Parallel JDG 18:19

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BSB § “Be quiet,” they told him. “Put your hand over your mouth and come with us and be a father and a priest to us. Is it better for you to be a priest for the house of one person or a priest for a tribe and family in Israel?”

OEB No OEB JDG book available

WEB They said to him, “Hold your peace, put your hand on your mouth, and go with us. Be a father and a priest to us. Is it better for you to be priest to the house of one man, or to be priest to a tribe and a family in Israel?”

NET They said to him, “Shut up! Put your hand over your mouth and come with us! You can be our adviser and priest. Wouldn’t it be better to be a priest for a whole Israelite tribe than for just one man’s family?”

LSV And they say to him, “Keep silent, lay your hand on your mouth, and go with us, and be for a father and for a priest to us: is it better your being a priest for the house of one man, or your being priest for a tribe and for a family in Israel?”

FBV “Be quiet! Don't say anything! Come with us, and you can be our ‘father’ and priest. Wouldn't it be better for you if instead of being a priest for just one man's household that you were the priest of an Israelite tribe and family?”

T4T They replied, “Be quiet! Do not say anything! You come with us and be like a father to us and a priest for us. Is it better for you to stay here and be a priest for the people in the house of one man, or to be a priest for a clan, and a priest for a whole tribe of Israelis?” [RHQ]

LEB And they said to him, “Keep quiet! Put your hand on your mouth and come with us and be for us a father and a priest. Is it better being a priest for a house of one man or being a priest for a tribe and clan in Israel?”

BBE And they said to him, Be quiet; say nothing, and come with us and be our father and priest; is it better for you to be priest to one man's house or to be priest to a tribe and a family in Israel?

MOF No MOF JDG book available

JPS And they said unto him: 'Hold thy peace, lay thy hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest; is it better for thee to be priest unto the house of one man, or to be priest unto a tribe and a family in Israel?'

ASV And they said unto him, Hold thy peace, lay thy hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest: is it better for thee to be priest unto the house of one man, or to be priest unto a tribe and a family in Israel?

DRA And they said to him: Hold thy peace and put thy finger on thy mouth and come with us, that we may have thee for a father, and a priest. Whether is better for thee, to be a priest in the house of one man, or in a tribe and family in Israel?

YLT and they say to him, 'Keep silent, lay thy hand on thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us for a father and for a priest: is it better thy being a priest to the house of one man, or thy being priest to a tribe and to a family in Israel?'

DBY And they said to him, Hold thy peace, lay thy hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest. Is it better for thee to be a priest for the house of one man, or to be priest for a tribe and a family in Israel?

RV And they said unto him, Hold thy peace, lay thine hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest: is it better for thee to be priest unto the house of one man, or to be priest unto a tribe and a family in Israel?

WBS And they said to him, Hold thy peace, lay thy hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest: Is it better for thee to be a priest to the house of one man, or that thou shouldst be a priest to a tribe and a family in Israel?

KJB And they said unto him, Hold thy peace, lay thine hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest: is it better for thee to be a priest unto the house of one man, or that thou be a priest unto a tribe and a family in Israel?
  (And they said unto him, Hold thy/your peace, lay thine/your hand upon thy/your mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest: is it better for thee to be a priest unto the house of one man, or that thou/you be a priest unto a tribe and a family in Israel? )

BB They aunswered hym: Holde thy peace, lay thine hande vpon thy mouth, and come with vs, to be our father and priest: Is it better for thee to be a priest vnto the house of one man, then to be a priest vnto a tribe or kynred in Israel?
  (They answered him: Holde thy/your peace, lay thine/your hand upon thy/your mouth, and come with us, to be our father and priest: Is it better for thee to be a priest unto the house of one man, then to be a priest unto a tribe or kynred in Israel?)

GNV And they answered him, Holde thy peace: lay thine hande vpon thy mouth, and come with vs to be our father and Priest. Whether is it better that thou shouldest be a Priest vnto ye house of one man, or that thou shouldest be a Priest vnto a tribe and to a familie in Israel?
  (And they answered him, Holde thy/your peace: lay thine/your hand upon thy/your mouth, and come with us to be our father and Priest. Whether is it better that thou/you should be a Priest unto ye/you_all house of one man, or that thou/you should be a Priest unto a tribe and to a familie in Israel? )

CB They answered him: Holde thy peace, and laye thine hande vpon thy mouth, and go with vs, yt thou mayest be oure father & prest. Is it better for the to be prest in one mans house, then amonge a whole trybe & kynred in Israel?
  (They answered him: Holde thy/your peace, and lay thine/your hand upon thy/your mouth, and go with us, it thou/you mayest/may be our father and priest. Is it better for the to be priest in one mans house, then among a whole tribe and kynred in Israel?)

WYC To whom thei answeriden, Be thou stille, and putte the fyngur on thi mouth, and come with vs, that we haue thee fadir and preest. What is betere to thee, that thou be preest in the hows of o man, whether in o lynage and meynee in Israel?
  (To whom they answeredn, Be thou/you stille, and putte the finger on thy/your mouth, and come with us, that we have thee father and preest. What is better to thee, that thou/you be preest in the house of o man, whether in o lineage and meynee in Israel?)

LUT Sie antworteten ihm: Schweig und halte das Maul zu und zeuch mit uns, daß du unser Vater und Priester seiest. Ist dir‘s besser, daß du in des einigen Mannes Hause Priester seiest, oder unter einem ganzen Stamm und Geschlecht in Israel?
  (They/She antworteten ihm: Schweig and halte the Maul to and zeuch with uns, that you unser father and Priester seiest. Ist dir‘s besser, that you in the einigen Mannes Hause Priester seiest, or under one ganzen Stamm and Geschlecht in Israel?)

CLV Cui responderunt: Tace et pone digitum super os tuum: venique nobiscum, ut habeamus te patrem, ac sacerdotem. Quid tibi melius est, ut sis sacerdos in domo unius viri, an in una tribu et familia in Israël?
  (Cui responderunt: Tace and pone digitum super os tuum: venique nobiscum, as habeamus you(sg) patrem, ac sacerdotem. Quid to_you melius it_is, as sis sacerdos in domo unius viri, an in una tribu and familia in Israël? )

BRN And they said to him, Be silent, lay thine hand upon thy mouth, and come with us, and be to us a father and a priest: is it better for thee to be the priest of the house of one man, or to be the priest of a tribe and house for a family of Israel?

BrLXX Καὶ εἶπαν αὐτῷ, κώφευσον, ἐπίθες τὴν χεῖρά σου ἐπὶ τὸ στόμα σου, καὶ δεῦρο μεθʼ ἡμῶν, καὶ γένου ἡμῖν εἰς πατέρα καὶ εἰς ἱερέα· μὴ ἀγαθὸν εἶναί σε ἱερέα οἴκου ἀνδρὸς ἑνὸς, ἢ γενέσθαι σε ἱερέα φυλῆς καὶ οἴκου εἰς δῆμον Ἰσραήλ;
  (Kai eipan autōi, kōfeuson, epithes taʸn ⱪeira sou epi to stoma sou, kai deuro methʼ haʸmōn, kai genou haʸmin eis patera kai eis hierea; maʸ agathon einai se hierea oikou andros henos, aʸ genesthai se hierea fulaʸs kai oikou eis daʸmon Israaʸl? )