GEN 20:10 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) Then he asked again, “What were you thinking when you did that?”

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 Ἀβιμέλεχ τῷ Ἁβραὰμ, τί ἐνιδὼν ἐποίησας τοῦτο;
(Eipe de Abimeleⱪ tōi Habraʼam, ti enidōn epoiaʸsas touto; )

BrTr And Abimelech said to Abraam, What hast thou seen in me that thou hast done this?

ULT Then Abimelech said to Abraham, “What were you looking for when you did this thing?”

UST Finally, King Abimelech asked him, “What motivated you to do what you did?”

OEB Abimelech said to Abraham, ‘What was your purpose in doing this thing?’

WEBBE Abimelech said to Abraham, “What did you see, that you have done this thing?”

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Then Abimelech asked Abraham, “What prompted you to do this thing?”

LSV Abimelech also says to Abraham, “What have you seen that you have done this thing?”

FBV Then Abimelech asked Abraham “What were you thinking when you did this?”

T4T Abimelech asked Abraham, “What was your reason for doing this?”

LEB And Abimelech said to Abraham, “What were you thinking[fn] that you did this thing?”

20:10 Literally “What have you seen?”

BBE And Abimelech said to Abraham, Why did you do this thing?

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JPS And Abimelech said unto Abraham: 'What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing?'

ASV And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing?

DRA And again he expostulated with him, and said, What sawest thou, that thou hast done this?

YLT Abimelech also saith unto Abraham, 'What hast thou seen that thou hast done this thing?'

Drby And Abimelech said to Abraham, What hast thou seen that thou hast done this?

RV And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing?

Wbstr And Abimelech said to Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing?

KJB-1769 And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing?
(And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawst thou/you, that thou/you hast done this thing? )

KJB-1611 And Abimelech said vnto Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing?
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps And Abimelech saide vnto Abraham: what sawest thou that thou hast done this thyng?
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation)

Gnva So Abimelech said vnto Abraham, What sawest thou that thou hast done this thing?
(So Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawst thou/you that thou/you hast done this thing? )

Cvdl And Abimelech saide morouer vnto Abraham: What sawest thou, yt thou hast done this thinge?
(And Abimelech said moreover/what's_more unto Abraham: What sawst thou/you, it thou/you hast done this thing?)

Wycl And eft Abimalech axide, and seide, What thing seiyist thou, that thou woldist do this?
(And after Abimalech asked, and said, What thing seiyist thou/you, that thou/you would do this?)

Luth Und Abimelech sprach weiter zu Abraham: Was hast du gesehen, daß du solches getan hast?
(And Abimelech spoke further to Abraham: What have you gesehen, that you such did hast?)

ClVg Rursumque expostulans, ait: Quid vidisti, ut hoc faceres?
(Rursumque expostulans, he_said: Quid vidisti, as this faceres? )

TSN Tyndale Study Notes:

20:1-18 This second “sister story” in Genesis (cp. 12:10-20) occurred shortly before Sarah became pregnant with Isaac (ch 21). On both occasions, God protected Abraham and Sarah’s marriage in purity for the sake of the covenant promises. Participation in God’s plan requires separation from worldly corruption.
• This story took place in the Promised Land; it showed Israel how God intervened in people’s lives to fulfill his plan, how God continued to protect them against threats from other tribes, and how God used his chosen people to mediate his relationship with the nations.
• God’s preventing the destruction of Abraham’s marriage by adultery reminded the Israelites to keep their marriages morally and racially pure (Ezra 9:1-4; Neh 13:23-27; Mal 2:10-17); they should not allow any opportunity for temptation (Exod 20:14, 17; Lev 20:10; 21:13-15). Adultery would eventually destroy the covenant and the covenant people.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-quotations

וַ⁠יֹּ֥אמֶר אֲבִימֶ֖לֶךְ אֶל אַבְרָהָ֑ם

and=he/it_said ʼAⱱīmelek to/towards ʼAⱱrāhām

For some languages it is more natural here to omit this quote margin, because the same person is still talking to the same person. However, the words emphasize what King Abimelech says next and may indicate that there was a pause between what he said in verse 9 and in verse 10. Do what is best in your language.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

מָ֣ה רָאִ֔יתָ כִּ֥י עָשִׂ֖יתָ

what thinking that/for/because/then/when you(ms)_have_done/made

Alternate translation: “What did you expect to benefit from doing” or “What were your reasons for doing”

אֶת הַ⁠דָּבָ֥ר הַ⁠זֶּֽה

DOM the,thing the,this

Alternate translation: “this terrible thing?”

Parallel GEN 20:10