EXO 2:4 Parallel Verse View

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

Key: khaki:verbs.
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 κατεσκόπευεν ἡ ἀδελφὴ αὐτοῦ μακρόθεν, μαθεῖν τί τὸ ἀποβησόμενον αὐτῷ.
(Kai kateskopeuen haʸ adelfaʸ autou makrothen, mathein ti to apobaʸsomenon autōi. )

BrTr And his sister was watching from a distance, to learn what would happen to him.

ULT And his sister stationed herself at a distance to know what would be done to him.

UST His older sister hid nearby so she could find out what would happen to him.

OEB No OEB EXO book available

WEBBE His sister stood far off, to see what would be done to him.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET His sister stationed herself at a distance to find out what would happen to him.

LSV and his sister stations herself far off, to know what is done to him.

FBV His sister waited some distance away, keeping an eye on him.

T4T His/My older sister was standing not far away, watching to see what would happen to him/me.

LEB And his sister stood at a distance to know what would be done to him.

BBE And his sister took her place at a distance to see what would become of him.

Moff No Moff EXO book available

JPS And his sister stood afar off, to know what would be done to him.

ASV And his sister stood afar off, to know what would be done to him.

DRA His sister standing afar off, and taking notice what would be done.

YLT and his sister stationeth herself afar off, to know what is done to him.

Drby And his sister stood afar off to see what would happen to him.

RV And his sister stood afar off, to know what would be done to him.

Wbstr And his sister stood afar off, to know what would be done to him.

KJB-1769 And his sister stood afar off, to wit what would be done to him.

KJB-1611 And his sister stood afarre off, to wit what would be done to him.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps And his sister stoode a farre of, to wit what woulde come of it.
(And his sister stood afar off, to wit what would come of it.)

Gnva Now his sister stood a farre off, to wit what would come of him.
(Now his sister stood afar offf, to wit what would come of him. )

Cvdl But his sister stode a farre of, to wete what wolde come of him.
(But his sister stood afar off, to went what would come of him.)

Wycl the while his sistir stood afer, and bihelde the bifalling of the thing.
(the while his sister stood afar, and bihelde the bifalling of the thing.)

Luth Aber seine Schwester stund von ferne, daß sie erfahren wollte, wie es ihm gehen würde.
(But his Schwester stood from ferne, that they/she/them erfahren wanted, like it him go würde.)

ClVg stante procul sorore ejus, et considerante eventum rei.
(stante procul sorore his, and considerante eventum rei. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

וַ⁠תֵּתַצַּ֥ב אֲחֹת֖⁠וֹ מֵ⁠רָחֹ֑ק

and,stood sister,his at,distance

This means she stood far enough away so that she would not be noticed, but close enough to see the ark. Use a word that expresses this sort of distance in your language.

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

מֵ⁠רָחֹ֑ק

at,distance

This probably means somewhere in the reeds where she could see the basket, but no one would see her. If your language does not use an abstract noun for this idea, you can express the idea behind the abstract noun distance in another way. Alternate translation: “not far away”

Note 2 topic: translate-kinship

אֲחֹת֖⁠וֹ

sister,his

Here, the actions of his sister show that she was older. If your language uses a different term for siblings based on their relative ages or the gender of the siblings or both, use one that means “a boy’s older sister.”

Note 3 topic: grammar-connect-logic-goal

לְ⁠דֵעָ֕ה מַה־יֵּעָשֶׂ֖ה לֽ⁠וֹ

to,see what? happen to=him/it

This is her purpose in being close by. Use a natural way in your language for indicating purpose. Alternative translation: “in order to learn what would happen to him”

Parallel EXO 2:4