JER 3:2 Parallel Verse View

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3:2 OSHB variant note: שגלת: (x-qere) ’שֻׁכַּ֔בְתְּ’: lemma_7901 n_1.2 morph_HVPp2fs id_24YfW שֻׁכַּ֔בְתְּ

Key: khaki:verbs, red:negative.
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 Ἆρον τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς σου εἰς εὐθεῖαν, καὶ ἴδε, ποῦ οὐχὶ ἐξεφύρθης· ἐπὶ ταῖς ὁδοῖς ἐκάθισας αὐτοῖς ὡσεὶ κορώνη ἐρημουμένη, καὶ ἐμίανας τὴν γῆν ἐν ταῖς πορνείαις σου καὶ ἐν ταῖς κακίαις σου,
(Aron tous ofthalmous sou eis eutheian, kai ide, pou ouⱪi exefurthaʸs; epi tais hodois ekathisas autois hōsei korōnaʸ eraʸmoumenaʸ, kai emianas taʸn gaʸn en tais porneiais sou kai en tais kakiais sou, )

BrTr Lift up thine eyes to look straight forward, and see where thou hast not been utterly defiled. Thou hast sat for them by the wayside as a deserted crow, and hast defiled the land with thy fornications and thy wickedness.

ULT Lift up your eyes to the barren heights and see!
⇔ Where have you not been ravished?
⇔ By the roads you sat for them,
⇔ as an Arab in the wilderness.
⇔ And you have polluted the land
⇔ with your prostitution and with your evil.

UST “Look up at the barren hilltops.
⇔ On every hilltop you have given yourselves to the idols
⇔ in the way a prostitute gives herself to her lovers.
⇔ You sat along the roadsides like an Arab nomad who is always waiting in the desert for someone to come;
⇔ but you are waiting to have sex with those who pass by.
⇔ Your unfaithfulness is the worship of idols,
⇔ and your prostitution is just like your idol worship.
⇔ The whole land is made unacceptable to Yahweh,
⇔ and your worship of idols is your prostitution and your wickedness is what made you unclean.

BSB “Lift up your eyes to the barren heights and see. Is there any place where you have not been violated? You sat beside the highways {waiting} for [your lovers], like a nomad in the desert. You have defiled the land with your prostitution and wickedness.
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MSB “Lift up your eyes to the barren heights and see. Is there any place where you have not been violated? You sat beside the highways {waiting} for [your lovers], like a nomad in the desert. You have defiled the land with your prostitution and wickedness.
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OEB Lift up thine eyes to the heights, and behold,
⇔ Where hast thou not been ravished?
⇔ Thou hast waited for them by the ways,
⇔ Like a Bedouin in the desert;
⇔ Thou hast stained the land by thy whoredoms,
⇔ And by thy wicked ways,

WEBBE “Lift up your eyes to the bare heights, and see! Where have you not been lain with? You have sat waiting for them by the road, as an Arabian in the wilderness. You have polluted the land with your prostitution and with your wickedness.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET “Look up at the hilltops and consider this.
⇔ You have had sex with other gods on every one of them.
⇔ You waited for those gods like a thief lying in wait in the desert.
⇔ You defiled the land by your wicked prostitution to other gods.

LSV “Lift your eyes to the high places, and see,
Where have you not been lain with? You have sat for them on the ways,
As an Arab in a wilderness,
And you defile the land,
By your fornications, and by your wickedness.

FBV Look up at the bare hilltops. Is there anywhere that you haven't had sex? You sat at the roadside like someone from the desert waiting for your lovers to pass by. You have made the land unclean with your prostitution and evil.

T4T “Look up at the barren hilltops.
⇔ On every hilltop there are [RHQ] idols that you have worshiped.
⇔ It is as though they are all lovers with whom you have had sex.
⇔ It is as though you have sat along the roadsides like an Arab, waiting to attack and steal things from those who pass by.
⇔ Because of worshiping idols and all the other wicked things that you have done,
⇔ you have caused the entire land to become unacceptable to me.

LEB No LEB JER book available

BBE Let your eyes be lifted up to the open hilltops, and see; where have you not been taken by your lovers? You have been seated waiting for them by the wayside like an Arabian in the waste land; you have made the land unclean with your loose ways and your evil-doing.

Moff No Moff JER book available

JPS Lift up thine eyes unto the high hills, and see: Where hast thou not been lain with? By the ways hast thou sat for them, as an Arabian in the wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy harlotries and with thy wickedness.

ASV Lift up thine eyes unto the bare heights, and see; where hast thou not been lain with? By the ways hast thou sat for them, as an Arabian in the wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy whoredoms and with thy wickedness.

DRA Lift up thy eyes on high: and see where thou hast not prostituted thyself: Thou didst sit in the ways, waiting for them as a robber in the wilderness: and thou hast polluted the land with thy fornications, and with thy wickedness.

YLT Lift thine eyes to the high places, and see, Where hast thou not been lain with? On the ways thou hast sat for them, As an Arab in a wilderness, And thou defilest the land, By thy fornications, and by thy wickedness.

Drby Lift up thine eyes unto the heights and see, where hast thou not been lain with? In the ways hast thou sat for them, as an Arab in the wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy fornications and with thy wickedness.

RV Lift up thine eyes unto the bare heights, and see; where hast thou not been lain with? By the ways hast thou sat for them, as an Arabian in the wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy whoredoms and with thy wickedness.
(Lift up thine/your eyes unto the bare heights, and see; where hast thou/you not been lain with? By the ways hast thou/you sat for them, as an Arabian in the wilderness; and thou/you hast polluted the land with thy/your whoredoms/prostitutions and with thy/your wickedness. )

SLT Lift up thine eyes upon the naked hills and see where thou wert not lain with. Upon the ways thou didst sit for them as the ravens in the desert; and thou wilt defile the land with thy fornications and with thine evil.

Wbstr Lift up thy eyes to the high places, and see where thou hast not been lain with. In the ways hast thou sat for them, as the Arabian in the wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy acts of lewdness, and with thy wickedness.

KJB-1769 Lift up thine eyes unto the high places, and see where thou hast not been lien with. In the ways hast thou sat for them, as the Arabian in the wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy whoredoms and with thy wickedness.
(Lift up thine/your eyes unto the high places, and see where thou/you hast not been lien with. In the ways hast thou/you sat for them, as the Arabian in the wilderness; and thou/you hast polluted the land with thy/your whoredoms/prostitutions and with thy/your wickedness. )

KJB-1611 Lift vp thine eyes vnto the high places, and see where thou hast not bene lien with: in the wayes hast thou sate for them, as the Arabian in the wildernesse, and thou hast polluted the land with thy whoredomes, and with thy wickednes.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation)

Bshps No Bshps JER book available

Gnva Lift vp thine eyes vnto the hie places, and beholde, where thou hast not plaied the harlot: thou hast sit waiting for them in the waies, as the Arabian in the wildernesse: and thou hast polluted the lande with thy whoredomes, and with thy malice.
(Lift up thine/your eyes unto the high places, and behold, where thou/you hast not played the harlot: thou/you hast sit waiting for them in the ways, as the Arabian in the wilderness: and thou/you hast polluted the land with thy/your whoredoms/prostitutions, and with thy/your malice. )

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Luth No Luth JER book available

ClVg Leva oculos tuos in directum, et vide ubi non prostrata sis. In viis sedebas, exspectans eos quasi latro in solitudine: et polluisti terram in fornicationibus tuis, et in malitiis tuis.[fn]
(Lift_up the_eyes yours in/into/on direct, and see where not/no prostrata sis. In ways sedebas, exspectans them as_if latro in/into/on solitude: and to_pollutesti the_earth/land in/into/on fornicationibus yours, and in/into/on malitiis yours. )

3.2 Leva oculos tuos. Juxta anagogen: His qui hæreticos errores deserere se promittunt, præcipitur ut levent oculos in directum. Nisi enim recta viderint, pristinam pravitatem damnare non possunt. Quasi latro. Sicut solent latrones ad vesperam, etc., usque ad et descendentibus de Jerusalem in Jericho obsidet vias.

3.2 Lift_up the_eyes yours. According_to/Near anagogen: His who hæreticos errores deserere himself promittunt, beforecipitur as levent the_eyes in/into/on direct. Unless because recta seerint, pristinam pravitatem damnare not/no they_can. As_if latro. Like solent robbers to vesperam, etc., until to and descending from/about Yerusalem in/into/on Yericho obsidet ways/roads.

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UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

(Occurrence 0) Lift up your eyes

(Some words not found in UHB: lift_up eyes_of,your on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in barren_heights and,see where not ravished on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in roads sat to/for=them like,nomad in/on/at/with,desert and,defiled earth/land in/on/at/with,prostitution_of,your and,in/on/at/with,wickedness_of,your )

Here “your eyes” represents looking at something. Alternate translation: “Look up”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

God speaks of Israel worshiping idols as if they were a woman who had sex with many different men. He uses this question to tell the Israelites that he knows that they have worshiped idols everywhere. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express this question as a statement. Alternate translation: “There is no place where you have not had illicit sex!” or “As a whore sleeps with many men, you have worshiped your idols everywhere!” (See also: figs-rquestion)

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

(Occurrence 0) By the roadsides you sat waiting for your lovers

God speaks of his people being eager to worship any idol as being like a prostitute waiting by the road for any man to come along. Alternate translation: “Like a prostitutes waiting at the roadside for her lovers, you were eager to worship any idol you learned about”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / simile

(Occurrence 0) as an Arab in the wilderness

God speaks of his people being eager to worship any idol as being like someone in the wilderness waiting for anyone to come along so he could rob them. Alternate translation: “like an Arab in the wilderness waiting for people he might rob”

Note 5 topic: translate-names

(Occurrence 0) an Arab in the wilderness

An Arab is a person from Arabia. Some Arabs lived as nomads in the desert and would rob others who came near them. Alternate translation: “a nomad in the wilderness” or “a robber in the wilderness” (See also: translate-unknown)

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