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OET (OET-RV) The Philistine leaders came to her and requested, “Make him open up. Find out what makes him strong, and how we can beat him, so that we can tie him up to keep him in our power. Then we’ll each give you one thousand one hundred silver coins.”
OET-LV And_came_up to_her/it the_rulers_of the_Fəlishtiy and_they_said to/for_her/it entice DOM_him and_see in/on/at/with_what strength_of_his great and_in/on/at/with_what will_we_prevail to_him/it and_bind_him in_order_to_subdue_him and_us we_will_give to/for_you(fs) each one_thousand and_hundred silver.
UHB וַיַּעֲל֨וּ אֵלֶ֜יהָ סַרְנֵ֣י פְלִשְׁתִּ֗ים וַיֹּ֨אמְרוּ לָ֜הּ פַּתִּ֣י אוֹת֗וֹ וּרְאִי֙ בַּמֶּה֙ כֹּח֣וֹ גָד֔וֹל וּבַמֶּה֙ נ֣וּכַל ל֔וֹ וַאֲסַרְנֻ֖הוּ לְעַנֹּת֑וֹ וַאֲנַ֨חְנוּ֙ נִתַּן־לָ֔ךְ אִ֕ישׁ אֶ֥לֶף וּמֵאָ֖ה כָּֽסֶף׃ ‡
(vayyaˊₐlū ʼēleyhā şarnēy fəlishtim vayyoʼmərū lāh pattiy ʼōtō ūrəʼī bammeh koḩō gādōl ūⱱammeh nūkal lō vaʼₐşarnuhū ləˊannotō vaʼₐnaḩnū nittan-lāk ʼiysh ʼelef ūmēʼāh kāşef.)
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 ἀνέβησαν πρὸς αὐτὴν οἱ ἄρχοντες τῶν ἀλλοφύλων, καὶ εἶπαν αὐτῇ, ἀπάτησον αὐτὸν, καὶ ἴδε ἐν τίνι ἡ ἰσχὺς αὐτοῦ ἡ μεγάλη, καὶ ἐν τίνι δυνησόμεθα αὐτῷ, καὶ δήσομεν αὐτὸν τοῦ ταπεινῶσαι αὐτόν· καὶ ἡμεῖς δώσομέν σοι ἀνὴρ χιλίους καὶ ἑκατὸν ἀργυρίου.
(Kai anebaʸsan pros autaʸn hoi arⱪontes tōn allofulōn, kai eipan autaʸ, apataʸson auton, kai ide en tini haʸ isⱪus autou haʸ megalaʸ, kai en tini dunaʸsometha autōi, kai daʸsomen auton tou tapeinōsai auton; kai haʸmeis dōsomen soi anaʸr ⱪilious kai hekaton arguriou. )
BrTr And the princes of the Philistines came up to her, and said to her, Beguile him, and see wherein his great strength is, and wherewith we shall prevail against him, and bind him to humble him; and we will give thee [fn]each eleven hundred pieces of silver.
16:5 Gr. a man.
ULT And the lords of the Philistines came up to her and they said to her, “Entice him and see in what his great strength is and in what we shall overcome him, that we may bind him to humble him. And we ourselves will give to you, a man, 1,100 silver.”
UST The Philistine leaders came to her and said, “See if you can get Samson to tell you what makes him so strong. See if you can find out how we can capture him and tie him up so that he cannot get away. If you do that, each of us will give you 1,100 pieces of silver.”
BSB The lords of the Philistines went to her and said “Entice him and find out the source of his great strength and how we can overpower him to tie him up and subdue him. Then each one of us will give you eleven hundred [shekels] of silver.[fn]”
16:5 1,100 shekels is approximately 27.6 pounds or 12.5 kilograms of silver.
MSB (Same as above including footnotes)
OEB No OEB JDG book available
WEBBE The lords of the Philistines came up to her and said to her, “Entice him, and see in which his great strength lies, and by what means we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to afflict him; and we will each give you eleven hundred pieces of silver.”
WMBB (Same as above)
NET The rulers of the Philistines went up to visit her and said to her, “Trick him! Find out what makes him so strong and how we can subdue him and humiliate him. Each one of us will give you eleven hundred silver pieces.”
LSV and the princes of the Philistines come up to her, and say to her, “Entice him, and see wherein his great power [is], and wherein we are able for him—and we have bound him to afflict him, and each one of us gives eleven hundred pieces of silver to you.”
FBV The Philistine leaders approached her, saying, “See if you can seduce him and get him to show you the secret of his incredible strength, and find out how we can overpower him and tie him up so he can't do anything. We'll all give you eleven hundred shekels of silver each.”
T4T The Philistine leaders went to her and said, “Find out from Samson what makes him so strong. And find out how we can subdue him and tie him up securely. If you do that, each of us will give you 1,100 pieces of silver.”
LEB No LEB JDG book available
BBE And the chiefs of the Philistines came up to her, and said to her, Make use of your power over him and see what is the secret of his great strength, and how we may get the better of him, and put bands on him, so that we may make him feeble; and every one of us will give you eleven hundred shekels of silver.
Moff No Moff JDG book available
JPS And the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and said unto her: 'Entice him, and see wherein his great strength lieth, and by what means we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to afflict him; and we will give thee every one of us eleven hundred pieces of silver.'
ASV And the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and said unto her, Entice him, and see wherein his great strength lieth, and by what means we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to afflict him: and we will give thee every one of us eleven hundred pieces of silver.
DRA And the princes of the Philistines came to her, and said: Deceive him, and learn of him wherein his great strength lieth, and how we may be able to overcome him, to bind and afflict him: which if thou shalt do, we will give thee every one of us eleven hundred pieces of silver.
YLT and the princes of the Philistines come up unto her, and say to her, 'Entice him, and see wherein his great power [is], and wherein we are able for him — and we have bound him to afflict him, and we — we give to thee, each one, eleven hundred silverlings.'
Drby And the lords of the Philistines came up to her, and said to her, Persuade him, and see in what his great strength is, and with what we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to overpower him; and we will each give thee eleven hundred silver-pieces.
RV And the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and said unto her, Entice him, and see wherein his great strength lieth, and by what means we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to afflict him: and we will give thee every one of us eleven hundred pieces of silver.
(And the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and said unto her, Entice him, and see wherein his great strength lieth/lies, and by what means we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to afflict him: and we will give thee/you every one of us eleven hundred pieces of silver. )
SLT And the princes of Philisteim will come up and will say to her, Persuade him, and see in what is his great strength, and in what we shall prevail against him, and bind him to humble him: and we give to thee each a thousand and a hundred of silver.
Wbstr And the lords of the Philistines came to her, and said to her, Entice him, and see in what his great strength lieth , and by what means we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to afflict him: and we will give thee every one of us eleven hundred pieces of silver.
KJB-1769 And the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and said unto her, Entice him, and see wherein his great strength lieth, and by what means we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to afflict him: and we will give thee every one of us eleven hundred pieces of silver.[fn]
(And the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and said unto her, Entice him, and see wherein his great strength lieth/lies, and by what means we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to afflict him: and we will give thee/you every one of us eleven hundred pieces of silver. )
16.5 afflict: or, humble
KJB-1611 And the lords of the Philistines came vp vnto her, and said vnto her, Entice him, and see wherein his great strength lieth, and by what meanes we may preuaile against him, that we may bind him, to [fn]afflict him: and we will giue thee euery one of vs, eleuen hundreth pieces of siluer.
(And the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and said unto her, Entice him, and see wherein his great strength lieth/lies, and by what means we may prevail against him, that we may bind him, to afflict him: and we will give thee/you every one of us, eleven hundredth pieces of silver.)
16:5 Or, humble.
Bshps No Bshps JDG book available
Gnva Vnto whome came the princes of the Philistims, and said vnto her, Entise him, and see wherein his great strength lieth, and by what meane we may ouercome him, that we may binde him, and punish him, and euery one of vs shall giue thee eleuen hundreth shekels of siluer.
(Unto whom came the princes of the Philistines, and said unto her, Entise him, and see wherein his great strength lieth/lies, and by what mean we may overcome him, that we may bind him, and punish him, and every one of us shall give thee/you eleven hundredth shekels of silver. )
Cvdl No Cvdl JDG book available
Wycl No Wycl JDG book available
Luth No Luth JDG book available
ClVg Veneruntque ad eam principes Philisthinorum, atque dixerunt: Decipe eum, et disce ab illo, in quo habeat tantam fortitudinem, et quomodo eam superare valeamus, et vinctum affligere: quod si feceris, dabimus tibi singuli mille et centum argenteos.
(And_they_came to her leaders Philisthinorum, and_yet they_said: Decipe him, and disce away illo, in/into/on where have such_a_great_dealm strength/courage, and how her superare valeamus, and vinctum affligere: that when/but_if you_did, dabimus to_you individually a_thousand and hundred argenteos. )
RP-GNT No RP-GNT JDG book available
16:5 The Philistine rulers knew that direct confrontation with Samson would not succeed, so they resorted to subterfuge. The generous offer by the rulers (literally lords) of the five Philistine cities (3:3) shows how seriously the Philistines took this matter.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
וַיַּעֲל֨וּ אֵלֶ֜יהָ סַרְנֵ֣י פְלִשְׁתִּ֗ים
and,came_up to=her/it masters_of Fəlishtiy
See the discussion in the Introduction to this chapter for an explanation of the author’s use of the words up and “down” with descriptions of travel. Alternate translation: [And the lords of the Philistines came to her]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
וַאֲנַ֨חְנוּ֙ נִתַּן־לָ֔ךְ אִ֕ישׁ
and,us give to/for=you(fs) (a)_man
The Philistine lords are using a common expression to mean that each one of them will give Delilah the amount specified. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [And each one of us will give you]
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis
אֶ֥לֶף וּמֵאָ֖ה כָּֽסֶף
thousand and,hundred pieces_of_silver
The lords are 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, as in the UST, if that would be clearer in your language.
Note 4 topic: translate-numbers
אֶ֥לֶף וּמֵאָ֖ה כָּֽסֶף
thousand and,hundred pieces_of_silver
It is not clear why the Philistine lords offer to give Delilah 1,100 silver pieces each. Usually people offer a large, round number such as 1,000. Some interpreters suggest that in this culture, adding 100 to a number was a way of specifying exactly that amount and no less. See the similar instance in [20:35](../20/35.md). Alternate translation: [no less than 1,000 pieces of silver]