JOS 22:22 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) “Yahweh is the God of gods. Yahweh is the God of gods. He knows, and as for the Israeli people, let them know also—if it was in rebellion or in unfaithfulness against Yahweh, don’t bother trying to save us today.

Key: khaki:verbs, blue:Elohim, green:YHWH.
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 ὁ Θεὸς Θεὸς Κύριός ἐστι, καὶ ὁ Θεὸς Θεὸς αὐτὸς οἶδε, καὶ Ἰσραὴλ αὐτὸς γνώσεται· εἰ ἐν ἀποστασίᾳ ἐπλημμελήσαμεν ἔναντι τοῦ Κυρίου, μὴ ῥύσαιτο ἡμᾶς ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ταύτῃ.
(ho Theos Theos Kurios esti, kai ho Theos Theos autos oide, kai Israaʸl autos gnōsetai; ei en apostasia eplaʸmmelaʸsamen enanti tou Kuriou, maʸ ɽusaito haʸmas en taʸ haʸmera tautaʸ. )

BrTr God even God is the Lord, and God even God himself knows, and Israel he shall know; if we have transgressed before the Lord by apostasy, let him not deliver us this day.

ULT “Yahweh is God of gods! Yahweh is God of gods! He knows, and Israel, let it know! If in rebellion or if in unfaithfulness against Yahweh, do not save us this day!

UST “We affirm that Yahweh is the only true God! He knows why we built this altar, and we want all the Israelites to know why as well. If we have broken our promise to obey Yahweh, punish us by killing us right now!

BSB “The LORD, the Mighty One, [is] God! The LORD, the Mighty One, [is] God! He knows, and may Israel also know. If [this] was in rebellion or breach of faith against the LORD, do not spare us today

OEB ‘The Mighty One, God, the Lord, the Mighty One, God, the Lord, knows well, and Israel will know, if we were rebels or broke faith (if we did, do not spare us!)

WEBBE “The Mighty One, God, the LORD, the Mighty One, God, the LORD, he knows; and Israel shall know: if it was in rebellion, or if in trespass against the LORD (don’t save us today),

WMBB (Same as above)

NET “El, God, the Lord! El, God, the Lord! He knows the truth! Israel must also know! If we have rebelled or disobeyed the Lord, don’t spare us today!

LSV “The God of gods—YHWH, the God of gods—YHWH, He is knowing, and Israel—he knows, if [we are] in rebellion, and if in trespass against YHWH, do not save us this day!

FBV “The Lord is God of gods,[fn] the Lord is God of gods, and he knows! May Israel also know![fn] If we're in rebellion against God or being disloyal to him then kill us right now!

22:22 Or “The Lord, the Mighty One, is God!”

22:22 In other words, God knows their motives for building the altar, and the Israelite leaders should also know their motives.

T4T “Yahweh, the Almighty God, knows why we did that, and we want you to know, too. If we have done something wrong against Yahweh, you may kill us.

LEB No LEB JOS book available

BBE God, even God the Lord, God, even God the Lord, he sees, and Israel will see — if it is in pride or in sin against the Lord,

Moff “The Mighty One, God, the Eternal, the Mighty One, God, the Eternal, knows well, and Israel shall know, if we were rebels or broke faith (if we did, spare us not!)

JPS 'God, God, the LORD, God, God, the LORD, He knoweth, and Israel he shall know; if it be in rebellion, or if in treachery against the LORD — save Thou us not this day —

ASV The Mighty One, God, Jehovah, the Mighty One, God, Jehovah, he knoweth; and Israel he shall know: if it be in rebellion, or if in trespass against Jehovah (save thou us not this day),

DRA The Lord the most mighty God, the Lord the most mighty God, he knoweth, and Israel also shall understand: If with the design of transgression we have set up this altar, let him not save us, but punish us immediately:

YLT 'The God of gods — Jehovah, the God of gods — Jehovah, He is knowing, and Israel, he doth know, if in rebellion, and if in trespass against Jehovah (Thou dost not save us this day!)

Drby The [fn]God of [fn]gods, Jehovah, the [fn]God of [fn]gods, Jehovah, he knoweth, and Israel he shall know [it]; if it is in rebellion, or if in trespass against Jehovah, — save us not this day!

22.22 El

22.22 Elohim

RV The LORD, the God of gods, the LORD, the God of gods, he knoweth, and Israel he shall know; if it be in rebellion, or if in trespass against the LORD, (save thou us not this day,)
(The LORD, the God of gods, the LORD, the God of gods, he knoweth/knows, and Israel he shall know; if it be in rebellion, or if in trespass against the LORD, (save thou/you us not this day,) )

SLT The God of gods, Jehovah, the God of gods, Jehovah he will know, and Israel he will know; if in rebellion and if in transgression against Jehovah, thou shalt not save us this day;

Wbstr The LORD God of gods, the LORD God of gods, he knoweth, and Israel he shall know; if it is in rebellion, or if in transgression against the LORD, (save us not this day,)

KJB-1769 The LORD God of gods, the LORD God of gods, he knoweth, and Israel he shall know; if it be in rebellion, or if in transgression against the LORD, (save us not this day,)
(The LORD God of gods, the LORD God of gods, he knoweth/knows, and Israel he shall know; if it be in rebellion, or if in transgression against the LORD, (save us not this day,) )

KJB-1611 The LORD God of gods, the LORD God of gods, hee knoweth, and Israel he shall know; if it bee in rebellion, or if in transgression against the LORD, (saue vs not this day,)
(The LORD God of gods, the LORD God of gods, he knoweth/knows, and Israel he shall know; if it be in rebellion, or if in transgression against the LORD, (saue us not this day,))

Bshps No Bshps JOS book available

Gnva The Lord God of gods, the Lord God of gods, he knoweth, and Israel himselfe shall know: if by rebellion, or by transgression against ye Lord we haue done it, saue thou vs not this day.
(The Lord God of gods, the Lord God of gods, he knoweth/knows, and Israel himself shall know: if by rebellion, or by transgression against ye/you_all Lord we have done it, save thou/you us not this day. )

Cvdl No Cvdl JOS book available

Wycl No Wycl JOS book available

Luth No Luth JOS book available

ClVg Fortissimus Deus Dominus, fortissimus Deus Dominus, ipse novit, et Israël simul intelliget: si prævaricationis animo hoc altare construximus, non custodiat nos, sed puniat nos in præsenti:
(Fortissimus God Master, strong/powerfulsimus God Master, exactly_that/himself he_knows, and Israel at_the_same_time intelliget: when/but_if transgressedonis in_mind this the_altar construximus, not/no keep/guard we/us, but puniat we/us in/into/on beforesenti: )

RP-GNT No RP-GNT JOS book available

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / reduplication

אֵל֩ ׀ אֱלֹהִ֨ים ׀ יְהוָ֜ה אֵ֣ל ׀ אֱלֹהִ֤ים ׀ יְהוָה֙

Mighty_One ʼElohīm YHWH Mighty_One ʼElohīm YHWH

The representatives of the eastern tribes are repeating this statement in order to intensify its meaning. If your language can repeat words for intensification, it would be appropriate to do that here in your translation. If not, your language may have another way of expressing the emphasis. Alternate translation: [Yahweh is most certainly the God of gods!]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / exclamations

אֵל֩ ׀ אֱלֹהִ֨ים ׀ יְהוָ֜ה

Mighty_One ʼElohīm YHWH

The eastern representatives are using a phrase that expresses a strong feeling, conviction. There may be an equivalent exclamation in your language that you can use in your translation to convey this strong feeling. If not, you could say what the representatives were feeling. Alternate translation: [We are absolutely convinced that Yahweh is the supreme God!]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

אִם־בְּ⁠מֶ֤רֶד וְ⁠אִם־בְּ⁠מַ֨עַל֙ בַּֽ⁠יהוָ֔ה

if in/on/at/with,rebellion and=if in/on/at/with,treachery in/on/at/with,LORD

The eastern representatives are leaving out some of the words that in many languages a sentence would need in order to be complete. You can supply these words from the context if that would be clearer in your language. Alternate translation: [If we have done this in rebellion or in unfaithfulness against Yahweh]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / doublenegatives

אַל־תּוֹשִׁיעֵ֖⁠נוּ

not spare,us

If it would be clearer in your language, you could use a positive expression to translate this double negative that consists of the negative particle not and the verb save, which would be negative under the condition stated. Alternate translation: [punish us with death]

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