JDG 11:3 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) So Yiftah fled from the presence of his half-brothers and he settled in the Tob region. Unprincipled men associated around Yiftah and went around with him.

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 Καὶ ἔφυγεν Ἰεφθάε ἀπὸ προσώπου τῶν ἀδελφῶν αὐτοῦ, καὶ ᾤκησεν ἐν γῇ Τώβ· καὶ συνεστράφησαν πρὸς Ἰεφθάε ἄνδρες κενοὶ, καὶ ἐξῆλθον μετʼ αὐτοῦ.
(Kai efugen Iefthae apo prosōpou tōn adelfōn autou, kai ōkaʸsen en gaʸ Tōb; kai sunestrafaʸsan pros Iefthae andres kenoi, kai exaʸlthon metʼ autou. )

BrTr And Jephthae fled from the face of his brethren, and dwelt in the land of Tob; and vain men gathered to Jephthae, and went out with him.

ULT So Jephthah fled from the face of his brothers, and he dwelled in the land of Tob. And worthless men collected themselves to Jephthah, and they went out with him.

UST So Jephthah ran away from his brothers. He settled in the region of Tob. He attracted a group of lawless men, and they went out raiding together.

BSB So Jephthah fled from his brothers and settled in the land of Tob, where worthless men gathered around [him] and traveled with him.

OEB No OEB JDG book available

WEBBE Then Jephthah fled from his brothers and lived in the land of Tob. Outlaws joined up with Jephthah, and they went out with him.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET So Jephthah left his half-brothers and lived in the land of Tob. Lawless men joined Jephthah’s gang and traveled with him.

LSV And Jephthah flees from the face of his brothers, and dwells in the land of Tob; and vain men gather themselves together to Jephthah, and they go out with him.

FBV Jephthah ran away from his brothers and went to live in the land of Tob. A gang of trouble-makers joined him and he led them out on raids.[fn]

11:3 The Hebrew simply says, “they went out with him,” however the context indicates they were a band of mercenaries.

T4T So Jephthah ran away from his brothers, and he went to the Tob region. While he was there, some worthless men started to spend a lot of time with him.

LEB No LEB JDG book available

BBE So Jephthah went in flight from his brothers and was living in the land of Tob, where a number of good-for-nothing men, joining Jephthah, went out with him on his undertakings.

Moff No Moff JDG book available

JPS Then Jephthah fled from his brethren, and dwelt in the land of Tob; and there were gathered vain fellows to Jephthah, and they went out with him.

ASV Then Jephthah fled from his brethren, and dwelt in the land of Tob: and there were gathered vain fellows to Jephthah, and they went out with him.

DRA Then he fled and avoided them and dwelt in the land of Tob: and there were gathered to him needy men, and robbers, and they followed him as their prince.

YLT And Jephthah fleeth from the face of his brethren, and dwelleth in the land of Tob; and vain men gather themselves together unto Jephthah, and they go out with him.

Drby Then Jephthah fled from his brethren, and dwelt in the land of Tob. And vain men were gathered to Jephthah, and they made expeditions with him.

RV Then Jephthah fled from his brethren, and dwelt in the land of Tob: and there were gathered vain fellows to Jephthah, and they went out with him.
(Then Jephthah fled from his brethren/brothers, and dwelt in the land of Tob: and there were gathered vain fellows to Jephthah, and they went out with him. )

SLT And Jephthah will flee from the face of his brethren and will dwell in the land of Tob: and empty men will gather together to Jephthah and will go forth with him.

Wbstr Then Jephthah fled from his brethren, and dwelt in the land of Tob: and there were gathered vain men to Jephthah, and they went out with him.

KJB-1769 Then Jephthah fled from his brethren, and dwelt in the land of Tob: and there were gathered vain men to Jephthah, and went out with him.[fn]
(Then Jephthah fled from his brethren/brothers, and dwelt in the land of Tob: and there were gathered vain men to Jephthah, and went out with him. )

11.3 from: Heb. from the face of

KJB-1611 Then Iephthah fled [fn]from his brethren, and dwelt in the land of Tob: and there were gathered vaine men to Iephthah, and went out with him.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above apart from footnotes)

11:3 Hebr. from the face.

Bshps No Bshps JDG book available

Gnva Then Iphtah fledde from his brethren, and dwelt in the land of Tob: and there gathered idle fellowes to Iphtah, and went out with him.
(Then Iphtah fled from his brethren/brothers, and dwelt in the land of Tob: and there gathered idle fellows to Iphtah, and went out with him. )

Cvdl No Cvdl JDG book available

Wycl No Wycl JDG book available

Luth No Luth JDG book available

ClVg Quos ille fugiens atque devitans, habitavit in terra Tob: congregatique sunt ad eum viri inopes, et latrocinantes, et quasi principem sequebantur.[fn]
(Quos he fugiens and_yet devitans, he_lived in/into/on earth/land Tob: congregatique are to him men inopes, and latrocinantes, and as_if prince they_followed. )

11.3 Habitavit in terra Tob. ID., ibid. In terra scilicet bona vel potius optima. Quod enim Græce, hoc Latine optimum dicitur. Id autem interpretatur Tob, ubi videtur intelligenda resurrectio. Quæ enim magis terra optima quam terrenum corpus excellentia immortalitatis et incorruptionis indutum. ID., ibid. Ante passionem cum publicanis et peccatoribus manducavit, etc., usque ad ut justificentur et discant vias ejus. In illis diebus. ID., ibid. Qui abjecerant Christum, etc., usque ad ut per ætatem senilem novissima tempora significentur.

11.3 Habitavit in/into/on earth/land Tob. ID., ibid. In earth/land namely good(s) or rather optima. That because Græce, this Latine optimum it_is_said. That however interprets Tob, where it_seems intelligenda resurrectio. Which because more earth/land optima how terrenum body excellentia immortalitatis and incorruptionis indutum. ID., ibid. Ante passionem when/with publicanis and sinnerbus manducavit, etc., until to as justificentur and let_them_learn ways/roads his. In to_them days. ID., ibid. Who abyecerant Christum, etc., until to as through ætatem senilem newssima times significentur.

RP-GNT No RP-GNT JDG book available

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

מִ⁠פְּנֵ֣י

from=face/in_front_of

See the discussion of the term face in the Introduction to Judges, and see how you translated the similar expression in [2:3](../02/03.md).

Note 2 topic: translate-kinship

אֶחָ֔י⁠ו

brothers_of,his

These brothers were sons of Jephthah’s father but not of his mother. Your language may have its own term or expression for this relationship. Alternate translation: [his half-brothers]

Note 3 topic: translate-names

ט֑וֹב

good

The word Tob is the name of a region. It seems to have been a part of Aram (Syria) that was near Gilead.

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

וַ⁠יֵּצְא֖וּ עִמּֽ⁠וֹ

and=they_went_out with=him/it

This expression means that Jephthah led these men on raids to get plunder. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [and they all formed a gang of bandits]

Parallel JDG 11:3