JDG 13:5 Parallel Verse View

Note: This view shows ‘verses’ which are not natural language units and hence sometimes only part of a sentence will be visible. Normally the OET discourages the reading of individual ‘verses’, but this view is only designed for doing comparisons of different translations. Click on any Bible version abbreviation down the left-hand side to see the verse in more of its context. The OET segments on this page are still very early looks into the unfinished texts of the Open English Translation of the Bible. Please double-check these texts in advance before using in public.

Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance=normal (All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV) because you’ll definitely become pregnant and will give birth to a son. His hair must never be cut because he’ll be a Nazirite to God from his conception. He will begin to rescue Israel from the oppression of the Philistines.”

Key: khaki:verbs, red:negative, blue:Elohim.
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 ὅτι ἰδοὺ σὺ ἐν γαστρὶ ἔχεις καὶ τέξῃ υἱόν· καὶ σίδηρος ἐπὶ τὴν κεφαλὴν αὐτοῦ οὐκ ἀναβήσεται, ὅτι Ναζὶρ Θεοῦ ἔσται τὸ παιδάριον ἀπὸ τῆς κοιλίας· καὶ αὐτὸς ᾄρξεται σῶσαι τὸν Ἰσραὴλ ἐκ χειρὸς Φυλιστιΐμ.
(hoti idou su en gastri eⱪeis kai texaʸ huion; kai sidaʸros epi taʸn kefalaʸn autou ouk anabaʸsetai, hoti Nazir Theou estai to paidarion apo taʸs koilias; kai autos arxetai sōsai ton Israaʸl ek ⱪeiros Fulistiim. )

BrTr for behold, thou art with child, and shalt bring forth a son; and there shall come no [fn]razor upon his head, for the child shall be a [fn]Nazarite to God from the womb; and he shall begin to save Israel from the hand of the Phylistines.

13:5 Gr. iron.

13:5 So Vat. i.e. Ναζίρ but Alex. nearer to reading in Mat. 2. ult. Ναζίραῖον.

ULT For surely you are pregnant and you will bear a son. A razor will not go up upon his head, for a Nazirite to God from the womb the boy will be. He will begin to deliver Israel from the hand of the Philistines.”

UST You will become pregnant. After you give birth to your son, no one may ever cut his hair. He will be dedicated to God even before he is born until the day he dies. He will begin the work that will rescue Israel from the power of the Philistines.”

BSB For behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son. And no razor shall come over his head, because the boy will be a Nazirite [fn] to God from the womb, and he will begin the deliverance of Israel from the hand of the Philistines.”

OEB No OEB JDG book available

WEBBE for, behold, you shall conceive and give birth to a son. No razor shall come on his head, for the child shall be a Nazirite to God from the womb. He shall begin to save Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.”

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Look, you will conceive and have a son. You must never cut his hair, for the child will be dedicated to God from birth. He will begin to deliver Israel from the power of the Philistines.”

LSV for behold, you are conceiving and bearing a son, and a razor does not go up on his head, for the youth is a Nazarite to God from the womb, and he begins to save Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.”

FBV You're going to become pregnant and have a son whose head a razor must never touch, because the boy is to be a Nazirite, dedicated to God from birth. He will start the process of saving Israel from the Philistines.”

T4T After you give birth to your son, you must never allow his hair to be cut. He must be dedicated to God from the day he is born until the day he dies. He is the one who will rescue many of the Israeli people from the people of Philistia.”

LEB because you will conceive and bear a son. No razor will touch[fn] his head, because the boy will be a Nazirite of God[fn] from birth.[fn] And it is he who will begin to deliver Israel from the hand of the Philistines.”

13:5 Literally “will go upon”

13:5 Literally “consecrated of God” or “devoted of God”

13:5 Literally “from the womb”

BBE For you are with child and will give birth to a son; his hair is never to be cut, for the child is to be separate to God from his birth; and he will take up the work of freeing Israel from the hands of the Philistines.

Moff No Moff JDG book available

JPS For, lo, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and no razor shall come upon his head; for the child shall be a Nazirite unto God from the womb; and he shall begin to save Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.'

ASV for, lo, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and no razor shall come upon his head; for the child shall be a Nazirite unto God from the womb: and he shall begin to save Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.

DRA Because thou shalt conceive and bear a son, and no razor shall touch his head: for he shall be a Nazarite of God, from his infancy, and from his mother’s womb, and he shall begin to deliver Israel from the hands of the Philistines.

YLT for, lo, thou art conceiving and bearing a son, and a razor doth not go up on his head, for a Nazarite to God is the youth from the womb, and he doth begin to save Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.'

Drby For lo, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son, and no razor shall come on his head; for the boy shall be a Nazarite of [fn]God from the womb; and he shall begin to save Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.

13.5 Elohim

RV for, lo, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and no razor shall come upon his head: for the child shall be a Nazirite unto God from the womb: and he shall begin to save Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.

Wbstr For lo, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and no razor shall come on his head: for the child shall be a Nazarite to God from his birth: and he shall begin to deliver Israel from the hand of the Philistines.

KJB-1769 For, lo, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and no razor shall come on his head: for the child shall be a Nazarite unto God from the womb: and he shall begin to deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.
(For, lo, thou/you shalt conceive, and bear a son; and no razor shall come on his head: for the child shall be a Nazarite unto God from the womb: and he shall begin to deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines. )

KJB-1611 [fn]For loe, thou shalt conceiue, and beare a sonne, and no rasor shall come on his head: for the child shall be a Nazarite vnto God from the wombe: and he shall begin to deliuer Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.
(For lo, thou/you shalt conceiue, and bear a son, and no rasor shall come on his head: for the child shall be a Nazarite unto God from the womb: and he shall begin to deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.)

13:5 Num.6.5. 1.sam. 1. 11.

Bshps For lo, thou shalt conceaue and beare a sonne, And ther may no rasor come on his head, for ye ladde shalbe a Nazarite vnto God euen from his byrth: And he shal beginne to saue Israel out of the handes of the Philistines.
(For lo, thou/you shalt conceaue and bear a son, And there may no rasor come on his head, for ye/you_all lad shall be a Nazarite unto God even from his byrth: And he shall beginne to save Israel out of the hands of the Philistines.)

Gnva For loe, thou shalt conceiue and beare a sonne, and no rasor shall come on his head: for the childe shall be a Nazarite vnto God from his birth: and he shall begin to saue Israel out of the handes of the Philistims.
(For lo, thou/you shalt conceiue and bear a son, and no rasor shall come on his head: for the child shall be a Nazarite unto God from his birth: and he shall begin to save Israel out of the hands of the Philistines. )

Cvdl for thou shalt conceaue, and beare a sonne, vpo whose heade there shal come no rasoure: for ye childe shal be a Nazaree of God, euen from his mother wombe, and shall begynne to delyuer Israel out of the hande of the Philistynes.
(for thou/you shalt conceaue, and bear a son, upo whose head there shall come no rasoure: for ye/you_all child shall be a Nazaree of God, even from his mother womb, and shall begynne to deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.)

Wycl for thou schalt conceyue and schalt bere a sone, whos heed a rasour schal not towche; for he schal be a Nazarei of God fro his yong age, and fro the modris wombe; and he schal bigynne to delyuere Israel fro the hond of Filisteis.
(for thou/you shalt conceyue and shalt bear a son, whos heed a rasour shall not towche; for he shall be a Nazarei of God from his young age, and from the modris womb; and he shall bigynne to deliver Israel from the hand of Philistines.)

Luth Denn du wirst schwanger werden und einen Sohn gebären, dem kein Schermesser soll aufs Haupt kommen. Denn der Knabe wird ein Verlobter Gottes sein von Mutterleibe; und er wird anfahen, Israel zu erlösen aus der Philister Hand.
(Because you will schwanger become and a son gebären, to_him kein Schermesser should onto head come. Because the/of_the boy/lad becomes a Verlobter God’s his from Mutterleibe; and he becomes anfahen, Israel to erlösen out_of the/of_the Philistines Hand.)

ClVg quia concipies, et paries filium, cujus non tanget caput novacula: erit enim nazaræus Dei ab infantia sua et ex matris utero, et ipse incipiet liberare Israël de manu Philisthinorum.
(because concipies, and paries filium, cuyus not/no tanget caput novacula: will_be because nazaræus of_God away infantia his_own and from matris utero, and exactly_that/himself incipiet liberare Israel about by_hand Philisthinorum. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

And a razor will not go up on his head

(Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when behold,you conceive and,give_birth_to son and=(a)_razor not it_will_ascend on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in his/its=head that/for/because/then/when nazirite ʼElohīm will_belong the,boy from/more_than the,birth and=he begin to,deliver DOM Yisrael from,hand Pelishtim )

This is an expression that people of this culture commonly used to describe cutting the hair on a person’s head. Alternate translation: “He must never cut his hair”

Note 2 topic: translate-symaction

And a razor will not go up on his head

See the discussion in the General Notes to this chapter of what Samson's long hair symbolized.

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

from the womb

The author is using the term womb by association to mean “birth.” Alternate translation: “from birth”

Parallel JDG 13:5