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OET (OET-RV) “They were my brothers—the sons of my mother,” he said. “As Yahweh lives, if only you had let them live, I wouldn’t have killed you.”
OET-LV And_said brothers_of_my the_sons_of mother_of_my they by_the_life of_YHWH if you_all_had_let_live DOM_them not I_killed DOM_you_all.
UHB וַיֹּאמַ֕ר אַחַ֥י בְּנֵֽי־אִמִּ֖י הֵ֑ם חַי־יְהוָ֗ה ל֚וּ הַחֲיִתֶ֣ם אוֹתָ֔ם לֹ֥א הָרַ֖גְתִּי אֶתְכֶֽם׃ ‡
(vayyoʼmar ʼaḩay bənēy-ʼimmiy hēm ḩay-yhwh lū haḩₐyitem ʼōtām loʼ hāragtī ʼetkem.)
Key: khaki:verbs, red:negative, 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 Καὶ εἶπε Γεδεὼν, ἀδελφοί μου καὶ υἱοὶ τῆς μητρός μου ἦσαν· ζῇ Κύριος· εἰ ἐζωογονήκειτε αὐτοὺς, οὐκ ἂν ἀπέκτεινα ὑμᾶς.
(Kai eipe Gedeōn, adelfoi mou kai huioi taʸs maʸtros mou aʸsan; zaʸ Kurios; ei ezōogonaʸkeite autous, ouk an apekteina humas. )
BrTr And Gedeon said, They were my brethren and the sons of my mother: as the Lord lives, if ye had preserved them alive, I would not have slain you.
ULT And he said, “They were my brothers, the sons of my mother! The life of Yahweh, if you had let them live, I would not have killed you.”
UST Gideon replied, “Those men were my own brothers! I swear by Yahweh that I would spare your lives now if you had spared their lives then.”
BSB “They were my brothers,” Gideon replied, “the sons of my mother! As surely as the LORD lives, if you had let them live, I would not kill you.”
MSB (Same as above)
OEB No OEB JDG book available
WEBBE He said, “They were my brothers, the sons of my mother. As the LORD lives, if you had saved them alive, I would not kill you.”
WMBB (Same as above)
NET He said, “They were my brothers, the sons of my mother. I swear, as surely as the Lord is alive, if you had let them live, I would not kill you.”
LSV And he says, “They [were] my brothers—sons of my mother; YHWH lives, if you had kept them alive—I would not kill you.”
FBV “Those were my brothers, my mother's sons,” Gideon burst out. “As the Lord lives, if you had let them live, I wouldn't kill you!”
T4T Gideon replied, “They were my brothers! Just as surely as Yahweh lives, I would not kill you if you had not killed them.”
LEB No LEB JDG book available
BBE And he said, They were my brothers, my mother's sons: by the life of the Lord, if you had kept them safe, I would not put you to death.
Moff No Moff JDG book available
JPS And he said: 'They were my brethren, the sons of my mother; as the LORD liveth, if ye had saved them alive, I would not slay you.'
ASV And he said, They were my brethren, the sons of my mother: as Jehovah liveth, if ye had saved them alive, I would not slay you.
DRA He answered them: They were my brethren, the sons of my mother. As the Lord liveth, if you had saved them, I would not kill you.
YLT And he saith, 'My brethren — sons of my mother — they; Jehovah liveth, if ye had kept them alive — I had not slain you.'
Drby And he said, They were my brethren, the sons of my mother. [As] Jehovah liveth, if ye had saved them alive, I would not slay you.
RV And he said, They were my brethren, the sons of my mother: as the LORD liveth, if ye had saved them alive, I would not slay you.
(And he said, They were my brethren/brothers, the sons of my mother: as the LORD liveth/lives, if ye/you_all had saved them alive, I would not slay you. )
SLT And he will say, My brethren, the sons of my mother: Jehovah lives, would that ye preserved them alive, and I had not slain you.
Wbstr And he said, They were my brethren, even the sons of my mother: as the LORD liveth, if ye had saved them alive, I would not slay you.
KJB-1769 And he said, They were my brethren, even the sons of my mother: as the LORD liveth, if ye had saved them alive, I would not slay you.
(And he said, They were my brethren/brothers, even the sons of my mother: as the LORD liveth/lives, if ye/you_all had saved them alive, I would not slay you. )
KJB-1611 And hee said, They were my brethren, euen the sonnes of my mother: as the LORD liueth, if yee had saued them aliue, I would not slay you.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)
Bshps No Bshps JDG book available
Gnva And he said, They were my brethren, euen my mothers children: as the Lord liueth, if ye had saued their liues, I would not slay you.
(And he said, They were my brethren/brothers, even my mothers children: as the Lord liveth/lives, if ye/you_all had saved their lives, I would not slay you. )
Cvdl No Cvdl JDG book available
Wycl No Wycl JDG book available
Luth No Luth JDG book available
ClVg Quibus ille respondit: Fratres mei fuerunt, filii matris meæ. Vivit Dominus, quia si servassetis eos, non vos occiderem.
(To_whom he answered: Brothers my/mine they_were, children mother my. Vivit Master, because when/but_if servassetis them, not/no you occiderem. )
RP-GNT No RP-GNT JDG book available
8:18-21 It is not clear just when the slaughter at Tabor took place; it may have occurred during the earlier battle.
Note 1 topic: translate-kinship
אַחַ֥י בְּנֵֽי־אִמִּ֖י הֵ֑ם
brothers_of,my sons_of mother_of,my they
Gideon is specifying that he had not just the same father but also the same mother as these men. Your language may have its own term or expression for this relationship. Alternate translation: [They were my full brothers]
Note 2 topic: writing-oathformula
חַי־יְהוָ֗ה
he/it_lived YHWH
Following the custom of his culture, Gideon is swearing an oath by guaranteeing it by something he holds sacred. Use a natural way in your language to express an oath. The UST models one way to do that.