JDG 4:23 Parallel Verse View

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Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance=normal (All still tentative.)

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).

BrLXX Καὶ ἐτρόπωσεν ὁ Θεὸς τὸν Ἰαβὶν βασιλέα Χαναὰν ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ ἔμπροσθεν υἱῶν Ἰσραήλ.
(Kai etropōsen ho Theos ton Yabin basilea Ⱪanaʼan en taʸ haʸmera ekeinaʸ emprosthen huiōn Israaʸl. )

BrTr So God routed Jabin king of Chanaan in that day before the children of Israel.

ULT So on that day God vanquished Jabin, the king of Canaan, before the sons of Israel.

UST On that day God enabled the Israelites to defeat the army of Jabin, one of the kings of the Canaanites.

OEB No OEB JDG book available

WEBBE So God subdued Jabin the king of Canaan before the children of Israel on that day.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET That day God humiliated King Jabin of Canaan before the Israelites.

LSV And God humbles Jabin king of Canaan before the sons of Israel on that day,

FBV That day God defeated Jabin, king of Canaan, in the presence of the Israelites.

T4T On that day God enabled the Israelis to defeat the army of Jabin, the king of the people of Canaan.

LEB On that day God subdued Jabin king of Canaan before the Israelites.[fn]

4:23 Literally “sons/children of Israel”

BBE So that day God overcame Jabin, king of Canaan, before the children of Israel.

Moff No Moff JDG book available

JPS So God subdued on that day Jabin the king of Canaan before the children of Israel.

ASV So God subdued on that day Jabin the king of Canaan before the children of Israel.

DRA So God that day humbled Jabin the king of Chanaan before the children of Israel:

YLT And God humbleth on that day Jabin king of Canaan before the sons of Israel,

Drby So [fn]God subdued on that day Jabin king of Canaan before the children of Israel.

4.23 Elohim

RV So God subdued on that day Jabin the king of Canaan before the children of Israel.

Wbstr So God subdued on that day Jabin the king of Canaan before the children of Israel.

KJB-1769 So God subdued on that day Jabin the king of Canaan before the children of Israel.

KJB-1611 So God subdued on that day, Iabin the king of Canaan, before the children of Israel.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps And so God brought Iabin the kyng of Chanaan into subiection that day before the children of Israel.
(And so God brought Yabin the king of Chanaan into subjection that day before the children of Israel.)

Gnva So God brought downe Iabin the King of Canaan that day before the children of Israel.
(So God brought down Yabin the King of Canaan that day before the children of Israel. )

Cvdl Thus God broughte downe Iabin the kynge of the Cananites before the children of Israel at that tyme,
(Thus God brought down Yabin the king of the Canaanites before the children of Israel at that time,)

Wycl Therfor in that day God `made low Jabyn, the kyng of Canaan, bifor the sones of Israel; whiche encresiden ech dai, and with strong hond oppressiden Jabyn, the kyng of Canaan, til thei diden hym awey.
(Therefore in that day God `made low Yabyn, the king of Canaan, before the sons of Israel; which encresiden each day, and with strong hand oppressedn Yabyn, the king of Canaan, till they did him away.)

Luth Also dämpfte GOtt zu der Zeit Jabin, der Kanaaniter König, vor den Kindern Israel.
(So dämpfte God to the/of_the time Yabin, the/of_the Kanaaniter king, before/in_front_of the Kindern Israel.)

ClVg Humiliavit ergo Deus in die illo Jabin regem Chanaan coram filiis Israël:
(Humiliavit therefore God in day illo Yabin regem Chanaan before childrens Israel: )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

בַּ⁠יּ֣וֹם הַ⁠ה֔וּא

in_the=day (the)=that

While the battle against Sisera did take place on a specific day, the author may be using the term day to refer generally to the whole time when the Israelites gathered an army to oppose the rule of Jabin and fought against his forces. Alternate translation: “at that time”

Note 2 topic: writing-endofstory

וַ⁠יַּכְנַ֤ע אֱלֹהִים֙ בַּ⁠יּ֣וֹם הַ⁠ה֔וּא אֵ֖ת יָבִ֣ין מֶֽלֶךְ־כְּנָ֑עַן לִ⁠פְנֵ֖י בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל

and,subdued ʼElohīm in_the=day (the)=that DOM Yāⱱīn/(Jabin) king Kenaan to=(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before sons_of Yisrael

In this verse and the next one, the author is ending this story of Deborah and Barak with a summary of what happened. Your language may have its own way of presenting such a summary at the end of a story.

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

וַ⁠יַּכְנַ֤ע אֱלֹהִים֙ & אֵ֖ת יָבִ֣ין מֶֽלֶךְ־כְּנָ֑עַן לִ⁠פְנֵ֖י בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל

and,subdued ʼElohīm & DOM Yāⱱīn/(Jabin) king Kenaan to=(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before sons_of Yisrael

In one sense, this battle was a direct contest between the power of God and the power of Jabin. (The next chapter describes how God sent a hailstorm to thwart Sisera’s chariots.) In another sense, the author is speaking of God to represent all of the forces on the side of Israel, including God, and he is using Jabin to represent that king and his army. The UST models one way to represent this second sense.

Parallel JDG 4:23