EXO 3:2 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) While he was there. Yahweh’s messenger appeared to him in a flame coming from the middle of a bush, and as Mosheh looked, to his surprise he saw that the bush was burning in the fire yet not actually being burnt up.

Key: khaki:verbs, red:negative, 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 Ὤφθη δὲ αὐτῷ Ἄγγελος Κυρίου ἐν πυρὶ φλογὸς ἐκ τοῦ βάτου· καὶ ὁρᾷ ὅτι ὁ βάτος καίεται πυρί, ὁ δὲ βάτος οὐ κατεκαίετο.
(Ōfthaʸ de autōi Angelos Kuriou en puri flogos ek tou batou; kai hora hoti ho batos kaietai puri, ho de batos ou katekaieto. )

BrTr And an angel of the Lord appeared to him in [fn]flaming fire out of the bush, and he sees that the bush burns with fire,—but the bush was not consumed.

ULT And the angel of Yahweh appeared to him in a flame of fire from the middle of a bush. And he looked, and behold, the bush was burning in the fire, but the bush was not being consumed.

UST While he was there, Yahweh’s messenger appeared to Moses as a fire inside a bush. Moses stared at the burning bush, amazed that the fire was not burning it completely to ashes.

BSB There the angel [fn] of the LORD appeared to him in a blazing fire from within a bush. Moses saw the bush ablaze with fire, but it was not consumed.

OEB No OEB EXO book available

WEBBE The LORD’s[fn] angel appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the middle of a bush. He looked, and behold, the bush burnt with fire, and the bush was not consumed.

3:2 When rendered in ALL CAPITAL LETTERS, “LORD” or “GOD” is the translation of God’s Proper Name (Hebrew “יהוה”, usually pronounced Yahweh).

WMBB The LORD’s[fn] angel appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the middle of a bush. He looked, and behold, the bush burnt with fire, and the bush was not consumed.

3:2 When rendered in ALL CAPITAL LETTERS, “LORD” or “GOD” is the translation of God’s Proper Name.

NET The angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire from within a bush. He looked – and the bush was ablaze with fire, but it was not being consumed!

LSV and the Messenger of YHWH appears to him in a flame of fire, out of the midst of the bush, and he sees, and behold, the bush is burning with fire, and the bush is not consumed.

FBV There the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire from inside a bush. Moses looked carefully and saw that though the bush was on fire, it wasn't being burned up.

T4T One day Yahweh ◄appeared/revealed himself► to him/me, looking like an angel. The angel appeared in a flame of fire in the middle of a bush that was burning. Moses/I looked at it, and he/I was surprised that the bush was burning, but it was not burning up.

LEB And the angel of Yahweh appeared to him in a flame of fire from the midst of a bush, and he looked, and there was the bush burning with fire, but the bush was not being consumed.

BBE And the angel of the Lord was seen by him in a flame of fire coming out of a thorn-tree: and he saw that the tree was on fire, but it was not burned up.

Moff No Moff EXO book available

JPS And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush; and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed.

ASV And the angel of Jehovah appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed.

DRA And the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he saw that the bush was on fire and was not burnt.

YLT and there appeareth unto him a messenger of Jehovah in a flame of fire, out of the midst of the bush, and he seeth, and lo, the bush is burning with fire, and the bush is not consumed.

Drby And the Angel of Jehovah appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a thorn-bush: and he looked, and behold, the thorn-bush burned with fire, and the thorn-bush was not being consumed.

RV And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed.

Wbstr And the angel of the LORD appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed.

KJB-1769 And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed.

KJB-1611 And the Angel of the LORD appeared vnto him, in a [fn]flame of fire out of the midst of a bush, and he looked, and behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation and footnotes)

3:2 A&s.7. 30.

Bshps And the angell of the Lorde appeared vnto hym in a flambe of fire out of the middes of a busshe: And he loked, and beholde the busshe burned with fire, and the busshe was not consumed.
(And the angell of the Lord appeared unto him in a flambe of fire out of the midst of a busshe: And he looked, and behold the busshe burned with fire, and the busshe was not consumed.)

Gnva Then the Angel of the Lord appeared vnto him in a flame of fire, out of the middes of a bush: and he looked, and behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed.
(Then the Angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a flame of fire, out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed. )

Cvdl And the angell of ye LORDE appeared vnto him in a flame of fyre out of the bush. And he sawe that ye bush brent wt fyre, and yet was not consumed,
(And the angell of ye/you_all LORD appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the bush. And he saw that ye/you_all bush burnt with fire, and yet was not consumed,)

Wycl Forsothe the Lord apperide to hym in the flawme of fier fro the myddis of the buysch, and he seiy that the buysch brente, and was not forbrent.
(Forsothe the Lord appeared to him in the flawme of fire from the midst of the buysch, and he see that the buysch burnt, and was not forbrent.)

Luth Und der Engel des HErr’s erschien ihm in einer feurigen Flamme aus dem Busch. Und er sah, daß der Busch mit Feuer brannte, und ward doch nicht verzehret.
(And the/of_the angel the LORD’s appeared him in einer feurigen Flamme out_of to_him Busch. And he saw, that the/of_the Busch with fire brannte, and what/which though/but not verzehret.)

ClVg Apparuitque ei Dominus in flamma ignis de medio rubi: et videbat quod rubus arderet, et non combureretur.[fn]
(Apparuitque to_him Master in flamma ignis about in_the_middle rubi: and videbat that rubus arderet, and not/no combureretur. )

3.2 Apparuitque ei. ISID. Allegorice. Erat flamma in rubro, et non cremabatur. Rubus, spinæ peccatorum Judæorum: flamma in rubo, verbum Dei, id est lex data illi populo. Sed et flamma rubum non comburit, quia lex data peccata eorum non consumit. Alii in rubo flammante Ecclesiam intelligunt, quæ persecutionibus inflammatur, quæ loquente ad se Domino non crematur. Quod Dominus Mosi in rubo apparuit, ostendit quia in Ecclesia apparet fidelibus, nec alibi. Aiunt Hebræi ideo in rubo Deum apparuisse Mosi, ne possent sibi inde idolum sculpere Judæi. Semper enim Deus idololatriæ occasionem recidit. GREG. lib. XXII Moral., cap. 20. Moses admistus Ægyptiis quasi vigilabat mundo, ideo vocem Domini non audiebat: sed exstincto Ægyptio, postquam in desertum fugit, dum illic quadraginta annis degit, a terrenis tumultibus obdormivit, et ideo divinam vocem percepit. Cum enim mens ab exterioribus sopitur, verbum Dei penetrat veracius. Aurem quippe cordis turba terrenarum cogitationum perstrepens claudit. Non enim perfecte homo sufficit ad utraque divisus, quia si exterius auditum aperit, interius obsurdescit.

3.2 Apparuitque to_him. ISID. Allegorice. Erat flamma in rubro, and not/no cremabatur. Rubus, spinæ sinners Yudæorum: flamma in rubo, the_word of_God, id it_is lex data illi to_the_people. But and flamma rubum not/no comburit, because lex data sins their not/no consumit. Alii in rubo flammante Ecclesiam intelligunt, which persecutionibus inflammatur, which loquente to se Master not/no crematur. That Master Mosi in rubo apparuit, ostendit because in Ecclesia apparet fidelibus, but_not alibi. Aiunt Hebræi ideo in rubo God apparuisse Mosi, not possent sibi inde idolum sculpere Yudæi. Semper because God idololatriæ occasionem recidit. GREG. lib. XXII Moral., cap. 20. Moses admistus Ægyptiis as_if vigilabat mundo, ideo vocem Master not/no audiebat: but exstincto Ægyptio, postquam in desert fugit, dum illic quadraginta annis degit, from terrenis tumultibus obdormivit, and ideo divinam vocem percepit. Since because mens away exterioribus sopitur, the_word of_God penetrat veracius. Aurem quippe cordis turba terrenarum cogitationum perstrepens claudit. Non because perfecte human sufficit to utraque divisus, because when/but_if exterius auditum aperit, interius obsurdescit.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

וַ֠⁠יֵּרָא מַלְאַ֨ךְ יְהֹוָ֥ה אֵלָ֛י⁠ו בְּ⁠לַבַּת־אֵ֖שׁ מִ⁠תּ֣וֹךְ הַ⁠סְּנֶ֑ה

and,appeared angel YHWH to=him/it in/on/at/with,flame fire from,midst the,bush

This is a summary of what happened. The next few verses tell the story of how this happened and how Moses discovered what was happening.

יְהֹוָ֥ה

YHWH

This is the name of God that he revealed to his people in the Old Testament. See the translationWord page about Yahweh concerning how to translate this.

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-contrast

וְ⁠הִנֵּ֤ה הַ⁠סְּנֶה֙ בֹּעֵ֣ר בָּ⁠אֵ֔שׁ וְ⁠הַ⁠סְּנֶ֖ה אֵינֶ֥⁠נּוּ אֻכָּֽל

and=see/lo/see! the,bush burning in/on/at/with,fire and,the,bush not,it consumed

The word behold here shows that Moses saw something that was very different from what he expected. He expected the bush to be burnt up completely by the fire. Consider using an interjection in your language that expresses that what follows is a surprise.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

אֻכָּֽל

consumed

Here, being consumed means being eaten completely until gone. In the case of fire, this is a metonym for burning completely until gone. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or plain language. Alternate translation: “destroyed by the fire”

Parallel EXO 3:2