GEN 37:21 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) But Reuben heard what they were saying, and he tried to rescue Yosef by insisting, “Let’s not take his life.”

Key: khaki:verbs, red:negative.
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 Ἀκούσας δὲ Ῥουβὴν, ἐξείλετο αὐτὸν ἐκ τῶν χειρῶν αὐτῶν· καὶ εἶπεν, οὐ πατάξωμεν αὐτὸν εἰς ψυχήν.
(Akousas de Ɽoubaʸn, exeileto auton ek tōn ⱪeirōn autōn; kai eipen, ou pataxōmen auton eis psuⱪaʸn. )

BrTr And Ruben having heard it, rescued him out of their hands, and said, Let us not [fn]kill him.

ULT But Reuben heard, and he rescued him from their hands and said, “Let us not strike his life.”

UST But Reuben heard their plan, so he tried to rescue Joseph from them by urging them, “We should not kill him.”

BSB § When Reuben heard this, he tried to rescue Joseph from their hands. “Let us not take his life,” he said.

OEB Rueben, however, when he heard it, saved him from their hands by saying, ‘Let us not take his life.’

WEBBE Reuben heard it, and delivered him out of their hand, and said, “Let’s not take his life.”

WMBB (Same as above)

NET When Reuben heard this, he rescued Joseph from their hands, saying, “Let’s not take his life!”

LSV And Reuben hears, and delivers him out of their hand, and says, “Let us not strike the life”;

FBV When Reuben heard all this, he tried to save Joseph from them.

T4T Reuben heard what they were saying, so he tried to persuade them not to kill [MTY] Joseph. He said, “No, we should not kill him.

LEB And Reuben heard it and delivered him from their hand and said, “We must not take his life.”

BBE But Reuben, hearing these words, got him out of their hands, saying, Let us not take his life.

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JPS And Reuben heard it, and delivered him out of their hand; and said: 'Let us not take his life.'

ASV And Reuben heard it, and delivered him out of their hand, and said, Let us not take his life.

DRA And Ruben hearing this, endeavoured to deliver him out of their hands, and said:

YLT And Reuben heareth, and delivereth him out of their hand, and saith, 'Let us not smite the life;'

Drby And Reuben heard [it], and delivered him out of their hand, and said, Let us not take his life.

RV And Reuben heard it, and delivered him out of their hand; and said, Let us not take his life.

Wbstr And Reuben heard it, and he delivered him from their hands: and said, Let us not kill him.

KJB-1769 And Reuben heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands; and said, Let us not kill him.

KJB-1611 [fn]And Reuben heard it, and he deliuered him out of their hands, and said; Let vs not kill him.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)

37:21 Chap. 42. 22.

Bshps When Ruben hearde that, he ryd hym out of their handes, and sayde: let vs not kyll hym.
(When Ruben heard that, he ryd him out of their hands, and said: let us not kill him.)

Gnva But when Reuben heard that, he deliuered him out of their handes, and saide, Let vs not kill him.
(But when Reuben heard that, he delivered him out of their hands, and said, Let us not kill him. )

Cvdl When Ruben herde that, he wolde haue delyuered him out of their handes, & sayde: O let vs not sley a soule.
(When Ruben heard that, he would have delivered him out of their hands, and said: O let us not sley a soul.)

Wycl Sotheli Ruben herde this, and enforside to delyuere hym fro her hondis,
(Truly Ruben heard this, and enforside to deliver him from her hands,)

Luth Da das Ruben hörete, wollte er ihn aus ihren Händen erretten und sprach: Lasset uns ihn nicht töten!
(So the Ruben heard, wanted he him/it out_of your hands erretten and spoke: Lasset us/to_us/ourselves him/it not töten!)

ClVg Audiens autem hoc Ruben, nitebatur liberare eum de manibus eorum, et dicebat:
(Audiens however this Ruben, nitebatur liberare him about manibus their, and dicebat: )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

וַ⁠יִּשְׁמַ֣ע רְאוּבֵ֔ן

and=he/it_listened Reuven

Alternate translation: “When Reuben heard what they were planning,”

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

וַ⁠יַּצִּלֵ֖⁠הוּ מִ⁠יָּדָ֑⁠ם

and,delivered,him out_of,hands,their

The phrase their hands refers to Joseph’s brothers and their power to harm him. Consider whether you have a similar figure of speech in your language. Alternate translation: “he tried to save Joseph from them”

Note 2 topic: writing-quotations

וַ⁠יֹּ֕אמֶר

and=he/it_said

Alternate translation: “and said to them,”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

לֹ֥א נַכֶּ֖⁠נּוּ נָֽפֶשׁ

not take,his soul

Consider again how you translated the idiom strike in Gen 4:15; 34:30; 37:21. Alternate translation: “We must not take his life.” or “We must not kill him.”

Parallel GEN 37:21