EXO 24:10 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) and they saw the God of Israel. Under his feet was something like a tile made of sapphire that looked so pure that it was as clear as the sky.

Key: khaki:verbs, blue:Elohim.
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 εἶδον τὸν τόπον οὗ εἱστήκει ὁ Θεὸς τοῦ Ἰσραήλ· καὶ τὰ ὑπὸ τοὺς πόδας αὐτοῦ, ὡσεὶ ἔργον πλίνθου σαπφείρου, καὶ ὥσπερ εἶδος στερεώματος τοῦ οὐρανοῦ τῇ καθαριότητι.
(Kai eidon ton topon hou heistaʸkei ho Theos tou Israaʸl; kai ta hupo tous podas autou, hōsei ergon plinthou sapfeirou, kai hōsper eidos stereōmatos tou ouranou taʸ kathariotaʸti. )

BrTr And they saw the place where the God of Israel stood; and under his feet was as it were a work of sapphire slabs, and as it were the appearance of the firmament of heaven in its purity.

ULT And they saw the God of Israel. And under his feet was like tile made of sapphire, and its substance was as the sky in purity.

UST and they saw God, the one whom the Israelites worship. Under his feet was something like a pavement made of blue stones called sapphires. They were as clear as the sky is when there are no clouds.

BSB and they saw the God of Israel. Under His feet was a work like a pavement made of sapphire, as clear as the sky itself.

OEB No OEB EXO book available

WEBBE They saw the God of Israel. Under his feet was like a paved work of sapphire[fn] stone, like the skies for clearness.

24:10 or, lapis lazuli

WMBB (Same as above including footnotes)

NET and they saw the God of Israel. Under his feet there was something like a pavement made of sapphire, clear like the sky itself.

LSV and they see the God of Israel, and under His feet [is] as the work of a pavement of sapphire, and as the substance of the heavens for purity;

FBV and they saw the God of Israel. Under his feet was something like a tiled pavement made of lapis lazuli, as clear blue as the sky itself.

T4T and they/we saw God, the one whom the Israeli people worship. Under his feet was something like a pavement made of expensive blue stones called sapphires. They were as clear as the sky is when there are no clouds.

LEB And they saw the God of Israel, and what was under his feet was like sapphire tile work and like the very heavens for clearness.

BBE And they saw the God of Israel; and under his feet there was, as it seemed, a jewelled floor, clear as the heavens.

Moff No Moff EXO book available

JPS and they saw the God of Israel; and there was under His feet the like of a paved work of sapphire stone, and the like of the very heaven for clearness.

ASV and they saw the God of Israel; and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of sapphire stone, and as it were the very heaven for clearness.

DRA And they saw the God of Israel: and under his feet as it were a work of sapphire stone, and as the heaven, when clear.

YLT and they see the God of Israel, and under His feet [is] as the white work of the sapphire, and as the substance of the heavens for purity;

Drby and they saw the [fn]God of Israel; and there was under his feet as it were work of transparent sapphire, and as it were the form of heaven for clearness.

24.10 Elohim

RV and they saw the God of Israel; and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of sapphire stone, and as it were the very heaven for clearness.

Wbstr And they saw the God of Israel: and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire-stone, and as it were the body of heaven in its clearness.

KJB-1769 And they saw the God of Israel: and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in his clearness.

KJB-1611 And they saw the God of Israel: and there was vnder his feet, as it were a paued worke of a Saphire stone, and as it were the body of heauen in his clearenesse.
(And they saw the God of Israel: and there was under his feet, as it were a paued work of a Saphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in his clearenesse.)

Bshps And they saw the God of Israel: and there was vnder his feete as it were a worke of a Saphire stone, & as it were the heauen when it is cleare.
(And they saw the God of Israel: and there was under his feet as it were a work of a Saphire stone, and as it were the heaven when it is cleare.)

Gnva And they saw the God of Israel, and vnder his feete was as it were a worke of a Saphir stone, and as the very heauen when it is cleare.
(And they saw the God of Israel, and under his feet was as it were a work of a Saphir stone, and as the very heaven when it is cleare. )

Cvdl & sawe ye God of Israel. Vnder his fete it was like a stone worke of Saphyre, & as the fashion of heaue, wha it is cleare,
(& saw ye/you_all God of Israel. Vnder his feet it was like a stone work of Saphyre, and as the fashion of heaven, wha it is cleare,)

Wycl and seiyen God of Israel, vndur hise feet, as the werk of safire stoon, and as heuene whanne it is cleer.
(and seiyen God of Israel, under his feet, as the work of safire stone, and as heaven when it is cleer.)

Luth und sahen den GOtt Israels. Unter seinen Füßen war es wie ein schöner Saphir und wie die Gestalt des Himmels, wenn es klar ist.
(and saw the God Israels. Unter his feet what/which it like a schöner Saphir and like the Gestalt the heavens, when it klar is.)

ClVg et viderunt Deum Israël: et sub pedibus ejus quasi opus lapidis sapphirini, et quasi cælum, cum serenum est.[fn]
(and viderunt God Israel: and under feet his as_if opus lapidis sapphirini, and as_if the_sky, when/with serenum it_is. )

24.10 Sub pedibus. Deus non loco continetur, nec situ corporis membra ponit, sicut est nostri corporis sedere, et jacere, stare, et hujusmodi, quæ tantum corporis sunt. Deus autem spiritus est. Quod ergo se ostendit specie corporali, vel signis corporaliter expressis, non substantia ejus apparet, quæ est quod ipse est, sed assumptio formarum visibilium ejus omni potentiæ subjacet.

24.10 Under feet. God not/no instead is_contained, but_not situation corporis members puts, like it_is our corporis sedere, and yacere, to_stand, and huyusmodi, which only corporis are. God however spiritus it_is. That therefore se ostendit specie corporali, or signis corporaliter expressis, not/no substantia his apparet, which it_is that exactly_that/himself it_is, but assumptio formarum visibilium his all potentiæ subyacet.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / personification

וְ⁠תַ֣חַת רַגְלָ֗י⁠ו

and,under feet,his

And under his feet speaks of God as if he had human feet. If this might be confusing for your readers, you could express this meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “And below where God was”

לִבְנַ֣ת

pavement

a hard surface for walking or riding

Note 2 topic: translate-unknown

הַ⁠סַּפִּ֔יר

the,sapphire

A sapphire is a gemstone that is blue in color. If there is a blue gemstone that your people are familiar with, you may use it here, as the exact gemstone is not certain. You may also describe it. Alternate translation: “a blue gemstone”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / simile

וּ⁠כְ⁠עֶ֥צֶם הַ⁠שָּׁמַ֖יִם לָ⁠טֹֽהַר

and,like,very the=heavens for,clear

The point of this comparison is the blueness of the tile. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent comparison or express this meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “and it was blue like the sky”

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