GEN 49:12 Parallel Verse View

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BrLXX Χαροποιοὶ οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ αὐτοῦ ὑπὲρ οἶνον· καὶ λευκοὶ οἱ ὀδόντες αὐτοῦ ἢ γάλα.
(Ⱪaropoioi hoi ofthalmoi autou huper oinon; kai leukoi hoi odontes autou aʸ gala.)

ULT His eyes, will be brilliant from wine,
⇔ and, his teeth, will be white from milk.

UST Your eyes will be bright from drinking abundant wine,
⇔ and your teeth will be white from drinking abundant milk.

BSB His eyes are darker than wine,
⇔ and his teeth are whiter than milk.

OEB His eyes are red with wine,
⇔ and his teeth are white with milk.

WEBBE His eyes will be red with wine,
⇔ his teeth white with milk.

MSG ^(8-12)You, Judah, your brothers will praise you:
  Your fingers on your enemies’ throat,
  while your brothers honor you.
You’re a lion’s cub, Judah,
  home fresh from the kill, my son.
Look at him, crouched like a lion, king of beasts;
  who dares mess with him?
The scepter shall not leave Judah;
  he’ll keep a firm grip on the command staff
Until the ultimate ruler comes
  and the nations obey him.
He’ll tie up his donkey to the grapevine,
  his purebred prize to a sturdy branch.
He will wash his shirt in wine
  and his cloak in the blood of grapes,
His eyes will be darker than wine,
  his teeth whiter than milk.

NET His eyes will be dark from wine,
⇔ and his teeth white from milk.

LSV Red [are] eyes with wine,
And white [are] teeth with milk!

FBV His eyes sparkle more than wine, and his teeth are whiter than milk.

T4T Their eyes will be red because of drinking too much wine,
⇔ but their teeth will be very white because of drinking much milk from the cows.

LEB • The eyes are darker than wine,
• and the teeth whiter than milk.

BBE His eyes will be dark with wine, and his teeth white with milk.

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JPS His eyes shall be red with wine, and his teeth white with milk.

ASV His eyes shall be red with wine,
⇔ And his teeth white with milk.

DRA His eyes are more beautiful than wine, and his teeth whiter than milk.

YLT Red [are] eyes with wine, And white [are] teeth with milk!

Drby The eyes are red with wine, And the teeth [are] white with milk.

RV His eyes shall be red with wine, And his teeth white with milk.

SLT The eyes flashing from wine, the teeth white from milk.

Wbstr His eyes shall be red with wine, and his teeth white with milk.

KJB-1769 His eyes shall be red with wine, and his teeth white with milk.

KJB-1611 His eyes shall be red with wine, and his teeth white with milke.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps His eyes shalbe redde with wine, and his teeth whyte with mylke.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from marking of added words (and possibly capitalisation and punctuation))

Gnva His eyes shalbe red with wine, and his teeth white with milke.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from marking of added words (and possibly capitalisation and punctuation))

Cvdl His eyes are roudier then wyne, and his teth whyter then mylck.
(His eyes are ruddier then wine, and his teeth whiter then milk.)

Wycl hise iyen ben fairere than wyn, and hise teeth ben whittere than mylk.
(his eyes been fairer than wine, and his teeth been whiter than milk.)

Luth Seine Augen sind rötlicher denn Wein und seine Zähne weißer denn Milch.
(His eyes are redder because/than wine and his teeth whiter because/than milk.)

ClVg Pulchriores sunt oculi ejus vino, et dentes ejus lacte candidiores.[fn]
(More_beautiful are eyes his/her wine, and teeth his/her milk whiter.)

49.12 Pulchriores oculi, etc. ISID. Quia doctrina eorum austeritatem veteris legis exsuperat, et evangelica præcepta clariora sunt quam legis mandata. Lacte, id est doctrina legis, quæ carnalem populum vel parvulum lacte alebat: sed candidiores, Ecclesiæ doctores, qui fortem et validum verbi cibum manducant, et distribuunt. Unde Hebr. 5: Perfectorum est solidus cibus, qui bene candidiores lacte dicuntur, quia candidi, puri et ab omni macula liberi.

49.12 More_beautiful eyes, etc. ISID. Because teaching/instruction their harshness olds law excels, and gospel commands(n) brighter are how law commands. Milk, that it_is teaching/instruction law, which carnal the_people or little_boy milk was_feeding: but whiter, Assemblies/Churches teachers, who/which brave and strong words food they_eat, and they_distribute. From_where/who Hebrews. 5: Of_the_perfect it_is solidus food, who/which well whiter milk are_said, because white, pure and away all blemish/stain children.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

עֵינַ֖יִם

eyes

Alternate translation: [Their eyes] or [You will be so blessed that your eyes]

חַכְלִילִ֥י & מִ⁠יָּ֑יִן

darker_of & (Some words not found in UHB: darker_of eyes more,than_wine and,white_of teeth more,than_milk )

The Hebrew text is ambiguous here. It could mean: (1) “will be bright from drinking abundant wine,” or (2) “will be darker than wine,” In both interpretations the emphasis is that Judah’s descendants will be blessed with an abundance of the best foods, including wine and milk, which are examples of the most valuable foods that were produced in the land.

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / infostructure

וּ⁠לְבֶן־שִׁנַּ֖יִם מֵ⁠חָלָֽב

and,white_of (Some words not found in UHB: darker_of eyes more,than_wine and,white_of teeth more,than_milk )

The Hebrew text is ambiguous here. It could mean: (1) “and their/your teeth will be white from drinking abundant milk.” or (2) “and their/your teeth will be whiter than milk.” Make sure that the way you translate this phrase fits with the interpretation you used for the first part of this verse.

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