ISA 50:3 Parallel Verse View

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Key: khaki:verbs.
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BrLXX Ἐνδύσω τὸν οὐρανὸν σκότος, καὶ ὡς σάκκον θήσω τὸ περιβόλαιον αὐτοῦ.
(Endusō ton ouranon skotos, kai hōs sakkon thaʸsō to peribolaion autou.)

BrTr I will clothe the sky with darkness, and will make its covering as sackcloth.

ULT I clothe the heavens, with darkness,
⇔ and I make sackcloth their covering.”

UST I can make the sky become dark
⇔ by covering it with clouds,
⇔ as if it were wearing thick cloth.”

BSB / MSB I clothe the heavens in black
⇔ and make sackcloth their covering.”

OEB No OEB ISA book available

WEBBE / WMBB I clothe the heavens with blackness.
⇔ I make sackcloth their covering.”

NET I can clothe the sky in darkness;
⇔ I can cover it with sackcloth.”

LSV I clothe the heavens [with] blackness,
And I make their covering sackcloth.”

FBV I can make the heavens go dark, covering them with sackcloth like they're in mourning.

T4T I cause the sky to become dark,
⇔ as though [MET] it was wearing black clothes because it was mourning because someone had died.”

LEB • I clothe the heavens with darkness,
• and I make[fn] their covering sackcloth.”

50:1 Literally “put”

BBE By me the heavens are clothed with black, and I make haircloth their robe.

Moff No Moff ISA book available

JPS I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering.

ASV I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering.

DRA I will clothe the heavens with darkness, and will make sackcloth their covering.

YLT I clothe the heavens [with] blackness, And sackcloth I make their covering.

Drby I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering.

RV I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering.

SLT I will put darkness upon the heavens, and I will put sackcloth their covering.

Wbstr I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering.

KJB-1769 I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering.

KJB-1611 I clothe the heauens with blackenesse, and I make sackcloth their couering.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps As for heauen I clothe it with darknesse, and put as it were a sacke vpon it.
(As for heaven I clothe it with darkness, and put as it were a sack upon it.)

Gnva I clothe the heauens with darkenesse, and make a sacke their couering.
(I clothe the heavens with darkness, and make a sack their covering.)

Cvdl As for heauen, I clooth it with darcknesse, and put a sack vpon it.
(As for heaven, I cloth it with darkness, and put a sack upon it.)

Wycl Y schal clothe heuenes with derknessis, and Y schal sette a sak the hilyng of tho.
(I shall clothe heavens with darkness, and I shall set a sack the healing of those.)

Luth Ich kleide den Himmel mit Dunkel und mache seine Decke als einen Sack.
(I dress the heaven with darkness and make his ceiling/cover/blanket as a sack/bag.)

ClVg Induam cælos tenebris, et saccum ponam operimentum eorum.][fn]
(Induam the_skies/heavens darkness, and bag/sack I_will_put cover(n)/lid their.])

50.3 Induam cœlos tenebris. Aiunt philosophi non amplius decem stadiis a terra nubes in sublime levari, et solis splendorem abscondi: sic excluso cœli lumine, ær inferior obscuratur. Induam. Sanctos, scilicet ut se cognoscant peccatores. Et saccum ponam. Ut agant pœnitentiam in timore et cilicio.

50.3 Induam heavens darkness. Aiunt philosophers not/no more ten stadiis from earth/land clouds in/into/on sublime to_be_lifted, and of_the_sun splendour hide: so excluso heavens the_light, air lower it’s_getting_dark. Induam. Holys, namely as himself let_them_know sinners. And bag/sack I_will_put. As they_act repentance in/into/on with_fear and hair-cloth.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

אַלְבִּ֥ישׁ שָׁמַ֖יִם קַדְר֑וּת

clothe heavens blackness

Here Yahweh is speaking of making the sky dark as if he could clothe the heavens with darkness like a garment. Your language may have a comparable expression that you can use in your translation, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [I make the heavens dark]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

וְ⁠שַׂ֖ק אָשִׂ֥ים כְּסוּתָֽ⁠ם

and,sackcloth make covering_of,their

Here Yahweh is speaking of the darkened sky as if he had covered it with sackcloth, the clothing that people wore to show grief. Your language may have a comparable expression that you can use in your translation, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [and I make dark cloth their covering]

Note 3 topic: translate-unknown

וְ⁠שַׂ֖ק אָשִׂ֥ים

and,sackcloth make

Sackcloth is a kind of rough, coarse cloth that people in this culture wore to show grief or mourning. If your readers would not be familiar with what sackcloth is, you could use the name of a similar thing that your readers would recognize, or you could use a more general term. Alternate translation: [and I make rough mourning cloth]

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