JDG 2:6 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) Then Yehoshua dismissed the people and the tribes went to their various regions to take possession of the land.

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 ἐξαπέστειλεν Ἰησοῦς τὸν λαὸν, καὶ ἦλθεν ἀνὴρ εἰς τὴν κληρονομίαν αὐτοῦ κατακληρονομῆσαι τὴν γῆν.
(Kai exapesteilen Yaʸsous ton laon, kai aʸlthen anaʸr eis taʸn klaʸronomian autou kataklaʸronomaʸsai taʸn gaʸn. )

BrTr And Joshua dismissed the people, and they went every man to his inheritance, to inherit the land.

ULT Then Joshua dismissed the people, and the sons of Israel went each to his inheritance to posses the land.

UST After Joshua sent the people of Israel away, each group went to possess the land that had been permanently assigned to them.

BSB § After Joshua had dismissed the people, the Israelites went out to take possession of the land, each to his own inheritance.

OEB No OEB JDG book available

WEBBE Now when Joshua had sent the people away, the children of Israel each went to his inheritance to possess the land.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET When Joshua dismissed the people, the Israelites went to their allotted portions of territory, intending to take possession of the land.

LSV And Joshua sends the people away, and the sons of Israel go, each to his inheritance, to possess the land;

FBV After Joshua had dismissed the people, the Israelites went to take possession of the land, each to their allotted land.

T4T After Joshua sent the Israeli people away, each group went to possess the land that had been allotted to them.

LEB And Joshua sent the people away, and the Israelites[fn] went each to their[fn] own inheritance to take possession of the land.

2:6 Literally “sons/children of Israel”

2:6 Hebrew “his”

BBE And Joshua let the people go away, and the children of Israel went, every man to his heritage, to take the land for themselves.

Moff No Moff JDG book available

JPS Now when Joshua had sent the people away, the children of Israel went every man unto his inheritance to possess the land.

ASV Now when Joshua had sent the people away, the children of Israel went every man unto his inheritance to possess the land.

DRA And Josue sent away the people, and the children of Israel went every one to his own possession to hold it:

YLT And Joshua sendeth the people away, and the sons of Israel go, each to his inheritance, to possess the land;

Drby And Joshua dismissed the people, and the children of Israel went every man to his inheritance to possess the land.

RV Now when Joshua had sent the people away, the children of Israel went every man unto his inheritance to possess the land.

Wbstr And when Joshua had let the people go, the children of Israel went every man to his inheritance to possess the land.

KJB-1769 ¶ And when Joshua had let the people go, the children of Israel went every man unto his inheritance to possess the land.

KJB-1611 ¶ And when Ioshua had let the people goe, the children of Israel went euery man vnto his inheritance, to possesse the land.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps And whe Iosuah had sent the people away, the children of Israel went euery man into his inheritaunce to possesse the lande.
(And when Yoshua had sent the people away, the children of Israel went every man into his inheritance to possess the land.)

Gnva Now when Ioshua had sent the people away, the children of Israel went euery man into his inheritance, to possesse the land.
(Now when Yoshua had sent the people away, the children of Israel went every man into his inheritance, to possess the land. )

Cvdl For whan Iosua had sente awaye ye people, and the childre of Israel were gone, euery one to his enheritauce, for to take possession of the londe,
(For when Yoshua had sent away ye/you_all people, and the children of Israel were gone, every one to his enheritauce, for to take possession of the land,)

Wycl Therfor Josue lefte the puple; and the sones of Israel wenten forth, ech man in to his possessioun, that thei schulden gete it.
(Therefore Yosue left the puple; and the sons of Israel went forth, each man in to his possession, that they should gete it.)

Luth Denn als Josua das Volk von sich gelassen hatte, und die Kinder Israel hingezogen waren, ein jeglicher in sein Erbteil, das Land einzunehmen,
(Because als Yosua the people from itself/yourself/themselves gelassen had, and the children Israel hingezogen were, a jeglicher in his Erbteil, the Land einzunehmen,)

ClVg Dimisit ergo Josue populum, et abierunt filii Israël unusquisque in possessionem suam, ut obtinerent eam:
(Dimisit therefore Yosue the_people, and they_are_gone children Israel unusquisque in possession his_own, as obtinerent eam: )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-background

וַ⁠יְשַׁלַּ֥ח יְהוֹשֻׁ֖עַ אֶת־הָ⁠עָ֑ם וַ⁠יֵּלְכ֧וּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל

and,dismissed Yəhōshūˊa/(Joshua) DOM the,people and,went sons_of Yisrael

Here the author is providing background information to help readers understand what happens next in the story. See the discussion of this in the General Notes to this chapter. Alternate translation: [Now after Joshua had dismissed the people, the sons of Israel had gone]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

אִ֥ישׁ לְ⁠נַחֲלָת֖⁠וֹ

(a)_man to,inheritance,his_own

The author is speaking as if the land that Joshua assigned to the tribes were literally an inheritance that they received from a relative who had died. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [each one to his assigned territory]

Parallel JDG 2:6