GEN 41:3 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) But wow, seven ugly, skinny cows came up out of the river after them, and they stood beside the other cows on the river bank.

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 Ἄλλαι δὲ ἑπτὰ βόες ἀνέβαινον μετὰ ταύτας ἐκ τοῦ ποταμοῦ, αἰσχραὶ τῷ εἴδει, καὶ λεπταὶ ταῖς σαρξὶ, καὶ ἐνέμοντο παρὰ τὰς βόας ἐπὶ τὸ χεῖλος τοῦ ποταμοῦ.
(Allai de hepta boes anebainon meta tautas ek tou potamou, aisⱪrai tōi eidei, kai leptai tais sarxi, kai enemonto para tas boas epi to ⱪeilos tou potamou. )

BrTr And other seven cows came up after these out of the river, ill-favoured and lean-fleshed, and fed by the other cows on the bank of the river.

ULT Then behold, seven other cows came up after them from the river, ugly-looking and thin-fleshed, and they stood beside the other cows on the bank of the river.

UST Next he saw that seven sickly-looking, scrawny cows walked up out of the river and stood next to the first cows on the river bank.

BSB After them, seven other cows, sickly and thin, came up from the Nile and stood beside the well-fed cows on the bank of the river.

OEB Then seven other cows came up after them out of the Nile, bad-looking and lean, and they stood by the other cows on the bank of the Nile.

WEBBE Behold, seven other cattle came up after them out of the river, ugly and thin, and stood by the other cattle on the brink of the river.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Then seven bad-looking, thin cows were coming up after them from the Nile, and they stood beside the other cows at the edge of the river.

LSV and behold, seven other cows are coming up after them out of the River, of bad appearance, and lean [in] flesh, and they stand near the cows on the edge of the River,

FBV Then he saw another seven cows that came up behind them. They looked ugly and skinny as they stood beside the other cows on the bank of the Nile.

T4T Soon seven other cows, unhealthy-looking and thin, came up behind them from the Nile River. They stood alongside the fat cows that were on the riverbank.

LEB And behold, seven other cows came up after them from the Nile, ugly and gaunt,[fn] and they stood beside those[fn] cows on the bank of the Nile.

41:3 Literally “Poor of appearance and thin of flesh”

41:3 Or “the”

BBE And after them seven other cows came out of the Nile, poor-looking and thin; and they were by the side of the other cows.

Moff No Moff GEN book available

JPS And, behold, seven other kine came up after them out of the river, ill favoured and lean-fleshed; and stood by the other kine upon the brink of the river.

ASV And, behold, seven other kine came up after them out of the river, ill-favored and lean-fleshed, and stood by the other kine upon the brink of the river.

DRA Other seven also came up out of the river, ill favoured, and leanfleshed: and they fed on the very bank of the river, in green places:

YLT and lo, seven other kine are coming up after them out of the River, of bad appearance, and lean [in] flesh, and they stand near the kine on the edge of the River,

Drby And behold, seven other kine came up after them out of the river, bad-looking and lean-fleshed, and stood by the kine on the bank of the river.

RV And, behold, seven other kine came up after them out of the river, ill favoured and leanfleshed; and stood by the other kine upon the brink of the river.

Wbstr And behold, seven other cows came up after them out of the river, ill-favored and lean-fleshed; and stood by the other cows upon the brink of the river.

KJB-1769 And, behold, seven other kine came up after them out of the river, ill favoured and leanfleshed; and stood by the other kine upon the brink of the river.

KJB-1611 And behold, seuen other kine came vp after them out of the riuer, ill fauoured and leane fleshed, and stood by the other kine, vpon the brinke of the riuer.
(And behold, seven other kine came up after them out of the river, ill favoured and leane fleshd, and stood by the other kine, upon the brinke of the river.)

Bshps And seuen other kyne came vp after them out of the ryuer, euyll fauoured, and leane fleshed, & stoode by the other kyne vpon the brynke of the ryuer.
(And seven other kyne came up after them out of the river, evil favoured, and leane fleshd, and stood by the other kyne upon the brynke of the river.)

Gnva And loe, seuen other kine came vp after the out of the riuer, euill fauoured and leane fleshed, and stoode by the other kine vpon the brinke of the riuer.
(And lo, seven other kine came up after the out of the river, evil favoured and leane fleshd, and stood by the other kine upon the brinke of the river. )

Cvdl After these he sawe other seuen kyne come out of the water, which were euell fauoured and leane fleshed, and wente by the kyne vpon ye water syde:
(After these he saw other seven kyne come out of the water, which were evil favoured and leane fleshd, and went by the kyne upon ye/you_all water side:)

Wycl and othere seuene, foule and leene, camen out of the flood, and weren fed in thilk brenke of the watir, in grene places;
(and other seven, fowl/bird and leene, came out of the flood, and were fed in thilk brenke of the water, in grene places;)

Luth Nach diesen sah er andere sieben Kühe aus dem Wasser aufsteigen; die waren häßlich und mager und traten neben die Kühe an das Ufer am Wasser.
(After this saw he other seven Kühe out_of to_him water aufsteigen; the were häßlich and mager and traten next_to the Kühe at the Ufer in/at/on_the water.)

ClVg Aliæ quoque septem emergebant de flumine, fœdæ confectæque macie: et pascebantur in ipsa amnis ripa in locis virentibus:
(Aliæ too seven emergebant about flumine, fœdæ confectæque macie: and pascebantur in herself amnis ripa in locis virentibus: )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

וְ⁠הִנֵּ֞ה

and=see/lo/see!

Alternate translation: “Then suddenly,” or “Then he saw that”

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / infostructure

שֶׁ֧בַע פָּר֣וֹת אֲחֵר֗וֹת עֹל֤וֹת אַחֲרֵי⁠הֶן֙ מִן הַ⁠יְאֹ֔ר רָע֥וֹת מַרְאֶ֖ה וְ⁠דַקּ֣וֹת בָּשָׂ֑ר

seven cows other came_up after,them from/more_than the,Nile ones_ugly_of appearance and,ones_gaunt_of flesh/meat

Alternate translation: “seven cows that were sickly-looking and skinny walked up out of the river” or “seven sickly-looking, skinny cows came up out of the river”

וַֽ⁠תַּעֲמֹ֛דְנָה אֵ֥צֶל הַ⁠פָּר֖וֹת

and,stood beside the,cows

Alternate translation: “and stood next to the healthy cows”

עַל שְׂפַ֥ת הַ⁠יְאֹֽר

on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in language_of the,Nile

Consider again how you refer to the river in verses 1-3. If you refer to it as “the Nile River” in verse 1, it may be more natural to refer to it as the river after that. Do what is best in your language.

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