JOS 15:2 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) and their southern border was the south-facing bay at the end of the Dead Sea (also called the Salt Sea).

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 ἐγενήθη αὐτῶν τὰ ὅρια ἀπὸ Λιβὸς ἕως μέρους θαλάσσης τῆς ἁλυκῆς ἀπὸ τῆς λοφιᾶς τῆς φερούσης ἐπὶ Λίβα.
(Kai egenaʸthaʸ autōn ta horia apo Libos heōs merous thalassaʸs taʸs halukaʸs apo taʸs lofias taʸs ferousaʸs epi Liba. )

BrTr And their borders were from the south as far as a part of the salt sea from the [fn]high country that extends southward.

ULT And the border of the south for them was from the end of the Sea of Salt, from the tongue turning to the south.

UST Their south border of the land that was assigned to the tribe of Judah started at the end of the Salt Sea (also called the Dead Sea), from the bay that faces to the south.

BSB • Their southern border started at the bay on the southern tip of the Salt Sea,[fn]

OEB No OEB JOS 15:2 verse available

WEBBE Their south border was from the uttermost part of the Salt Sea, from the bay that looks southward;

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Their southern border started at the southern tip of the Salt Sea,

LSV and to them the south border is at the extremity of the Salt Sea, from the bay which is looking southward;

FBV Their boundary began[fn] at the end of the Salt Sea—the bay that faces south—

15:2 Many of the directions given in the text are in the present tense. However, since we now look back historically, the past tense is used here.

T4T The southern border of the land that was allotted to the tribe of Judah started at the south end of the Dead Sea and extended west.

LEB Their southern border was from the end of the Salt Sea,[fn] from the bay facing southward;

15:2 That is, the Dead Sea

BBE Their south limit was from the farthest part of the Salt Sea, from the inlet looking to the south:

Moff The southern frontier ran from the foot of the Salt Sea, from the bay facing south;

JPS And their south border was from the uttermost part of the Salt Sea, from the bay that looked southward.

ASV And their south border was from the uttermost part of the Salt Sea, from the bay that looketh southward;

DRA Its beginning was from the top of the most salt sea, and from the bay thereof, that looketh to the south.

YLT and to them the south border is at the extremity of the salt sea, from the bay which is looking southward;

Drby And their southern border was from the end of the salt sea, from the tongue that turns southward;

RV And their south border was from the uttermost part of the Salt Sea, from the bay that looked southward:

Wbstr And their south border was from the shore of the salt-sea, from the bay that looketh southward:

KJB-1769 And their south border was from the shore of the salt sea, from the bay that looketh southward:[fn]

15.2 bay: Heb. tongue

KJB-1611 [fn]And their South border was from the shore of the salt sea, from the bay that looketh Southward.
(Same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation and footnotes)

15:2 Hebr. tongue.

Bshps And their south coast was from the brinke of the salt sea, from a rocke that leaneth southwarde.
(And their south coast was from the brinke of the salt sea, from a rock that leaneth southward.)

Gnva And their South border was the salt Sea coast, from the point that looketh Southward.

Cvdl Their south borders were from the vttemost syde of the salt see, that is, from the coast that goeth southwarde,
(Their south borders were from the vttemost side of the salt see, that is, from the coast that goeth/goes southward,)

Wycl the bigynnyng therof fro the hiynesse of the saltist see, and fro the arm therof, that biholdith to the south.
(the beginning thereof from the hiynesse of the saltist see, and from the arm thereof, that biholdith to the south.)

Luth daß ihre Mittagsgrenzen waren von der Ecke an dem Salzmeer, das ist, von der Zunge, die gegen mittagwärts gehet,
(daß their/her Mittagsgrenzen were from the/of_the Ecke at to_him Salzmeer, the is, from the/of_the Zunge, the gegen mittagwärts gehet,)

ClVg Initium ejus a summitate maris salsissimi, et a lingua ejus, quæ respicit meridiem.
(The_beginning his from summitate maris salsissimi, and from lingua his, which respicit meridiem. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: translate-names

the Sea of Salt

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_was to/for=them border southern from,end sea the,salt from/more_than the,bay the,faces south,to )

See how you translated this name in 3:16 and 12:3. Alternate translation: “the Dead Sea”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / personification

the tongue

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_was to/for=them border southern from,end sea the,salt from/more_than the,bay the,faces south,to )

The author is speaking of this sea as if it were a living thing that had a tongue. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “the bay”

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