DEU 31:28 Parallel Verse View

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ULT Assemble to me all the elders of your tribes and your officers, and let me speak these words in their ears and call the heavens and the earth to witness against them.

UST So gather all the elders of the tribes and your officials, in order that I can teach them the words of this song, and so that I can request all those who are in heaven and on the earth to be witnesses to testify against these people.

BSB § Assemble before me all the elders of your tribes and all your officers so that I may speak these words in their hearing and call heaven and earth to witness against them.

OEB No OEB DEU book available

WEB Assemble to me all the elders of your tribes and your officers, that I may speak these words in their ears, and call heaven and earth to witness against them.

WMB (Same as above)

NET Gather to me all your tribal elders and officials so I can speak to them directly about these things and call the heavens and the earth to witness against them.

LSV Assemble to me all the elderly of your tribes, and your authorities, and I speak these words in their ears, and cause the heavens and the earth to testify against them,

FBV Summon all the elders of your tribes and all your officers to gather here before me so that I can tell them this directly and call on heaven and earth as witnesses against them.

T4T So gather all the elders of the tribes and your officials, in order that I can tell them the words of this song, and request all those who are in heaven and on the earth to be witnesses to testify against these people.

LEB Assemble to me all the elders of your tribes and your officials, so that I may speak in their ears these words, and that I may call as witness against them heaven and earth.

BBE Get together before me all those who are in authority in your tribes, and your overseers, so that I may say these things in their hearing, and make heaven and earth my witnesses against them.

Moff No Moff DEU book available

JPS Assemble unto me all the elders of your tribes, and your officers, that I may speak these words in their ears, and call heaven and earth to witness against them.

ASV Assemble unto me all the elders of your tribes, and your officers, that I may speak these words in their ears, and call heaven and earth to witness against them.

DRA Gather unto me all the ancients of your tribes, and your doctors, and I will speak these words in their hearing, and will call heaven and earth to witness against them.

YLT 'Assemble unto me all the elders of your tribes, and your authorities, and I speak in their ears these words, and cause to testify against them the heavens and the earth,

Drby Gather to me all the elders of your tribes, and your officers, that I may speak these words in their ears, and take heaven and earth to witness against them.

RV Assemble unto me all the elders of your tribes, and your officers, that I may speak these words in their ears, and call heaven and earth to witness against them.

Wbstr Assemble to me all the elders of your tribes, and your officers, that I may speak these words in their ears, and call heaven and earth to record against them.

KJB-1769 ¶ Gather unto me all the elders of your tribes, and your officers, that I may speak these words in their ears, and call heaven and earth to record against them.

KJB-1611 ¶ Gather vnto mee all the Elders of your tribes, and your Officers, that I may speake these words in their eares, and call heauen and earth to record against them.
(Modernised spelling is same as used by KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation)

Bshps Gather vnto me all the elders of your tribes, and your officers, that I may speake these wordes in their eares, and call heauen and earth to recorde against them.
(Modernised spelling is same as used by KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Gnva Gather vnto me all the Elders of your tribes, and your officers, that I may speake these wordes in their audience, and call heauen and earth to recorde against them.
(Gather unto me all the Elders of your tribes, and your officers, that I may speak these words in their audience, and call heaven and earth to record against them.)

Cvdl Gather now vnto me all the Elders of youre trybes, and youre officers, yt I maye speake these wordes in their eares, and take heauen and earth to recorde agaynst them.
(Gather now unto me all the Elders of your(pl) tribes, and your(pl) officers, it I may speak these words in their ears, and take heaven and earth to record against them.)

Wyc Gadere ye to me all the grettere men in birthe, and techeris, bi youre lynagis, and Y schal speke to hem, herynge these wordis, and Y schal clepe ayens hem heuene and erthe.
(Gadere ye/you_all to me all the greater men in birth, and teachris, by your(pl) lynagis, and I shall speke to them, hearing these words, and I shall clepe against them heaven and earth.)

Luth So versammelt nun vor mich alle Ältesten eurer Stämme und eure Amtleute, daß ich diese Worte vor ihren Ohren rede und Himmel und Erde wider sie zu Zeugen nehme.
(So gathered now before/in_front_of me all elders yours Stämme and your Amtleute, that I this/these words before/in_front_of your ears rede and heaven and earth against they/she/them to Zeugen nehme.)

ClVg Congregate ad me omnes majores natu per tribus vestras, atque doctores, et loquar audientibus eis sermones istos, et invocabo contra eos cælum et terram.
(Congregate to me everyone mayores natu through tribus your, atque doctores, and loquar audientibus to_them sermones istos, and invocabo on_the_contrary them the_sky and the_earth/land.)

BrTr Gather together to me the heads of your tribes, and your elders, and your judges, and your officers, that I may speak in their ears all these words; and I call both heaven and earth to witness against them.

BrLXX Ἐκκλησιάσατε πρὸς μὲ τοὺς φυλάρχους ὑμῶν, καὶ τοὺς πρεσβυτέρους ὑμῶν, καὶ τοὺς κριτὰς ὑμῶν, καὶ τοὺς γραμματοεισαγωγεῖς ὑμῶν, ἵνα λαλήσω εἰς τὰ ὦτα αὐτῶν πάντας τοὺς λόγους τούτους· καὶ διαμαρτύρομαι αὐτοῖς τόν τε οὐρανὸν καὶ τὴν γῆν.
(Ekklaʸsiasate pros me tous fularⱪous humōn, kai tous presbuterous humōn, kai tous kritas humōn, kai tous grammatoeisagōgeis humōn, hina lalaʸsō eis ta ōta autōn pantas tous logous toutous; kai diamarturomai autois ton te ouranon kai taʸn gaʸn.)

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

(Occurrence 0) so that I may speak these words in their ears

(Some words not found in UHB: assemble to=me DOM all/each/any/every elders tribes,your_all's and,officials,your_all's and,speak in/on/at/with,hearing,their DOM the,words the=these and,call_~_towitness in/on/at/with,them DOM the=heavens and=DOM the=earth/land )

Here “in their ears” means the people themselves. Alternate translation: “so that I may speak the words of this song to them”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

(Occurrence 0) call heaven and earth to witness against them

This could mean: (1) Moses is calling on all those who live in heaven and earth to be witnesses to what he says or (2) Moses is speaking to heaven and earth as if they are people, and he is calling them to be witnesses to what he says. A similar phrase appears in Deuteronomy 30:19. (See also: figs-personification and figs-apostrophe)

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