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BrLXX Οὐαὶ οἱ βαθέως βουλὴν ποιοῦντες, καὶ οὐ διὰ Κυπίυο· οὐαὶ οἱ ἐν κρυφῇ βουλὴν ποιοῦντες, καὶ ἔσται ἐν σκότει τὰ ἔργα αὐτῶν· καὶ ἐροῦσι, τίς ἑόρακεν ἡμᾶς; καὶ τίς ἡμᾶς γνώσεται, ἢ ἃ ἡμεῖς ποιοῦμεν;
(Ouai hoi batheōs boulaʸn poiountes, kai ou dia Kupiuo; ouai hoi en krufaʸ boulaʸn poiountes, kai estai en skotei ta erga autōn; kai erousi, tis heoraken haʸmas; kai tis haʸmas gnōsetai, aʸ ha haʸmeis poioumen; )

BrTr Woe to them that deepen their counsel, and not by the Lord. Woe to them that take secret counsel, and whose works [fn]are in darkness, and they say, Who has seen us? and who shall know us, or what we do?

ULT Woe, those burying deeply
⇔ to hide a plan from Yahweh,
⇔ and in darkness are their deeds, and they say,
⇔ “Who sees us, and who knows us?”

UST Terrible things will happen to those who try to conceal from me, Yahweh,
⇔ the evil things that they plan to do;
⇔ they do those deeds in the darkness
⇔ and they think, ‘Yahweh certainly cannot see us;
⇔ he cannot know what we are doing!’

BSB Woe to those who dig deep to hide their plans from the LORD. In darkness they do their works and say, “Who sees us, and who will know?”
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OEB Woe to them who conceal
⇔ from the Lord their deep designs,
⇔ doing their deeds in the dark,
⇔ unseen, unperceived – so they think!

WEBBE Woe to those who deeply hide their counsel from the LORD, and whose deeds are in the dark, and who say, “Who sees us?” and “Who knows us?”

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Those who try to hide their plans from the Lord are as good as dead,
⇔ who do their work in secret and boast,
⇔ “Who sees us? Who knows what we’re doing?”

LSV Woe [to] those going deep from YHWH to hide counsel,
And whose works have been in darkness. And they say, “Who is seeing us? And who is knowing us?”

FBV Tragedy is coming to people who take such trouble to hide their plans from the Lord. They work in the dark and say to themselves, “Nobody can see us, can they? Nobody will know, will they?”

T4T Terrible things will happen to those who try to conceal from me, Yahweh,
⇔ the evil things that they plan to do;
⇔ they do those things in the darkness
⇔ and they think, ‘Yahweh certainly cannot [RHQ] see us;
⇔ he cannot [RHQ] know what we are doing!’

LEB No LEB ISA book available

BBE Cursed are those who go deep to keep their designs secret from the Lord, and whose works are in the dark, and who say, Who sees us? and who has knowledge of our acts?

Moff No Moff ISA book available

JPS Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the LORD, and their works are in the dark, and they say: 'Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?'

ASV Woe unto them that hide deep their counsel from Jehovah, and whose works are in the dark, and that say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?

DRA Woe to you that are deep of heart, to hide your counsel from the Lord: and their works are in the dark, and they say: Who seeth us, and who knoweth us?

YLT Woe [to] those going deep from Jehovah to hide counsel, And whose works have been in darkness. And they say, 'Who is seeing us? And who is knowing us?'

Drby Woe unto them that hide deep, far from Jehovah, their counsel! And their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?

RV Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the LORD, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?
(Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their council/counsel from the LORD, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth/sees us? and who knoweth/knows us? )

SLT Wo to those making deep to hide counsel from Jehovah, and their work was in darkness, and they will say, Who saw us? and who knew us?

Wbstr Woe to them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the LORD, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?

KJB-1769 Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the LORD, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?
(Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their council/counsel from the LORD, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth/sees us? and who knoweth/knows us? )

KJB-1611 Woe vnto them that seeke deepe to hide their counsell from the LORD, and their workes are in the darke, and they say, Who seeth vs? and who knoweth vs?
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps No Bshps ISA book available

Gnva Wo vnto them that seeke deepe to hide their counsell from the Lord: for their workes are in darkenes, and they say, Who seeth vs? and who knoweth vs?
(Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their council/counsel from the Lord: for their works are in darkness, and they say, Who seeth/sees us? and who knoweth/knows us? )

Cvdl No Cvdl ISA book available

Wycl No Wycl ISA book available

Luth No Luth ISA book available

ClVg Væ qui profundi estis corde, ut a Domino abscondatis consilium; quorum sunt in tenebris opera, et dicunt: Quis videt nos? et quis novit nos?[fn]
(Alas who profundi you_are heart, as from Master abscondatis advice; whose are in/into/on darkness works, and they_say: Who he_sees we/us? and who/any he_knows we/us? )

29.15 A Domino abscondatis. ID. Quasi non videat Deus. Hoc errore Adam et Eva absconderunt se: Cain quoque dixit: A facie tua abscondar.

29.15 From Master abscondatis. ID. As_if not/no seeat God. This by_mistake Adam and Eva absconderunt himself: Cain too he_said: From face your abscondar.

RP-GNT No RP-GNT ISA book available

UTN uW Translation Notes:

General Information:

This may be Isaiah speaking or it may continue Yahweh’s speech in 29:13–14.

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

(Occurrence 0) who deeply hide their plans from Yahweh

(Some words not found in UHB: woe the,deep from,LORD to,hide plans and=it_was in/on/at/with,dark deeds_of,their and=they_said who? sees_of,us and,who knows_of,us )

People trying to make plans without Yahweh knowing about it is spoken of as if they hide their plans in a deep place where Yahweh cannot see. Alternate translation: “who try to hide their plans from Yahweh” or “who try to keep Yahweh from finding out what they are planning to do”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

(Occurrence 0) whose deeds are in darkness

(Some words not found in UHB: woe the,deep from,LORD to,hide plans and=it_was in/on/at/with,dark deeds_of,their and=they_said who? sees_of,us and,who knows_of,us )

It is implied that they are secretly doing evil things. Alternate translation: “who do evil things in the dark so no one can see them”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

(Occurrence 0) Who sees us, and who knows us?

(Some words not found in UHB: woe the,deep from,LORD to,hide plans and=it_was in/on/at/with,dark deeds_of,their and=they_said who? sees_of,us and,who knows_of,us )

They use a question to emphasize that they believe no one knows what they are doing. Alternate translation: “No one, not even Yahweh, sees us or knows what we are doing!”

Parallel ISA 29:15

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