JER 46:16 Parallel Verse View

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BrLXX πορεύου καὶ εἰπὲ πρὸς Ἀβδεμέλεχ τὸν Αἰθίοπα, οὕτως εἶπε Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς Ἰσραὴλ, ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ φέρω τοὺς λόγους μου ἐπὶ τὴν πόλιν ταύτην εἰς κακὰ καὶ οὐκ εἰς ἀγαθά.
(poreuou kai eipe pros Abdemeleⱪ ton Aithiopa, houtōs eipe Kurios ho Theos Israaʸl, idou egō ferō tous logous mou epi taʸn polin tautaʸn eis kaka kai ouk eis agatha. )

BrTr Go and say to Abdemelech the Ethiopian, Thus said the Lord God of Israel; Behold, I will bring my words upon this city for evil, and not for good.

ULT He increases the numbers of those who stumble. Each soldier falls against the next one. They are saying, ‘Get up. Let us go home.
⇔ Let us go back to our own people, to our native land. Let us leave this sword that is beating us down.’

UST The soldiers from other countries will stumble and fall over each other,
⇔ and then they will say to each other,
⇔ “Let us get up and go back to our own people, to our own land.
⇔ Let us get away from the swords of our enemies!”

BSB They continue to stumble; indeed, [they] have fallen over one another. They say, ‘Get up! Let us return to our people and to the land of our birth, away from the sword of the oppressor.’
⇔ 
⇔ 

OEB The strangers among thee are fallen,
⇔ And prostrate, they say each to other,
⇔ "Let us flee from the murderous sword,
⇔ Let us rise and go back to our people,
⇔ To the land wherein we were born."

WEBBE He made many to stumble.
⇔ Yes, they fell on one another.
⇔ They said, ‘Arise! Let’s go again to our own people,
⇔ and to the land of our birth,
⇔ from the oppressing sword.’

WMBB (Same as above)

NET I will make many stumble.
⇔ They will fall over one another in their hurry to flee.
⇔ They will say, ‘Get up!
⇔ Let’s go back to our own people.
⇔ Let’s go back to our homelands
⇔ because the enemy is coming to destroy us.’

LSV He has multiplied the stumbling,
Indeed, one has fallen on his neighbor,
And they say: Rise, and we return to our people,
And to the land of our birth,
Because of the oppressing sword.

FBV Many soldiers[fn] trip and fall over one another and say, “Come on! Let's get back home to our people where we were born, otherwise we're going to be killed.”

46:16 These would be mercenary troops employed by the Egyptians to fight for them, as is clear from the context.

T4T The soldiers from other countries will stumble and fall over each other,
⇔ and then they will say to each other,
⇔ ‘Let’s get up and go back to our own people, to our own land.
⇔ Let’s get away from the swords of our enemies!’

LEB No LEB JER book available

BBE ... are stopped in their going, they are falling; and they say one to another, Let us get up and go back to our people, to the land of our birth, away from the cruel sword.

Moff No Moff JER book available

JPS He made many to stumble; yea, they fell one upon another, and said: 'Arise, and let us return to our own people, and to the land of our birth, from the oppressing sword.'

ASV He made many to stumble, yea, they fell one upon another: and they said, Arise, and let us go again to our own people, and to the land of our nativity, from the oppressing sword.

DRA He hath multiplied them that fall, and one hath fallen upon another, and they shall say: Arise, and let us return to our own people, and to the land our nativity, from the sword of the dove.

YLT He hath multiplied the stumbling, Yea one hath fallen upon his neighbour, And they say: Rise, and we turn back to our people, And unto the land of our birth, Because of the oppressing sword.

Drby He made many to stumble, yea, one fell upon another; and they said, Arise, and let us return to our own people and to the land of our nativity, from the oppressing sword.

RV He made many to stumble, yea, they fell one upon another: and they said, Arise, and let us go again to our own people, and to the land of our nativity, from the oppressing sword.
(He made many to stumble, yea, they fell one upon another: and they said, Arise, and let us go again to our own people, and to the land of our nativity/birth, from the oppressing sword. )

SLT He multiplied the faltering, also a man fell to his neighbor: and they will say, Arise, and we will turn back to our people, and to the land of our birth, from the face of the oppressing sword.

Wbstr He made many to fall, yes, one fell upon another: and they said, Arise, and let us go again to our own people, and to the land of our nativity, from the oppressing sword.

KJB-1769 He made many to fall, yea, one fell upon another: and they said, Arise, and let us go again to our own people, and to the land of our nativity, from the oppressing sword.[fn]
(He made many to fall, yea, one fell upon another: and they said, Arise, and let us go again to our own people, and to the land of our nativity/birth, from the oppressing sword. )

46.16 made…: Heb. multiplied the faller

KJB-1611 [fn]He made many to fall, yea one fell vpon another, and they said, Arise, and let vs goe againe to our owne people, and to the land of our natiuitie, from the oppressing sword.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)

46:16 Hebr. multiplied the faller.

Bshps No Bshps JER book available

Gnva Hee made many to fall, and one fell vpon another: and they saide, Arise, let vs goe againe to our owne people, and to the land of our natiuitie from the sworde of the violent.
(He made many to fall, and one fell upon another: and they said, Arise, let us go again to our own people, and to the land of our nativity/birth from the sword of the violent. )

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ClVg Multiplicavit ruentes, ceciditque vir ad proximum suum, et dicent: Surge, et revertamur ad populum nostrum, et ad terram nativitatis nostræ, a facie gladii columbæ.
(Multiplicavit ruentes, fellque man to next_door his_own, and they_will_say: Get_up, and let's_go_back to the_people our, and to the_earth/land birth our, from face swords columbæ. )

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UTN uW Translation Notes:

(Occurrence 0) He increases the numbers of those who stumble

(Some words not found in UHB: repeatedly stumble also/yet fell (a)_man to/towards his/its=neighbour and=they_said get_up, and,go_back to/towards people_of,our_own and=near/to earth/land birth_of,our from=face/in_front_of sword_of the,oppressor )

Alternate translation: “Yahweh causes more and more of your soldiers to stumble”

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

(Occurrence 0) Let us leave this sword that is beating us down

Here “sword” represents the enemy soldiers who are carrying weapons. Alternate translation: “Let us run away from our enemies because they are killing us”

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