JDG 11:25 Parallel Verse View

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BrLXX Καὶ νῦν μὴ ἐν ἀγαθῷ ἀγαθώτερος σὺ ὑπὲρ Βαλὰκ υἱὸν Σεπφὼρ βασιλέως Μωάβ; μὴ μαχόμενος ἐμαχέσατο μετὰ Ἰσραὴλ, ἢ πολεμῶν ἐπολέμησεν αὐτὸν,
(Kai nun maʸ en agathōi agathōteros su huper Balak huion Sepfōr basileōs Mōab; maʸ maⱪomenos emaⱪesato meta Israaʸl, aʸ polemōn epolemaʸsen auton, )

BrTr And now art thou any better than Balac son of Sepphor, king of Moab? Did he indeed fight with Israel, or indeed make war with him,

ULT And now, being better, are you being better than Balak, the son of Zippor, the king of Moab? Contending, did he contend with Israel, or fighting, did he fight with them?

UST You are not greater than Balak son of Zippor, the king of Moab. He never disputed that this land now belonged to the Israelites. He never fought against the Israelites to try to take the land from them, even though it once belonged to the Moabites and Ammonites.

BSB Are you now so much better than Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab? Did he ever contend with Israel or fight against them?

OEB No OEB JDG book available

WEBBE Now are you anything better than Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab? Did he ever strive against Israel, or did he ever fight against them?

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Are you really better than Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab? Did he dare to quarrel with Israel? Did he dare to fight with them?

LSV And now, [are] you at all better than Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab? Did he strive with Israel at all? Did he fight against them at all?

FBV Do you think you're so much better than Balak, son of Zippor, king of Moab? Did he ever quarrel with Israel or attack them?

T4T ◄You are no/Are you► better than Zippor’s son Balak, who was the king of the Moab people-group? He never [RHQ] quarreled with the Israeli people, and he never started to fight against us [RHQ]!

LEB No LEB JDG book available

BBE What! are you any better than Balak, the son of Zippor, king of Moab? Did he ever take up a cause against Israel or make war against them?

Moff No Moff JDG book available

JPS And now art thou any thing better than Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab? did he ever strive against Israel, or did he ever fight against them?

ASV And now art thou anything better than Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab? did he ever strive against Israel, or did he ever fight against them?

DRA Unless perhaps thou art better than Balac the son of Sephor king of Moab: or canst shew that he strove against Israel and fought against him,

YLT 'And now, [art] thou at all better than Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab? did he at all strive with Israel? did he at all fight against them?

Drby And now art thou indeed better than Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab? did he ever strive with Israel? did he ever fight against them?

RV And now art thou any thing better than Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab? did he ever strive against Israel, or did he ever fight against them?
(And now art thou/you anything better than Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab? did he ever strive against Israel, or did he ever fight against them? )

SLT And now being good, art thou good above Balak, son of Zippor, king of Moab? striving, did he contend with Israel, or warring, did he war against them.

Wbstr And now art thou any thing better than Balak the son of Zippor king of Moab? did he ever strive against Israel, or did he ever fight against them,

KJB-1769 And now art thou any thing better than Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab? did he ever strive against Israel, or did he ever fight against them,
(And now art thou/you anything better than Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab? did he ever strive against Israel, or did he ever fight against them, )

KJB-1611 And now, art thou any thing better then Balak the sonne of Zippor king of Moab? Did hee euer striue against Israel, or did hee euer fight against them,
(And now, art thou/you anything better then Balak the son of Zippor king of Moab? Did he ever strive against Israel, or did he ever fight against them,)

Bshps No Bshps JDG book available

Gnva And art thou nowe farre better then Balak the sonne of Zippor King of Moab? did he not striue with Israel and fight against them,
(And art thou/you now far better then Balak the son of Zippor King of Moab? did he not strive with Israel and fight against them, )

Cvdl No Cvdl JDG book available

Wycl No Wycl JDG book available

Luth No Luth JDG book available

ClVg nisi forte melior es Balac filio Sephor rege Moab; aut docere potes, quod jurgatus sit contra Israël, et pugnaverit contra eum,
(except perhaps better you_are Balac son Sephor king Moab; or teachre potes, that yurgatus let_it_be on_the_contrary Israel, and fightverit on_the_contrary him, )

RP-GNT No RP-GNT JDG book available

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

וְ⁠עַתָּ֗ה

and=now

See how you translated the same expression in [11:23](../11/23.md). Alternate translation: [And here is another important point:]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / reduplication

הֲ⁠ט֥וֹב טוֹב֙ אַתָּ֔ה מִ⁠בָּלָ֥ק & הֲ⁠ר֥וֹב רָב֙ עִם־יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אִם־נִלְחֹ֥ם נִלְחַ֖ם בָּֽ⁠ם

?,to_be_better good you(ms) than,Balak & ?,to_quarrel he_quarrelled with Yisrael if to_fight he_fought in/on/at/with,them

The messengers are repeating forms of the verbs translated as being better, Contending, and fighting in order to intensify the ideas that they express. If your language can repeat words for intensification, it would be appropriate to do that here in your translation. If not, your language may have another way of expressing the emphasis. Alternate translation: [are you really better than Balak …? Did he contend at all with Israel, or did he fight with them at all?]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

הֲ⁠ט֥וֹב טוֹב֙ אַתָּ֔ה מִ⁠בָּלָ֥ק & הֲ⁠ר֥וֹב רָב֙ עִם־יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אִם־נִלְחֹ֥ם נִלְחַ֖ם בָּֽ⁠ם

?,to_be_better good you(ms) than,Balak & ?,to_quarrel he_quarrelled with Yisrael if to_fight he_fought in/on/at/with,them

The messengers are using the question form for emphasis. If a speaker of your language would not use the question form for that purpose, you could translate these questions as statements or as exclamations. Alternate translation: [you are not really better than Balak …! He did not contend at all with Israel, no, he did not fight with them at all!]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

נִלְחַ֖ם בָּֽ⁠ם

he_fought in/on/at/with,them

The messengers are leaving some information implicit that they know the Ammonite king will understand. Most modern readers, however, will not have this information. It is that the land that the Israelites acquired when they defeated Sihon had previously belonged to the Moabites and Ammonites. Sihon had taken it from them. But Balak did not try to get it back. The implication is that unless the Ammonite king thinks that he is greater than Balak, he should not try to get it back either. You could indicate this explicitly in your translation if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: [did he fight with them to get back the part of that land that Sihon had earlier taken from the Moabites and Ammonites? No, and you should not either!]

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