JDG 9:36 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) When Ga’al saw the people, he said to Zebul, “Look, a group of people is coming down from the tops of the hills!”
¶ “You are seeing the shadow of the hills as men,” Zebul responded.

Key: khaki:verbs.
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BrLXX Καὶ εἶδε Γαὰλ υἱὸς Ἰωβὴλ τὸν λαὸν, καὶ εἶπε πρὸς Ζεβοὺλ, ἰδοὺ λαὸς καταβαίνει ἀπὸ τῶν κεφαλῶν τῶν ὀρέων· καὶ εἶπε πρὸς αὐτὸν Ζεβοὺλ, τὴν σκιὰν τῶν ὀρέων σὺ βλέπεις ὡς ἄνδρας.
(Kai eide Gaʼal huios Yōbaʸl ton laon, kai eipe pros Zeboul, idou laos katabainei apo tōn kefalōn tōn oreōn; kai eipe pros auton Zeboul, taʸn skian tōn oreōn su blepeis hōs andras. )

BrTr And Gaal the son of Jobel saw the people, and said to Zebul, Behold, a people comes down from the top of the mountains: and Zebul said to him, Thou seest the shadow of the mountains as men.

ULT And Gaal saw the people and he said to Zebul, “Behold, a people is coming down from the tops of the hills!” But Zebul said to him, “The shadow of the hills, you are seeing as men.”

UST When Gaal saw the soldiers, he said to Zebul, “Look! There is a group of people coming down from the hills!”
¶ But Zebul said, “You are just seeing the shadow that one hill casts on another as the sun gets higher in the sky. That dark shape is not a group of people. It only looks like one.”

BSB § When Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul, “Look, people are coming down from the mountains!”
§ But Zebul replied, “The shadows of the mountains look like men to you.”

OEB No OEB JDG book available

WEBBE When Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul, “Behold, people are coming down from the tops of the mountains.”
¶ Zebul said to him, “You see the shadows of the mountains as if they were men.”

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Gaal saw the men and said to Zebul, “Look, men are coming down from the tops of the hills.” But Zebul said to him, “You are seeing the shadows on the hills – it just looks like men.”

LSV and Gaal sees the people and says to Zebul, “Behold, people are coming down from the top of the hills”; and Zebul says to him, “You are seeing the shadow of the hills like men.”

FBV Gaal saw the army approaching and said to Zebul, “Look! Some people are coming down from the hilltops!”
¶ “That's just shadows made by the hills that look like men,” Zebul replied.

T4T When Gaal saw the soldiers, he said to Zebul, “Look! There are people coming down from the hills!”
¶ But Zebul said, “You are seeing only the shadows of trees on the hills. They are not people; they only resemble people.”

LEB When Gaal saw the army, he said to Zebul, “Look, people are coming down from the top of the mountains!” And Zebul said to him, “_⌊The shadows of the mountains look like people to you_⌋.”[fn]

9:36 Literally “the shadows of the mountains you are seeing as men”

BBE And when Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul, See! people are coming down from the tops of the mountains. And Zebul said to him, You see the shade of the mountains like men.

Moff No Moff JDG book available

JPS And when Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul: 'Behold, there come people down from the tops of the mountains.' And Zebul said unto him: 'Thou seest the shadow of the mountains as if they were men.'

ASV And when Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul, Behold, there come people down from the tops of the mountains. And Zebul said unto him, Thou seest the shadow of the mountains as if they were men.

DRA And when Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul: Behold a multitude cometh down from the mountains. And he answered him: Thou seest the shadows of the mountains as if they were the heads of men, and this is thy mistake.

YLT and Gaal seeth the people, and saith unto Zebul, 'Lo, people are coming down from the top of the hills;' and Zebul saith unto him, 'The shadow of the hills thou art seeing like men.'

Drby And Gaal saw the people, and said to Zebul, Behold, people are coming down from the tops of the mountains. And Zebul said to him, Thou seest the shadow of the mountains as men.

RV And when Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul, Behold, there come people down from the tops of the mountains. And Zebul said unto him, Thou seest the shadow of the mountains as if they were men.
(And when Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul, Behold, there come people down from the tops of the mountains. And Zebul said unto him, Thou/You seest/see the shadow of the mountains as if they were men. )

SLT And Gaal will see the people, and he will say to Zebul, Behold, people coming down from the heads of the mountains. And Zebul will say to him, Thou seest the shadow of the mountains as men.

Wbstr And when Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul, Behold, there come people down from the top of the mountains. And Zebul said to him, Thou seest the shadow of the mountains as if they were men.

KJB-1769 And when Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul, Behold, there come people down from the top of the mountains. And Zebul said unto him, Thou seest the shadow of the mountains as if they were men.
(And when Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul, Behold, there come people down from the top of the mountains. And Zebul said unto him, Thou/You seest/see the shadow of the mountains as if they were men. )

KJB-1611 And when Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul, Behold, there come people downe frō the top of the mountaines. And Zebul saide vnto him, Thou seest the shadow of the mountaines, as if they were men.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from marking of added words (and possibly capitalisation and punctuation))

Bshps And when Gaal sawe ye people, he sayd to Zebul: Beholde, there come people downe from the top of the mountaines. And Zebul sayd vnto him: The shadow of the hylles seeme men vnto thee.
(And when Gaal saw ye/you_all people, he said to Zebul: Behold, there come people down from the top of the mountains. And Zebul said unto him: The shadow of the hills seem men unto thee/you.)

Gnva And when Gaal sawe the people, he said to Zebul, Beholde, there come people downe from the tops of the mountaines: and Zebul said vnto him, The shadowe of the mountaines seeme men vnto thee.
(And when Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul, Behold, there come people down from the tops of the mountains: and Zebul said unto him, The shadow of the mountains seem men unto thee/you. )

Cvdl Now whan Gaal sawe the people, he sayde vnto Sebul: Beholde, there commeth a people downe from the toppe of ye mount. Sebul saide vnto him: Thou seist ye shadowe of the mountaines as though they were me.
(Now when Gaal saw the people, he said unto Sebul: Behold, there cometh/comes a people down from the top of ye/you_all mount. Sebul said unto him: Thou/You sayest/say ye/you_all shadow of the mountains as though they were me.)

Wycl And whanne Gaal hadde seyn the puple, he seide to Zebul, Lo! a multitude cometh doun fro the hillis. To whom he answeride, Thou seest the schadewis of hillis as the `heedis of men, and thou art disseyued bi this errour.
(And when Gaal had seen the people, he said to Zebul, Lo! a multitude cometh/comes down from the hills. To whom he answered, Thou/You seest/see the shadows of hills as the heads of men, and thou/you art deceived by this error.)

Luth Da nun Gaal das Volk sah, sprach er zu Sebul: Siehe, da kommt ein Volk von der Höhe des Gebirges hernieder. Sebul aber sprach zu ihm: Du siehest die Schatten der Berge für Leute an.
(So now Gaal the people saw, spoke he to/for Sebul: See/Look, there comes a people from the/of_the height the Gebirges down. Sebul but spoke to/for him: You(sg) see/look the shadow/shade the/of_the mountains/hills for/in_favour_of people/folk at/to.)

ClVg Cumque vidisset populum Gaal, dixit ad Zebul: Ecce de montibus multitudo descendit. Cui ille respondit: Umbras montium vides quasi capita hominum, et hoc errore deciperis.
(And_when had_seen the_people Gaal, he_said to Zebul: Behold from/about the_mountains multitudo came_down. To_whom he answered: Umbras mountains sees as_if heads of_men, and this by_mistake deciperis. )

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