JOS 18:4 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) Choose three men from each of those seven[fn] tribes and I’ll send them out to scout around and inspect the land and write descriptions of it in terms of potential allocations and bring it to me.

18:4 Not in the Hebrew but implied by verse 5 as they go on to divide the surveyed land into seven portions.

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 Δότε ἐξ ὑμῶν ἄνδρας τρεῖς ἐκ φυλῆς, καὶ ἀναστάντες διελθέτωσαν τὴν γῆν, καὶ διαγραψάτωσαν αὐτὴν ἐναντίον μου, καθὰ δεήσει διελεῖν αὐτήν. Καὶ διέλθοσαν πρὸς αὐτόν·
(Dote ex humōn andras treis ek fulaʸs, kai anastantes dielthetōsan taʸn gaʸn, kai diagrapsatōsan autaʸn enantion mou, katha deaʸsei dielein autaʸn. Kai dielthosan pros auton; )

BrTr [fn]Appoint of yourselves three men of each tribe, and let them rise up and go through the land, and let them describe it before me, as it will be proper to divide it.

ULT Provide for yourselves three men to a tribe. And I will send them, and they shall arise and walk about in the land and write it down according to the mouth of their inheritance, and they shall come to me.

UST Choose three men from each of your seven tribes. I will send them out to explore the parts of the land that no tribe has occupied yet. They are to write a description of seven different regions that will become the territories of your seven tribes. Then they are to bring the description back to me.

OEB Appoint three men from each tribe. I will send them to make a survey of the land showing the proposed areas for their inheritance. Then they are to come back to me.

WEBBE Appoint for yourselves three men from each tribe. I will send them, and they shall arise, walk through the land, and describe it according to their inheritance; then they shall come to me.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Pick three men from each tribe. I will send them out to walk through the land and make a map of it for me.

LSV Give three men from you for [each] tribe, and I send them, and they rise and go up and down through the land, and describe it according to their inheritance, and come to me,

FBV Choose three men from each tribe and I will send them out to explore the land. Then they can write a description regarding the land allocations and bring it to me.

T4T Choose three men from each of your seven tribes. Then I will send them to explore the parts of the land which you have not occupied yet. When they finish exploring it, they must write a report, in which they will ◄make a map/show the boundaries► of the land that each tribe wants to receive.

LEB Provide three men _⌊from each tribe_⌋,[fn] and I will send them so that they may begin to go through the land and write a description of it _⌊according to their inheritance_⌋,[fn] and let them come to me.

18:4 Literally “according to each tribe”

18:4 Literally “according to the mouth of their inheritance”

BBE Take from among you three men from every tribe; and I will send them to go through the land and make a record of it for distribution as their heritage; then let them come back to me.

Moff Appoint three men from each clan, and I will send them to pass through the land and lay it out for their inheritance before they come back to me.

JPS Appoint for you three men for each tribe; and I will send them, and they shall arise, and walk through the land, and describe it according to their inheritance; and they shall come unto me.

ASV Appoint for you three men of each tribe: and I will send them, and they shall arise, and walk through the land, and describe it according to their inheritance; and they shall come unto me.

DRA Choose of every tribe three men, that I may send them, and they may go and compass the land, and mark it out according to the number of each multitude: and bring back to me what they have marked out.

YLT Give for you three men for a tribe, and I send them, and they rise and go up and down through the land, and describe it according to their inheritance, and come in unto me,

Drby Provide you three men for a tribe; that I may send them, and they shall rise and go through the land, and describe it according to the proportion of their inheritance, and they shall come to me.

RV Appoint for you three men for each tribe: and I will send them, and they shall arise, and walk through the land, and describe it according to their inheritance; and they shall come unto me.

SLT Give to you three men for a tribe, and I will send them, and they shall rise and shall go through the land, and they shall write it according to their inheritance, and they shall come to me.

Wbstr Select from among you three men for each tribe: and I will send them, and they shall rise, and go through the land, and describe it according to the inheritance of them, and they shall come again to me.

KJB-1769 Give out from among you three men for each tribe: and I will send them, and they shall rise, and go through the land, and describe it according to the inheritance of them; and they shall come again to me.

KJB-1611 Giue out from among you three men, for each tribe: and I will send them, and they shall rise, & goe through the land, and describe it according to the inheritance of them, and they shal come againe to me.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from marking of added words (and possibly capitalisation and punctuation))

Bshps Geue out from among you for euery tribe three men, that I may sende them: and that they may ryse, and walke through the lande, and distribute it accordyng to the inheritaunce therof, & come againe to me.
(Give out from among you for every tribe three men, that I may send them: and that they may ryse, and walk through the land, and distribute it according to the inheritance thereof, and come again to me.)

Gnva Giue from among you for euery tribe three men, that I may sende them, and that they may rise, and walke through the land, and distribute it according to their inheritance, and returne to me.
(Give from among you for every tribe three men, that I may send them, and that they may rise, and walk through the land, and distribute it according to their inheritance, and return to me. )

Cvdl Chose you thre men out of euery trybe, yt I maye sende them, and that they maye get them vp and go thorow the londe, and descrybe it acordinge to the enheritaunces therof, and come vnto me.
(Chose you three men out of every trybe, it I may send them, and that they may get them up and go through the land, and descrybe it according to the inheritances thereof, and come unto me.)

Wycl Chese ye of ech lynage thre men, that Y sende hem, and thei go, and cumpasse the lond; and that thei discryue `the lond bi the noumbre of ech multitude, and brynge to me that, that ye han discriued.
(Choose ye/you_all of each lineage three men, that I send hem, and they go, and compass/all_around the land; and that they discryue the land by the number of each multitude, and bring to me that, that ye/you_all have discriued.)

Luth Schaffet euch aus jeglichem Stamm drei Männer, daß ich sie sende, und sie sich aufmachen und durchs Land gehen und beschreiben es nach ihren Erbteilen und kommen zu mir.
(Create you out_of any tribe three men, that I they/she/them send, and they/she/them itself/yourself/themselves open and through country go and beschreiben it after your(pl) Erbteilen and coming to/for to_me.)

ClVg Eligite de singulis tribubus ternos viros, ut mittam eos, et pergant atque circumeant terram, et describant eam juxta numerum uniuscujusque multitudinis: referantque ad me quod descripserint.
(Eligite from/about each tribes ternos men, as I_will_send them, and pergant and_yet circumeant the_earth/land, and describant her next_to the_number of_each multitude: referantque to me that descripserint. )

SOTN SIL Open Translation Notes:

Section 18:1–10 Joshua divided land among the remaining seven clans

In this section Joshua instructed the remaining seven clans to make a plan for dividing up the rest of the land of Canaan.

Here are some other possible section headings:

Dividing the rest of the land

The rest of the land is distributed

18:4a

Appoint three men from each tribe, and I will send them out

Choose three men from each clan, and I will send them out.
Appoint three men from each of the seven remaining clans. I will send them

Appoint three men from each tribe: The phrase each tribe probably refers to the seven clans that had not yet received their share of land.

Here are some other ways to translate this part of the verse:

Choose three men from each of the seven clans

Appoint three men per clan

18:4b

to survey the land and map it out,

They will go and walk around the land.
to go throughout the land.

There is a Hebrew verb at the beginning of this clause that the BSB leaves untranslated. This verb means “and they will arise.” This is a Hebrew idiom which is used to indicate the beginning of an action. Translate this in a way that is natural in your language to indicate the beginning of an action.

to survey the land and map it out: The Hebrew verb that the BSB translates as survey the land and map it out is more literally “they will walk back and forth in the land.”

Here are some other ways to translate this part of the verse:

they will walk all around the land

they will go through the land

18:4c

according to the inheritance of each.

They can make a map of the area that they would like to receive as their inheritance.
They will write a report. It will show the boundaries of the land that each clan wants to receive.

according to the inheritance of each: This indicates that the men wrote a description of the land that they wanted to receive for their own clan. The description may have been in the form of a map.

Here are some other ways to translate this part of the verse:

so that they can make a map of the area they want to receive as their inheritance

They will write a report. The report will show the boundaries of the land that their clan wishes to receive

18:4d

Then they will return to me

Then they will come back to me.
Then they will return to me with their report.

Then they will return to me: Here are some other ways to translate this part of the verse:

Then they must come back to me

Then they must return to me with the report

Parallel JOS 18:4

Section 18:1–10 Joshua divided land among the remaining seven clans

18:4a

18:4b

18:4c

18:4d

Tribal Allotments of the Promised Land