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OET (OET-RV) Yet the number of Israelis will be like the sand on the seashore, which can’t be measured or counted. Then instead of being told, ‘You’re not my people,’ they’ll be told, ‘You are children of the living God.’[ref]

Key: khaki:verbs, red:negative, blue:Elohim.
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).

ULT Yet the number of the sons of Israel
⇔ will be like the sand of the seashore,
⇔ which cannot be measured or counted.
⇔ In the place where it was said to them,
⇔ ‘You are not my people,’
⇔ it will be said to them,
⇔ ‘You are sons of the living God.’

UST One day in the future, the people of Israel will be as numerous as the grains of sand by the sea. No one will be able to count them. I have said to Israel, ‘You are not my people,’—but one day I will say to them, ‘You are the people whom I will protect and love.’

BSB Yet the number vvv of the Israelites will be like the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured [or] counted. And it will happen that in the [very] place where it was said to them,‘You [are] not My people,’ they will be called‘sons of the living God.’[fn]

OEB ⇔ Yet the number of the Israelites
⇔ will be as the sand of the sea,
⇔ which cannot be measured or counted,
⇔ and where they were told, ‘You are not my people,’
⇔ they will be called, ‘children of the living God.’

WEBBE Yet the number of the children of Israel will be as the sand of the sea, which can’t be measured or counted; and it will come to pass that, in the place where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,’ they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’

WMBB (Same as above)

NET However, in the future the number of the people of Israel will be like the sand of the sea which can be neither measured nor numbered. Although it was said to them, “You are not my people,” it will be said to them, “You are children of the living God!”

LSV and the number of the sons of Israel has been as the sand of the sea that is not measured nor numbered, and it has come to pass in the place where it is said to them, You [are] not My people, it is said to them, Sons of the Living God;

FBV Even so[fn] the number of the people of Israel will be like the sand on the seashore that cannot be measured or counted. Then right there at the place where they were told ‘you are not my people’ they will be called ‘the children of the living God.’

1:10 “Even so”—transition supplied. The Hebrew simply says “and.”

T4T But some day the people of Israel will be as numerous as [SIM] the grains of sand on the seashore; no one will be able to count them. Now I am saying to them, ‘You are not my people,’ but then people will say to them, ‘You are the children of God who is all-powerful.’

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BBE But still the number of the children of Israel will be like the sand of the sea, which may not be measured or numbered; and in place of its being said to them, You are not my people, it will be said to them, You are the sons of the living God

Moff ⇔ The numbers of Israel shall be like the sand of the sea,
⇔ that cannot be measured or counted;
⇔ once it was said, “You are no folk of mine,”
⇔ but now their name is “Sons of the living God.”

JPS (2-1) Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass that, instead of that which was said unto them: 'Ye are not My people', it shall be said unto them: 'Ye are the children of the living God.'

ASV Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass that, in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, it shall be said unto them, Ye are the sons of the living God.

DRA And the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, that is without measure, and shall not be numbered. And it shall be in the place where it shall be said to them: You are not my people: it shall be said to them: Ye are the sons of the living God.

YLT and the number of the sons of Israel hath been as the sand of the sea, that is not measured nor numbered, and it hath come to pass in the place where it is said to them, Ye [are] not My people, it is said to them, Sons of the Living God;

Drby Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea which cannot be measured or numbered; and it shall come to pass, [that] in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, it shall be said unto them, Sons of the living [fn]God.

1.10 El

RV Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass that, in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, it shall be said unto them, Ye are the sons of the living God.
(Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass that, in the place where it was said unto them, Ye/You_all are not my people, it shall be said unto them, Ye/You_all are the sons of the living God. )

SLT And the number of the sons of Israel was as the sand of the sea which shall not be measured and shall not be numbered: and it was in the place which it shall be said to them, Ye are not my people, and it shall be said to them, Ye the sons of the living God.

Wbstr Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said to them, Ye are not my people, there it shall be said to them, Ye are the sons of the living God.

KJB-1769 ¶ Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, there it shall be said unto them, Ye are the sons of the living God.[fn]
(¶ Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye/You_all are not my people, there it shall be said unto them, Ye/You_all are the sons of the living God. )

1.10 in…: or, instead of that

KJB-1611 ¶ Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot bee measured nor numbred, and it shall come to passe, that [fn]in the place where it was said vnto them, Yee are not my people, there it shall be said vnto them, Ye are the sonnes of the liuing God.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)

1:10 Or, in stead of that.

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Gnva Yet the nomber of the children of Israel shall be as the sande of the sea, which can not be measured nor tolde: and in the place where it was saide vnto them, Yee are not my people, it shall be saide vnto them, Yee are the sonnes of the liuing God.
(Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor told: and in the place where it was said unto them, Ye/You_all are not my people, it shall be said unto them, Ye/You_all are the sons of the living God. )

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ClVg Et erit numerus filiorum Israël quasi arena maris, quæ sine mensura est, et non numerabitur. Et erit in loco ubi dicetur eis: Non populus meus vos: dicetur eis: Filii Dei viventis.
(And will_be number of_children Israel as_if arena of_the_sea, which without measure it_is, and not/no will_be_counted. And will_be in/into/on instead where he_will_sayur to_them: Not/No the_people mine you: he_will_sayur to_them: Children of_God living. )

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UTN uW Translation Notes:

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Yahweh is speaking to Hosea.

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / simile

(Occurrence 0) like the sand of the seashore

(like the sand of the seashore)

This emphasizes the great number of Israelites.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

(Occurrence 0) which cannot be measured or counted

(which cannot be measured or counted)

If your language does not use the passive form in this way, you can state this in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “which no one can measure or count”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

(Occurrence 0) It will be that where it was said to them

(It will be that where it was said to them)

If your language does not use the passive form in this way, you can state this in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “Where God said to them”

(Occurrence 0) where it was said to them

(where it was said to them)

This expression probably refers to Jezreel, the city where crimes had been committed by kings of Israel, and which was a symbol of God’s punishment of them.

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

(Occurrence 0) it will be said to them

(it will be said to them)

If your language does not use the passive form in this way, you can state this in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “God will say to them”

Parallel HOS 1:10

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