JER 2:6 Parallel Verse View

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BrLXX Καὶ οὐκ εἶπαν, ποῦ ἐστι Κύριος, ὁ ἀναγαγὼν ἡμᾶς ἐκ γῆς Αἰγύπτου, ὁ καθοδηγήσας ἡμᾶς ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ ἐν γῇ ἀπείρῳ καὶ ἀβάτῳ, ἐν γῇ ἀνύδρῳ καὶ ἀκάρπῳ, ἐν γῇ ᾗ οὐ διώδευσεν ἐν αὐτῇ ἀνὴρ εὐθὲν, καὶ οὐ κατῴκησεν ἄνθρωπος ἐκεῖ;
(Kai ouk eipan, pou esti Kurios, ho anagagōn haʸmas ek gaʸs Aiguptou, ho kathodaʸgaʸsas haʸmas en taʸ eraʸmōi en gaʸ apeirōi kai abatōi, en gaʸ anudrōi kai akarpōi, en gaʸ haʸ ou diōdeusen en autaʸ anaʸr euthen, kai ou katōkaʸsen anthrōpos ekei; )

BrTr And they said not, Where is the Lord, who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, who guided us in the wilderness, in an untried and trackless land, in a land which no man at all went through, and no man dwelt there?

ULT And they did not say, ‘Where is Yahweh,
⇔ who led us up from the land of Egypt?
⇔ The one who led us in the wilderness,
⇔ in a land of a desert and a pit,
⇔ in a land of dryness and thick darkness,
⇔ in a land—no human passes through it and no man lives there?’

UST They should have said,
⇔ ‘We need Yahweh. He is the one who brought us safely out of Egypt
⇔ and led us through a desert plain where there were a lot of pits.
⇔ We need Yahweh. He is the one who led us
⇔ where there was no water and where it was very dangerous,
⇔ through a land where no one lives or even travels.’

BSB They did not ask, ‘Where is the LORD
⇔ who brought us up from the land of Egypt,
⇔ who led us through the wilderness,
⇔ through a land of deserts and pits,
⇔ a land of drought and darkness,
⇔ a land where no one travels and no one lives?’

OEB And never sought after Jehovah,
⇔ Who brought them up out of Egypt,
⇔ And led them through the desert,
⇔ A land of steppes and pits,
⇔ A land of drought and gloom,
⇔ A land that no man traversed,
⇔ A land where no man dwelt?

WEBBE They didn’t say, ‘Where is the LORD who brought us up out of the land of Egypt,
⇔ who led us through the wilderness,
⇔ through a land of deserts and of pits,
⇔ through a land of drought and of the shadow of death,
⇔ through a land that no one passed through,
⇔ and where no man lived?’

WMBB (Same as above)

NET They did not ask:
⇔ ‘Where is the Lord who delivered us out of Egypt,
⇔ who brought us through the wilderness,
⇔ through a land of desert sands and rift valleys,
⇔ through a land of drought and deep darkness,
⇔ through a land in which no one travels,
⇔ and where no one lives?’

LSV And have not said, Where [is] YHWH,
Who brings us up out of the land of Egypt,
Who leads us in a wilderness,
In a land of deserts and pits,
In a dry land, and of death-shade,
In a land that none has passed through,
Nor has man dwelt there?

FBV They didn't ask themselves, “Where is the Lord who led us from Egypt, who led us through the wasteland, through a land of deserts and ravines, a land of drought and darkness, a land that no one travels through and where no one lives?”

T4T They did not say, ‘Yahweh brought us safely out of Egypt,
⇔ and he led us through a desert
⇔ where there were a lot of pits;
⇔ he led us where there was no water and where it was very dangerous,
⇔ through a land where no one lives, and no one even travels.
⇔ ◄So where is Yahweh now?/So he should be helping us now!► [RHQ]’

LEB • ‘Where is Yahweh, • the one who brought us up from the land of Egypt, • the one who led us in the desert,[fn] • in a land of desert plains and gorges,[fn] • in a land of dryness and deep darkness, • in a land[fn] • and no human lives there?’

2:5 Or “wilderness”

2:5 Hebrew “gorge”

2:5 Literally “no man passes through in it”

BBE And they never said, Where is the Lord, who took us up out of the land of Egypt; who was our guide through the waste of sand, through an unplanted land full of deep holes, through a dry land of deep shade, which no one went through and where no man was living?

Moff No Moff JER book available

JPS Neither said they: 'Where is the LORD that brought us up out of the land of Egypt; that led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought and of the shadow of death, through a land that no man passed through, and where no man dwelt?'

ASV Neither said they, Where is Jehovah that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, that led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought and of the shadow of death, through a land that none passed through, and where no man dwelt?

DRA And they have not said: Where is the Lord, that made us come up out of the land of Egypt? that led us through the desert, through a land uninhabited and unpassable, through a land of drought, and the image of death, through a land wherein no man walked, nor any man dwelt?

YLT And have not said, Where [is] Jehovah, Who bringeth us up out of the land of Egypt, Who leadeth us in a wilderness, In a land of deserts and pits, In a dry land, and of death-shade, In a land — none hath passed through it, Nor dwelt hath man there?'

Drby And they said not, Where is Jehovah, that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, that led us in the wilderness, in a land of deserts and of pits, in a land of drought and of the shadow of death, in a land that no one passeth through, and where no man dwelleth?

RV Neither said they, Where is the LORD that brought us up out of the land of Egypt; that led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought and of the shadow of death, through a land that none passed through, and where no man dwelt?

Wbstr Neither said they, Where is the LORD that brought us out of the land of Egypt, that led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drouth, and of the shades of death, through a land that no man passed through, and where no man dwelt?

KJB-1769 Neither said they, Where is the LORD that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, that led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought, and of the shadow of death, through a land that no man passed through, and where no man dwelt?

KJB-1611 Neither sayd they, Where is the LORD that [fn]brought vs vp out of the land of Egypt? that led vs through the wildernesse, through a land of deserts and of pittes, through a land of drought, and of the shadow of death, through a land that no man passed thorow, and where no man dwelt.
(Neither said they, Where is the LORD that brought us up out of the land of Egypt? that led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pittes, through a land of drought, and of the shadow of death, through a land that no man passed through, and where no man dwelt.)

2:6 Isai.63.9, 11,13. ose. 13.4.

Bshps They thought not in their heartes, where is the Lord that brought vs out of the lande of Egypt, that led vs thorowe the wildernesse, through a desert & rough lande, through a drye and deadly lande, yea a lande that no man had gone through, and wherin no man had dwelt?
(They thought not in their hearts, where is the Lord that brought us out of the land of Egypt, that led us thorowe the wilderness, through a desert and rough land, through a drye and deadly land, yea a land that no man had gone through, and wherin no man had dwelt?)

Gnva For they saide not, Where is the Lord that brought vs vp out of the lande of Egypt? that led vs through the wildernesse, through a desert, and waste land, through a drie land, and by the shadow of death, by a land that no man passed through, and where no man dwelt?
(For they said not, Where is the Lord that brought us up out of the land of Egypt? that led us through the wilderness, through a desert, and waste land, through a dry land, and by the shadow of death, by a land that no man passed through, and where no man dwelt? )

Cvdl They thought not in their hertes: Where haue we left the LORDE, yt brought vs out of the lode of Egipte: yt led vs thorow the wildernesse, thorow a deserte and rough londe, thorow a drie and a deedly londe, yee a londe that no man had gone thorow, and wherein no man had dwelt.
(They thought not in their hearts: Where have we left the LORD, it brought us out of the land of Egypt: it led us through the wilderness, through a desert and rough land, through a dry and a deadly land, ye/you_all a land that no man had gone through, and wherein no man had dwelt.)

Wycl And thei seiden not, Where is the Lord, that made vs to stie fro the lond of Egipt, that ledde vs ouer thorou desert, bi the lond vnabitable and with out weie, bi the lond of thirst, and bi the ymage of deeth, bi the lond in whiche a man yede not, nether a man dwellide.
(And they said not, Where is the Lord, that made us to stie from the land of Egypt, that led us over through desert, by the land unabitable and with out way, by the land of thirst, and by the image of death, by the land in which a man went not, neither a man dwelled/dwelt.)

Luth und dachten nie keinmal: Wo ist der HErr, der uns aus Ägyptenland führete und leitete uns in der Wüste, im wilden, ungebahnten Lande, im dürren, und finstern Lande, im Lande, da niemand wandelte, noch kein Mensch wohnete?
(and dachten nie keinmal: Where is the/of_the LORD, the/of_the us/to_us/ourselves out_of Egyptland führete and leitete us/to_us/ourselves in the/of_the desert, in_the wilden, ungebahnten land, in_the dürren, and finstern land, in_the land, there no_one walked, still kein person lived?)

ClVg Et non dixerunt: Ubi est Dominus qui ascendere nos fecit de terra Ægypti; qui traduxit nos per desertum, per terram inhabitabilem et inviam, per terram sitis, et imaginem mortis, per terram in qua non ambulavit vir, neque habitavit homo?[fn]
(And not/no dixerunt: Where it_is Master who ascendere we he_did about earth/land Ægypti; who traduxit we through desert, through the_earth/land inhabitabilem and inviam, through the_earth/land sitis, and imaginem mortis, through the_earth/land in which not/no ambulavit vir, nor habitavit homo? )

2.6 Neque habitavit homo. ID. Qui semper ad majora festinat, etc., usque ad sed certamen et incertus exitus futurorum.

2.6 Neither habitavit homo. ID. Who always to mayora festinat, etc., until to but certamen and incertus exitus futurorum.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

(Occurrence 0) Where is Yahweh, who brought us … Egypt?

(Some words not found in UHB: and=not say where YHWH the,brought_~_up DOM,us from,land Miʦrayim/(Egypt) the,led DOM,us in/on/at/with,wilderness in=land wildernesss and,pits in=land drought and,deep_darkness in=land not passes in/on/at/with,her (a)_man and=not lives humankind there )

This rhetorical question would have been used to show the people’s need of Yahweh. Alternate translation: “We need Yahweh. He is the one who brought us … Egypt.”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

(Occurrence 0) Where is Yahweh, who led us … lives?

This rhetorical question would have been used to show the people’s need of Yahweh. Alternate translation: “We need Yahweh. He is the one who led us … lives.”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

(Occurrence 0) a land of drought and deep darkness

A “land of drought” is a land that does not have enough water. Here “deep darkness” is a metaphor for danger. Alternate translation: “a dangerous land where there is not enough water”

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