HAB 2:19 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) Whoever tells the piece of wood to wake up won’t have a good ending,
⇔ nor will the one who tells that speechless stone to stand up.
⇔ Can these things teach?
⇔ Yes, it might be plated with valuable gold and silver,
⇔ but there’s absolutely no life in it.

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 Οὐαὶ ὁ λέγων τῷ ξύλῳ, ἔκνηψον, ἐξεγέρθητι· καὶ τῷ λίθῳ, ὑψώθητι· καὶ αὐτό ἐστι φαντασία· τοῦτο δέ ἐστιν ἔλασμα χρυσίου καὶ ἀργυρίου, καὶ πᾶν πνεῦμα οὐκ ἔστιν ἐν αὐτῷ.
(Ouai ho legōn tōi xulōi, eknaʸpson, exegerthaʸti; kai tōi lithōi, hupsōthaʸti; kai auto esti fantasia; touto de estin elasma ⱪrusiou kai arguriou, kai pan pneuma ouk estin en autōi. )

BrTr Woe to him that says to the wood, Awake, arise; and to the stone, Be thou exalted! whereas it is an image, and this is a casting of gold and silver, and there is no breath in it.

ULT ‘Woe to him who says to the wood, Wake up! Or to the silent stone, Arise!’ Can these things teach?
⇔ See, it is overlaid with gold and silver, but there is no breath at all within it.

UST Terrible things will happen to you who say to lifeless idols that are made of wood,
⇔ ‘Wake up!’
⇔ Stone idols certainly cannot tell you what you should do;
⇔ they look nice because they are covered with silver and gold,
⇔ but they are not alive.

BSB Woe to him who says to wood, ‘Awake!’ or to silent stone, ‘Arise!’ Can it give guidance? Behold, it [is] overlaid with gold and silver, yet there is no breath in it at all.”
⇔ 

MSB Woe to him who says to wood, ‘Awake!’ or to silent stone, ‘Arise!’ Can it give guidance? Behold, it [is] overlaid with gold and silver, yet there is no breath in it at all.”
⇔ 

OEB ⇔ Woe to the person who says to a block, awake!
⇔ to a dumb stone, arise!
⇔ What can it teach?
⇔ It may be set with gold and silver,
⇔ but there is no breath at all within it.

WEBBE Woe to him who says to the wood, ‘Awake!’ or to the mute stone, ‘Arise!’ Shall this teach? Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all within it.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET The one who says to wood, ‘Wake up!’ is as good as dead –
⇔ he who says to speechless stone, ‘Awake!’
⇔ Can it give reliable guidance?
⇔ It is overlaid with gold and silver;
⇔ it has no life’s breath inside it.

LSV Woe [to] him who is saying to wood, Awake,
To a mute stone, Stir up,
It [is] a teacher! Behold, it is overlaid—gold and silver,
And there is no spirit in its midst.

FBV What disaster is coming to you who say to something made of wood, “Wake up!” or to lifeless stone, “Get up!” Can it teach you anything? Look at it! It's covered with gold and silver, but there is no life inside it.

T4T Terrible things will happen to you who say to lifeless idols that are made of wood,
⇔ ‘Wake up!’
⇔ Idols certainly cannot [RHQ] tell you what you should do;
⇔ they look nice/beautiful because they are covered with silver and gold,
⇔ but they are not alive.

LEB No LEB HAB book available

BBE A curse on him who says to the wood, Awake! to the unbreathing stone, Up! let it be a teacher! See, it is plated with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all inside it.

Moff No Moff HAB book available

JPS Woe unto him that saith to the wood: 'Awake', to the dumb stone: 'Arise!' Can this teach? Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in the midst of it.

ASV Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise! Shall this teach? Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in the midst of it.

DRA Woe to him that saith to wood: Awake: to the dumb stone: Arise: can it teach? Behold, it is laid over with gold, and silver, and there is no spirit in the bowels thereof.

YLT Woe [to] him who is saying to wood, 'Awake,' 'Stir up,' to a dumb stone, It a teacher! lo, it is overlaid — gold and silver, And there is no spirit in its midst.

Drby Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake! to the dumb stone, Arise! Shall it teach? Behold it is overlaid with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in the midst of it.

RV Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise! Shall this teach? Behold, it is laid over with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in the midst of it.
(Woe unto him that saith/says to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise! Shall this teach? Behold, it is laid over with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in the midst of it. )

SLT Wo! to him saying to the wood, Awake; and to the dumb stone, Arise, it shall teach. Being overlaid with gold and silver, and not any spirit in its midst.

Wbstr Woe to him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise, it shall teach! Behold, it is laid over with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in the midst of it.

KJB-1769 Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise, it shall teach! Behold, it is laid over with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in the midst of it.
(Woe unto him that saith/says to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise, it shall teach! Behold, it is laid over with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in the midst of it. )

KJB-1611 Woe vnto him that saith to the wood, Awake: to the dumbe stone, Arise, it shall teach: behold, it is layed ouer with gold and siluer, and there is no breath at all in the middest of it.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation)

Bshps No Bshps HAB book available

Gnva Wo vnto him that sayth to the wood, Awake, and to the dumme stone, Rise vp, it shall teach thee: beholde, it is layde ouer with golde and siluer, and there is no breath in it.
(Woe unto him that saith/says to the wood, Awake, and to the dumb stone, Rise up, it shall teach thee/you: behold, it is laid over with gold and silver, and there is no breath in it. )

Cvdl No Cvdl HAB book available

Wycl No Wycl HAB book available

Luth No Luth HAB book available

ClVg Væ qui dicit ligno: Expergiscere; Surge, lapidi tacenti ! Numquid ipse docere poterit? ecce iste coopertus est auro et argento, et omnis spiritus non est in visceribus ejus.
(Alas who he_says wood: Expergiscere; Get_up, lapidi tacenti ! Is_it exactly_that/himself teachre will_be_able? behold this coopertus it_is with_gold and with_silver, and everyone spirit not/no it_is in/into/on visceribus his. )

RP-GNT No RP-GNT HAB book available

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

(Occurrence 0) Or to the silent stone