JDG 15:4 Parallel Verse View

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BrLXX Καὶ ἐπορεύθη Σαμψὼν, καὶ συνέλαβε τριακοσίας ἀλώπεκας, καὶ ἔλαβε λαμπάδας, καὶ ἐπέστρεψε κέρκον πρὸς κέρκον, καὶ ἔθηκε λαμπάδα μίαν ἀναμέσον τῶν δύο κέρκων καὶ ἔδησε,
(Kai eporeuthaʸ Sampsōn, kai sunelabe triakosias alōpekas, kai elabe lampadas, kai epestrepse kerkon pros kerkon, kai ethaʸke lampada mian anameson tōn duo kerkōn kai edaʸse, )

BrTr And Sampson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took torches, and turned tail to tail, and put a torch between two tails, and fastened it.

ULT Then Samson went and captured three hundred foxes and he made them turn tail to tail. He took torches, and he set one torch between two of the tails in the middle.

UST Then he went out into the fields and caught three hundred foxes. He tied their tails together, two by two. He fastened torches to each pair of tails.

BSB § Then Samson went out and caught three hundred foxes. And he took torches, turned the foxes tail-to-tail, and fastened a torch between each pair of tails.

OEB No OEB JDG book available

WEBBE Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took torches, and turned tail to tail, and put a torch in the middle between every two tails.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Samson went and captured three hundred jackals and got some torches. He tied the jackals in pairs by their tails and then tied a torch to each pair.

LSV And Samson goes and catches three hundred foxes, and takes torches, and turns tail to tail, and puts a torch between the two tails, in the midst,

FBV He went and caught three hundred foxes and tied their tails together, two by two.

T4T Then he went out into the fields and caught 300 foxes. He tied their tails together, two-by-two. He fastened torches to each pair of tails.

LEB And Samson went and captured three hundred foxes, and he took torches. He turned them tail to tail, and he put one torch between two tails.

BBE So Samson went and got three hundred foxes and some sticks of fire-wood; and he put the foxes tail to tail with a stick between every two tails;

Moff No Moff JDG book available

JPS And Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took torches, and turned tail to tail, and put a torch in the midst between every two tails.

ASV And Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took firebrands, and turned tail to tail, and put a firebrand in the midst between every two tails.

DRA And he went and caught three hundred foxes, and coupled them tail to tail, and fastened torches between the tails.

YLT And Samson goeth and catcheth three hundred foxes, and taketh torches, and turneth tail unto tail, and putteth a torch between the two tails, in the midst,

Drby And Samson went and caught three hundred jackals, and took torches, and turned tail to tail, and put a torch in the midst between the two tails.

RV And Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took firebrands, and turned tail to tail, and put a firebrand in the midst between every two tails.

Wbstr And Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took fire-brands, and turned tail to tail, and put a fire-brand in the midst between two tails.

KJB-1769 And Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took firebrands, and turned tail to tail, and put a firebrand in the midst between two tails.[fn]

15.4 firebrands: or, torches

KJB-1611 [fn]And Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and tooke firebrands, and turned taile to taile, and put a firebrand in the midst betweene two tailes.
(And Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took firebrands, and turned taile to taile, and put a firebrand in the midst between two tailes.)

15:4 Or, torches.

Bshps And Samson went out, and caught three hundred foxes, & toke firebrandes, and turned them tayle to tayle, and put a firebrand in the middes betweene two tayles.
(And Samson went out, and caught three hundred foxes, and took firebrandes, and turned them tayle to tayle, and put a firebrand in the midst between two tayles.)

Gnva And Samson went out, and tooke three hundreth foxes, and tooke firebrands, and turned them taile to taile, and put a firebrand in ye middes betweene two tailes.
(And Samson went out, and took three hundreth foxes, and took firebrands, and turned them taile to taile, and put a firebrand in ye/you_all midst between two tailes. )

Cvdl And Samson wete and catched thre hundreth foxes, and toke fyre brandes, and festened one tayle to another, and put euer a fyre brande betwene two tayles,
(And Samson went and catched three hundreth foxes, and took fire brandes, and festened one tayle to another, and put ever a fire brande between two tayles,)

Wycl And he yede, and took thre hundrid foxis, and ioynede `the tailis of hem to tailis, and boond brondis in the myddis,
(And he went, and took three hundred foxis, and joinede `the tailis of them to tailis, and bond brondis in the myddis,)

Luth Und Simson ging hin und fing dreihundert Füchse; und nahm Brände und kehrete je einen Schwanz zum andern und tat einen Brand je zwischen zween Schwänze.
(And Simson went there and caught threehundert Füchse; and took Brände and returned each/ever a Schwanz for_the change and did a Brand each/ever between zween Schwänze.)

ClVg Perrexitque et cepit trecentas vulpes, caudasque earum junxit ad caudas, et faces ligavit in medio:
(Perrexitque and cepit trecentas vulpes, caudasque of_them yunxit to caudas, and faces ligavit in medio: )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: translate-unknown

שׁוּעָלִ֑ים

foxes

A fox is a small wild dog. If your readers would not be familiar with what a fox is, in your translation you could use the name of a similar thing that your readers would recognize, or you could use a general expression. Alternate translation: “coyotes” or “wild dogs”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

וַיֶּ֣פֶן זָנָ֣ב אֶל־זָנָ֗ב וַיָּ֨שֶׂם לַפִּ֥יד אֶחָ֛ד בֵּין־שְׁנֵ֥י הַזְּנָב֖וֹת בַּתָּֽוֶךְ

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_went Shimshōn and,caught three hundreds foxes and=he/it_took torches and,turned tail to/towards tail and=he/it_assigned torch one(ms) between two_of the,tails in/on/at/with,middle )

The author assumes that the reader will know that Samson tied the foxes’ tails together in pairs. You could say that explicitly if it would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: “and he tied the foxes’ tails together in pairs, and he put one torch between each pair of tails”

Parallel JDG 15:4