ISA 7:9 Parallel Verse View

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BrLXX καὶ ἡ κεφαλὴ Ἐφραὶμ Σομόρων, καὶ ἡ κεφαλὴ Σομορων, υἱὸς τοῦ Ῥομελίου, καὶ ἐὰν μὴ πιστεύσητε, οὐδὲ μὴ συνῆτε.
(kai haʸ kefalaʸ Efraim Somorōn, kai haʸ kefalaʸ Somorōn, huios tou Ɽomeliou, kai ean maʸ pisteusaʸte, oude maʸ sunaʸte.)

BrTr And the head of Ephraim is Somoron, and the head of Somoron the son of Romelias: but [fn]if ye believe not, neither will ye at all understand.

ULT And the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is the son of Remaliah. If you do not believe, then you will not be established.” ’ ”

UST 8-9 That is because the kingdom of Aram is no stronger than its capital city, Damascus. The city of Damascus is no stronger than its king, Rezin, and he is a mere human being. The kingdom of Israel is no stronger than its capital city, Samaria. The city of Samaria is no stronger than its king, Pekah son of Remaliah , and he is a mere human being. Within 65 years, enemies will completely destroy Israel so that it no longer exists as a nation. But you people must trust me if you want your kingdom to survive.” ’ ”

BSB The head of Ephraim is Samaria,
⇔ and the head of Samaria is the son of Remaliah.
⇔ If you do not stand firm in your faith,
⇔ then you will not stand at all.’ ”

MSB (Same as BSB above)

OEB No OEB ISA book available

WEBBE The head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah’s son. If you will not believe, surely you shall not be established.’ ”

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Ephraim’s leader is Samaria,
⇔ and Samaria’s leader is the son of Remaliah.
⇔ If your faith does not remain firm,
⇔ then you will not remain secure.”

LSV And the head of Ephraim [is] Samaria,
And the head of Samaria [is] the son of Remaliah. If you do not give credence,
Surely you are not steadfast.”

FBV The head of Israel is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah's son. If you don't trust in me, then you won't survive.”[fn]

7:9 “If you don't trust in me, then you won't survive.” There is a play on words in Hebrew. “In me”: supplied for clarity.

T4T Israel’s capital is Samaria, and Samaria is ruled only by its insignificant/unimportant king king Pekah.
⇔ So you do not need to be afraid of those two countries!
⇔ But you must trust me, because if you do not trust me fully,
⇔ you will be defeated.’ ”

LEB And the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is the son of Remaliah. If you do not believe then you will not endure.” ’ ”

BBE And the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah's son. If you will not have faith, your kingdom will be broken.

Moff No Moff ISA book available

JPS And the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah's son. If ye will not have faith, surely ye shall not be established.'

ASV and the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah’s son. If ye will not believe, surely ye shall not be established.

DRA And the head of Ephraim is Samaria and the head of Samaria the son of Romelia. If you will not believe, you shall not continue.

YLT And the head of Ephraim [is] Samaria, And the head of Samaria [is] the son of Remaliah. If ye do not give credence, Surely ye are not stedfast.'

Drby and the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah's son. If ye believe not, surely ye shall not be established.

RV and the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah’s son. If ye will not believe, surely ye shall not be established.
(and the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah’s son. If ye/you_all will not believe, surely ye/you_all shall not be established.)

SLT And the head of Ephraim, Shomeron, and the head of Shomeron, the son of Remaliah. If ye will not believe, because ye will not believe.

Wbstr And the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah's son. If ye will not believe, surely ye shall not be established.

KJB-1769 And the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah’s son. If ye will not believe, surely ye shall not be established.[fn]
(And the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah’s son. If ye/you_all will not believe, surely ye/you_all shall not be established.)

7.9 If…: or, Do ye not believe? it is because ye are not stable

KJB-1611 [fn]And the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliahs sonne: if yee will not beleeue, surely yee shall not be established.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation and footnotes)

7:9 Or, doe yee not beleeue? it is because yee are not stable.

Bshps And the head of Ephraim is Samaria, but the head of Samaria is Romelies sonne: if ye beleue not, surely ye shall not be established.
(And the head of Ephraim is Samaria, but the head of Samaria is Romelies son: if ye/you_all believe not, surely ye/you_all shall not be established.)

Gnva And the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliahs sonne. If ye beleeue not, surely ye shall not be established.
(And the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliahs son. If ye/you_all believe not, surely ye/you_all shall not be established.)

Cvdl And the chefe citie of Ephraim is Samaria, but the head of Samaria is Romelies sonne. And yf ye beleue not, there shall no promyse be kepte with you.
(And the chief city of Ephraim is Samaria, but the head of Samaria is Romelies son. And if ye/you_all believe not, there shall no promise be kept with you.)

Wycl and Samarie shal faile to be the heed of Effraym, and the sone of Romelie `schal faile to be heed of Samarie. Forsothe if ye schulen not bileue, ye schulen not dwelle.
(and Samaria shall fail to be the head of Ephraim, and the son of Romelie shall fail to be heed of Samaria. For_certain/Truly if ye/you_all should not believe, ye/you_all should not dwell.)

Luth Und wie Samaria das Haupt ist in Ephraim, so soll der Sohn Remaljas das Haupt zu Samaria sein. Glaubt ihr nicht, so bleibt ihr nicht.
(And as/like Samaria the head is in Ephraim, so should the/of_the son Remalyas the head to/for Samaria be. Glaubt you(pl)/their/her not, so remains/stays you(pl)/their/her not.)

ClVg et caput Ephraim Samaria, et caput Samariæ filius Romeliæ. Si non credideritis, non permanebitis.]
(and the_head Ephraim Samaria, and the_head Samaria son Romeliæ. When/But_if not/no believedis, not/no will_remainis.])

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

וְ⁠רֹ֤אשׁ אֶפְרַ֨יִם֙ שֹׁמְר֔וֹן

and,the_head_of ʼEfrayim Shomrōn

Here, the head represents the capital city. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or plain language. Alternate translation: [And the capital of Ephraim is Samaria … and the ruler of Samaria is the son of Remaliah]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

וְ⁠רֹ֥אשׁ שֹׁמְר֖וֹן בֶּן־רְמַלְיָ֑הוּ

and,the_head_of Shomrōn son_of Rəmal\sup_yāhū

Here, the head represents the chief ruler. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or plain language. Alternate translation: [the chief ruler of Samaria is the son of Remaliah]

Note 3 topic: writing-poetry

לֹ֣א תַאֲמִ֔ינוּ כִּ֖י לֹ֥א תֵאָמֵֽנוּ

not stand_firm_in_~_faith that/for/because/then/when not stand

The words translated as believ and established sound very similar in Hebrew. It is often difficult to reproduce this kind of word play in another language, but if your language does have similar terms that you can use in these instances, it would be appropriate to do that in your translation. If not, you could show the emphasis in another way. For example, some versions say “surely” instead of “then” to reflect how the wordplay makes this a stronger statement. Alternate translation: [If you do not believe, surely you will not be established]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

לֹ֥א תֵאָמֵֽנוּ

not stand

The expression you will not be established is a passive verbal form. If it would be unnatural to use that form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: [God will not establish you]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / quotemarks

לֹ֥א תֵאָמֵֽנוּ

not stand

This is the end of a multi-level quotation structure. You may wish to mark the ending of each speech level with closing quotation marks or with some other punctuation or convention that your language uses. This is modeled in both the ULT and the UST.

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