JDG 9:21 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) Then Yotam fled away and escaped and went to Be’er and settled there away from the presence of his half-brother Abimelek.

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BrLXX Καὶ ἔφυγεν Ἰωάθαμ καὶ ἀπέδρα, καὶ ἐπορεύθη ἕως Βαιὴρ, καὶ ᾤκησεν ἐκεῖ ἀπὸ προσώπου Ἀβιμέλεχ ἀδελφοῦ αὐτοῦ.
(Kai efugen Yōatham kai apedra, kai eporeuthaʸ heōs Baiaʸr, kai ōkaʸsen ekei apo prosōpou Abimeleⱪ adelfou autou. )

BrTr And Joatham fled, and ran away, and went as far as Bæer, and dwelt there out of the way of his brother Abimelech.

ULT Then Jotham fled away and escaped, and he went to Beer. He settled there away from the presence of Abimelech, his brother.

UST After Jotham finished saying that, he escaped from them and ran away to the town of Beer. He stayed there because he was afraid that his half-brother Abimelech would try to kill him.

BSB § Then Jotham ran away, escaping to Beer, and he lived there for fear of his brother Abimelech.

OEB No OEB JDG book available

WEBBE Jotham ran away and fled, and went to Beer[fn] and lived there, for fear of Abimelech his brother.

9:21 “Beer” is Hebrew for “well”, i.e., a village named for its well.

WMBB (Same as above including footnotes)

NET Then Jotham ran away to Beer and lived there to escape from Abimelech his half-brother.

LSV And Jotham hurries, and flees, and goes to Beer, and dwells there, from the face of his brother Abimelech.

FBV Then Jotham escaped and ran away. He went to Beer and stayed there because of the threat of Abimelech his brother.

T4T After Jotham finished saying that, he escaped from them and ran away to Beer town. He stayed there because he was afraid that his brother Abimelech would try to kill him.

LEB And Jotham escaped and fled, and went to Beer; he remained there because of Abimelech his brother.
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BBE Then Jotham straight away went in flight to Beer, and was living there for fear of his brother Abimelech.

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JPS And Jotham ran away, and fled, and went to Beer, and dwelt there, for fear of Abimelech his brother.

ASV And Jotham ran away, and fled, and went to Beer, and dwelt there, for fear of Abimelech his brother.

DRA And when he had said thus he fled, and went into Bera: and dwelt there for fear of Abimelech his brother.

YLT And Jotham hasteth, and fleeth, and goeth to Beer, and dwelleth there, from the face of Abimelech his brother.

Drby And Jotham ran away, and fled, and went to Beer, and dwelt there, because of Abimelech his brother.

RV And Jotham ran away, and fled, and went to Beer, and dwelt there, for fear of Abimelech his brother.

Wbstr And Jotham ran away, and fled, and went to Beer, and dwelt there, for fear of Abimelech his brother.

KJB-1769 And Jotham ran away, and fled, and went to Beer, and dwelt there, for fear of Abimelech his brother.

KJB-1611 And Iotham ran away, and fled, and went to Beer, and dwelt there for feare of Abimeleeh his brother.
(And Yotham ran away, and fled, and went to Beer, and dwelt there for fear of Abimeleeh his brother.)

Bshps And Ioatham ran away and fledde, and went to Beer, and dwelt there, for feare of Abimelech his brother.
(And Yoatham ran away and fled, and went to Beer, and dwelt there, for fear of Abimelech his brother.)

Gnva And Iotham ran away, and fled, and went to Beer, and dwelt there for feare of Abimelech his brother.
(And Yotham ran away, and fled, and went to Beer, and dwelt there for fear of Abimelech his brother. )

Cvdl And Iotha (whan he had spoken this out) fled, and gat him out of the waye, and wente vnto Ber, and dwelt there because of his brother Abimelech.
(And Yotha (whan he had spoken this out) fled, and gat him out of the way, and went unto Ber, and dwelt there because of his brother Abimelech.)

Wycl And whanne he hadde seide these thingis, he fledde, and yede in to Berara, and dwellide there, for drede of Abymelech, his brother.
(And when he had said these things, he fled, and went in to Berara, and dwelled/dwelt there, for dread of Abymelech, his brother.)

Luth Und Jotham floh und entwich; und ging gen Ber und wohnte daselbst vor seinem Bruder Abimelech.
(And Yotham floh and entwich; and went to/toward Ber and wohnte there before/in_front_of his brother Abimelech.)

ClVg Quæ cum dixisset, fugit, et abiit in Bera: habitavitque ibi ob metum Abimelech fratris sui.
(Quæ when/with dixisset, fugit, and he_is_gone in Bera: habitavitque there ob metum Abimelech fratris sui. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

וַ⁠יָּ֣נָס יוֹתָ֔ם וַ⁠יִּבְרַ֖ח

and,fled Yōtām/(Jotham) and,fled

While the words escaped and fled mean similar things, the author does not seem to be using them together for emphasis (for example, to mean “hurriedly ran away”) or to express a single idea through them (for example, to mean “escaped by running away”). He seems to mean implicitly that Jotham escaped from Shechem, that is, he was able to shout his message without being captured, and then fled to the city of Beer where he was apparently safe from Abimelek. You could indicate this explicitly in your translation if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: “Then Jotham escaped from Shechem and fled for safety”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

מִ⁠פְּנֵ֖י

from=face/in_front_of

See the discussion of this phrase in the General Introduction to Judges. Alternate translation: “away from the presence of”

Note 3 topic: translate-kinship

אָחִֽי⁠ו

his/its=woman

Jotham and Abimelek had the same father but not the same mother. Your language may have its own term or expression for this relationship. Alternate translation: “his father’s son”

Parallel JDG 9:21