JDG 5:18 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) Zebulun were a tribe that devotedly risked losing their lives.
⇔ And Naftali was at their heights on the battlefield.

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 Ζαβουλὼν λαὸς ὠνείδισε ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ εἰς θάνατον, καὶ Νεφθαλὶ ἐπὶ ὕψη ἀγροῦ
(Zaboulōn laos ōneidise psuⱪaʸn autou eis thanaton, kai Nefthali epi hupsaʸ agrou )

BrTr The people Zabulon [fn]exposed their soul to death, and Nephthali came to the high places of their land.

ULT Zebulun was a people reproaching its soul unto death,
⇔ also Naphtali on the heights of the field.

UST But the soldiers from the tribe of Zebulun risked their lives on the battlefield.
⇔ The soldiers from the tribe of Naphtali also risked their lives in order to occupy the high ground on the battlefield.

BSB Zebulun was a people who risked their lives; Naphtali, too, on the heights of the battlefield.
⇔ 
⇔ 
⇔ 

MSB Zebulun was a people who risked their lives; Naphtali, too, on the heights of the battlefield.
⇔ 
⇔ 
⇔ 

OEB No OEB JDG book available

WEBBE Zebulun was a people that jeopardised their lives to the death;
⇔ Naphtali also, on the high places of the field.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET The men of Zebulun were not concerned about their lives;
⇔ Naphtali charged on to the battlefields.

LSV Zebulun [is] a people who exposed its soul to death,
Naphtali also—on high places of the field.

FBV The people of Zebulun risked their lives; as did Naphtali on the high battlefields.

T4T But men from the tribe descended from Zebulun risked ◄their lives/were ready to die fighting► on the battlefield,
⇔ and men descended from Naphtali were ready to do that, also.

LEB No LEB JDG book available

BBE It was the people of Zebulun who put their lives in danger, even to death, with Naphtali on the high places of the field.

Moff No Moff JDG book available

JPS Zebulun is a people that jeoparded their lives unto the death, and Naphtali, upon the high places of the field.

ASV Zebulun was a people that jeoparded their lives unto the death,
⇔ And Naphtali, upon the high places of the field.

DRA But Zabulon and Nephtali offered their lives to death in the region of Merome.

YLT Zebulun [is] a people who exposed its soul to death, Naphtali also — on high places of the field.

Drby Zebulun is a people [that] jeoparded their lives unto death, Naphtali also, on the high places of the field.

RV Zebulun was a people that jeoparded their lives unto the death, and Naphtali, upon the high places of the field.

SLT Zebulon a people reproached his soul to death, And Naphtali upon the heights of the field.

Wbstr Zebulun and Naphtali were a people that jeoparded their lives to death in the high places of the field.

KJB-1769 Zebulun and Naphtali were a people that jeoparded their lives unto the death in the high places of the field.[fn]

5.18 jeoparded: Heb. exposed to reproach

KJB-1611 Zebulun and Naphtali were a people that [fn]ieoparded their liues vnto the death, in the high places of the field.
(Zebulun and Naphtali were a people that ieoparded their lives unto the death, in the high places of the field.)

5:18 Heb. exposed to reproch.

Bshps No Bshps JDG book available

Gnva But the people of Zebulun and Naphtali haue ieopard their liues vnto the death in the hie places of the field.
(But the people of Zebulun and Naphtali have ieopard their lives unto the death in the high places of the field. )

Cvdl No Cvdl JDG book available

Wycl No Wycl JDG book available

Luth No Luth JDG book available

ClVg Zabulon vero et Nephthali obtulerunt animas suas morti in regione Merome.]
(Zabulon indeed/however and Nephthali obthey_took souls their_own death in/into/on region Merome.] )

RP-GNT No RP-GNT JDG book available

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-collectivenouns

זְבֻל֗וּן עַ֣ם חֵרֵ֥ף נַפְשׁ֛⁠וֹ לָ⁠מ֖וּת

Zəⱱulun people risked lives_of,their to,death

Since the song is referring to a group of people, it might be more natural in your language to use the plural form of soul. Alternate translation: [The people of Zebulun were reproaching their souls unto death]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

זְבֻל֗וּן עַ֣ם חֵרֵ֥ף נַפְשׁ֛⁠וֹ לָ⁠מ֖וּת

Zəⱱulun people risked lives_of,their to,death

The song is speaking as if the people of the tribe of Zebulun had literally been reproaching their souls during the battle, that is, as if they had been taunting or shaming them for wanting to stay alive. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [The people of Zebulun told themselves not to be afraid to die]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

וְ⁠נַפְתָּלִ֑י עַ֖ל מְרוֹמֵ֥י שָׂדֶֽה

and=Naftali on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in heights_of field

The song 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: [and the people of Naphtali were also not afraid to die on the heights on the battlefield]

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