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OET (OET-RV) When the people saw him, they praised their god, saying, “Our god has helped us capture our enemy—the devastator of our region who killed so many of us.”
OET-LV And_they_saw DOM_him/it the_people and_praised DOM god_their if/because they_said he_has_given god_our in/on/at/with_hand_our DOM enemy_our and_DOM [the_one_who]_desolates land_our and_which he_has_multiplied DOM dead_us.
UHB וַיִּרְא֤וּ אֹתוֹ֙ הָעָ֔ם וַֽיְהַלְל֖וּ אֶת־אֱלֹהֵיהֶ֑ם כִּ֣י אָמְר֗וּ נָתַ֨ן אֱלֹהֵ֤ינוּ בְיָדֵ֨נוּ֙ אֶת־א֣וֹיְבֵ֔נוּ וְאֵת֙ מַחֲרִ֣יב אַרְצֵ֔נוּ וַאֲשֶׁ֥ר הִרְבָּ֖ה אֶת־חֲלָלֵֽינוּ׃ ‡
(vayyirʼū ʼotō hāˊām vayəhallū ʼet-ʼₑlohēyhem kiy ʼāmərū nātan ʼₑlohēynū ⱱəyādēnū ʼet-ʼōyəⱱēnū vəʼēt maḩₐriyⱱ ʼarʦēnū vaʼₐsher hirbāh ʼet-ḩₐlālēynū.)
Key: khaki:verbs, 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).
ULT When the people saw him, they praised their god, for they said, “Our god has given our enemy into our hand, the devastator of our land, who heaped up our slain ones.”
UST When the other people saw Samson, they also praised their god Dagon, saying,
⇔ “Our god has put our great enemy into our hands.
⇔ Our god helped us to capture the one who has harmed our country so much!”
BSB § And when the people saw him, they praised their god, saying:
⇔ “Our god has delivered into our hands
⇔ our enemy who destroyed our land
⇔ and multiplied our dead.”
OEB No OEB JDG book available
WEB When the people saw him, they praised their god; for they said, “Our god has delivered our enemy and the destroyer of our country, who has slain many of us, into our hand.”
WMB (Same as above)
NET When the people saw him, they praised their god, saying, “Our god has handed our enemy over to us, the one who ruined our land and killed so many of us!”
LSV And the people see him, and praise their god, for they said, “Our god has given into our hand our enemy, and he who is laying waste to our land, and who multiplied our wounded.”
FBV When the people saw him, they praised their god, and said, “Our god has handed our enemy over to us, the one who devastated our land and killed so many of us.”
T4T And when the other people saw Samson, they also praised their god Dagon, saying,
⇔ “Samson ruined our crops and killed many of our people,
⇔ but our god has put our enemy into our hands.
⇔ Our god helped us to capture the one who has killed so many of us!”
LEB And the people saw him, and they praised their god, for they said, “Our god has given into our hand those who hate us, devastate our land, and have killed many of us.”[fn]
?:? Literally “made numerous our slain”
BBE And when the people saw him, they gave praise to their god; for they said, Our god has given into our hands the one who was fighting against us, who made our country waste, and who put great numbers of us to death.
Moff No Moff JDG book available
JPS And when the people saw him, they praised their god; for they said: 'Our god hath delivered into our hand our enemy, and the destroyer of our country, who hath slain many of us.'
ASV And when the people saw him, they praised their god; for they said, Our god hath delivered into our hand our enemy, and the destroyer of our country, who hath slain many of us.
DRA And the people also seeing this, praised their god, and said the same: Our god hath delivered our adversary into our bands, him that destroyed our country and killed very many.
YLT And the people see him, and praise their god, for they said, 'Our god hath given in our hand our enemy, and he who is laying waste our land, and who multiplied our wounded.'
Drby And when the people saw him, they praised their [fn]god; for they said, Our [fn]god has given into our hands our enemy, and the destroyer of our country, even him who multiplied our slain.
16.24 Elohim
RV And when the people saw him, they praised their god: for they said, Our god hath delivered into our hand our enemy, and the destroyer of our country, which hath slain many of us.
Wbstr And when the people saw him, they praised their god: for they said, Our god hath delivered into our hands our enemy, and the destroyer of our country; who slew many of us.
KJB-1769 And when the people saw him, they praised their god: for they said, Our god hath delivered into our hands our enemy, and the destroyer of our country, which slew many of us.[fn]
(And when the people saw him, they praised their god: for they said, Our god hath/has delivered into our hands our enemy, and the destroyer of our country, which slew/killed many of us.)
16.24 which…: Heb. and who multiplied our slain
KJB-1611 [fn]And when the people saw him, they praised their god: for they said, Our god hath deliuered into our hands our enemy, and the destroyer of our countrey, which slew many of vs.
(Modernised spelling is same as used by KJB-1769 above apart from footnotes)
16:24 Hebr. and who multiplied our slaine.
Bshps And when the people sawe him, they praysed their God: for they sayde, Our God hath delyuered into our handes our enemie, and destroyer of our countrey, whiche slue manye of vs.
(And when the people saw him, they praised their God: for they said, Our God hath/has delivered into our hands our enemy, and destroyer of our country, which slew/killed many of us.)
Gnva Also when the people saw him, they praysed their god: for they sayde, Our god hath deliuered into our hands our enemie and destroyer of our countrey, which hath slayne many of vs.
(Also when the people saw him, they praised their god: for they said, Our god hath/has delivered into our hands our enemie and destroyer of our country, which hath/has slain/killed many of us.)
Cvdl Like wyse whan ye people sawe him, they praysed their god, & sayde: Oure god hath delyuered in to oure handes oure enemye, yt destroyed oure londe, & slewe many of vs.
(Like wise when ye/you_all people saw him, they praised their god, and said: Oure god hath/has delivered in to our hands our enemye, it destroyed our land, and slew/killed many of us.)
Wyc And the puple seynge also this thing preiside her god, and seide the same thingis, Our god hath bitake oure aduersarie in to oure hondis, which dide awey oure lond, and killide ful many men.
(And the people seeing also this thing preiside her god, and said the same things, Our god hath/has bitake our aduersarie in to our hands, which did away our land, and killed full many men.)
Luth Desselbengleichen, als ihn das Volk sah, lobten sie ihren GOtt; denn sie sprachen: Unser GOtt hat uns unsern Feind in unsere Hände gegeben, der unser Land verderbete und unser viel erschlug.
(Desselbengleichen, als him/it the people saw, lobten they/she/them your God; because they/she/them said: Our God has us/to_us/ourselves unsern Feind in unsere hands given, the/of_the unser Land verderbete and unser many erschlug.)
ClVg Quod etiam populus videns, laudabat deum suum, eademque dicebat: Tradidit deus noster adversarium nostrum in manus nostras, qui delevit terram nostram, et occidit plurimos.
(That also populus videns, laudabat deum his_own, eademque dicebat: Tradidit deus noster adversarium nostrum in hands nostras, who delevit the_earth/land nostram, and occidit plurimos.)
BrTr And the people saw him, and sang praises to their god; for our god, said they, has delivered into our hand our enemy, who wasted our land, and who multiplied our slain.
BrLXX Καὶ εἶδον αὐτὸν ὁ λαὸς, καὶ ὕμνησαν τὸν θεὸν αὐτῶν, ὅτι παρέδωκεν ὁ θεὸς ἡμῶν τὸν ἐχθρὸν ἡμῶν ἐν χειρὶ ἡμῶν, τὸν ἐρημοῦντα τὴν γῆν ἡμῶν, καὶ ὃς ἐπλήθυνε τοὺς τραυματίας ἡμῶν.
(Kai eidon auton ho laos, kai humnaʸsan ton theon autōn, hoti paredōken ho theos haʸmōn ton eⱪthron haʸmōn en ⱪeiri haʸmōn, ton eraʸmounta taʸn gaʸn haʸmōn, kai hos eplaʸthune tous traumatias haʸmōn.)
16:1-31 There is nothing of judgeship in this last chapter of Samson’s checkered history. Samson effectively abandoned his calling and was eventually stripped of his gifting as well. Only in his final encounter, when he again turned to the Lord in prayer, did any of his heroic stature revive.
(Occurrence 0) the destroyer of our country
(Some words not found in UHB: and=they_saw DOM=him/it the,people and,praised DOM god,their that/for/because/then/when said he/it_gave god,our in/on/at/with,hand,our DOM enemy,our and=DOM ravager land,our and=which multiplied DOM dead,us )
This refers to Samson. The word “destroyer” can be expressed with the verb “destroy.” Alternate translation: “the man who has destroyed our country”
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche
(Occurrence 0) who killed many of us
(Some words not found in UHB: and=they_saw DOM=him/it the,people and,praised DOM god,their that/for/because/then/when said he/it_gave god,our in/on/at/with,hand,our DOM enemy,our and=DOM ravager land,our and=which multiplied DOM dead,us )
Here the word “us” refers to the Philistine people. Those who are talking are not counting themselves among the people whom Samson killed. Alternate translation: “who killed many of our people”