ISA 28:15 Parallel Verse View

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28:15 Variant note: שיט: (x-qere) ’שׁ֣וֹט’: lemma_7752 morph_HNcmsa id_23VHs שׁ֣וֹט

28:15 Variant note: עבר: (x-qere) ’יַֽעֲבֹר֙’: lemma_5674 a n_0.1.0 morph_HVqi3ms id_236WH יַֽעֲבֹר֙

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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 Ὅτι εἴπατε, ἐποιήσαμεν διαθήκην μετὰ τοῦ ᾅδου, καὶ μετὰ τοῦ θανάτου συνθήκας· καταιγὶς φερομένη ἐὰν παρέλθῃ, οὐ μὴ ἔλθῃ ἐφʼ ἡμᾶς· ἐθήκαμεν ψεῦδος τὴν ἐλπίδα ἡμῶν, καὶ τῷ ψεύδει σκεπασθησόμεθα.
(Hoti eipate, epoiaʸsamen diathaʸkaʸn meta tou hadou, kai meta tou thanatou sunthaʸkas; kataigis feromenaʸ ean parelthaʸ, ou maʸ elthaʸ efʼ haʸmas; ethaʸkamen pseudos taʸn elpida haʸmōn, kai tōi pseudei skepasthaʸsometha. )

BrTr Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with Hades, and agreements with death; if the rushing storm should pass, it shall not come upon us: we have made falsehood our hope, and by falsehood shall we be protected:

ULT For you have said, “We have cut a covenant with death,
⇔ and with Sheol we have made an agreement.
⇔ The cascading whip, when it passes through,
⇔ it will not come to us.
⇔ For we have made falsehood our refuge,
⇔ and in lies we shelter.”

UST You boast and say,
⇔ “We made a promise with death to ensure that the power of death, when it passes over us, it cannot get to us.
⇔ We tried to turn our lying words into a shelter in which we could hide.

BSB For you said, “We have made a covenant with death;
⇔ we have fashioned an agreement with Sheol.
⇔ When the overwhelming scourge passes through
⇔ it will not touch us,
⇔ because we have made lies our refuge
⇔ and falsehood [fn] our hiding place.”

OEB Because you have said, ‘We are leagued with death,
⇔ and with Sheol we are compact;
⇔ so the flood, though it passes in whelming torrents,
⇔ will never reach unto us;
⇔ for a lie we have made our refuge,
⇔ we have sheltered ourselves behind falsehood.’

WEBBE “Because you have said, ‘We have made a covenant with death, and we are in agreement with Sheol.[fn] When the overflowing scourge passes through, it won’t come to us; for we have made lies our refuge, and we have hidden ourselves under falsehood.’ ”

28:15 Sheol is the place of the dead.

WMBB (Same as above including footnotes)

NET For you say,
⇔ “We have made a treaty with death,
⇔ with Sheol we have made an agreement.
⇔ When the overwhelming judgment sweeps by
⇔ it will not reach us.
⇔ For we have made a lie our refuge,
⇔ we have hidden ourselves in a deceitful word.”

LSV Because you have said: “We have made a covenant with death,
And we have made a provision with Sheol,
An overflowing scourge, when it passes over,
Does not meet us,
Though we have made a lie our refuge,
And have been hidden in falsehood.”

FBV You claim, “We've made an agreement with death; we've got a contract with the grave. When the terrible disaster rushes by, it won't affect us, because our lies protect us and we hide in our own deceptions.”

T4T You boast saying,
⇔ “We have made an alliance with the leaders of Egypt,
⇔ so we will not be killed in battles;
⇔ we will never go to the place where the dead people are.
⇔ When the army of Assyria attacks us, they will never defeat us,
⇔ because we have made an agreement with Egypt to protect us!”
⇔ But that agreement consists of a lot of lies [DOU].

LEB • Because you have said,“We have[fn] a covenant with death, • and we have made an agreement with Sheol.
¶ The overwhelming flood, when it passes through, will not come to us, • for we have made lies[fn] our refuge, • and we have hidden ourselves in falsehood.”

28:15 Literally “cut”

28:15 Hebrew “lie”

BBE Because you have said, We have made death our friend, and with the underworld we have made an agreement; when the overflowing waters come through they will not come near us; for we are looking to false words for help, taking cover in what is untrue:

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JPS Because ye have said: 'We have made a covenant with death, and with the nether-world are we at agreement; when the scouring scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us; for we have made lies our refuge, and in falsehood have we hid ourselves';

ASV Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with Sheol are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us; for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:

DRA For you have said: We have entered into a league with death, and we have made a covenant with hell. When the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come upon us: for we have placed our hope in lies, and by falsehood we are protected.

YLT Because ye have said: 'We have made a covenant with death, And with Sheol we have made a provision, An overflowing scourge, when it passeth over, Doth not meet us, Though we have made a lie our refuge, And in falsehood have been hidden.'

Drby For ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with Sheol have we made an agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us; for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves.

RV Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us; for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:

Wbstr Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we in agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not reach us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:

KJB-1769 Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:
(Because ye/you_all have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves: )

KJB-1611 Because ye haue said, Wee haue made a couenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement, when the ouerflowing scourge shall passe thorow, it shall not come vnto vs: for wee haue made lies our refuge, and vnder falsehood haue we hid our selues:
(Because ye/you_all have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement, when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid our selves:)

Bshps Because ye haue sayd, We haue made a couenaunt with death, and with hell are we at agreement: and though there go foorth a sore plague, it shall not come vnto vs, for we haue made falsehood our refuge, and vnder vanitie are we hid.
(Because ye/you_all have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement: and though there go forth a sore plague, it shall not come unto us, for we have made falsehood our refuge, and under vanity are we hid.)

Gnva Because ye haue said, We haue made a couenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement: though a scourge runne ouer, and passe through, it shall not come at vs: for we haue made falshood our refuge, and vnder vanitie are we hid,
(Because ye/you_all have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement: though a scourge run over, and pass through, it shall not come at us: for we have made falshood our refuge, and under vanity are we hid, )

Cvdl For ye coforte yor selues thus: Tush, death & we are at a poynte, & as for hell, we haue made a codicion with it: that though there breake out eny sore plage, it shal not come vpon vs. For with disceate wil we escape, and with nymblenes will we defende or selues.
(For ye/you_all coforte yourselves thus: Tush, death and we are at a poynte, and as for hell, we have made a codicion with it: that though there break out any sore plage, it shall not come upon us. For with disceate will we escape, and with nymblenes will we defende or selves.)

Wycl For ye seiden, We han smyte a boond of pees with deth, and we han maad couenaunt with helle; a scourge flowynge whanne it schal passe, schal not come on vs, for we han set a leesyng oure hope, and we ben kyuered with a leesyng.
(For ye/you_all said, We have smite a bond of peace with death, and we have made covenant with helle; a scourge flowynge when it shall pass, shall not come on us, for we have set a leesyng our hope, and we been kyuered with a leesyng.)

Luth Denn ihr sprechet: Wir haben mit dem Tode einen Bund und mit der Hölle einen Verstand gemacht; wenn eine Flut dahergehet, wird sie uns nicht treffen; denn wir haben die Lüge zu unserer Zuflucht und Heuchelei zu unserem Schirm gemacht.
(Because you/their/her sprechet: We have with to_him Tode a Bund and with the/of_the hell a Verstand made; when one Flut dahergehet, becomes they/she/them us/to_us/ourselves not treffen; because we/us have the Lüge to unserer Zuflucht and Heuchelei to unserem Schirm made.)

ClVg Dixistis enim: Percussimus fœdus cum morte, et cum inferno fecimus pactum: flagellum inundans cum transierit, non veniet super nos quia posuimus mendacium spem nostram, et mendacio protecti sumus.
(Dixistis because: Percussimus fœdus when/with morte, and when/with inferno fecimus pactum: flagellum inundans when/with transierit, not/no veniet over we because posuimus mendacium spem nostram, and mendacio protecti sumus. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

(Occurrence 0) We have made a covenant with death, and with Sheol we have reached an agreement

(Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when said made covenant DOM death and,with sheol made agreement scourge overwhelming that/for/because/then/when passes_through not come,us that/for/because/then/when made lies refuge,our and,in/on/at/with,falsehood hidden )

Both of these statements mean basically the same thing. This could mean: (1) the leaders of Jerusalem have used magic or sorcery to try to make an agreement with the gods of the place of the dead so that these gods would protect them from dying or (2) this is a metaphor that speaks of the leaders having made an agreement with the leaders of Egypt. The leaders of Jerusalem were so confident that the Egyptians would protect that it was like they had made an agreement with the gods of the place of the dead. (See also: figs-metaphor)

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

(Occurrence 0) So when the overwhelming whip passes through, it will not reach us

This speaks of Yahweh’s judgment and punishment as if it were a whip that would strike the people. And the whip is spoken of as if it were a flood that would pass through Jerusalem. Alternate translation: “As a result, when everyone else is suffering and dying, nothing will harm us”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

(Occurrence 0) For we have made a lie our refuge, and taken shelter in falsehood

These two phrases mean basically the same thing. A “lie” and “falsehood” are spoken of as if they were places where a person could go to hide. The leaders in Jerusalem would not have said they trust in a lie. They believed they were truly safe. But Isaiah knows they are not safe, because they trust in lies. Alternate translation: “For lies and falsehoods have become like a place where we can hide from danger” (See also: figs-metaphor)

(Occurrence 0) a lie our refuge … taken shelter in falsehood

This could mean: (1) the leaders trust in their own lies that they have said in order to protect themselves or (2) the leaders trust that the covenant they have made with the false gods of the place of the dead will keep them safe or (3) the leaders trust that the agreement they have made with the Egyptians will keep them safe.

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