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Key: khaki:verbs, green:YHWH.
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BrLXX Καὶ εἰ μὴ Κύριος σαβαὼθ ἐγκατέλιπεν ἡμῖν σπέρμα, ὡς Σόδομα ἂν ἐγενήθημεν, καὶ ὡς Γόμοῤῥα ἂν ὁμοίωθημεν.
(Kai ei maʸ Kurios sabaōth egkatelipen haʸmin sperma, hōs Sodoma an egenaʸthaʸmen, kai hōs Gomoɽɽa an homoiōthaʸmen. )

BrTr And if the Lord of Sabaoth had not left us a seed, we should have been as Sodoma, and we should have been made like to Gomorrha.

ULT Had not Yahweh of hosts
⇔ left for us a few survivors,
⇔ we would have been like Sodom,
⇔ we would have been like Gomorrah.

UST If Yahweh, commander of the angel armies, had not allowed a few of his people to survive,
⇔ we would have all been destroyed,
⇔ like the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah were destroyed.

BSB ⇔ Unless the LORD of Hosts
⇔ had left us a few survivors,[fn]
⇔ we would have become like Sodom,
⇔ we would have resembled Gomorrah.[fn]

1:9 LXX had left us descendants

1:9 Cited in Romans 9:29

OEB Were it not that the Lord of Hosts
⇔ had spared a few of us,
⇔ we would be like Sodom,
⇔ or another Gomorrah.

WEBBE Unless the LORD of Armies had left to us a very small remnant,
⇔ we would have been as Sodom.
⇔ We would have been like Gomorrah.

WMBB Unless the LORD of Hosts had left to us a very small remnant,
⇔ we would have been as Sodom.
⇔ We would have been like Gomorrah.

NET If the Lord who commands armies had not left us a few survivors,
⇔ we would have quickly become like Sodom,
⇔ we would have become like Gomorrah.

LSV Unless YHWH of Hosts had left a remnant to us,
Shortly—we had been as Sodom,
We had been like to Gomorrah!

FBV If the Lord Almighty hadn't let a few of us survive, we would have become like Sodom and Gomorrah.

T4T If the Commander of the armies of angels had not allowed a few of us his people to ◄survive/remain alive►,
⇔ we would have all been destroyed,
⇔ like the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah were destroyed.

LEB • [fn] we would have been as few as Sodom, • we would have become like Gomorrah.

1:1 Hebrew “survivor”

BBE If the Lord of armies had not kept some at least of us safe, we would have been like Sodom, and the fate of Gomorrah would have been ours.

Moff No Moff ISA book available

JPS Except the LORD of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, we should have been like unto Gomorrah.

ASV Except Jehovah of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, we should have been like unto Gomorrah.

DRA Except the Lord of hosts had left us seed, we had been as Sodom, and we should have been like to Gomorrha.

YLT Unless Jehovah of Hosts had left to us a remnant, Shortly — as Sodom we had been, To Gomorrah we had been like!

Drby Unless Jehovah of hosts had left us a very small residue, we should have been as Sodom, we should have been like unto Gomorrah.

RV Except the LORD of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, we should have been like unto Gomorrah.

Wbstr Except the LORD of hosts had left to us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom; we should have been like Gomorrah.

KJB-1769 Except the LORD of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, and we should have been like unto Gomorrah.

KJB-1611 Except the LORD of hostes had [fn]left vnto vs a very small remnant, we should haue beene as [fn]Sodom, and we should haue bene like vnto Gomorrah.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above apart from footnotes)

1:9 Lam.3.22 rom. 9.29.

1:9 Gen. 19. 24.

Bshps Except the Lorde of hoastes had left vs a small remnaunt, we shoulde haue ben as Sodoma, & lyke vnto Gomorra.
(Except the Lord of hosts had left us a small remnaunt, we should have been as Sodoma, and like unto Gomorra.)

Gnva Except the Lord of hostes had reserued vnto vs, euen a small remnant: we should haue bene as Sodom, and should haue bene like vnto Gomorah.
(Except the Lord of hosts had reserved unto us, even a small remnant: we should have been as Sodom, and should have been like unto Gomorah. )

Cvdl And excepte the LORDE of hostes had left us a few alyue: we shulde haue bene as Sodoma, & like vnto Gomorra.
(And except the LORD of hosts had left us a few alive: we should have been as Sodoma, and like unto Gomorra.)

Wycl If the Lord of oostis hadde not left seed to vs, we hadden be as Sodom, and we hadden be lijk as Gomorre.
(If the Lord of hosts had not left seed to us, we had be as Sodom, and we had be like as Gomorre.)

Luth Wenn uns der HErr Zebaoth nicht ein weniges ließe überbleiben, so wären wir wie Sodom und gleichwie Gomorrha.
(When us/to_us/ourselves the/of_the LORD Zebaoth not a weniges ließe überbleiben, so would_be we/us like Sodom and gleichwie Gomorrha.)

ClVg Nisi Dominus exercituum reliquisset nobis semen, quasi Sodoma fuissemus, et quasi Gomorrha similes essemus.[fn]
(Nisi Master exercituum reliquisset us semen, as_if Sodoma fuissemus, and as_if Gomorrha similes essemus. )

1.9 Nisi Dominus. ID. Hoc ex persona Prophetæ, etc, usque ad sic Omnipotens, Filius Omnipotentis est.

1.9 Nisi Master. ID. This from persona Prophetæ, etc, until to so Omnipotens, Son Omnipotentis it_is.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

General Information:

Isaiah speaks to the people of Judah in the form of a poem.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / hypo

(Occurrence 0) If Yahweh

(Some words not found in UHB: if_~_not YHWH armies/angels left to/for=us survivors as,a_few like,Sodom been to,Gomorrah like )

This describes something that could have happened in the past but did not.

(Occurrence 0) a small remnant

(Some words not found in UHB: if_~_not YHWH armies/angels left to/for=us survivors as,a_few like,Sodom been to,Gomorrah like )

Alternate translation: “a few survivors”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / exclusive

(Occurrence 0) us … we

(Some words not found in UHB: if_~_not YHWH armies/angels left to/for=us survivors as,a_few like,Sodom been to,Gomorrah like )

Isaiah is using the words us and we to refer to himself and to all the people of Judah and Jerusalem, so use the inclusive form of those words in your translation if your language marks that distinction.

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

(Occurrence 0) we would have been like Sodom, we would have been like Gomorrah

(Some words not found in UHB: if_~_not YHWH armies/angels left to/for=us survivors as,a_few like,Sodom been to,Gomorrah like )

How Judah would have been like Sodom and Gomorrah can be made explicit. Alternate translation: “God would have destroyed us, like he destroyed the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah” (See also: figs-simile)

Parallel ISA 1:9

General Information: