JDG 5:5 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) Mountains melted in Yahweh’s presence,
⇔ Yes, Mt. Sinai shook in front of Israel’s God, Yahweh.

Key: khaki:verbs, blue:Elohim, green:YHWH.
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 Ὄρη ἐσαλεύθησαν ἀπὸ προσώπου Κυρίου Ἐλωῒ, τοῦτο Σινὰ ἀπὸ προσώπου Κυρίου Θεοῦ Ἰσραήλ.
(Oraʸ esaleuthaʸsan apo prosōpou Kuriou Elōi, touto Sina apo prosōpou Kuriou Theou Israaʸl. )

BrTr The mountains were shaken before the face of the Lord Eloi, this Sina before the face of the Lord God of Israel.

ULT Mountains flowed because of the presence of Yahweh,
⇔ this Sinai, because of the presence of Yahweh, the God of Israel.

UST The mountains shook when you came,
⇔ just like Mount Sinai shook when you appeared there,
⇔ because you are Yahweh,
⇔ the God of Israel.

BSB The mountains quaked before the LORD,
⇔ the One of Sinai,
⇔ before the LORD,
⇔ the God of Israel.

OEB No OEB JDG book available

WEBBE The mountains quaked at the LORD’s presence,
⇔ even Sinai at the presence of the LORD, the God of Israel.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET The mountains trembled before the Lord, the God of Sinai;
⇔ before the Lord God of Israel.

LSV Hills flowed from the face of YHWH,
This one—Sinai—From the face of YHWH, God of Israel.

FBV The mountains melted in the presence of the Lord, the God of Sinai, in the presence of the Lord, the God of Israel.

T4T The mountains shook when you came,
⇔ just like Sinai Mountain shook when you appeared there,
⇔ because you are Yahweh,
⇔ the God whom we Israelis worship.

LEB • [fn] before Yahweh, this Sinai, at the presence of Yahweh, the God of Israel.

5:1 Or “quaked”

BBE The mountains were shaking before the Lord, before the Lord, the God of Israel.

Moff No Moff JDG book available

JPS The mountains quaked at the presence of the LORD, even yon Sinai at the presence of the LORD, the God of Israel.

ASV The mountains quaked at the presence of Jehovah,
⇔ Even yon Sinai at the presence of Jehovah, the God of Israel.

DRA The mountains melted before the face of the Lord, and Sinai before the face of the Lord the God of Israel.

YLT Hills flowed from the face of Jehovah, This one — Sinai — From the face of Jehovah, God of Israel.

Drby The mountains quaked before the face of Jehovah, That Sinai, from before Jehovah the [fn]God of Israel.

5.5 Elohim

RV The mountains flowed down at the presence of the LORD, even yon Sinai at the presence of the LORD, the God of Israel.

Wbstr The mountains melted from before the LORD, even that Sinai from before the LORD God of Israel.

KJB-1769 The mountains melted from before the LORD, even that Sinai from before the LORD God of Israel.[fn]

5.5 melted: Heb. flowed

KJB-1611 [fn][fn][fn]The mountaines melted from before the LORD, euen that Sinai, from before the LORD God of Israel.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)

5:5 Psal.97.5.

5:5 Hebr. flowed.

5:5 Exod.19. 18.

Bshps The mountaynes melted before the Lord, euen as dyd Sinai before ye Lord God of Israel.
(The mountains melted before the Lord, even as did Sinai before ye/you_all Lord God of Israel.)

Gnva The mountaines melted before the Lord, as did that Sinai before the Lord God of Israel.
(The mountains melted before the Lord, as did that Sinai before the Lord God of Israel. )

Cvdl The hilles melted before the LORDE, Sinai before the LORDE the God of Israel.
(The hills melted before the LORD, Sinai before the LORD the God of Israel.)

Wycl and Synai fro the face of the Lord God of Israel.
(and Synai from the face of the Lord God of Israel.)

Luth Die Berge ergossen sich vor dem HErr’s, der Sinai vor dem HErr’s, dem GOtt Israels.
(The mountains/hills ergossen itself/yourself/themselves before/in_front_of to_him LORD’s, the/of_the Sinai before/in_front_of to_him LORD’s, to_him God Israels.)

ClVg Montes fluxerunt a facie Domini, et Sinai a facie Domini Dei Israël.
(Montes fluxerunt from face Master, and Sinai from face Master of_God Israel. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

הָרִ֥ים נָזְל֖וּ

mountains quaked

The song is speaking as if the mountains above the battlefield had literally flowed down onto it. This seems to be a reference to the way the downpour made the mountain streams overflow. (Ultimately, they fed into the Kishon River, and it flooded the battlefield. See 5:21.) This might also be an allusion to the way that the overflowing streams would have carried dirt, branches, rocks, etc., down from the mountains, as if the mountains themselves were coming down onto the plain. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [The mountain streams overflowed]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

זֶ֣ה סִינַ֔י מִ⁠פְּנֵ֕י יְהוָ֖ה

this Şīnay from=face/in_front_of YHWH

The song is saying that what happened to the mountains above the battlefield was just like what happened when Yahweh appeared to the Israelites at Mount Sinai. When he did, according to Exodus 19:16–18, there was also a thunderstorm and the mountain shook. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [just as Mount Sinai trembled when Yahweh appeared there in a storm]

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