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Key: khaki:verbs, red:negative, blue:Elohim.
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BrLXX Καὶ ὀργισθήσομαι θυμῷ εἰς αὐτοὺς ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ, καὶ καταλείψω αὐτοὺς, καὶ ἀποστρέψω τὸ πρόσωπόν μου ἀπʼ αὐτῶν, καὶ ἔσται κατάβρωμα· καὶ εὑρήσουσιν αὐτὸν κακὰ πολλὰ καὶ θλίψεις· καὶ ἐρεῖ ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ, διότι οὐκ ἔστι Κύριος ὁ Θεός μου ἐν ἐμοὶ, εὕροσάν με τὰ κακὰ ταῦτα.
(Kai orgisthaʸsomai thumōi eis autous en taʸ haʸmera ekeinaʸ, kai kataleipsō autous, kai apostrepsō to prosōpon mou apʼ autōn, kai estai katabrōma; kai heuraʸsousin auton kaka polla kai thlipseis; kai erei en taʸ haʸmera ekeinaʸ, dioti ouk esti Kurios ho Theos mou en emoi, heurosan me ta kaka tauta. )

BrTr And I will be very angry with them in that day, and I will leave them and turn my face away from them, and they shall be devoured; and many evils and afflictions shall come upon them; and they shall say in that day, Because the Lord my God is not with me, these evils have come upon me.

ULT And, on that day, my nose will burn against them, and I will forsake them and hide my face from them, and they will be devoured, and many disasters and troubles will find them. And they will say on that day, ‘Have not these disasters found us because my God is not in my midst?’

UST When that happens, I will become very angry with them. I will abandon them and refuse to help them any longer. Many bad things will happen to them, and they will be destroyed. Then they will say among themselves, ‘These things are happening to us because our God is no longer with us.’

BSB § On that day My anger will burn against them, and I will abandon them and hide My face from them, so that they will be consumed, and many troubles and afflictions will befall them.
§ On that day they will say, ‘Have not these disasters come upon us because our God is no longer with us?’

OEB No OEB DEU book available

WEBBE Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall come on them; so that they will say in that day, ‘Haven’t these evils come on us because our God is not amongst us?’

WMBB (Same as above)

NET At that time my anger will erupt against them and I will abandon them and hide my face from them until they are devoured. Many disasters and distresses will overcome them so that they will say at that time, ‘Have not these disasters overcome us because our God is not among us ?’

LSV and My anger has burned against it in that day, and I have forsaken them, and hidden My face from them, and it has been for consumption, and many evils and distresses have found it, and it has said in that day, [Is] it not because my God is not in my midst that these evils have found me?

FBV Then I will abandon them and turn away from them, so they will be destroyed, and they will experience many disasters and problems.
¶ At that time they'll say, ‘We're suffering these disasters because our God has abandoned us!’

T4T When that happens, I will become very angry with them. I will abandon them [DOU] and I will no longer help them [IDM], and I will destroy them {they will be destroyed}. Many terrible things will happen to them, with the result that they will say, ‘We are certain that [RHQ] these things are happening to us because our God is no longer with us.’

LEB And my anger shall flare up against them[fn] on that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they[fn] shall become as prey, and disasters and troubles shall find[fn] them,[fn] and they[fn] shall say on that day, ‘Is it not because our[fn] God is not in our[fn] midst that these disasters have found[fn] us?’[fn]

31:17 Literally “shall become my nose against it/him”

31:17 Hebrew “he”

31:17 Or “encounter”

31:17 Hebrew “him”

31:17 Hebrew “my” but represents all the people

31:17 Hebrew “my”

31:17 Or “encountered”

31:17 Hebrew “me”

BBE In that day my wrath will be moved against them, and I will be turned away from them, veiling my face from them, and destruction will overtake them, and unnumbered evils and troubles will come on them; so that in that day they will say, Have not these evils come on us because our God is not with us?

Moff No Moff DEU book available

JPS Then My anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide My face from them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall come upon them; so that they will say in that day: Are not these evils come upon us because our God is not among us?

ASV Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall come upon them; so that they will say in that day, Are not these evils come upon us because our God is not among us?

DRA And my wrath shall be kindled against them in that day: and I will forsake them, and will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured: all evils and afflictions shall find them, so that they shall say in that day: In truth it is because God is not with me, that these evils have found me.

YLT and Mine anger hath burned against it in that day, and I have forsaken them, and hidden My face from them, and it hath been for consumption, and many evils and distresses have found it, and it hath said in that day, Is it not because that my God is not in my midst — these evils have found me?

Drby And my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall befall them, and they will say in that day, Have not these evils befallen me because my [fn]God is not in my midst?

31.17 Elohim

RV Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall come upon them; so that they will say in that day, Are not these evils come upon us because our God is not among us?

Wbstr Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall befall them, so that they will say in that day, Have not these evils come upon us, because our God is not among us?

KJB-1769 Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall befall them; so that they will say in that day, Are not these evils come upon us, because our God is not among us?[fn]

31.17 befall: Heb. find

KJB-1611 [fn]Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be deuoured, and many euils and troubles shall befall them, so that they will say in that day, Are not these euils come vpon vs, because our God is not amongst vs?
(Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured, and many euils and troubles shall befall them, so that they will say in that day, Are not these euils come upon us, because our God is not amongst us?)

31:17 Hebr. finde them.

Bshps And then my wrath wyll waxe hot against them in that day, & I wil forsake them, & wyll hide my face from them, and they shalbe consumed, and much aduersitie and tribulations shall come vpon them, so that then they wyll say: Are not these troubles come vpon me, because God is not with me?
(And then my wrath will waxe hot against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and will hide my face from them, and they shall be consumed, and much aduersitie and tribulations shall come upon them, so that then they will say: Are not these troubles come upon me, because God is not with me?)

Gnva Wherefore my wrath will waxe hote against them at that day, and I will forsake them, and will hide my face from them: then they shalbe consumed, and many aduersities and tribulations shall come vpon them: so then they will say, Are not these troubles come vpon me, because God is not with me?
(Wherefore my wrath will waxe hote against them at that day, and I will forsake them, and will hide my face from them: then they shall be consumed, and many aduersities and tribulations shall come upon them: so then they will say, Are not these troubles come upon me, because God is not with me? )

Cvdl And then shall my wrath waxe whote agaynst them, at the same tyme, & I shal forsake the, and hyde my face fro them, that they maye be consumed. And so whan moch aduersite & trouble commeth vpo the, they shal saye: Is not all this euell come vpo me, because God is not with me?
(And then shall my wrath waxe whote against them, at the same time, and I shall forsake them, and hyde my face from them, that they may be consumed. And so when much aduersite and trouble cometh/comes upo them, they shall say: Is not all this evil come upo me, because God is not with me?)

Wyc And my strong veniaunce schal be wrooth ayens that puple in that dai, and Y schal forsake it, and Y schal hide my face fro it, and it schal be in to deuouryng; alle yuels and turmentyngis schulen fynde it, so that it seie in that dai, Verili for the Lord is not with me, these yuelis han founde me.
(And my strong veniaunce shall be wrooth against that people in that day, and I shall forsake it, and I shall hide my face from it, and it shall be in to deuouryng; all evils and turmentyngis should find it, so that it say in that day, Verili for the Lord is not with me, these evils have found me.)

Luth So wird mein Zorn ergrimmen über sie zur selben Zeit und werde sie verlassen und mein Antlitz vor ihnen verbergen, daß sie verzehret werden. Und wenn sie dann viel Unglück und Angst treffen wird, werden sie sagen: Hat mich nicht dies Übel alles betreten, weil mein GOtt nicht mit mir ist?
(So becomes my anger ergrimmen above they/she/them to selben time and become they/she/them leave and my Antlitz before/in_front_of to_them verbergen, that they/she/them verzehret become. And when they/she/them dann many Unglück and Angst treffen wird, become they/she/them say: Hat me not this/these Übel all/everything betreten, because my God not with to_me ist?)

ClVg Et irascetur furor meus contra eum in die illo: et derelinquam eum, et abscondam faciem meam ab eo, et erit in devorationem: invenient eum omnia mala et afflictiones, ita ut dicat in illo die: Vere quia non est Deus mecum, invenerunt me hæc mala.
(And irascetur furor mine on_the_contrary him in day illo: and I_will_leave him, and abscondam face meam away eo, and will_be in devorationem: invenient him everything mala and afflictiones, ita as let_him_say in illo die: Vere because not/no it_is God mecum, invenerunt me these_things mala. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

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Yahweh continues speaking to Moses.

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

(Occurrence 0) my anger will be kindled against them

(Some words not found in UHB: and,kindled anger,my in=him/it in/on/at/with,day (the)=that and,forsake,them and,hide face,my from=them and=it_was as,prey and,come_upon,them disasters many and,troubles and=saying(ms) in_the=day (the)=that ?,not on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in that/for/because/then/when not God,our in/on/at/with,midst,us come_upon,us the,troubles the=these )

Yahweh compares his anger to someone starting a fire. This emphasizes God’s power to destroy whatever makes him angry. 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: “I will kindle my anger against them” or “I will become angry with them” (See also: figs-activepassive)

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

(Occurrence 0) I will hide my face from them

This is an idiom. Alternate translation: “I will not help them”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

(Occurrence 0) they will be devoured

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: “I will devour them” or “I will allow their enemies to devour them”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

(Occurrence 0) devoured

This is a metaphor for “completely destroyed.”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / personification

(Occurrence 0) Many disasters and troubles will find them

This describes the disasters and troubles as if they were human. Alternate translation: “They will experience many disasters and troubles”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / personification

(Occurrence 0) Have these disasters not come upon us … midst?

This describes the disasters and troubles as if they were human. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express this question as a statement. Alternate translation: “These disasters are destroying me … midst.” (See also: figs-rquestion)

(Occurrence 0) our God is not in our midst

Alternate translation: “God is no longer protecting us” or “God has left us alone”

Parallel DEU 31:17

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