JER 23:12 Parallel Verse View

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Key: khaki:verbs, green:YHWH.
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BrLXX Διατοῦτο γενέσθω ἡ ὁδὸς αὐτῶν αὐτοῖς εἰς ὀλίσθημα ἐν γνόφῳ, καὶ ὑποσκελισθήσονται, καὶ πεσοῦνται ἐν αὐτῇ· διότι ἐπάξω ἐπʼ αὐτοὺς κακὰ, ἐν ἐνιαυτῷ ἐπισκέψεως αὐτῶν.
(Diatouto genesthō haʸ hodos autōn autois eis olisthaʸma en gnofōi, kai huposkelisthaʸsontai, kai pesountai en autaʸ; dioti epaxō epʼ autous kaka, en eniautōi episkepseōs autōn. )

BrTr Therefore let their way be to them slippery and dark: and they shall be tripped up and fall in it: for I will bring evils upon them, in the year of their visitation.

ULT therefore their way will be like a slippery place in the darkness. They will be pushed down. They will fall in it.
⇔ For I will send disaster against them in the year of their punishment—this is Yahweh’s declaration.

UST Therefore, it will be as though the paths that they walk on are slippery.
⇔ It will be as though they are being chased in the darkness,
⇔ and there they will fall down,
⇔ because I will cause them to experience disasters
⇔ at the time that I will punish them.
⇔ That will surely happen because I, Yahweh, have said it.”

BSB “Therefore their path will become slick;
⇔ they will be driven away into the darkness and fall into it.
⇔ For I will bring disaster upon them
⇔ in the year of their punishment,”
⇔ declares the LORD.

OEB The way they must tread shall be therefore
⇔ As slippery ground in the darkness,
⇔ Whereon they are thrust till they fall:
⇔ For I will bring evil upon them–
⇔ The year of their visitation.

WEBBE Therefore their way will be to them as slippery places in the darkness.
⇔ They will be driven on,
⇔ and fall therein;
⇔ for I will bring evil on them,
⇔ even the year of their visitation,” says the LORD.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET So the paths they follow will be dark and slippery.
⇔ They will stumble and fall headlong.
⇔ For I will bring disaster on them.
⇔ A day of reckoning is coming for them.”
⇔ The Lord affirms it!

LSV “Therefore their way is as slippery places to them,
They are driven into thick darkness,
And they have fallen in it,
For I bring in calamity against them,
The year of their inspection,”
A declaration of YHWH.

FBV That's why their path will become slippery; they will be chased away in the dark and fall down. I'm going to bring disaster on them at the time when they're punished, declares the Lord.

T4T Therefore, it will be as though the paths that they walk on are slippery.
⇔ It will be as though they are being chased in the darkness,
⇔ and there they will fall down,
⇔ because I will cause them to experience disasters
⇔ at the time that I will punish them.
⇔ That will surely happen because I, Yahweh, have said it.”

LEB • [fn] their way will be to them like the slippery places, they will be pushed in the darkness, • and they will fall into it, • for I will bring disaster on them in the year of their punishment,”[fn] Yahweh.

23:9 Literally “To thus”

23:9 Literally “a declaration of”

BBE For this cause their steps will be slipping on their way: they will be forced on into the dark and have a fall there: for I will send evil on them in the year of their punishment, says the Lord.

Moff No Moff JER book available

JPS Wherefore their way shall be unto them as slippery places in the darkness, they shall be thrust, and fall therein; for I will bring evil upon them, even the year of their visitation, saith the LORD.

ASV Wherefore their way shall be unto them as slippery places in the darkness: they shall be driven on, and fall therein; for I will bring evil upon them, even the year of their visitation, saith Jehovah.

DRA Therefore their way shall be as a slippery way in the dark: for they shall be driven on, and fall therein: for I will bring evils upon them, the year of their visitation, saith the Lord.

YLT Therefore is their way to them as slippery places, Into thick darkness they are driven, And they have fallen in it, For I bring in against them evil, The year of their inspection, An affirmation of Jehovah.

Drby Therefore their way shall be unto them as slippery places in the darkness; they shall be driven on, and fall therein: for I will bring evil upon them in the year of their visitation, saith Jehovah.

RV Wherefore their way shall be unto them as slippery places in the darkness: they shall be driven on, and fall therein: for I will bring evil upon them, even the year of their visitation, saith the LORD.

Wbstr Wherefore their way shall be to them as slippery ways in the darkness: they shall be driven on, and fall therein: for I will bring evil upon them, even the year of their visitation, saith the LORD.

KJB-1769 Wherefore their way shall be unto them as slippery ways in the darkness: they shall be driven on, and fall therein: for I will bring evil upon them, even the year of their visitation, saith the LORD.
(Wherefore their way shall be unto them as slippery ways in the darkness: they shall be driven on, and fall therein: for I will bring evil upon them, even the year of their visitation, saith/says the LORD. )

KJB-1611 Wherefore their way shalbe vnto them as slippery wayes in the darkenes: they shalbe driuen on and fall therein: for I will bring euill vpon them, euen the yeere of their visitation, saith the LORD.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from marking of added words (and possibly capitalisation and punctuation))

Bshps Wherefore their way shalbe slipperie in the darknesse, wherein they may stacker and fall: for I wyll bryng a plague vpon them, euen the yere of their visitation, saith the Lorde.
(Wherefore their way shall be slipperie in the darkness, wherein they may stacker and fall: for I will bring a plague upon them, even the year of their visitation, saith/says the Lord.)

Gnva Wherefore their way shalbe vnto them as slipperie wayes in the darknesse: they shalbe driuen foorth and fall therein: for I will bring a plague vpon them, euen the yeere of their visitation, saith the Lord.
(Wherefore their way shall be unto them as slipperie ways in the darkness: they shall be driven forth and fall therein: for I will bring a plague upon them, even the year of their visitation, saith/says the Lord. )

Cvdl Wherfore, their waye shall be slippery in the darcknesse, where in they maye stacker and fall. For I will bringe a plage vpon them, euen the yeare of their visitacion, saieth the LORDE.
(Wherfore, their way shall be slippery in the darknessse, where in they may stacker and fall. For I will bring a plage upon them, even the year of their visitacion, saith/says the LORD.)

Wycl Therfor the weie of hem schal be as slidur in derknessis, for thei schulen be hurtlid, and schulen falle doun therynne; for Y schal bringe on hem yuels, the yeer of visitacioun of hem, seith the Lord.
(Therefore the way of them shall be as slidur in darkness, for they should be hurtlid, and should fall down therynne; for I shall bring on them evils, the year of visitacioun of them, saith/says the Lord.)

Luth Darum ist ihr Weg wie ein glatter Weg im Finstern, darauf sie gleiten und fallen. Denn ich will Unglück über sie kommen lassen, das Jahr ihrer Heimsuchung, spricht der HErr.
(Therefore is you/their/her path like a glatter path in_the Finstern, on_it they/she/them gleiten and fallen. Because I will Unglück above they/she/them coming lassen, the Yahr of_their/her Heimsuchung, says the/of_the LORD.)

ClVg Idcirco via eorum erit quasi lubricum in tenebris: impellentur enim, et corruent in ea: afferam enim super eos mala, annum visitationis eorum, ait Dominus.
(Idcirco road their will_be as_if lubricum in darkness: impellentur because, and corruent in ea: afferam because over them mala, annum visitationis their, he_said Master. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / simile

(Occurrence 0) their way will be like a slippery place in the darkness

(Some words not found in UHB: for=so/thus/hence will_belong way,their to/for=them like,slippery in/on/at/with,darkness driven_away and,fall in/on/at/with,it that/for/because/then/when bring on,them disaster year_of punishment,their declares YHWH )

The danger of their actions is spoken of as if they were about to fall off the slippery edge of a cliff in the dark and injure themselves. Alternate translation: “there actions are unstable and dangerous, like walking on a slippery place in the darkness”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

(Occurrence 0) I will send disaster against them

Yahweh speaks of disaster as an enemy that he will send to attack the priests and false prophets. Alternate translation: “I will cause them to experience disaster”

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