DEU 7:16 Parallel Verse View

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Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance=normal (All still tentative.)

Key: khaki:verbs, red:negative, blue:Elohim, 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 φαγῇ πάντα τὰ σκῦλα τῶν ἐθνῶν, ἃ Κύριος ὁ Θεός σου δίδωσί σοι· οὐ φείσεται ὁ ὀφθαλμός σου ἐπʼ αὐτοῖς, καὶ οὐ μὴ λατρεύσῃς τοῖς θεοῖς αὐτῶν· ὅτι σκῶλον τοῦτό ἐστί σοί.
(Kai fagaʸ panta ta skula tōn ethnōn, ha Kurios ho Theos sou didōsi soi; ou feisetai ho ofthalmos sou epʼ autois, kai ou maʸ latreusaʸs tois theois autōn; hoti skōlon touto esti soi. )

BrTr And thou shalt eat all the spoils of the nations which the Lord thy God gives thee; thine eye shall not spare them, and thou shalt not serve their gods; for this is an offence to thee.

ULT And you shall consume all the peoples whom Yahweh your God will give to you; your eye shall not pity them. And do not serve their gods, for it will be a snare for you.

UST You must destroy all the people groups that Yahweh our God enables you to conquer. Do not act mercifully toward any of them. And do not worship their gods. If you do that, it would be like falling into a trap from which you will never be able to escape.

BSB You must destroy all the peoples the LORD your God will deliver to you. Do not look on them with pity. Do not worship their gods, for that will be a snare to you.

OEB No OEB DEU book available

WEBBE You shall consume all the peoples whom the LORD your God shall deliver to you. Your eye shall not pity them. You shall not serve their gods; for that would be a snare to you.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET You must destroy all the people whom the Lord your God is about to deliver over to you; you must not pity them or worship their gods, for that will be a snare to you.

LSV And you have consumed all the peoples whom your God YHWH is giving to you; your eye has no pity on them, and you do not serve their gods, for it [is] a snare to you.

FBV You are to destroy all the nations the Lord your God hands over to you. Don't look on them with sympathy. Don't worship their gods, for that will end up being a trap to you.

T4T You must get rid of all the people-groups that Yahweh our God will enable you to conquer. Do not [SYN] act mercifully toward any of them. And do not worship their gods, because if you do that, it would be like falling into a trap from which you will never be able to escape.

LEB And you shall devour all of the peoples that Yahweh your God is giving to you; you shall not pity them,[fn] and you shall not serve their gods, which will be a snare for you.

7:16 Literally “your eye shall not take pity on them”

BBE And you are to send destruction on all the peoples which the Lord your God gives into your hands; have no pity on them, and do not give worship to their gods; for that will be a cause of sin to you.

Moff No Moff DEU book available

JPS And thou shalt consume all the peoples that the LORD thy God shall deliver unto thee; thine eye shall not pity them; neither shalt thou serve their gods; for that will be a snare unto thee.

ASV And thou shalt consume all the peoples that Jehovah thy God shall deliver unto thee; thine eye shall not pity them: neither shalt thou serve their gods; for that will be a snare unto thee.

DRA Thou shalt consume all the people, which the Lord thy God will deliver to thee. Thy eye shall not spare them, neither shalt thou serve their gods, lest they be thy ruin.

YLT 'And thou hast consumed all the peoples whom Jehovah thy God is giving to thee; thine eye hath no pity on them, and thou dost not serve their gods, for a snare it [is] to thee.

Drby And thou shalt consume all the peoples that Jehovah thy [fn]God will give up unto thee; thine eye shall not spare them, and thou shalt not serve their [fn]gods; for that would be a snare unto thee.

7.16 Elohim

RV And thou shalt consume all the peoples which the LORD thy God shall deliver unto thee; thine eye shall not pity them: neither shalt thou serve their gods; for that will be a snare unto thee.

Wbstr And thou shalt consume all the people which the LORD thy God shall deliver to thee; thy eye shall have no pity upon them: neither shalt thou serve their gods; for that will be a snare to thee.

KJB-1769 And thou shalt consume all the people which the LORD thy God shall deliver thee; thine eye shall have no pity upon them: neither shalt thou serve their gods; for that will be a snare unto thee.
(And thou/you shalt consume all the people which the LORD thy/your God shall deliver thee/you; thine/your eye shall have no pity upon them: neither shalt thou/you serve their gods; for that will be a snare unto thee/you. )

KJB-1611 [fn]And thou shalt consume all the people which the LORD thy God shall deliuer thee: thine eye shall haue no pitie vpon them, neither shalt thou serue their gods, for that will be a snare vnto thee.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)

7:16 Exod.23. 33.

Bshps Thou shalt consume all the nations which the Lorde thy God shall deliuer thee: thine eye shall haue no pitie vpon them, neither shalt thou serue their gods, for that shalbe thy decay.
(Thou shalt consume all the nations which the Lord thy/your God shall deliver thee/you: thine/your eye shall have no pity upon them, neither shalt thou/you serve their gods, for that shall be thy/your decay.)

Gnva Thou shalt therefore consume all people which the Lord thy God shall giue thee: thine eye shall not spare them, neither shalt thou serue their gods, for that shalbe thy destruction.
(Thou shalt therefore consume all people which the Lord thy/your God shall give thee/you: thine/your eye shall not spare them, neither shalt thou/you serve their gods, for that shall be thy/your destruction. )

Cvdl Thou shalt brynge to naught all the nacions, which the LORDE thy God shal delyuer the. Thine eye shall not spare them, and their goddes shalt thou not serue, for that shalbe thy decaye.
(Thou shalt bring to naught all the nations, which the LORD thy/your God shall deliver them. Thine eye shall not spare them, and their gods shalt thou/you not serue, for that shall be thy/your decaye.)

Wycl And thou schalt `deuoure, that is, distrie, alle puplis, whiche thi Lord God schal yyue to thee; thin iye schal not spare hem, nethir thou schalt serue the goddis `of hem, lest thei ben in to the fallyng of thee.
(And thou/you shalt `deuoure, that is, distrie, all puplis, which thy/your Lord God shall give to thee/you; thin iye shall not spare them, neither thou/you shalt serve the gods `of them, lest they been in to the fallyng of thee/you.)

Luth Du wirst alle Völker fressen, die der HErr, dein GOtt, dir geben wird. Du sollst ihrer nicht schonen und ihren Göttern nicht dienen; denn das würde dir ein Strick sein.
(You will all peoples fressen, the the/of_the LORD, your God, you/to_you give wird. You should of_their/her not schonen and your gods not dienen; because the würde you/to_you a Strick sein.)

ClVg Devorabis omnes populos, quos Dominus Deus tuus daturus est tibi. Non parcet eis oculus tuus, nec servies diis eorum, ne sint in ruinam tui.
(Devorabis everyone to_the_peoples, which Master God tuus daturus it_is tibi. Non parcet to_them oculus tuus, but_not servies diis their, not sint in ruinam tui. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

וְ⁠אָכַלְתָּ֣

and=you(ms)_will_eat

Here consume means “completely destroy.” Moses is speaking of conquering a people group as if a person were eating food. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “And you shall exterminate”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

נֹתֵ֣ן לָ֔⁠ךְ

giving_over to/for=you(fs)

Here give means “allow to conquer.” If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “will cause you to defeat”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

לֹא־תָחֹ֥ס עֵֽינְ⁠ךָ֖ עֲלֵי⁠הֶ֑ם

not pity eye,your on,them

Here eye represents the act of seeing. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression from your language or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “do not allow what you see to cause you to pity them”

Note 4 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

כִּֽי

that/for/because/then/when

The word translated as for indicates that what follows is a reason for what came before. Use a connector in your language that makes it clear that what follows is a reason for what came before. Alternate translation: “because”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

מוֹקֵ֥שׁ ה֖וּא לָֽ⁠ךְ

snare he/it to/for=you(fs)

Moses is speaking of someone worshiping idols as if they were an animal caught in a hunter’s snare. Moses is saying that idolatry leads to certain destruction, just like a trapped animal faces destruction. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “it will be like a snare for you because you will keep on serving their gods”

Parallel DEU 7:16