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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 Καὶ τῷ Νεφθαλὶ εἶπε, Νεφθαλὶ πλησμονὴ δεκτῶν· καὶ ἐμπλησθήτω εὐλογία παρὰ Κυρίου· θάλασσαν καὶ Λίβα κληρονομήσει.
(Kai tōi Nefthali eipe, Nefthali plaʸsmonaʸ dektōn; kai emplaʸsthaʸtō eulogia para Kuriou; thalassan kai Liba klaʸronomaʸsei. )

BrTr And to Nephthali he said, Nephthali has the fulness of good things; and let him be filled with blessing from the Lord: he shall inherit the west and the south.

ULT And to Naphtali, he said:
⇔ Naphtali, satisfied with favor,
⇔ and full of the blessing of Yahweh,
⇔ the west and the south, you will possess.

UST I say this about the tribe of Naphtali:
⇔ The people of the tribe of Naphtali have been blessed by Yahweh, who has been very kind to them;
⇔ their land extends far south from Lake Galilee.

BSB § Concerning Naphtali he said:
⇔ “Naphtali is abounding with favor,
⇔ full of the blessing of the LORD;
⇔ he shall take possession
⇔ of the sea [fn] and the south.”

OEB No OEB DEU book available

WEBBE About Naphtali he said,
⇔ “Naphtali, satisfied with favour,
⇔ full of the LORD’s blessing,
⇔ Possess the west and the south.”

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Of Naphtali he said:
⇔ O Naphtali, overflowing with favor,
⇔ and full of the Lord’s blessing,
⇔ possess the west and south.

LSV And of Naphtali he said: O Naphtali, satisfied with pleasure,
And full of the blessing of YHWH,
Possess [the] west and [the] south.

FBV To Naphtali he said: “Naphtali is really favored, full of the Lord's blessing. He shall take over the land to the west and south.”

T4T ¶ “ say this about the tribe of Naphtali:
⇔ The people of the tribe of Naphtali have been blessed by Yahweh, who has been very kind to them;
⇔ their land extends far south from Lake Galilee.

LEB • “Oh, Naphtali, sated of favor, • and full of the blessing of Yahweh; • take possession of the lake, • and the land to the south.”

BBE And of Naphtali he said, O Naphtali, made glad with grace and full of the blessing of the Lord: the sea and its fishes will be his.

Moff No Moff DEU book available

JPS And of Naphtali he said: O Naphtali, satisfied with favour, and full with the blessing of the LORD: possess thou the sea and the south.

ASV And of Naphtali he said,
⇔ O Naphtali, satisfied with favor,
⇔ And full with the blessing of Jehovah,
⇔ Possess thou the west and the south.

DRA And to Nephtali he said: Nephtali shall enjoy abundance, and shall be full of the blessings of the Lord: he shall possess the sea and the south.

YLT And of Naphtali he said: — O Naphtali, satisfied with pleasure, And full of the blessing of Jehovah, West and south possess thou.

Drby And of Naphtali he said, Naphtali, satisfied with favour, And full of the blessing of Jehovah, Possess thou the west and the south.

RV And of Naphtali he said, O Naphtali, satisfied with favour, And full with the blessing of the LORD: Possess thou the west and the south.

Wbstr And of Naphtali he said, O Naphtali, satisfied with favor, and full with the blessing of the LORD: possess thou the west and the south.

KJB-1769 ¶ And of Naphtali he said, O Naphtali, satisfied with favour, and full with the blessing of the LORD: possess thou the west and the south.
(¶ And of Naphtali he said, O Naphtali, satisfied with favour, and full with the blessing of the LORD: possess thou/you the west and the south. )

KJB-1611 ¶ And of Naphtali he said, O Naphtali, satisfied with fauour, and full with the blessing of the LORD: possesse thou the West and the South.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation)

Bshps And vnto Nephthali he sayde: O Nephthali, satisfied with Gods fauour, and full with the blessing of the Lorde, possesse thou the west and the south.
(And unto Nephthali he said: O Nephthali, satisfied with Gods favour, and full with the blessing of the Lord, possess thou/you the west and the south.)

Gnva Also of Naphtali he sayd, O Naphtali, satisfied with fauour, and filled with the blessing of the Lord, possesse the West and the South.
(Also of Naphtali he said, O Naphtali, satisfied with favour, and filled with the blessing of the Lord, possess the West and the South. )

Cvdl And to Nephtali he saide: Nephtali shal haue abundaunce of pleasure, & shalbe full of the blessynge of the LORDE: his possession shalbe towarde the west and south.
(And to Nephtali he said: Nephtali shall have abundance of pleasure, and shall be full of the blessing of the LORD: his possession shall be towarde the west and south.)

Wycl And he seide to Neptalym, Neptalym schal vse abundaunce, and he schal be ful with blessyngis of the Lord; and he schal welde the see and the south.
(And he said to Neptalym, Neptalym shall use abundance, and he shall be full with blessingis of the Lord; and he shall weld the sea and the south.)

Luth Und zu Naphthali sprach er: Naphthali wird genug haben, was er begehret, und wird voll Segens des HErr’s sein; gegen Abend und Mittag wird sein Besitz sein.
(And to Naphthali spoke er: Naphthali becomes enough have, what/which he begehret, and becomes voll blessings the LORD’s sein; gegen Abend and Mittag becomes his Besitz sein.)

ClVg Et Nephthali dixit: [Nephthali abundantia perfruetur, et plenus erit benedictionibus Domini: mare et meridiem possidebit.]
(And Nephthali dixit: [Nephthali abundantia perfruetur, and plenus will_be benedictionibus Domini: the_sea and meridiem possidebit.] )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

General Information:

Moses continues to bless the tribes of Israel; the blessings are short poems. He speaks of the descendants of Naphtali as if they were one man.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

(Occurrence 0) satisfied with favor

(Some words not found in UHB: and,of,Naphtali he/it_had_said Naftālī sated favour and,full_of blessing YHWH lake and,south take_possession, )

Yahweh being pleased with Naphtali is spoken of as if “favor” were food that Naphtali ate until he was no longer hungry. Alternate translation: “who has all the good things he desires because Yahweh is pleased with him”

(Occurrence 0) full of the blessing of Yahweh

(Some words not found in UHB: and,of,Naphtali he/it_had_said Naftālī sated favour and,full_of blessing YHWH lake and,south take_possession, )

Blessings are spoken of as if they were food that Naphtali ate until he could hold no more. Alternate translation: “whom Yahweh has blessed so that he has all he needs”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / you

(Occurrence 0) take possession

(Some words not found in UHB: and,of,Naphtali he/it_had_said Naftālī sated favour and,full_of blessing YHWH lake and,south take_possession, )

Moses speaks as if the tribe of Naphtali is one man, so these words are singular.

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

(Occurrence 0) the land to the west and south

(Some words not found in UHB: and,of,Naphtali he/it_had_said Naftālī sated favour and,full_of blessing YHWH lake and,south take_possession, )

This refers to the land around Lake Galilee. The full meaning of this statement may be made explicit.

Parallel DEU 33:23

General Information: