GEN 14:10 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) Now the Siddim Valley had many tar pits, and when the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, they fell into the pits, but the rest fled up into the hills.

14:10 Note: BHS has been faithful to the Leningrad Codex where there might be a question of the validity of the form and we keep the same form as BHS.

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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).

ULT Now the Valley of Siddim had many tar pits, and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and they fell there. And those who remained fled to the hill country.

UST Now there were many tar pits in the Siddim Valley. As the kings over the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah and their soldiers were running away from the battle, some of their soldiers died there in the tar pits. Those who escaped ran away to the mountains to hide.

BSB § Now the Valley of Siddim was full of tar pits, and as the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, some men fell into the pits, but the survivors fled to the hill country.

OEB Now the valley of Siddim is full of bitumen pits; so when the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, they fell into them, but those who remained fled to the mountain.

WEB Now the valley of Siddim was full of tar pits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and some fell there. Those who remained fled to the hills.

NET Now the Valley of Siddim was full of tar pits. When the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, they fell into them, but some survivors fled to the hills.

LSV And the Valley of Siddim [is] full of bitumen-pits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah flee, and fall there, and those left have fled to the mountain.

FBV There were many tar pits in the Valley of Siddim, and as the defeated kings of Sodom and Gomorrah ran away, some of their men[fn] fell into them while the rest ran to the hills.

14:10 “Some of their men”: while the text seems to suggest that the kings fell into the tar pits, verse 17 makes it clear that at least the king of Sodom had not died.

T4T The Siddim Valley was full of tar pits. So when the armies of the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah tried to run away, many of the men fell into the tar pits. The others escaped and ran away to the hills.

LEB Now[fn] the Valley of Siddimwas full of tar pits.[fn] And the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled andfell into them,[fn] but the rest fled to the mountains.

?:? Or “And”

?:? Literally “pits, pits of tar”

?:? Literally “they fell there”

BBE Now the valley of Siddim was full of holes of sticky earth; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah were put to flight and came to their end there, but the rest got away to the mountain.

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JPS Now the vale of Siddim was full of slime pits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and they fell there, and they that remained fled to the mountain.

ASV Now the vale of Siddim was full of slime pits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and they fell there, and they that remained fled to the mountain.

DRA Now the woodland vale had many pits of slime. And the king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrha turned their backs and were overthrown there: and they that remained fled to the mountain.

YLT And the valley of Siddim [is] full of bitumen-pits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah flee, and fall there, and those left have fled to the mountain.

DBY And the vale of Siddim was full of pits of asphalt. And the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell there: and they that remained fled to the mountain.

RV Now the vale of Siddim was full of slime pits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and they fell there, and they that remained fled to the mountain.

WBS And the vale of Siddim was full of slime-pits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell there: and they that remained fled to the mountain.

KJB And the vale of Siddim was full of slimepits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell there; and they that remained fled to the mountain.
(And the vale of Siddim was full of slimepits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell there; and they that remaind fled to the mountain. )

BB And the vale of Siddim was full of slyme pyttes: and the kynges of Sodome and Gomorrhe fledde, and fell there, and they that remayned, fledde to the mountayne.
(And the vale of Siddim was full of slime/mud pits: and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrhe fledde, and fell there, and they that remaind, fledde to the mountain.)

GNV Now the vale of Siddim was full of slime pits, and the Kings of Sodom and Gomorah fled and fell there: and ye residue fled to the mountaine.
(Now the vale of Siddim was full of slime pits, and the Kings of Sodom and Gomorah fled and fell there: and ye/you_all residue fled to the mountain. )

CB And yt brode valley had many slyme pyttes. But the kynge of Sodoma and Gomorra were put to flight, & fell there, & the residue fled vnto ye mountaynes.
(And it brode valley had many slime/mud pits. But the king of Sodoma and Gomorra were put to flight, and fell there, and the residue fled unto ye/you_all mountains.)

WYC Forsothe the valey of the wode hadde many pittis of pitche; and so the kyng of Sodom and the kyng of Gomorre turneden the backis, and felden doun there; and thei that leften fledden to the hil.
(Forsothe the valley of the wode had many pittis of pitche; and so the king of Sodom and the king of Gomorre turned the backis, and fieldn down there; and they that left fledden to the hil.)

LUT Und das Tal Siddim hatte viel Tongruben. Aber der König von Sodom und Gomorrha wurden daselbst in die Flucht geschlagen und niedergelegt, und was überblieb, floh auf das Gebirge.
(And the Tal Siddim had many Tongruben. But the king from Sodom and Gomorrha became there in the Flucht geschlagen and niedergelegt, and was überblieb, floh on the Gebirge.)

CLV Vallis autem Silvestris habebat puteos multos bituminis. Itaque rex Sodomorum, et Gomorrhæ, terga verterunt, cecideruntque ibi: et qui remanserant, fugerunt ad montem.
(Vallis however Silvestris habebat puteos multos bituminis. Itaque rex Sodomorum, and Gomorrhæ, terga verterunt, cecideruntque ibi: and who remanserant, fugerunt to montem. )

BRN Now the salt valley consists of slime-pits. And the king of Sodom fled and the king of Gomorrha, and they fell in there: and they that were left fled to the mountain country.

BrLXX Ἡ δὲ κοιλὰς ἡ ἁλυκὴ, φρέατα ἀσφάλτου· ἔφυγε δὲ βασιλεὺς Σοδόμων καὶ βασιλεὺς Γομόῤῥας, καὶ ἐνέπεσαν ἐκεῖ· οἱ δὲ καταλειφθέντες εἰς τὴν ὀρεινὴν ἔφυγον.
(Haʸ de koilas haʸ halukaʸ, freata asfaltou; efuge de basileus Sodomōn kai basileus Gomoῤɽas, kai enepesan ekei; hoi de kataleifthentes eis taʸn oreinaʸn efugon. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-time-background

וְ⁠עֵ֣מֶק הַ⁠שִׂדִּ֗ים בֶּֽאֱרֹ֤ת בֶּאֱרֹת֙ חֵמָ֔ר

and,valley the,Siddim pits pits_of tar

The word Now indicates a change of topic and introduces background information. For some languages it is more natural to omit that word and just use a paragraph break. Do what is best in your language. Also be consistent here with how you translated the Valley of Siddim in verses 3 and 8, and how you translated tar in Gen 11:3. Alternate translation: “The Siddim Valley was full of tar pits,” or “There were many tar pits in the Siddim Valley,”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

וַ⁠יָּנֻ֛סוּ מֶֽלֶךְ סְדֹ֥ם וַ⁠עֲמֹרָ֖ה

and,fled king Şədom and=Amorah

It is assumed here that the kings were accompanied by their armies. If that is not understood, you could make that explicit in your translation. Also, consider whether or not it is better in your language to begin a new sentence here. Alternate translation: “As the kings of the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah and their armies were running away from the battle,”

וַ⁠יִּפְּלוּ שָׁ֑מָּ⁠ה

and,fell them,into

The Hebrew text is ambiguous here. It could mean: (1) “they died there in the tar pits.” or “some of their soldiers/men were killed there in the tar pits.” or “they fell into the tar pits and died.” or (2) “jumped into the tar pits to hide.” Notice that the king of Sodom is still alive in verse 17, so the pronoun they probably does not include him here, depending on how you translate fell there.

וְ⁠הַ⁠נִּשְׁאָרִ֖ים

and,the,rest

The Hebrew text is ambiguous here. It could mean: (1) “while/but those who were left” or “Those who escaped” or (2) “But the other three kings and their armies/soldiers”. Consider whether it is better in your language to begin a new sentence here or to continue the previous sentence.

נָּֽסוּ

fled

See how you translated fled earlier in this verse.

הֶ֥רָ⁠ה

hill_country,to

See how you translated hill country in verse 6. Alternate translation: “to the hills to hide.”

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