JDG 9:4 Parallel Verse View

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Text critical issues=minor/spelling Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal (All still tentative.)

9:4 OSHB note: We read the punctuation in L differently from BHQ.

9:4 OSHB note: Marks an anomalous form.

9:4 OSHB note: We read punctuation in L differently from BHS.

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).

BrLXX Καὶ ἔδωκαν αὐτῷ ἑβδομήκοντα ἀργυρίου ἐξ οἴκου Βααλβερίθ· καὶ ἐμισθώσατο ἑαυτῷ Ἀβιμέλεχ ἄνδρας κενοὺς καὶ δειλοὺς, καὶ ἐπορεύθησαν ὀπίσω αὐτοῦ.
(Kai edōkan autōi hebdomaʸkonta arguriou ex oikou Baʼalberith; kai emisthōsato heautōi Abimeleⱪ andras kenous kai deilous, kai eporeuthaʸsan opisō autou. )

BrTr And they gave him seventy pieces of silver out of the house of Baalberith; and Abimelech hired for himself vain and cowardly men, and they went after him.

ULT Then they gave 70 silver to him from the house of Baal-Berith, and with them Abimelech hired worthless and reckless men, and they went after him.

UST So the leaders of Shechem took about a kilogram of silver from the temple of their god Baal-Berith and gave it to Abimelech. He used that money to hire some wicked and violent men. They did whatever he told them to do.

BSB So they gave him seventy [shekels] of silver[fn] from the temple of Baal-berith, with which Abimelech hired some worthless and reckless men to follow him.

9:4 70 shekels is approximately 1.76 pounds or 797.8 grams of silver.

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WEBBE They gave him seventy pieces of silver out of the house of Baal Berith, with which Abimelech hired vain and reckless fellows who followed him.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET They paid him seventy silver shekels out of the temple of Baal-Berith. Abimelech then used the silver to hire some lawless, dangerous men as his followers.

LSV and they give seventy [pieces] of silver out of the house of Ba‘al-Berith to him, and Abimelech hires vain and unstable men with them, and they go after him;

FBV They gave him seventy shekels of silver from the temple of Baal-berith. Abimelech used the money to hire some arrogant troublemakers as his gang.

T4T So the leaders of Shechem took from the temple of their god Baal-Berith ◄almost 2 pounds/0.8 kg.► of silver and gave it to Abimelech. With that silver he paid some worthless troublemakers to help him, and they went with Abimelech wherever he went.

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BBE And they gave him seventy shekels of silver from the house of Baal-berith, with which Abimelech got the support of a number of uncontrolled and good-for-nothing persons.

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JPS And they gave him threescore and ten pieces of silver out of the house of Baal-berith, wherewith Abimelech hired vain and light fellows, who followed him.

ASV And they gave him threescore and ten pieces of silver out of the house of Baal-berith, wherewith Abimelech hired vain and light fellows, who followed him.

DRA And they gave him seventy weight of silver out of the temple of Baalberith: wherewith he hired to himself men that were needy, and vagabonds, and they followed him.

YLT and they give to him seventy silverings out of the house of Baal-Berith, and Abimelech hireth with them men, vain and unstable, and they go after him;

Drby And they gave him seventy pieces of silver out of the house of Baal-Berith, and Abimelech hired with them vain and wanton men, and they followed him.

RV And they gave him threescore and ten pieces of silver out of the house of Baal-berith, wherewith Abimelech hired vain and light fellows, which followed him.

SLT And they will give him seventy of silver from the house of Baal of the covenant, and Abimelech will hire with them men empty and vain-glorious, and they will go after him.

Wbstr And they gave him seventy pieces of silver out of the house of Baal-berith, with which Abimelech hired vain and light persons, who followed him.

KJB-1769 And they gave him threescore and ten pieces of silver out of the house of Baal-berith, wherewith Abimelech hired vain and light persons, which followed him.

KJB-1611 And they gaue him threescore and ten pieces of siluer, out of the house of Baal-Berith, wherewith Abimelech hired vaine & light persons, which followed him.
(And they gave him threescore and ten pieces of silver, out of the house of Baal-Berith, wherewith Abimelech hired vain and light persons, which followed him.)

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Gnva And they gaue him seuentie pieces of siluer out of the house of Baal-berith, wherewith Abimelech hired vayne and light fellowes which followed him.
(And they gave him seventy pieces of silver out of the house of Baal-berith, wherewith Abimelech hired vain and light fellows which followed him. )

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ClVg Dederuntque illi septuaginta pondo argenti de fano Baalberit. Qui conduxit sibi ex eo viros inopes et vagos, secutique sunt eum.
(They_gaveque them seventy pondo silver from/about fano Baalberit. Who conduxit to_himself from by_him men inopes and vagos, secutique are him. )

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UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

שִׁבְעִ֣ים כֶּ֔סֶף

seventy pieces_of_silver

The author is using the word silver by association to mean silver shekels, a unit of weight. Alternate translation: [70 shekels of silver]

Note 2 topic: translate-bweight

שִׁבְעִ֣ים כֶּ֔סֶף

seventy pieces_of_silver

A silver shekel weighed about 11 grams, so these 70 shekels weighed a little less than a kilogram, or almost two pounds. In your translation, you could use the ancient measurement and spell the word “shekel” the way it sounds in your language. You could also say “coins” rather than “shekels.” Alternatively, you could use the metric measurement given in the UST or another measurement that your language and culture customarily use, or you could use the ancient measurement in your translation and put a modern measurement in parentheses in the text or in a footnote. Alternate translation: [70 silver shekels] or [70 silver coins]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

מִ⁠בֵּ֖יתּ בַ֣עַל בְּרִ֑ית

from,house_of Baˊal- -berith

The author is speaking of the temple of Baal-Berith as if it had been a house in which that false god lived. Alternate translation: [from the temple of Baal-Berith]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / hendiadys

אֲנָשִׁ֤ים רֵיקִים֙ וּ⁠פֹ֣חֲזִ֔ים

men worthless and,reckless

This phrase expresses a single idea by using two words connected with and. The idea is that because these men were worthless, that is, unprincipled, they were not careful to do what was right and avoid doing what was wrong, that is, they were reckless. So Abimelech could hire them to commit murder, as the next verse describes. Your language may have a comparable expression for people whose consciences do not keep them from doing wrong. Alternate translation: [hardened criminals]

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