GEN 14:21 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) Then the king of Sodom said to Abram, “Give my people back to me, but keep the possessions for yourself.”

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 Εἶπε δὲ βασιλεὺς Σοδόμων πρὸς Ἅβραμ, δός μοι τοὺς ἄνδρας, τὴν δὲ ἵππον λάβε σεαυτῷ.
(Eipe de basileus Sodomōn pros Habram, dos moi tous andras, taʸn de hippon labe seautōi. )

BrTr And the king of Sodom said to Abram, Give me the men, and take the [fn]horses to thyself.

ULT Then the king of Sodom said to Abram, “Give to me the people, but the possessions take for yourself.”

UST After that, the king over the city of Sodom said to Abram, “Please return to me the people whom you rescued, but keep for yourself their belongings that you recovered.”

BSB § The king of Sodom said to Abram, “Give me the people, but take the goods for yourself.”

OEB The king of Sodom said to Abram, ‘Give me my people, and take the goods for yourself.’

WEBBE The king of Sodom said to Abram, “Give me the people, and take the goods for yourself.”

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Then the king of Sodom said to Abram, “Give me the people and take the possessions for yourself.”

LSV And the king of Sodom says to Abram, “Give to me the persons, and take the substance to yourself,”

FBV The king of Sodom told Abram, “Let me have the people back, and you can keep everything else for yourself.”

T4T The king of Sodom said to Abram, “You can keep all the goods you recovered. Just let me take back the people from my city whom you rescued.”

LEB And the king of Sodom said to Abram, “Give me the people, but the possessions take for yourself.”

BBE And the king of Sodom said to Abram, Give me the prisoners and take the goods for yourself.

Moff No Moff GEN book available

JPS And the king of Sodom said unto Abram: 'Give me the persons, and take the goods to thyself.'

ASV And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons, and take the goods to thyself.

DRA And the king of Sodom said to Abram: Give me the persons, and the rest take to thyself.

YLT And the king of Sodom saith unto Abram, 'Give to me the persons, and the substance take to thyself,'

Drby And the king of Sodom said to Abram, Give me the souls, and take the property for thyself.

RV And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons, and take the goods to thyself.

Wbstr And the king of Sodom said to Abram, Give me the persons, and take the goods to thyself.

KJB-1769 And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons, and take the goods to thyself.[fn]
(And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons, and take the goods to thyself/yourself. )

14.21 persons: Heb. souls

KJB-1611 [fn]And the King of Sodome said vnto Abram, giue me the persons, and take the goods to thy selfe.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and footnotes)

14:21 Hebr. soules.

Bshps And the kyng of Sodome sayde vnto Abram: geue me the soules, and take the goodes to thy selfe.
(And the king of Sodom said unto Abram: give me the souls, and take the goodes to thyself/yourself.)

Gnva Then the King of Sodom saide to Abram, Giue me the persons, and take the goodes to thy selfe.
(Then the King of Sodom said to Abram, Give me the persons, and take the goodes to thyself/yourself. )

Cvdl Then sayde the kynge of Sodome vnto Abram: Geue me the soules, and take ye goodes vnto thy self.
(Then said the king of Sodom unto Abram: Give me the souls, and take ye/you_all goodes unto thy/your self.)

Wycl Forsothe the kyng of Sodom seide to Abram, Yyue thou the men to me; take thou othir thingis to thee.
(Forsothe the king of Sodom said to Abram, Yyue thou/you the men to me; take thou/you other things to thee/you.)

Luth Da sprach der König von Sodom zu Abram: Gib mir die Leute, die Güter behalte dir.
(So spoke the/of_the king from Sodom to Abram: Give to_me the Leute, the Güter behalte dir.)

ClVg Dixit autem rex Sodomorum ad Abram: Da mihi animas, cetera tolle tibi.
(Dixit however king Sodomorum to Abram: Da to_me animas, cetera tolle tibi. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

וַ⁠יֹּ֥אמֶר מֶֽלֶךְ סְדֹ֖ם אֶל־אַבְרָ֑ם

and=he/it_said king Şədom to/towards Avram

Alternate translation: “Then the king of Sodom requested of Abram,” or “After that, the king over the city of Sodom urged Abram,”

Note 1 topic: writing-politeness

תֶּן לִ֣⁠י

give to=me

Make sure in your translation that the king of Sodom’s request to Abram sounds polite, not rude or demanding. Alternate translation: “Please give to me”

הַ⁠נֶּ֔פֶשׁ

the=living_creatures

Alternate translation: “my people whom you saved,” or “the people from Sodom whom you rescued,”

וְ⁠הָ⁠רְכֻ֖שׁ קַֽח לָֽ⁠ךְ

and,the,goods take to/for=you(fs)

See how you translated possessions in verses 11-12,16. Alternate translation: “but the plunder you may keep for yourself.” or “but take for yourself the belongings that you recovered.”

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