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OET (OET-RV) Then his brothers and all his father’s household went to Gaza and carried his body back. They buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the burial place of his father Manoah. He had helped Israel for twenty years.
OET-LV And_came_down brothers_his and_all the_household father’s_his and_took DOM_him/it and_brought_up and_buried DOM_him between Tsārəˊāh/(Zorah) and_between ʼEshəttāʼol in/on/at/with_tomb of_Mānōaḩ his/its_father and_he he_had_judged DOM Yisrāʼēl/(Israel) twenty year[s].
UHB וַיֵּרְד֨וּ אֶחָ֜יו וְכָל־בֵּ֣ית אָבִיהוּ֮ וַיִּשְׂא֣וּ אֹתוֹ֒ וַֽיַּעֲל֣וּ ׀ וַיִּקְבְּר֣וּ אוֹת֗וֹ בֵּ֤ין צָרְעָה֙ וּבֵ֣ין אֶשְׁתָּאֹ֔ל בְּקֶ֖בֶר מָנ֣וֹחַ אָבִ֑יו וְה֛וּא שָׁפַ֥ט אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל עֶשְׂרִ֥ים שָׁנָֽה׃פ ‡
(vayyērədū ʼeḩāyv vəkāl-bēyt ʼāⱱīhū vayyisʼū ʼotō vayyaˊₐlū vayyiqbərū ʼōtō bēyn ʦārəˊāh ūⱱēyn ʼeshtāʼol bəqeⱱer mānōaḩ ʼāⱱiyv vəhūʼ shāfaţ ʼet-yisrāʼēl ˊesrim shānāh.◊)
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 κατέβησαν οἱ ἀδελφοὶ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ὁ οἶκος τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἔλαβον αὐτόν· καὶ ἀνέβησαν καὶ ἔθαψαν αὐτὸν ἀναμέσον Σαραὰ καὶ ἀναμέσον Ἐσθαὸλ ἐν τῷ τάφῳ Μανωὲ τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ· καὶ αὐτὸς ἔκρινε τὸν Ἰσραὴλ εἴκοσι ἔτη.
(Kai katebaʸsan hoi adelfoi autou, kai ho oikos tou patros autou, kai elabon auton; kai anebaʸsan kai ethapsan auton anameson Saraʼa kai anameson Esthaol en tōi tafōi Manōe tou patros autou; kai autos ekrine ton Israaʸl eikosi etaʸ. )
BrTr And his brethren and his father's house went down, and they took him; and they went up and buried him between Saraa and Esthaol in the sepulchre of his father Manoë; and he judged Israel twenty years.
ULT Then his brothers and all the house of his father went down. They carried him, as they went back up. They buried him between Zorah and between Eshtaol in the burial place of Manoah, his father. He had judged Israel twenty years.
UST Later his brothers and their relatives went down from Zorah to Gaza to get his body. They took it back home and buried it between Zorah and Eshtaol, at the place where Samson’s father Manoah was buried. Now Samson had led Israel for twenty years.
BSB § Then Samson’s brothers and his father’s family came down, carried him back, and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the tomb of his father Manoah. And he had judged Israel twenty years.
OEB No OEB JDG book available
WEBBE Then his brothers and all the house of his father came down and took him, and brought him up and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the burial site of Manoah his father. He judged Israel twenty years.
WMBB (Same as above)
NET His brothers and all his family went down and brought him back. They buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the tomb of Manoah his father. He had led Israel for twenty years.
LSV And his brothers come down, and all the house of his father, and lift him up, and bring him up, and bury him between Zorah and Eshtaol, in the burying-place of his father Manoah; and he has judged Israel [for] twenty years.
FBV Then his brothers and his whole family came and took him back and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the tomb of Manoah his father. He led Israel as judge for twenty years.
T4T Later his brothers and their relatives went down from Zorah to Gaza to get his body. They took it back home and buried it between Zorah and Eshtaol, at the place where Samson’s father Manoah was buried. Samson had been Israel’s leader for 20 years.
LEB His brothers and his whole family[fn] came down and picked him up; and they brought him up and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the tomb of Manoah his father; he judged Israel twenty years.
16:31 Literally “all the house of his father”
BBE Then his brothers and his father's people came down and took him up and put his body to rest in the earth between Zorah and Eshtaol in the resting-place of Manoah his father. And he had been judge of Israel for twenty years.
Moff No Moff JDG book available
JPS Then his brethren and all the house of his father came down, and took him, and brought him up, and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the burying-place of Manoah his father. And he judged Israel twenty years.
ASV Then his brethren and all the house of his father came down, and took him, and brought him up, and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the burying-place of Manoah his father. And he judged Israel twenty years.
DRA And his brethren and all his kindred, going down took his body, and buried it between Saraa and Esthaol in the buryingplace of his father Manue: and he judged Israel twenty years.
YLT And his brethren come down, and all the house of his father, and lift him up, and bring him up, and bury him between Zorah and Eshtaol, in the burying-place of Manoah his father; and he hath judged Israel twenty years.
Drby And his brethren came down, and all the house of his father, and took him, and brought him up, and buried him between Zoreah and Eshtaol in the sepulchre of Manoah his father. And he had judged Israel twenty years.
RV Then his brethren and all the house of his father came down, and took him, and brought him up, and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the buryingplace of Manoah his father. And he judged Israel twenty years.
Wbstr Then his brethren and all the house of his father came down, and took him, and brought him up, and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the burying-place of Manoah his father. And he judged Israel twenty years.
KJB-1769 Then his brethren and all the house of his father came down, and took him, and brought him up, and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the buryingplace of Manoah his father. And he judged Israel twenty years.
(Then his brethren/brothers and all the house of his father came down, and took him, and brought him up, and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the buryingplace of Manoah his father. And he judged Israel twenty years. )
KJB-1611 Then his brethren, and all the house of his father, came downe, and tooke him, and brought him vp, and buried him betweene Zorah and Eshtaol, in the burying place of Manoah his father: and hee iudged Israel twentie yeeres.
(Then his brethren/brothers, and all the house of his father, came down, and took him, and brought him up, and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol, in the burying place of Manoah his father: and he judged Israel twenty years.)
Bshps And then his brethren & all the house of his father came downe, and toke him vp, and brought hym, and buryed hym betweene Zarah and Esthaol, in the burying place of Manoah his father: And he iudged Israel twentie yeres.
(And then his brethren/brothers and all the house of his father came down, and took him up, and brought him, and buried him between Zarah and Esthaol, in the burying place of Manoah his father: And he judged Israel twenty years.)
Gnva Then his brethren, and all the house of his father came downe and tooke him, and brought him vp and buryed him betweene Zorah and Eshtaol, in the sepulchre of Manoah his father: nowe he had iudged Israel twenty yeeres.
(Then his brethren/brothers, and all the house of his father came down and took him, and brought him up and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol, in the sepulchre of Manoah his father: now he had judged Israel twenty years. )
Cvdl Then came his brethren downe and all his fathers house, and toke him, and caried him vp, and buried him in the graue of his father Manoah betwene Zarga and Esthaol. He iudged Israel twentye yeare.
(Then came his brethren/brothers down and all his fathers house, and took him, and carried him up, and buried him in the grave of his father Manoah between Zarga and Esthaol. He judged Israel twenty year.)
Wycl Forsothe hise britheren and al the kinrede camen doun, and token his bodi, and birieden bitwixe Saraa and Escahol, in the sepulcre of his fadir Manue; and he demyde Israel twenti yeer.
(Forsothe his brethren/brothers and all the kindred came down, and took his body, and buried between Saraa and Escahol, in the sepulcre of his father Manue; and he judged Israel twenty year.)
Luth Da kamen seine Brüder hernieder und seines Vaters ganzes Haus und huben ihn auf und trugen ihn hinauf und begruben ihn in seines Vaters Manoah Grab, zwischen Zarea und Esthaol. Er richtete aber Israel zwanzig Jahre.
(So came his brothers hernieder and his father ganzes house and huben him/it on and trugen him/it up and buried him/it in his father Manoah Grab, between Zarea and Esthaol. He richtete but Israel twenty years.)
ClVg Descendentes autem fratres ejus et universa cognatio, tulerunt corpus ejus, et sepelierunt inter Saraa et Esthaol in sepulchro patris sui Manue: judicavitque Israël viginti annis.
(Descendentes however brothers his and universa cognatio, they_took body his, and they_buried between Saraa and Esthaol in sepulchro of_the_father sui Manue: yudicavitque Israel twenty annis. )
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.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis
went down
(Some words not found in UHB: and,came_down brothers,his and=all house_of father's,his and,took DOM=him/it and,brought_~_up and,buried DOM,him between Tsārəˊāh/(Zorah) and=between ʼEshəttāʼol in/on/at/with,tomb Mānōaḩ his/its=father and=he judged DOM Yisrael twenty year )
The author is leaving out some of the words that in many languages a sentence would need in order to be complete. You can supply these words from the context if that would be clearer in your language. Alternate translation: “went down to Gaza to retrieve Samson’s body”
Note 2 topic: translate-names
between Zorah and between Eshtaol
(Some words not found in UHB: and,came_down brothers,his and=all house_of father's,his and,took DOM=him/it and,brought_~_up and,buried DOM,him between Tsārəˊāh/(Zorah) and=between ʼEshəttāʼol in/on/at/with,tomb Mānōaḩ his/its=father and=he judged DOM Yisrael twenty year )
See how you translated the names Zorah and Eshtaol in 13:25 and translate them that way here and in Chapter 18, where they occur several times.