JDG 5:25 Parallel Verse View

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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 Ὕδωρ ᾔτησε, γάλα ἔδωκεν ἐν λεκάνῃ· ὑπερεχόντων προσήνεγκε βούτυρον.
(Hudōr aʸtaʸse, gala edōken en lekanaʸ; hupereⱪontōn prosaʸnegke bouturon. )

BrTr He asked for water, she gave him milk in a dish; she brought butter of princes.

ULT Water he requested, milk she gave, in a bowl suitable for nobles,
⇔ she brought curdled milk.

UST Sisera asked for some water,
⇔ and Jael gave him some milk.
⇔ She brought him some yogurt in a bowl that was suitable for kings.

BSB He asked for water, and she gave him milk.
⇔ In a magnificent bowl she brought him curds.

OEB No OEB JDG book available

WEBBE He asked for water.
⇔ She gave him milk.
⇔ She brought him butter in a lordly dish.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET He asked for water,
⇔ and she gave him milk;
⇔ in a bowl fit for a king,
⇔ she served him curds.

LSV He asked for water—she gave milk; She brought butter near in a lordly dish.

FBV He asked for water, and she gave him milk. In a bowl fit for nobles she brought him buttermilk.

T4T Sisera asked for some water,
⇔ but Jael gave him some milk.
⇔ She brought him some yogurt/curds in a bowl that was suitable for kings.

LEB • and she gave milk; in a drinking bowl for nobles, she brought curds.

BBE His request was for water, she gave him milk; she put butter before him on a fair plate.

Moff No Moff JDG book available

JPS Water he asked, milk she gave him; in a lordly bowl she brought him curd.

ASV He asked water, and she gave him milk;
⇔ She brought him butter in a lordly dish.

DRA He asked her water and she gave him milk, and offered him butter in a dish fit for princes.

YLT Water he asked — milk she gave; In a lordly dish she brought near butter.

Drby He asked water, she gave milk; In the nobles' bowl she brought forth cream.

RV He asked water, and she gave him milk; she brought him butter in a lordly dish.

Wbstr He asked water, and she gave him milk; she brought forth butter in a lordly dish.

KJB-1769 He asked water, and she gave him milk; she brought forth butter in a lordly dish.

KJB-1611 He asked water, and she gaue him milke, shee brought foorth butter in a lordly dish.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps He asked water, and she gaue him mylke, she brought foorth butter in a lordly dysshe.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from marking of added words (and possibly capitalisation and punctuation))

Gnva He asked water, and shee gaue him milke: she brought forth butter in a lordly dish.
(He asked water, and she gave him milk: she brought forth butter in a lordly dish. )

Cvdl Whan he axed water, she gaue him mylke, & broughte forth butter in a lordly disshe.
(When he asked water, she gave him milk, and brought forth butter in a lordly dish.)

Wycl To Sisara axynge watir sche yaf mylk, and in a viol of princes sche yaf botere.
(To Sisara axynge water she gave milk, and in a viol of princes she gave butter.)

Luth Milch gab sie, da er Wasser forderte, und Butter brachte sie dar in einer herrlichen Schale.
(Milch gave sie, there he water forderte, and Butter brought they/she/them dar in einer herrlichen Schale.)

ClVg Aquam petenti lac dedit, et in phiala principum obtulit butyrum.
(Aquam petenti lac he_gave, and in phiala of_the_princes obtook butyrum. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-pronouns

מַ֥יִם שָׁאַ֖ל חָלָ֣ב נָתָ֑נָה

waters asked_for milk gave

The pronoun he refers to Sisera, and the pronoun she refers to Jael. It may be helpful to clarify this for your readers. Alternate translation: “Sisera requested water, Jael gave him milk”

Note 2 topic: translate-symaction

בְּ⁠סֵ֥פֶל אַדִּירִ֖ים הִקְרִ֥יבָה חֶמְאָֽה

in/on/at/with,bowl nobles brought curds

Bringing more than Sisera asked for and bringing it in an elegant bowl was a symbolic action that suggested that Jael respected Sisera and wanted to honor him. This would have made Sisera less cautious and encouraged him to think that he could safely go to sleep. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could explain the significance of this action. Alternate translation: “to suggest that she respected and honored him, she brought curdled milk in an elegant bowl”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

בְּ⁠סֵ֥פֶל אַדִּירִ֖ים

in/on/at/with,bowl nobles

The song is using this possessive form to describe the kind of elegant bowl that wealthy nobles would have. This does not mean a bowl that contained nobles or a bowl that actually belonged to nobles. It may be helpful to clarify this for your readers. Alternate translation: “in a bowl fit for nobles” or “in an elegant bowl”

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