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OET-LV And_Miʦrayim [is]_humankind and_not god and_horses_their [are]_flesh and_not spirit and_YHWH he_will_stretch_out his/its_hand and_stumble [the_one_who]_helps and_fall [the_one_who_is]_helped and_together all_them perish.
UHB וּמִצְרַ֤יִם אָדָם֙ וְֽלֹא־אֵ֔ל וְסוּסֵיהֶ֥ם בָּשָׂ֖ר וְלֹא־ר֑וּחַ וַֽיהוָ֞ה יַטֶּ֣ה יָד֗וֹ וְכָשַׁ֤ל עוֹזֵר֙ וְנָפַ֣ל עָזֻ֔ר וְיַחְדָּ֖ו כֻּלָּ֥ם יִכְלָיֽוּן׃ס ‡
(ūmiʦrayim ʼādām vəloʼ-ʼēl vəşūşēyhem bāsār vəloʼ-rūaḩ vayhvāh yaţţeh yādō vəkāshal ˊōzēr vənāfal ˊāzur vəyaḩdāv kullām yiklāyūn.ş)
Key: khaki:verbs, red:negative, blue:Elohim, green:YHWH.
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 Αἰγύπτιον, ἄνθρωπον καὶ οὐ Θεὸν, ἵππων σάρκας, καὶ οὐκ ἔστι βοήθεια· ὁ δὲ Κύριος ἐπάξει τὴν χεῖρα αὐτοῦ ἐπʼ αὐτούς· καὶ κοπιάσουσιν οἱ βοηθοῦντες, καὶ ἅμα πάντες ἀπολοῦνται.
(Aiguption, anthrōpon kai ou Theon, hippōn sarkas, kai ouk esti boaʸtheia; ho de Kurios epaxei taʸn ⱪeira autou epʼ autous; kai kopiasousin hoi boaʸthountes, kai hama pantes apolountai. )
BrTr even an Egyptian, a man, and not God; the flesh of horses, and there is no help in them: but the Lord shall bring his hand upon them, and the helpers shall fail, and all shall perish together.
ULT And Egypt is a man and not God,
⇔ and their horses flesh and not spirit.
⇔ And Yahweh will reach out his hand,
⇔ and the helper will stumble,
⇔ and the helped will fall,
⇔ and together all of them will perish.
UST The soldiers of Egypt that you people of Judah are relying on are humans, not God!
⇔ And their horses are only horses; they are not powerful spirits!
⇔ So when Yahweh raises his fist
⇔ to strike the soldiers of Egypt whom you thought would help you,
⇔ he will also strike you who thought that you would be helped,
⇔ and you and they will stumble and fall down;
⇔ all of you will die together.
BSB But the Egyptians are men, not God;
⇔ their horses are flesh, not spirit.
⇔ When the LORD stretches out His hand,
⇔ the helper will stumble,
⇔ and the one he helps will fall;
⇔ both will perish together.
OEB The people of Egypt are men, not God;
⇔ and their horses are flesh, not spirit.
⇔ Let therefore the Lord but stretch forth his hand,
⇔ and the helper will stumble, the holpen will fall,
⇔ and both will perish together.
WEBBE Now the Egyptians are men, and not God;
⇔ and their horses flesh, and not spirit.
⇔ When the LORD stretches out his hand, both he who helps shall stumble,
⇔ and he who is helped shall fall,
⇔ and they all shall be consumed together.
WMBB (Same as above)
NET The Egyptians are mere humans, not God;
⇔ their horses are made of flesh, not spirit.
⇔ The Lord will strike with his hand;
⇔ the one who helps will stumble
⇔ and the one being helped will fall.
⇔ Together they will perish.
LSV And the Egyptians [are men], and not God,
And their horses [are] flesh, and not spirit,
And YHWH stretches out His hand,
And the helper has stumbled,
And the helped one has fallen,
And together all of them are consumed.
FBV The Egyptians are only human beings—they're not God! Their horses are only physical, not spiritual. When the Lord lifts up his hand to attack, those who came to help will stumble, and those who are helped will fall. They will all die together.
T4T The soldiers of Egypt that you people of Judah are relying on are humans, not God!
⇔ And their horses are only horses; they are not powerful spirits!
⇔ So when Yahweh raises his fist
⇔ to strike/punish the soldiers of Egypt whom you thought would help you,
⇔ he will also strike you who thought that you would be helped,
⇔ and you and they will stumble and fall down;
⇔ all of you will die together.
LEB • are human and not God, and their horses are flesh and not spirit. • And Yahweh stretches out his hand, • and the helper will stumble, • and the one being helped will fall, • and together all of them will come to an end.[fn]
31:1 Or “perish”
BBE For the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses are flesh, and not spirit: and when the Lord's hand is stretched out, the helper and he who is helped will come down together.
Moff No Moff ISA book available
JPS Now the Egyptians are men, and not God, and their horses flesh, and not spirit; so when the LORD shall stretch out His hand, both he that helpeth shall stumble, and he that is helped shall fall, and they all shall perish together.
ASV Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses flesh, and not spirit: and when Jehovah shall stretch out his hand, both he that helpeth shall stumble, and he that is helped shall fall, and they all shall be consumed together.
DRA Egypt is man, and not God: and their horses, flesh, and not spirit: and the Lord shall put down his hand, and the helper shall fall, and he that is helped shall fall, and they shall all be confounded together.
YLT And the Egyptians [are men], and not God, And their horses [are] flesh, and not spirit, And Jehovah stretcheth out His hand, And stumbled hath the helper, And fallen hath the helped one, And together all of them are consumed.
Drby And the Egyptians are men, and not [fn]God, and their horses flesh, and not spirit; and Jehovah shall stretch forth his hand, and he that helpeth shall stumble, and he that is helped shall fall, and they all shall perish together.
31.3 El
RV Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses flesh, and not spirit: and when the LORD shall stretch out his hand, both he that helpeth shall stumble, and he that is holpen shall fall, and they all shall fail together.
Wbstr Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses flesh, and not spirit. When the LORD shall stretch out his hand, both he that helpeth shall fall, and he that is helped shall fall down, and they all shall fail together.
KJB-1769 Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses flesh, and not spirit. When the LORD shall stretch out his hand, both he that helpeth shall fall, and he that is holpen shall fall down, and they all shall fail together.
KJB-1611 Now the Egyptians are men and not God, and their horses flesh and not spirit: when the LORD shall stretch out his hand, both he that helpeth shall fall, and hee that is holpen shall fall downe, and they all shall faile together.
(Now the Egyptians are men and not God, and their horses flesh and not spirit: when the LORD shall stretch out his hand, both he that helpeth shall fall, and he that is holpen shall fall downe, and they all shall fail together.)
Bshps Nowe the Egyptians are men and not God, and their horses fleshe, and not spirite: And assoone as the Lord stretcheth out his hande, then shall the helper fall and he that shoulde haue ben helped, and they shall altogether be destroyed.
(Now the Egyptians are men and not God, and their horses flesh, and not spirit: And as soon as the Lord stretcheth out his hand, then shall the helper fall and he that should have been helped, and they shall altogether be destroyed.)
Gnva Now the Egyptians are men, and not God, and their horses flesh and not spirite: and when the Lord shall stretch out his hand, the helper shall fall, and hee that is holpen shall fall, and they shall altogether faile.
(Now the Egyptians are men, and not God, and their horses flesh and not spirit: and when the Lord shall stretch out his hand, the helper shall fall, and he that is holpen shall fall, and they shall altogether faile. )
Cvdl Now the Egiptians are men, and not God, and their horses flesh and not sprete. And as soone as the LORDE stretcheth out his honde, then shal the helper fall, and he that shulde haue bene helped, and shal altogether be destroyed.
(Now the Egyptians are men, and not God, and their horses flesh and not spirit. And as soon as the LORD stretcheth out his honde, then shall the helper fall, and he that should have been helped, and shall altogether be destroyed.)
Wycl Egipt is a man, and not God; and the horsis of hem ben fleisch, and not spirit; and the Lord schal bowe doun his hond, and the helpere schal falle doun, and he schal falle, to whom help is youun, and alle schulen be wastid togidere.
(Egypt is a man, and not God; and the horses of them been flesh, and not spirit; and the Lord shall bow down his hand, and the helpere shall fall doun, and he shall falle, to whom help is given, and all should be wastid together.)
Luth Denn Ägypten ist Mensch und nicht GOtt, und ihre Rosse sind Fleisch und nicht Geist. Und der HErr wird seine Hand ausrecken, daß der Helfer strauchele und der, dem geholfen wird, falle, und alle miteinander umkommen.
(Because Egypt is person and not God, and their/her Rosse are flesh and not spirit. And the/of_the LORD becomes his hand ausrecken, that the/of_the Helfer strauchele and der, to_him geholfen wird, falle, and all miteinander umkommen.)
ClVg Ægyptus homo, et non deus; et equi eorum caro, et non spiritus; et Dominus inclinabit manum suam, et corruet auxiliator, et cadet cui præstatur auxilium, simulque omnes consumentur.
(Ægyptus homo, and not/no deus; and equi their caro, and not/no spiritus; and Master inclinabit hand his_own, and corruet auxiliator, and cadet cui præstatur auxilium, simulque everyone consumentur. )
31:1-3 Isaiah delivered another vision regarding Judah’s negotiations with Egypt, which probably took place in 705–701 BC. During that time, the conquering Assyrians were on the move, threatening Judah. At first, Hezekiah tried political and military means to avert being totally conquered (see 2 Kgs 18:13-16).
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
(Occurrence 0) Egypt is a man
(Some words not found in UHB: and=Miʦrayim humankind and=not god and,horses,their flesh/meat and=not spirit and=YHWH stretches_out his/its=hand and,stumble helper and,fall helped and,together all,them perish, )
Here Egypt refers to the soldiers of Egypt. Alternate translation: “The soldiers of Egypt are men”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
(Occurrence 0) their horses flesh and not spirit
(Some words not found in UHB: and=Miʦrayim humankind and=not god and,horses,their flesh/meat and=not spirit and=YHWH stretches_out his/its=hand and,stumble helper and,fall helped and,together all,them perish, )
This means that their horses are only horses and not spiritual beings. Alternate translation: “their horses are only horses; they are not powerful spirits”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
(Occurrence 0) When Yahweh reaches out with his hand
(Some words not found in UHB: and=Miʦrayim humankind and=not god and,horses,their flesh/meat and=not spirit and=YHWH stretches_out his/its=hand and,stumble helper and,fall helped and,together all,them perish, )
The term “hand” is often used in reference to God’s power and action. Alternate translation: “When Yahweh uses his power against them”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
(Occurrence 0) both the one who helps will stumble, and the one who is helped will fall
(Some words not found in UHB: and=Miʦrayim humankind and=not god and,horses,their flesh/meat and=not spirit and=YHWH stretches_out his/its=hand and,stumble helper and,fall helped and,together all,them perish, )
These two phrases mean basically the same thing. Stumbling and falling are metaphors of failing. 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: “these two things will happen: I will destroy Egypt, who helps you, and I will destroy you, whom Egypt helps” (See also: figs-metaphor and figs-parallelism)
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
(Occurrence 0) the one who is helped
(Some words not found in UHB: and=Miʦrayim humankind and=not god and,horses,their flesh/meat and=not spirit and=YHWH stretches_out his/its=hand and,stumble helper and,fall helped and,together all,them perish, )
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: “the one who is seeking help”