JER 23:24 Parallel Verse View

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

Key: khaki:verbs, red:negative, green:YHWH.
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).

ULT Can anyone hide in a secret place so I cannot see him?—this is Yahweh’s declaration—
⇔ and do I not fill the heavens and the earth?—this is Yahweh’s declaration.

UST So, no one can hide in some secret place
⇔ with the result that I cannot see him.
⇔ I am everywhere, in heaven and on the earth!
⇔ That is what I, Yahweh, say!

BSB § “Can a man hide in secret places where I cannot see him?” declares the LORD.
§ “Do I not fill the heavens and the earth?” declares the LORD.

OEB Can any man hide, saith Jehovah,
⇔ In secret, where I cannot see him?
⇔ Do not I fill heaven and earth?

WEBBE Can anyone hide himself in secret places
⇔ so that I can’t see him?” says the LORD.
⇔ “Don’t I fill heaven and earth?” says the LORD.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET “Do you really think anyone can hide himself
⇔ where I cannot see him?” the Lord asks.
⇔ “Do you not know that I am everywhere?”
⇔ the Lord asks.

LSV Is anyone hidden in secret places,
And I do not see him?” A declaration of YHWH, “Do I not fill the heavens and the earth?” A declaration of YHWH.

FBV Can people hide in secret places where I can't see them? asks the Lord. Don't I operate everywhere in heaven and on earth? asks the Lord.

T4T So, no one can hide in some secret place
⇔ with the result that I cannot see him.
⇔ I am everywhere, in heaven and on the earth!
⇔ That is what I, Yahweh, say!

LEB • and I cannot see him?”[fn] Yahweh. • “ Do I not fill up the heaven and the earth?”[fn] Yahweh.

?:? Literally “a declaration of”

BBE In what secret place may a man take cover without my seeing him? says the Lord. Is there any place in heaven or earth where I am not? says the Lord.

Moff No Moff JER book available

JPS Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the LORD. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the LORD.

ASV Can any hide himself in secret places so that I shall not see him? saith Jehovah. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith Jehovah.

DRA Shall a man be hid in secret places, and I not see him, saith the Lord? do not I fill heaven and earth, saith the Lord?

YLT Is any one hidden in secret places, And I see him not? an affirmation of Jehovah, Do not I fill the heavens and the earth? An affirmation of Jehovah.

Drby Can any hide himself in secret places, that I shall not see him? saith Jehovah. Do not I fill the heavens and the earth? saith Jehovah.

RV Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the LORD. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the LORD.

Wbstr Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the LORD. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the LORD.

KJB-1769 Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the LORD. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the LORD.
(Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith/says the LORD. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith/says the LORD. )

KJB-1611 [fn]Can any hide himselfe in secret places that I shall not see him, saith the LORD? doe not I fill heauen and earth, sayth the LORD?
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation and footnotes)

23:24 Psal. 139. 7. &c. amos 9.2, 3.

Bshps May any man hide him selfe so, that I shall not see hym saith the Lorde? do not I fulfill heauen and earth saith the Lorde?
(May any man hide himself so, that I shall not see him saith/says the Lord? do not I fulfill heaven and earth saith/says the Lord?)

Gnva Can any hide him selfe in secrete places, that I shall not see him, sayth the Lord? Do not I fill heauen and earth, saieth the Lord?
(Can any hide himself in secrete places, that I shall not see him, saith/says the Lord? Do not I fill heaven and earth, saieth the Lord? )

Cvdl Maye eny man hyde him self so, that I shal not se him? saieth the LORDE. Do not I fulfill heauen and earth? saieth the LORDE.
(May any man hyde him self so, that I shall not see him? saieth the LORD. Do not I fulfill heaven and earth? saieth the LORD.)

Wyc A man schal not be priuy in hid places, and Y schal not se hym, seith the Lord. Whether Y fille not heuene and erthe? seith the Lord.
(A man shall not be priuy in hid places, and I shall not see him, saith/says the Lord. Whether I fille not heaven and earth? saith/says the Lord.)

Luth Meinest du, daß sich jemand heimlich verbergen könne, daß ich ihn nicht sehe? spricht der HErr. Bin ich‘s nicht, der Himmel und Erde füllet? spricht der HErr.
(Mine you, that itself/yourself/themselves someone heimlich verbergen könne, that I him/it not sehe? spricht the/of_the LORD. Bin ich‘s not, the/of_the heaven and earth füllet? spricht the/of_the LORD.)

ClVg Si occultabitur vir in absconditis, et ego non videbo eum? dicit Dominus. Numquid non cælum et terram ego impleo? dicit Dominus.
(When/But_if occultabitur man in absconditis, and I not/no videbo him? dicit Master. Numquid not/no the_sky and the_earth/land I impleo? dicit Master. )

BrTr Shall any one hide himself in secret places, and I not see him? Do I not fill heaven and earth? saith the Lord.

BrLXX Εἰ κρυβήσεταί τις ἐν κρυφαίοις, καὶ ἐγὼ οὐκ ὄψομαι αὐτόν; μὴ οὐχὶ τὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ τὴν γῆν ἐγὼ πληρῶ; λέγει Κύριος.
(Ei krubaʸsetai tis en krufaiois, kai egō ouk opsomai auton; maʸ ouⱪi ton ouranon kai taʸn gaʸn egō plaʸrō; legei Kurios. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

(Occurrence 0) Can anyone hide in a secret place so I cannot see him?

(Some words not found in UHB: if hide (a)_man in/on/at/with,secret_places and,I not see,him declares YHWH am=not DOM the=heavens and=DOM the=earth/land I fill declares YHWH )

Yahweh uses this question to rebuke the priests and false prophets for thinking that he did not see the evil that they were doing. Alternate translation: “No one can hide in a secret place so I cannot see him.”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

(Occurrence 0) do I not fill the heavens and the earth?

(Some words not found in UHB: if hide (a)_man in/on/at/with,secret_places and,I not see,him declares YHWH am=not DOM the=heavens and=DOM the=earth/land I fill declares YHWH )

Yahweh uses this question to emphasize that he is everywhere in heaven and on earth. Alternate translation: “I am everywhere, both in the heavens and on the earth.”

Parallel JER 23:24