EXO 34:13 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) What you must do instead is to break down their altars and smash their pillars, and cut down the poles used to worship their god Asherah.

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 Τοὺς βωμοὺς αὐτῶν καθελεῖτε, καὶ τὰς στήλας αὐτῶν συντρίψετε, καὶ τὰ ἄλση αὐτῶν ἐκκόψετε, καὶ τὰ γλυπτὰ τῶν θεῶν αὐτῶν κατακαύσετε ἐν πυρί.
(Tous bōmous autōn katheleite, kai tas staʸlas autōn suntripsete, kai ta alsaʸ autōn ekkopsete, kai ta glupta tōn theōn autōn katakausete en puri. )

BrTr Ye shall destroy their altars, and break in pieces their pillars, and ye shall cut down their groves, and the graven images of their gods ye shall burn with fire.

ULT Instead, their altars you shall break down, and their pillars you shall smash, and his Asherah poles you shall cut down.

UST Rather, you must tear down their altars, destroy their idols, and cut down the poles that they use to worship Asherah.

BSB Rather, you must tear down their altars, smash their sacred stones, and chop down their Asherah poles.

OEB No OEB EXO book available

WEBBE but you shall break down their altars, and dash in pieces their pillars, and you shall cut down their Asherah poles;

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Rather you must destroy their altars, smash their images, and cut down their Asherah poles.

LSV for you break down their altars, and you shatter their standing pillars, and you cut down its Asherim;

FBV For you must tear down their altars, knock down their idolatrous pillars, and cut down their Asherah poles,

T4T You must tear down their altars, destroy their sacred pillars, and cut down the poles that they use to worship their female goddess Asherah.

LEB Rather, you will tear down their altars, and you will break their stone pillars, and you will cut off their Asherah poles.

BBE But their altars are to be overturned and their pillars broken and their images cut down:

Moff No Moff EXO book available

JPS But ye shall break down their altars, and dash in pieces their pillars, and ye shall cut down their Asherim.

ASV but ye shall break down their altars, and dash in pieces their pillars, and ye shall cut down their Asherim;

DRA But destroy their altars, break their statues, and cut down their groves:

YLT for their altars ye break down, and their standing pillars ye shiver, and its shrines ye cut down;

Drby but ye shall demolish their altars, shatter their statues, and hew down their Asherahs.

RV but ye shall break down their altars, and dash in pieces their pillars, and ye shall cut down their Asherim:

Wbstr But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves.

KJB-1769 But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves:[fn]
(But ye/you_all shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves: )

34.13 images: Heb. statues

KJB-1611 [fn]But ye shall destroy their altars, breake their images, and cut downe their groues.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)

34:13 Hebr. statues.

Bshps But ouerthrowe their aulters, and breake their images, and cut downe their groues.
(But overthrowe their altars, and break their images, and cut down their groves.)

Gnva But yee shall ouerthrowe their altars, and breake their images in pieces, and cut downe their groues,
(But ye/you_all shall overthrowe their altars, and break their images in pieces, and cut down their groves, )

Cvdl but their alters shalt thou ouerthrowe, & breake downe their goddes, and rote out their groaues:
(but their alters shalt thou/you overthrowe, and break down their gods, and root out their groaues:)

Wycl But also distrie thou `the auteris of hem, breke the ymagis, and kitte doun the woodis;
(But also destroy thou/you `the altaris of them, breke the ymagis, and kitte down the woodis;)

Luth sondern ihre Altäre sollst du umstürzen und ihre Götzen zerbrechen und ihre Haine ausrotten.
(rather their/her Altäre should you umstürzen and their/her Götzen zerbrechen and their/her Haine ausrotten.)

ClVg sed aras eorum destrue, confringe statuas, lucosque succide:
(sed aras their destrue, confringe statuas, lucosque succide: )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-contrast

כִּ֤י

that/for/because/then/when

This word marks a strong contrast with the previous verse. Use a natural way in your language for introducing a strong contrast. Alternate translation, followed by a new sentence: “Do the opposite!”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / infostructure

אֶת־מִזְבְּחֹתָ⁠ם֙ תִּתֹּצ֔וּ⁠ן וְ⁠אֶת־מַצֵּבֹתָ֖⁠ם תְּשַׁבֵּר֑וּ⁠ן וְ⁠אֶת־אֲשֵׁרָ֖י⁠ו תִּכְרֹתֽוּ⁠ן

DOM altars,their tear_down, and=DOM sacred_pillars,their smash, and=DOM asherah_poles,their cut_down,

This unusual word order reflects the original in bringing each item the Israelites must destroy into focus. You should use whatever form in your language would emphasize or focus on each item that they must destroy. Alternate translation, as separate sentences: “as for their altars, break them down! As for their stone pillars, smash them to pieces! As for their trees where they worship the goddess Asherah, cut them all down!”

Note 3 topic: grammar-collectivenouns

תִּכְרֹתֽוּ⁠ן

cut_down,

For some reason only this pronoun is singular, referring back the singular “inhabitant” in the previous verse. Translate it based on your decision in the previous verse.

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