JOS 14:13 Parallel Verse View

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Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=Narrator (All still tentative.)

Key: khaki:verbs.
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 Καὶ εὐλόγησεν αὐτὸν Ἰησοῦς, καὶ ἔδωκε Χεβρὼν τῷ Χάλεβ υἱῷ Ἰεφονῆ υἱῷ Κενὲζ ἐν κλήρῳ.
(Kai eulogaʸsen auton Yaʸsous, kai edōke Ⱪebrōn tōi Ⱪaleb huiōi Iefonaʸ huiōi Kenez en klaʸrōi.)

BrTr And Joshua blessed him, and gave Chebron to Chaleb the son of Jephone the son of Kenez for an inheritance.

ULT And Joshua blessed him, and he gave Hebron to Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, for an inheritance.

UST Then Joshua asked God to bless Caleb the son of Jephunneh. Joshua gave Caleb the city of Hebron as his possession.

BSB & MSB Then Joshua blessed Caleb son of Jephunneh and gave him Hebron as his inheritance.

OEB So Joshua blessed him, and gave Hebron to Caleb the son of Jephunneh as his property.

WEBBE & WMBB Joshua blessed him; and he gave Hebron to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for an inheritance.

NET Joshua asked God to empower Caleb son of Jephunneh and assigned him Hebron.

LSV And Joshua blesses him, and gives Hebron to Caleb son of Jephunneh for an inheritance,

FBV So Joshua blessed Caleb and granted him ownership of Hebron.

T4T So Joshua asked God to bless Caleb, and he gave to Caleb the city of Hebron.

LEB And Joshua blessed him and gave Hebron to Caleb son of Jephunneh as an inheritance.

BBE And Joshua gave him his blessing; and he gave Hebron to Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, for his heritage.

Moff So Joshua blessed him, and gave Hebron to Caleb the son of Jephunneh as his property.

JPS And Joshua blessed him; and he gave Hebron unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh for an inheritance.

ASV And Joshua blessed him; and he gave Hebron unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh for an inheritance.

DRA And Josue blessed him, and gave him Hebron in possession.

YLT And Joshua blesseth him, and giveth Hebron to Caleb son of Jephunneh for an inheritance,

Drby And Joshua blessed him, and gave Hebron to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for an inheritance.

RV And Joshua blessed him; and he gave Hebron unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh for an inheritance.

SLT And Joshua will bless him and will give Hebron to Caleb, son of Jephunneh, for inheritance.

Wbstr And Joshua blessed him, and gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh Hebron for an inheritance.

KJB-1769 And Joshua blessed him, and gave unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh Hebron for an inheritance.

KJB-1611 And Ioshua blessed him, and gaue vnto Caleb the sonne of Iephunneh, Hebron for an inheritance.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps And Iosuah blessed him, and gaue vnto Caleb the sonne of Iephune, Hebron to inherite.
(And Yoshua blessed him, and gave unto Caleb the son of Yephune, Hebron to inherit.)

Gnva Then Ioshua blessed him, and gaue vnto Caleb the sonne of Iephunneh, Hebron for an inheritance.
(Then Yoshua blessed him, and gave unto Caleb the son of Yephunneh, Hebron for an inheritance.)

Cvdl Then Iosua blessed him, and so gaue Hebron vnto Caleb the sonne of Iephune.
(Then Yoshua blessed him, and so gave Hebron unto Caleb the son of Yephune.)

Wycl And Josue blesside hym, and yaf to hym Ebron in to possessioun.
(And Yosue blessed him, and gave to him Ebron in to possession.)

Luth Da segnete ihn Josua und gab also Hebron Kaleb, dem Sohn Jephunnes, zum Erbteil.
(So blessed him/it Yosua and gave also Hebron Kaleb, to_him son Yephunnes, for_the inheritance.)

ClVg Benedixitque ei Josue, et tradidit ei Hebron in possessionem:
(Welland_said to_him Yosue, and he_delivered to_him Hebron in/into/on possession:)

SOTN SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 14:6–15 Joshua gave Caleb the town of Hebron

In this section Caleb reminded Joshua of a promise that Moses had made to him. After Caleb helped to spy out the land of Canaan, Moses promised that he would inherit the land he had walked on. So Joshua granted the town of Hebron to Caleb.

Here are some other possible section headings:

Caleb’s inheritance

Caleb claimed his inheritance

14:13a

Then Joshua blessed Caleb son of Jephunneh

¶ Then Joshua blessed Caleb.
¶ Then Joshua prayed that Yahweh would be with Caleb,

Then Joshua blessed Caleb son of Jephunneh: The phrase Joshua blessed Caleb indicates that Joshua prayed that God would help Caleb and give him success. In 8:33 it said that Moses blessed the people. You should translate this verb the same way you did there.

Here are some other ways to translate this clause:

Then Joshua gave a blessing to Caleb

Then Joshua prayed that God would help Caleb (CEV)

Caleb son of Jephunneh: This phrase was used in 14:6 and you should translate it the same way in both places.

14:13b

and gave him Hebron as his inheritance.

Joshua gave the city of Hebron to Caleb the son of Jephunneh as his own possession.
and he gave Hebron City to Caleb and to his descendants.

and gave him Hebron as his inheritance: The town of Hebron was in the mountainous area that Joshua gave to Caleb. Hebron was mentioned in 10:3, and you should translate it the same way in both places.

as his inheritance: The phrase as his inheritance indicates that Caleb will receive the town of Hebron for his own.

Here are some other ways to translate this phrase:

Joshua gave the town of Hebron to Caleb the son of Jephunneh and to his descendants

Joshua gave Caleb the son of Jephunneh the town of Hebron as his own possession

Parallel JOS 14:13

Section 14:6–15 Joshua gave Caleb the town of Hebron

14:13a

14:13b

Tribal Allotments of the Promised Land