EXO 4:1 Parallel Verse View

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

OET (OET-RV) “But listen,” Mosheh responded, “they won’t believe me and won’t listen to what I say, because they’ll say, ‘Yahweh never showed himself to you.’ ”

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 Ἀπεκρίθη δὲ Μωυσῆς, καὶ εἶπεν, ἐὰν μὴ πιστεύσωσί μοι, μηδὲ εἰσακούσωσι τῆς φωνῆς μου, ἐροῦσι γὰρ, ὅτι οὐκ ὦπταί σοι ὁ Θεὸς, τί ἐρῶ πρὸς αὐτούς;
(Apekrithaʸ de Mōusaʸs, kai eipen, ean maʸ pisteusōsi moi, maʸde eisakousōsi taʸs fōnaʸs mou, erousi gar, hoti ouk ōptai soi ho Theos, ti erō pros autous; )

BrTr And Moses answered and said, If they believe me not, and do not hearken to my voice (for they will say, God has not appeared to thee), what shall I say to them?

ULT And Moses answered and said, “But look, they will not believe me, and they will not listen to my voice; for they will say, ‘Yahweh has not appeared to you.’ ”

UST Moses replied to God, “They will completely disbelieve me and ignore me because they will think, ‘Yahweh did not appear to you.’ ”

BSB § Then Moses answered, “What if they do not believe me or listen to my voice? For they may say, ‘The LORD has not appeared to you.’ ”

OEB No OEB EXO book available

WEBBE Moses answered, “But, behold, they will not believe me, nor listen to my voice; for they will say, ‘The LORD has not appeared to you.’ ”

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Moses answered again, “And if they do not believe me or pay attention to me, but say, ‘The Lord has not appeared to you’?”

LSV And Moses answers and says, “And if they do not give credence to me, nor listen to my voice, and say, YHWH has not appeared to you?”

FBV “But what if they don't believe me or listen to what I say?” Moses asked. “They could say, ‘The Lord didn't appear to you.’ ”

T4T Moses/I replied, “But what if the Israeli people ◄do not believe me/are not convinced► or not do what I tell them? What if they say, ‘Yahweh did not appear to you!’ ”

LEB And Moses answered, and he said, “And if they do not believe me and they do not listen to my voice, but they say, ‘Yahweh did not appear to you?’ ”

BBE And Moses, answering, said, It is certain that they will not have faith in me or give ear to my voice; for they will say, You have not seen the Lord.

Moff No Moff EXO book available

JPS And Moses answered and said: 'But, behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice; for they will say: The lord hath not appeared unto thee.'

ASV And Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice; for they will say, Jehovah hath not appeared unto thee.

DRA Moses answered and said: They will not believe me, nor hear my voice, but they will say: The Lord hath not appeared to thee.

YLT And Moses answereth and saith, 'And, if they do not give credence to me, nor hearken to my voice, and say, Jehovah hath not appeared unto thee?'

Drby And Moses answered and said, But behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice; for they will say, Jehovah has not appeared to thee.

RV And Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice: for they will say, The LORD hath not appeared unto thee.

Wbstr And Moses answered and said, But behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken to my voice: for they will say, The LORD hath not appeared to thee.

KJB-1769 And Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice: for they will say, The LORD hath not appeared unto thee.
(And Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice: for they will say, The LORD hath/has not appeared unto thee/you. )

KJB-1611 ¶ And Moses answered, and said, But behold, they will not beleeue mee, nor hearken vnto my voice: for they will say, The LORD hath not appeared vnto thee.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps Moyses aunswered, and said: See, they wyll not beleue me, nor harken vnto my voyce: but wyll saye, The Lorde hath not appeared vnto thee.
(Moses answered, and said: See, they will not believe me, nor harken unto my voice: but will say, The Lord hath/has not appeared unto thee/you.)

Gnva Then Moses answered, and said, But lo, they will not beleeue me, nor hearken vnto my voyce: for they will say, The Lord hath not appeared vnto thee.
(Then Moses answered, and said, But lo, they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice: for they will say, The Lord hath/has not appeared unto thee/you. )

Cvdl Moses answered, & sayde: Beholde, they shall not beleue me, ner heare my voyce, but shal saye: The LORDE hath not appeared vnto the.
(Moses answered, and said: Behold, they shall not believe me, nor hear my voice, but shall say: The LORD hath/has not appeared unto them.)

Wycl Moyses answeride, and seide, The comyns schulen not bileue to me, nether thei schulen here my vois; but thei schulen seie, The Lord apperide not to thee.
(Moses answered, and said, The commons should not believe to me, neither they should here my voice; but they should say, The Lord appeared not to thee/you.)

Luth Mose antwortete und sprach: Siehe, sie werden mir nicht glauben noch meine Stimme hören, sondern werden sagen: Der HErr ist dir nicht erschienen.
(Mose replied and spoke: See, they/she/them become to_me not believe still my voice listenn, rather become say: The LORD is you/to_you not appeareden.)

ClVg Respondens Moyses ait: Non credent mihi, neque audient vocem meam, sed dicent: Non apparuit tibi Dominus.
(Respondens Moyses he_said: Non credent mihi, nor audient vocem mine, but dicent: Non apparuit to_you Master. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

וַ⁠יַּ֤עַן מֹשֶׁה֙ וַ⁠יֹּ֔אמֶר

and,answered Mosheh and=he/it_said

Here, answered and said is a Hebrew expression which does not convey any extra information. Unless your language naturally uses a similar structure, it is better to translate one verb and omit the other. Alternate translation: “Moses answered”

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / quotemarks

וְ⁠הֵן֙ לֹֽא־יַאֲמִ֣ינוּ לִ֔⁠י וְ⁠לֹ֥א יִשְׁמְע֖וּ בְּ⁠קֹלִ֑⁠י כִּ֣י יֹֽאמְר֔וּ לֹֽא־נִרְאָ֥ה אֵלֶ֖י⁠ךָ יְהוָֽה

and=if not believe to=me and=not they_will_understand in/on/at/with,voice,me that/for/because/then/when say not he/it_appeared to,you YHWH

This is a direct quotation. It may be helpful to your readers to indicate this by marking it with first-level quotation marks or with whatever other punctuation or convention your language uses to indicate a quotation.There may be other quotations in this chapter; they will be marked by the same punctuation, but they will not have their own notes unless there is something unique about them.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

בְּ⁠קֹלִ֑⁠י

in/on/at/with,voice,me

See 3:18. Alternate translation: “to what I say”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / quotesinquotes

לֹֽא־נִרְאָ֥ה אֵלֶ֖י⁠ךָ יְהוָֽה

not not he/it_appeared to,you YHWH

This is a second-level quotation. It may be helpful to your readers to indicate this by marking it with second-level quotation marks or with whatever other punctuation or convention your language uses to indicate a quotation within a quotation. However, you could translate it as an indirect quotation. Alternate translation: “that Yahweh has not appeared to me”

וְ⁠הֵן֙

and=if

This is a term meant to focus the attention of the listener on what the speaker is about to say. If there is not a good way to translate this term in your language, this term can be omitted from the translation, or you can use an alternate translation like “Listen to me.”

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