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Parallel JDG 9:37

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BI Jdg 9:37 ©

Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal(All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV)But Ga’al said again, “Look, groups of people are coming down from beside the top of the hill, and another group is coming from the way of the ‘oak of the diviners’.”

OET-LVand_he_repeated again Gaˊal to_spoke and_he/it_said there a_people are_coming_down from_in the_center_of the_earth/land and_company one is_coming from_direction_of the_great_tree_of the_soothsayer.

UHBוַ⁠יֹּ֨סֶף ע֣וֹד גַּעַל֮ לְ⁠דַבֵּר֒ וַ⁠יֹּ֕אמֶר הִנֵּה־עָם֙ יֽוֹרְדִ֔ים מֵ⁠עִ֖ם טַבּ֣וּר הָ⁠אָ֑רֶץ וְ⁠רֹאשׁ־אֶחָ֣ד בָּ֔א מִ⁠דֶּ֖רֶךְ אֵל֥וֹן מְעוֹנְנִֽים׃
   (va⁠yyoşef ˊōd gaˊal lə⁠dabēr va⁠yyoʼmer hinnēh-ˊām yōrədim mē⁠ˊim ţabūr hā⁠ʼāreʦ və⁠roʼsh-ʼeḩād bāʼ mi⁠dderek ʼēlōn məˊōnənim.)

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).

BrLXXΚαὶ προσέθετο ἔτι Γαὰλ τοῦ λαλῆσαι, καὶ εἶπεν, ἰδοὺ λαὸς καταβαίνων κατὰ θάλασσαν ἀπὸ τοῦ ἐχόμενα ὀμφαλοῦ τῆς γῆς, καὶ ἀρχὴ ἑτέρα ἔρχεται διʼ ὁδοῦ Ἥλων Μαωνενίμ.
   (Kai prosetheto eti Gaʼal tou lalaʸsai, kai eipen, idou laos katabainōn kata thalassan apo tou eⱪomena omfalou taʸs gaʸs, kai arⱪaʸ hetera erⱪetai diʼ hodou Haʸlōn Maōnenim. )

BrTrAnd Gaal continued to speak and said, Behold, a people comes down [fn]westward from the part bordering on the middle of the land, and another company comes by [fn]the way of Helon Maonenim.


9:37 Or, by the sea. A double rendering, perhaps to מעס, the first κατὰ θάλασσαν - the second, ὐπὸ τοῦ ἐχόμενα.

9:37 Alex. translates the words “the way of the oak of the seers.”

ULTAnd Gaal resumed to speak more and he said, “Behold, people are coming down from the navel of the land, and one company is coming along the way of the Oak of the Diviners.”

USTBut Gaal kept watching and spoke again. He said to Zebul, “Look! I do see groups of people coming down that central hill! I also see a group coming towards us along the road that goes past the Oak of the Diviners.”

BSBThen Gaal spoke up again “Look, people are coming down from the center of the land,[fn] and one company is coming by way of the Diviners’ Oak.[fn]


9:37 Literally the navel of the earth

9:37 Or the Diviners’ Terebinth or the diviners’ tree

MSB (Same as above including footnotes)


OEBNo OEB JDG book available

WEBBEGaal spoke again and said, “Behold, people are coming down by the middle of the land, and one company comes by the way of the oak of Meonenim.”

WMBB (Same as above)

NETGaal again said, “Look, men are coming down from the very center of the land. A unit is coming by way of the Oak Tree of the Diviners.”

LSVAnd Gaal adds yet to speak and says, “Behold, people are coming down from the high part of the land, and another detachment is coming by the way of the oak of Meonenim.”

FBV“No really, people are coming down from the high ground,” Gaal repeated. “Plus, there's another company coming down the road that passes the diviners' oak tree.”

T4TBut Gaal looked again and said, “Look! There are people coming down from the top of the sacred mountain! There is a group of them coming down from where the tree is where people talk with the spirits of dead people!”

LEBNo LEB JDG book available

BBEAnd Gaal said again, See! people are coming down from the middle of the land, and one band is coming by way of the oak-tree of the Seers.

MoffNo Moff JDG book available

JPSAnd Gaal spoke again and said: 'See, there come people down by the middle of the land, and one company cometh by the way of Elon-meonenim.'

ASVAnd Gaal spake again and said, See, there come people down by the middle of the land, and one company cometh by the way of the oak of Meonenim.

DRAAgain Gaal said: Behold there cometh people down from the middle of the land, and one troop cometh by the way that looketh towards the oak.

YLTAnd Gaal addeth yet to speak, and saith, 'Lo, people are coming down from the high part of the land, and another detachment is coming by the way of the oak of Meonenim.'

DrbyAnd Gaal spoke again, and said, Behold, people are coming down from the high part of the land, and one company is coming along by the way of the Magician's oak.

RVAnd Gaal spake again and said, See, there come people down by the middle of the land, and one company cometh by the way of the oak of Meonenim.
   (And Gaal spake again and said, See, there come people down by the middle of the land, and one company cometh/comes by the way of the oak of Meonenim. )

SLTAnd Gaal will add to speak, and will say, Behold, people coming down from the height of the land, and one head coming from the way of the oak of Meonenim.

WbstrAnd Gaal spoke again, and said, See, there come people down by the middle of the land, and another company come along by the plain of Meonenim.

KJB-1769And Gaal spake again and said, See there come people down by the middle of the land, and another company come along by the plain of Meonenim.[fn][fn]


9.37 middle: Heb. navel

9.37 Meonenim: or, the regarders of times

KJB-1611And Gaal spake againe, and said, See, there come people downe by the [fn]middle of the land, and another companie come along by the plaine of [fn]Meonenim.
   (Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)


9:37 Heb. nauell

9:37 Or, the regarders of times.

BshpsNo Bshps JDG book available

GnvaAnd Gaal spake againe, and said, See, there come folke downe by the middle of the land, and another bande commeth by the way of the plaine of Meonenim.
   (And Gaal spake again, and said, See, there come folk/people down by the middle of the land, and another bande cometh/comes by the way of the plain of Meonenim. )

CvdlNo Cvdl JDG book available

WyclNo Wycl JDG book available

LuthNo Luth JDG book available

ClVgRursumque Gaal ait: Ecce populus de umbilico terræ descendit, et unus cuneus venit per viam quæ respicit quercum.
   (And_again Gaal he_said: Behold the_people from/about umbilico of_the_earth/land came_down, and one cuneus he_came through way/road which looks_back oak. )

RP-GNTNo RP-GNT JDG book available


HAPHebrew accents and phrasing: See Allan Johnson's Hebrew accents and phrasing analysis.

TSNTyndale Study Notes:

9:1-57 The reign of Abimelech was the turning point between the comparative rest of the early period of judges (3:7–8:35) and the decline of the later years (10:1–16:31).


UTNuW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: translate-plural

עָם֙ יֽוֹרְדִ֔ים

people coming_down

Here the expression coming down is plural, even though the subject, people, is singular. In the previous verse, with the same subject, “coming down” was singular. This suggests that Gaal was speaking of a single group of people in the previous verse and that here he is using people in a collective sense to mean several groups of people. He is now able to distinguish the separate companies, as Abimelech’s troops get closer. If it would be helpful to your readers, you may wish to reflect this distinction in your translation. The UST models one way to do that.

Note 2 topic: translate-transliterate

טַבּ֣וּר הָ⁠אָ֑רֶץ

tabbur-erez_of the=earth/land

This expression could be: (1) a description of some geographic feature. Alternate translation: [the center of the land] or [the crest of that hill] (2) the name of one of the hills around Shechem. Gaal could be pointing out a specific location by name, as he does later in the verse by naming a large tree. If you represent this as a name, you could translate the meaning into your own language, or you could use the words of the Hebrew text and spell them the way they sound in your language. Alternate translation: [the Navel of the Land] or [Tabbur Haarez]

Note 3 topic: translate-transliterate

אֵל֥וֹן מְעוֹנְנִֽים

oak/large_tree diviners'

This expression could be: (1) the name of a large tree near Shechem. You could translate the meaning of this name into your own language, or you could use the words of the Hebrew text and spell them the way they sound in your language. Alternate translation: [the Fortunetellers’ Tree] or [Elon Meonenim] (2) a description of some geographic feature. Alternate translation: [that large tree over there where people tell fortunes]

BI Jdg 9:37 ©