EXO 4:22 Parallel Verse View

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

Key: khaki:verbs, 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 Σὺ δὲ ἐρεῖς τῷ Φαραῴ, τάδε λέγει Κύριος, υἱὸς πρωτότοκός μου Ἰσραήλ.
(Su de ereis tōi Faraō, tade legei Kurios, huios prōtotokos mou Israaʸl. )

BrTr And thou shalt say to Pharao, These things saith the Lord, Israel is my first-born.

UST Then say to him, ‘This is what Yahweh says: “Israel is like my firstborn son,

BSB § Then tell Pharaoh that this is what the LORD says: ‘Israel is My firstborn son,

OEB No OEB EXO book available

WEBBE You shall tell Pharaoh, ‘The LORD says, Israel is my son, my firstborn,

WMBB (Same as above)

NET You must say to Pharaoh, ‘Thus says the Lord, “Israel is my son, my firstborn,

LSV and you have said to Pharaoh, Thus said YHWH: My son, My firstborn [is] Israel,

FBV This is what you are to tell Pharaoh, ‘This is what the Lord says. Israel is my firstborn son.

T4T Then say to him, ‘This is what Yahweh says: “The Israeli people [MTY] are as dear to me as firstborn sons [MET].

LEB And you must say to Pharaoh, ‘Thus says Yahweh, “Israel is my son, my firstborn.”

BBE And you are to say to Pharaoh, The Lord says, Israel is the first of my sons:

Moff No Moff EXO book available

JPS And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh: Thus saith the LORD: Israel is My son, My first-born.

ASV And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith Jehovah, Israel is my son, my first-born:

DRA And thou shalt say to him: Thus saith the Lord: Israel is my son, my firstborn.

YLT and thou hast said unto Pharaoh, Thus said Jehovah, My son, My first-born [is] Israel,

Drby And thou shalt say to Pharaoh, Thus saith Jehovah: Israel is my son, my firstborn.

RV And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD, Israel is my son, my firstborn:

Wbstr And thou shalt say to Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD, Israel is my son, even my first-born.

KJB-1769 And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD, Israel is my son, even my firstborn:
(And thou/you shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith/says the LORD, Israel is my son, even my firstborn: )

KJB-1611 And thou shalt say vnto Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD, Israel is my sonne, euen my first borne.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps And thou shalt saye vnto Pharao: Thus sayeth the Lorde, Israel is my sonne euen my first borne sonne.
(And thou/you shalt say unto Pharao: Thus sayeth the Lord, Israel is my son even my firstborn son.)

Gnva Then thou shalt say to Pharaoh, Thus saith the Lord, Israel is my sonne, euen my first borne.
(Then thou/you shalt say to Pharaoh, Thus saith/says the Lord, Israel is my son, even my firstborn. )

Cvdl And thou shalt saie vnto Pharao: Thus sayeth ye LORDE: Israel is my first borne sonne,
(And thou/you shalt say unto Pharao: Thus sayeth ye/you_all LORD: Israel is my firstborn son,)

Wycl The Lord seith these thingis, My firste gendrid sone is Israel;
(The Lord saith/says these things, My first gendrid son is Israel;)

Luth Und sollst zu ihm sagen: So saget der HErr: Israel ist mein erstgeborner Sohn;
(And should to him say: So saget the/of_the LORD: Israel is my erstgeborner son;)

ClVg Dicesque ad eum: Hæc dicit Dominus: Filius meus primogenitus Israël.
(Dicesque to him: This dicit Master: Son mine primogenitus Israel. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

כֹּ֚ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה

thus he/it_had_said YHWH

This is the first of hundreds of occurrences throughout the Old Testament of a standard phrase, Thus says Yahweh, used to introduce direct, authoritative instruction from Yahweh. It would be good for your team to have a standard way to translate this that makes it clear that the words that come next are directly from God. If your language has a standard way of introducing a new message from your rulers that alerts the hearers that these are the words of the rulers, that would be a good phrase to consider.

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / quotesinquotes

כֹּ֚ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה

thus he/it_had_said YHWH

This begins a second-level quotation that continues until the end of 4:23. It may be helpful to your readers to indicate this with an opening second-level quotation mark or with whatever other punctuation or convention your language uses to indicate the beginning of a quotation within a quotation. However, you may want to translate this as an indirect quotation in order to reduce the levels of quotations in this passage. Alternative translation: “that Yahweh says”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / quotemarks

בְּנִ֥⁠י בְכֹרִ֖⁠י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

son,my firstborn,my (Some words not found in UHB: and,say to/towards Farˊoh thus he/it_had_said YHWH son,my firstborn,my Yisrael )

This is the beginning of a third-level quotation that continues until the end of 4:23. It may be helpful to your readers to indicate this with an opening third-level quotation mark or with whatever other punctuation or convention your language uses to indicate the beginning of a quotation within a quotation within a quotation. (If you chose to translate, “Thus says Yahweh,” as an indirect quote, this will be a second- level quotation.)

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

בְּנִ֥⁠י

son,my

Yahweh expresses his affection for the Israelites by calling them his son. Some languages may need to change the metaphor here into a simile. See the UST.

Note 4 topic: grammar-collectivenouns

יִשְׂרָאֵֽל

Yisrael

The word Israel here represents all the people of Israel as a group. It is important to keep the singular reference to Israel as son rather than change it to something like ‘the Israelites are my children,’ because God is making a particular contrast here between his son and Pharaoh’s son. Some languages may not be able to use “Israel” as a collective noun and may need to choose a translation like “the nation of Israel” or “the Israelite nation.”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

יִשְׂרָאֵֽל

Yisrael

The Israelite nation is often referred to simply by the name of the patriarch. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or plain language. Alternate translation: “The Israelites are”

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