ISA 8:6 Parallel Verse View

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BrLXX Διὰ τὸ μὴ βούλεσθαι τὸν λαὸν τοῦτον τὸ ὕδωρ τοῦ Σιλωὰμ τὸ πορευόμενον ἡσυχῆ, ἀλλὰ βούλεσθαι ἔχειν τὸν Ῥασσὶν καὶ τὸν υἱὸν Ῥομελίου βασιλέα ἐφʼ ὑμῶν,
(Dia to maʸ boulesthai ton laon touton to hudōr tou Silōam to poreuomenon haʸsuⱪaʸ, alla boulesthai eⱪein ton Ɽassin kai ton huion Ɽomeliou basilea efʼ humōn, )

BrTr Because this people chooses not the water of Siloam that goes softly, but wills to have Rassin, and the son of Romelias to be king over you;

ULT “Because this people has refused the waters of Shiloah—those going gently—and rejoices in Rezin and the son of Remaliah,

UST I have taken good care of you people,
⇔ but you have rejected that, thinking that my help was very small,
⇔ like the small canal through which water flows from the spring of Gihon into Jerusalem.
⇔ Instead, you have been happy to request help from King Rezin and King Pekah.

BSB ⇔ “Because this people has rejected
⇔ the gently flowing waters of Shiloah
⇔ and rejoiced in Rezin
⇔ and the son of Remaliah,

OEB ‘Because this people has spurned
⇔ the gentle stream of Shiloah,
⇔ and melt with fear of Rezin
⇔ and the son of Remaliah,

WEBBE “Because this people has refused the waters of Shiloah that go softly, and rejoice in Rezin and Remaliah’s son;

WMBB (Same as above)

NET “These people have rejected the gently flowing waters of Shiloah and melt in fear over Rezin and the son of Remaliah.

LSV “Because that this people has refused
The waters of Shiloah that go softly,
And is rejoicing with Rezin and the son of Remaliah,

FBV “Because this people has rejected the waters of Shiloah that gently flow and instead have rejoiced with Rezin and Remaliah's son,[fn]

8:6 It is unclear from the Hebrew exactly why the people are rejoicing with Rezin and Remaliah's son.

T4T ‘I have taken good care of you people,
⇔ but you have rejected that, thinking that my help was very little,
⇔ like [MET] the little canal through which water flows from the Gihon Spring into Jerusalem.
⇔ Instead, you have been happy to request help from King Rezin and King Pekah.

LEB “Because this people has refused the gently flowing waters of Shiloah and rejoices over Rezin and the son of Remaliah,

BBE Because this people will have nothing to do with the softly-flowing waters of Shiloah, and have fear of Rezin and Remaliah's son;

Moff No Moff ISA book available

JPS Forasmuch as this people hath refused the waters of Shiloah that go softly, and rejoiceth with Rezin and Remaliah's son;

ASV Forasmuch as this people have refused the waters of Shiloah that go softly, and rejoice in Rezin and Remaliah’s son;

DRA Forasmuch as this people hath cast away the waters of Siloe, that go with silence, and hath rather taken Basin, and the son of Romelia:

YLT 'Because that this people hath refused The waters of Shiloah that go softly, And is rejoicing with Rezin and the son of Remaliah,

Drby Forasmuch as this people refuseth the waters of Shiloah which flow softly, and rejoiceth in Rezin and in the son of Remaliah,

RV Forasmuch as this people hath refused the waters of Shiloah that go softly, and rejoice in Rezin and Remaliah’s son;

Wbstr Forasmuch as this people refuseth the waters of Shiloah that flow gently, and rejoice in Rezin and Remaliah's son;

KJB-1769 Forasmuch as this people refuseth the waters of Shiloah that go softly, and rejoice in Rezin and Remaliah’s son;

KJB-1611 For so much as this people refuseth the waters of Shiloah that goe softly, and reioyce in Rezin, and Remaliahs sonne:
(For so much as this people refuseth the waters of Shiloah that go softly, and rejoice in Rezin, and Remaliahs son:)

Bshps Forsomuche as this people refuseth the styll running water of Silo, and put their delight in Razin and Romelies sonne:
(Forsomuche as this people refuseth the still running water of Silo, and put their delight in Razin and Romelies son:)

Gnva Because this people hath refused the waters of Shiloah that runne softly, and reioyce with Rezin, and the sonne of Remaliah,
(Because this people hath/has refused the waters of Shiloah that run softly, and rejoice with Rezin, and the son of Remaliah, )

Cvdl for so moch as the people refuseth the stilrenninge water of Silo, and put their delite in Rezin and Romelies sonne:
(for so much as the people refuseth the stilrenninge water of Silo, and put their delite in Rezin and Romelies son:)

Wycl For that thing that this puple hath caste awei the watris of Siloe, that goen with silence, and hath take more Rasyn, and the sone of Romelie, for this thing lo!
(For that thing that this people hath/has cast/threw away the waters of Siloe, that goen with silence, and hath/has take more Rasyn, and the son of Romelie, for this thing lo!)

Luth Weil dies Volk verachtet das Wasser zu Siloah, das stille gehet, und tröstet sich des Rezin und des Sohns Remaljas,
(Weil this/these people verachtet the water to Siloah, the silence gehet, and comforts itself/yourself/themselves the Rezin and the sons Remaljas,)

ClVg [Pro eo quod abjecit populus iste aquas Siloë, quæ vadunt cum silentio, et assumpsit magis Rasin, et filium Romeliæ:
([Pro eo that abyecit populus this waters Siloë, which vadunt when/with silentio, and assumpsit magis Rasin, and son Romeliæ: )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

(Occurrence 0) Because this people has refused the gentle waters of Shiloah

(Some words not found in UHB: because that/for/because/then/when rejected the,people the=this DOM waters the,Shiloah the,flowing with,slowly and,rejoice DOM Rəʦīn and,son Remaliah )

The words “gentle waters” are a metaphor for the law of the Lord. Alternate translation: “Because this people has rejected Yahweh’s law, which is like the gentle waters of Shiloah” (See also: translate-names)

(Occurrence 0) this people

(Some words not found in UHB: because that/for/because/then/when rejected the,people the=this DOM waters the,Shiloah the,flowing with,slowly and,rejoice DOM Rəʦīn and,son Remaliah )

If your language needs a plural here, you can translate this phrase and the following verbs as “these people have refused … are happy.” Alternate translation: “this people group”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

(Occurrence 0) is happy over Rezin and Remaliah’s son

(Some words not found in UHB: because that/for/because/then/when rejected the,people the=this DOM waters the,Shiloah the,flowing with,slowly and,rejoice DOM Rəʦīn and,son Remaliah )

The full meaning can be made explicit. See how you translated these men’s names in Isaiah 7:1. Alternate translation: “is happy that the armies of Assyria have defeated Rezin, king of Aram, and Pekah, Remaliah’s son, king of Israel”

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