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OET (OET-RV) He asked for water—she gave him milk,
⇔ Yogurt in a bowl suitable for nobles.
OET-LV Water he_asked milk she_gave in/on/at/with_bowl_of nobles she_brought_near curd[s].
UHB מַ֥יִם שָׁאַ֖ל חָלָ֣ב נָתָ֑נָה בְּסֵ֥פֶל אַדִּירִ֖ים הִקְרִ֥יבָה חֶמְאָֽה׃ ‡
(mayim shāʼal ḩālāⱱ nātānāh bəşēfel ʼaddīrim hiqriyⱱāh ḩemʼāh.)
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 of nobles she brought curdled milk.
UST Although Sisera only asked for some water, Jael gave him some milk.
⇔ She brought him some yogurt in the kind of bowl that rulers have.
BSB He asked for water, [and] she gave him milk. In a magnificent bowl she brought him curds.
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MSB (Same as BSB above)
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 No LEB JDG book available
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.
SLT He asked water, she gave milk; In a prince’s dish brought she curdled milk.
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 No Bshps JDG book available
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 No Cvdl JDG book available
Wycl No Wycl JDG book available
Luth No Luth JDG book available
ClVg Aquam petenti lac dedit, et in phiala principum obtulit butyrum.
(Aquam petenti milk he_gave, and in/into/on phiala of_the_princes offered butyrum. )
RP-GNT No RP-GNT JDG book available
5:1-31 This song, a victory hymn usually credited to Deborah, presents a second, more poetic account of the entire battle with various details that supplement the prose account. It is one of the most ancient Hebrew poems. It blesses the Lord, those tribes who responded to the muster, and Jael. It curses those who remained at home, Sisera, and his mother’s entourage. It contrasts conditions before Barak’s victory, when the Lord’s curse was on the land, with the life of blessing in the wake of the warriors’ righteous acts. It ends with a prayer that the Lord’s enemies will perish like Sisera (5:31).
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_of 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_of 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]