ISA 51:4 Parallel Verse View

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Key: khaki:verbs.
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 Ἀκούσατέ μου, ἀκούσατέ μου λαός μου, καὶ οἱ βασιλεῖς πρὸς μὲ ἐνωτίσασθε, ὅτι νόμος παρʼ ἐμοῦ ἐξελεύσεται, καὶ ἡ κρίσις μου εἰς φῶς ἐθνῶν.
(Akousate mou, akousate mou laos mou, kai hoi basileis pros me enōtisasthe, hoti nomos parʼ emou exeleusetai, kai haʸ krisis mou eis fōs ethnōn.)

BrTr Hear me, hear me, my people; and ye kings, hearken to me: for a law shall proceed from me, and my judgment shall be for a light of [fn]the nations.

ULT “Attend to me, my people,
⇔ and listen to me, my nation,
⇔ for law will go out from me,
⇔ and I will make my justice rest for a light of the peoples.

UST ⇔ Yahweh says, “Listen carefully to me,
⇔ you people of my nation!
⇔ Do that because I am going to proclaim my laws,
⇔ and then the people of other nations will recognize how to live right.

BSB / MSB Pay attention to Me, My people,
⇔ and listen to Me, My nation;
⇔ for a law will go out from Me,
⇔ and My justice [will become] a light to the nations;
⇔ I will bring it about quickly.

OEB No OEB ISA book available

WEBBE / WMBB ⇔ “Listen to me, my people;
⇔ and hear me, my nation,
⇔ for a law will go out from me,
⇔ and I will establish my justice for a light to the peoples.

NET Pay attention to me, my people!
⇔ Listen to me, my people!
⇔ For I will issue a decree,
⇔ I will make my justice a light to the nations.

LSV “Attend to Me, O My people,
And, O My nation, give ear to Me. For a law goes out from Me,
And My judgment to the light,
I cause peoples to rest.

FBV Pay attention to me, my people; listen to me, my nation: I will send out my law, and my justice will be a light to the nations.

T4T ⇔ My people of Judah, listen carefully [DOU] to me,
⇔ because I want you to proclaim my laws;
⇔ the just/right things that I do will be like [MET] a light for the people of the nations.

LEB • “Listen attentively to me, my people,
• and my nation, listen to me!
• For a teaching will go out from me,
• and I will cause my justice to rest for a light to the peoples.

BBE Give attention to me, O my people; and give ear to me, O my nation; for teaching will go out from me, and the knowledge of the true God will be a light to the peoples.

Moff No Moff ISA book available

JPS Attend unto Me, O My people, and give ear unto Me, O My nation; for instruction shall go forth from Me, and My right on a sudden for a light of the peoples.

ASV Attend unto me, O my people; and give ear unto me, O my nation: for a law shall go forth from me, and I will establish my justice for a light of the peoples.

DRA Hearken unto me, O my people, and give ear to me, O my tribes: for a law shall go forth from me, and my judgment shall rest to be a light of the nations.

YLT Attend unto Me, O My people, And, O My nation, unto Me give ear. For a law from Me goeth out, And My judgment to the light, Peoples I do cause to rest.

Drby Listen unto me, my people; and give ear unto me, my nation: for a law shall proceed from me, and I will establish my judgment for a light of the peoples.

RV Attend unto me, O my people; and give ear unto me, O my nation: for a law shall go forth from me, and I will make my judgment to rest for a light of the peoples.
(Attend unto me, Oh my people; and give ear unto me, Oh my nation: for a law shall go forth from me, and I will make my judgement to rest for a light of the peoples.)

SLT Attend to me, my people, and give ear to me, my nation: for a law shall go forth from me, and I will cause my judgment to rest for the light of the peoples.

Wbstr Hearken to me, my people; and give ear to me, O my nation: for a law shall proceed from me, and I will make my judgment to rest for a light of the people.

KJB-1769 ¶ Hearken unto me, my people; and give ear unto me, O my nation: for a law shall proceed from me, and I will make my judgment to rest for a light of the people.
(¶ Hearken unto me, my people; and give ear unto me, Oh my nation: for a law shall proceed from me, and I will make my judgement to rest for a light of the people.)

KJB-1611 ¶ Hearken vnto me, my people, and giue eare vnto me, O my nation: for a Law shall proceed from mee, and I will make my iudgement to rest for a light of the people.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation)

Bshps Haue respect vnto me then O my people both high & lowe, and lay thine eare vnto me: for a lawe and an ordinaunce shall go foorth fro me, to lyghten the gentiles.
(Have respect unto me then Oh my people both high and low, and lay thine/your ear unto me: for a law and an ordinance shall go forth from me, to lighten the gentiles.)

Gnva Hearken ye vnto me, my people, and giue eare vnto me, O my people: for a Law shall proceede from me, and I will bring foorth my iudgement for the light of the people.
(Hearken ye/you_all unto me, my people, and give ear unto me, Oh my people: for a Law shall proceed from me, and I will bring forth my judgement for the light of the people.)

Cvdl Haue respecte vnto me then (o my people) and laye thine eare to me: for a lawe, and an ordinaunce shal go forth fro me, to lighten the Gentiles.
(Have respect unto me then (o my people) and lay thine/your ear to me: for a law, and an ordinance shall go forth from me, to lighten the Gentiles.)

Wycl Mi puple, take ye heede to me, and, my lynage, here ye me; for whi a lawe schal go out fro me, and my doom schal reste in to the liyt of puplis.
(My people, take ye/you_all heed to me, and, my lineage, here ye/you_all me; for why a law shall go out from me, and my judgement shall rest in to the light of peoples.)

Luth Merke auf mich, mein Volk; höret mich, meine Leute! Denn von mir wird ein Gesetz ausgehen, und mein Recht will ich zum Licht der Völker gar bald stellen.
(Merke on/in/to me, my people; hear me, my people/folk! Because from to_me becomes a law go_out, and my law/right will I for_the light(n) the/of_the peoples even soon place/put.)

ClVg Attendite ad me, popule meus, et tribus mea, me audite: quia lex a me exiet, et judicium meum in lucem populorum requiescet.
(Pay_attention to me, the_people mine, and tribe my, me listen: because the_law from me exiet, and judgement mine in/into/on the_light of_the_peoples will_rest.)

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

הַקְשִׁ֤יבוּ אֵלַ⁠י֙ עַמִּ֔⁠י וּ⁠לְאוּמִּ֖⁠י אֵלַ֣⁠י הַאֲזִ֑ינוּ

listen to=me my_people_of,my and,O_of,my_nation to=me listen

These two clauses mean basically the same thing. The second emphasizes the meaning of the first by repeating the same idea with different words. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could combine them and express the emphasis in another way. Alternate translation: [Listen carefully to me, my people and my nation]

Note 2 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

כִּ֤י

that/for/because/then/when

The word translated as for indicates that what follows is a reason for what came before. Use a connector in your language that makes it clear that what follows is a reason for what came before. Alternate translation: [Do this because]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / personification

תוֹרָה֙ מֵ⁠אִתִּ֣⁠י תֵצֵ֔א

law from,with,me go_out

Here Yahweh is speaking of his law as if it were a person or thing that could go out and travel to the nations. Your language may have a comparable expression that you can use in your translation, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [I will proclaim my law]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

וּ⁠מִשְׁפָּטִ֔⁠י & אַרְגִּֽיעַ

and,justice_of,my & set

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of justice, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [and I will make my just decisions available]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

לְ⁠א֥וֹר עַמִּ֖ים

(into)_a,light_of peoples

Here Yahweh is speaking of his justice as if it were a light that would guide the peoples to know what is right. Your language may have a comparable expression that you can use in your translation, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [as a guide for the peoples]

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