when he heareth the wordes of this curse, that hee blesse himselfe in his heart, saying, I shall haue peace, though I walke in the [fn]imagination of mine heart, to adde [fn]drunkennesse to thirst:
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)

29:19 Or, stubbornnesse.

29:19 Heb. the drunken to the thirstie.

Bshps So that when he heareth the wordes of this othe, he blesse hym selfe in his heart, saying: I shall haue peace, I wyll walke in the meanyng of myne owne heart: to put the drunken to the thirstie.
(So that when he heareth/hears the words of this oath, he bless himself in his heart, saying: I shall have peace, I will walk in the meaning of mine own heart: to put the drunken to the thirsty.)

Gnva So that when he heareth the words of this curse, he blesse him selfe in his heart, saying, I shall haue peace, although I walke according to the stubburnes of mine owne heart, thus adding drunkennesse to thirst.
(So that when he heareth/hears the words of this curse, he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, although I walk according to the stubborns of mine own heart, thus adding drunkenness to thirst.)

Cvdl so that though he heare the wordes of this curse, he blesse him selfe yet in his hert, and saye: Tush, it shal not be so euell. I wil walke after the meanynge of myne awne hert, that the dronken maye perishe with the thyrstie.
(so that though he hear the words of this curse, he bless himself yet in his heart, and say: Tush, it shall not be so evil. I will walk after the meaning of mine own heart, that the drunk may perish with the thirsty.)

Wycl and whanne he hath herd the wordis of this ooth, he blesse hym silf in his herte, and seie, Pees schal be to me, and Y schal go in the schrewidnesse of myn herte; and lest the drunkun take the thirsti,
(and when he hath/has heard the words of this oath, he bless himself in his heart, and say, Peace shall be to me, and I shall go in the shrewdness of mine heart; and lest the drunken take the thirsty,)

Luth (DEU 29:18) und ob er schon höre die Worte dieses Fluchs, dennoch sich segne in seinem Herzen und spreche: Es gehet mir wohl, weil ich wandele, wie es mein Herz dünket; auf daß die Trunkene mit der Durstigen dahinfahre.
(and if/whether he already listen the words this curse(n)s, nonetheless itself/yourself/themselves bless in his heart(s) and speak: It goes to_me probably/well, because I walk, as/like it my heart seems; on/in/to that the drunk with the/of_the thirsty_(ones) pass_away.)

ClVg Cumque audierit verba juramenti hujus, benedicat sibi in corde suo, dicens: Pax erit mihi, et ambulabo in pravitate cordis mei: et absumat ebria sitientem,[fn]
(And_when heard words oaths of_this, bless to_himself in/into/on heart his_own, saying: Peace will_be to_me, and I_will_walk in/into/on wickedness of_the_heart my/mine: and may_spend drunk being_thirsty,)

29.19 Ebria sitientem, et Dominus, etc. Id est, ne quis plenus malitia et idololatria seducat eum qui sitit discere et scire veritatem, sicuti faciunt hæretici.

29.19 Drunk being_thirsty, and Master, etc. That it_is, not who/any full malice/vice and idolatry seduce him who/which thirsty to_learn and to_know the_truth, as_well_as they_do heretics.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / rpronouns

וְ⁠הִתְבָּרֵ֨ךְ בִּ⁠לְבָב֤⁠וֹ

(Some words not found in UHB: and=it_was when,hears,he DOM words_of of,the_oath (the),this and,he_will_bless_himself in,heart_of,his to=say safe will_belong to/for=me that/for/because/then/when in,the_stubbornness_of my_own_heart_of,my go thus bringing_disaster the_watered,[ground] DOM the_thirsty,[ground] )

The word himself is used here to indicate that the object of the verb is the same as the subject of the verb. The person who blesses and the person who receives the blessing are the same individual. Use a way that is natural in your language to indicate that the same person fills two roles in the sentence.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

וְ⁠הִתְבָּרֵ֨ךְ בִּ⁠לְבָב֤⁠וֹ

Moses is using bless himself in his heart as a common expression of his culture to mean “congratulate himself” or “think that he will be safe.” If this phrase does not have that meaning in your language, you could use a comparable expression from your language that does have that meaning, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [then he will tell himself that he will be fine] or [then he will convince himself that nothing bad will happen to him]

Note 3 topic: writing-quotations

לֵ⁠אמֹר֙

to=say

The term saying introduces a direct quotation. In your translation, use a natural way of introducing direct quotations in your language. It may not be necessary to represent this term explicitly.

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

שָׁל֣וֹם יִֽהְיֶה־לִּ֔⁠י כִּ֛י בִּ⁠שְׁרִר֥וּת לִבִּ֖⁠י אֵלֵ֑ךְ

Here this person is speaking of living as if it were literally walking. He also uses heart to refer to where one’s stubborn desires exist. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [I will have peace, though I live according to the stubbornness of my heart] or [I will have peace, though I follow my stubborn desires]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

כִּ֛י בִּ⁠שְׁרִר֥וּת לִבִּ֖⁠י אֵלֵ֑ךְ

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of stubbornness, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [even though I stubbornly insist on doing what I want]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

סְפ֥וֹת הָ⁠רָוָ֖ה אֶת־הַ⁠צְּמֵאָֽה

bringing_disaster the_watered,[ground] DOM (Some words not found in UHB: and=it_was when,hears,he DOM words_of of,the_oath (the),this and,he_will_bless_himself in,heart_of,his to=say safe will_belong to/for=me that/for/because/then/when in,the_stubbornness_of my_own_heart_of,my go thus bringing_disaster the_watered,[ground] DOM the_thirsty,[ground] )

Here Moses is speaking of people as if they were wet and dry land. Surprisingly, both the dry (wicked) and the wet (righteous) will be swept away even though typically only dry things can be swept easily. He uses swept away as an image that means that everyone will be destroyed, both the righteous and the wicked. Your language may have a comparable expression that you can use in your translation, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [everyone is destroyed together] or [all people are swept away]

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

סְפ֥וֹת הָ⁠רָוָ֖ה אֶת־הַ⁠צְּמֵאָֽה

The expression are swept away is a passive verbal form. If your language would not use that form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. If you need to say who does the action, the context indicates that it is Yahweh. Alternate translation: [Yahweh will sweep away the wet and the dry]

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