JOS 22:3 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) You’ve all supported your fellow tribes all this time and fulfilled what your god Yahweh requested of you all,

Key: khaki:verbs, red:negative, 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 Οὐκ ἐγκαταλελοίπατε τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς ὑμῶν ταύτας τὰς ἡμέρας πλείους· ἕως τῆς σήμερον ἡυμέρας ἐφυλάξατε τὴν ἐντολὴν Κυρίου τοῦ Θεοῦ ὑμῶν.
(Ouk egkataleloipate tous adelfous humōn tautas tas haʸmeras pleious; heōs taʸs saʸmeron haʸumeras efulaxate taʸn entolaʸn Kuriou tou Theou humōn. )

BrTr Ye have not deserted your brethren these many days: until this day ye have kept the commandment of the Lord your God.

ULT You have not forsaken your brothers these many days, to this day. but you have kept the keeping of the commandments of Yahweh your God.

UST For a long time you have helped the other tribes to defeat their enemies. You have obeyed everything that Yahweh your God taught you and commanded you to do.

OEB You have not abandoned your fellow Israelites all this time, but have obeyed the injunctions laid down for you by the Lord your God.

WEBBE You have not left your brothers these many days to this day, but have performed the duty of the commandment of the LORD your God.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET You have not abandoned your fellow Israelites this entire time, right up to this very day. You have completed the task given you by the Lord your God.

LSV you have not left your brothers these many days to this day, and have kept the charge—the command of your God YHWH.

FBV You have never abandoned your brothers all this time, right up to the present day. You have carefully followed what the Lord your God ordered you to do.

T4T For a long time you have helped the other tribes to defeat their enemies. You have obeyed everything that Yahweh your God commanded you to do.

LEB you have not forsaken your kinsmen[fn] these many days, up to this day, and you have observed the obligation of the command of Yahweh your God.

22:3 Or “brothers”

BBE You have now been with your brothers for a long time; till this day you have been doing the orders of the Lord your God.

Moff you have not abandoned your kinsmen all this time, but have obeyed the injunctions laid down for you b the Eternal your God.

JPS ye have not left your brethren these many days unto this day, but have kept the charge of the commandment of the LORD your God.

ASV ye have not left your brethren these many days unto this day, but have kept the charge of the commandment of Jehovah your God.

DRA Neither have you left your brethren this long time, until this present day, keeping the commandment of the Lord your God.

YLT ye have not left your brethren these many days unto this day, and have kept the charge — the command of Jehovah your God.

Drby Ye have not left your brethren these many days unto this day, and ye have kept the charge of the commandment of Jehovah your [fn]God.

22.3 Elohim

RV ye have not left your brethren these many days unto this day, but have kept the charge of the commandment of the LORD your God.
(ye/you_all have not left your brethren/brothers these many days unto this day, but have kept the charge of the commandment of the LORD your God. )

SLT Ye left not your brethren this many days till this day, and ye watched the watches of the command of Jehovah your God.

Wbstr Ye have not left your brethren these many days to this day, but have kept the charge of the commandment of the LORD your God.

KJB-1769 Ye have not left your brethren these many days unto this day, but have kept the charge of the commandment of the LORD your God.
(Ye/You_all have not left your brethren/brothers these many days unto this day, but have kept the charge of the commandment of the LORD your God. )

KJB-1611 Yee haue not left your brethren these many dayes vnto this day, but haue kept the charge of the commandement of the LORD your God.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps Ye haue not lefte your brethren of a long season vnto this day, but haue kept the commaundement of the Lorde your God.
(Ye/You_all have not left your brethren/brothers of a long season unto this day, but have kept the commandment of the Lord your God.)

Gnva You haue not forsaken your brethren this long season vnto this day, but haue diligently kept the commandement of the Lord your God.
(You have not forsaken your brethren/brothers this long season unto this day, but have diligently kept the commandment of the Lord your God. )

Cvdl Ye haue not forsaken youre brethre a longe season, vnto this daye, and haue wayted vpon the commaundement of the LORDE youre God.
(Ye/You_all have not forsaken your(pl) brethren/brothers a long season, unto this day, and have waited upon the commandment of the LORD your(pl) God.)

Wycl nether ye han lefte youre britheren in mych tyme til in to present dai, and ye kepten the comaundement of youre Lord God.
(neither ye/you_all have left your(pl) brethren/brothers in much time till in to present day, and ye/you_all kept the commandment of your(pl) Lord God.)

Luth Ihr habt eure Brüder nicht verlassen eine lange Zeit her bis auf diesen Tag; und habt gehalten an dem Gebot des HErr’s eures Gottes.
(You(pl) have your(pl) brothers not leave a/one long time/period her until on/in/to this day; and have held at/to to_him commandment/command the LORD’s yours(pl) God’s.)

ClVg nec reliquistis fratres vestros longo tempore, usque in præsentem diem, custodientes imperium Domini Dei vestri.
(but_not you_left brothers yours long at_the_time, until in/into/on present(sg) day, guarding government Master of_God yours. )

SOTN SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 22:1–8 Joshua sent the eastern clans back to their homes

Joshua had told the men of the clans of Reuben, Gad and half the clan of Manasseh that they must help their fellow Israelites to conquer the land on the west side of the Jordan River (see Joshua 1:12–18). Now they had conquered it with God’s help. They had fulfilled their obligation and so Joshua sent them home to where their families were living on the east side of the Jordan.

22:3a

All this time you have not deserted your brothers, up to this very day,

You have not deserted your brother Israelites all this long time, up to today.
During these years you have not left your relatives and gone home. You have helped them until this day.

All this time you have not deserted your brothers: The Hebrew verb that the BSB translates as deserted means to leave someone without intending to return to them. In some languages it may be more natural to state this in a positive sense. For example,

For a long time you have supported your fellow Israelites. (NCV)

It’s taken a long time, but you have stayed and helped your relatives. (CEV)

All this time: The phrase All this time refers to the time that the Israelites were fighting to conquer the land of Canaan. This was probably a period of several years.

brothers: The word brothers refers to the people of the other Israelite clans.

up to this very day: The Hebrew phrase that the BSB translates as up to this very day can also be translated “until this day,” or “down to this day.”

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

You have not deserted your brother Israelites all this long time, up to today.

During these years you have not left your relatives. You have helped them until this day.

22:3b

but have kept the charge given you by the LORD your God.

You have faithfully observed the commands of Yahweh your God.
You have carefully kept the commands of Yahweh our^(incl) God.

but: The Hebrew conjunction that the BSB translates as but indicates a contrast. However, in this context it is not strongly contrastive. Some versions, such as NET, do not translate this conjunction. Begin this sentence in a way that is natural in your language.

have kept the charge given you by the LORD your God: The Hebrew phrase that the BSB translates as the charge is more literally “the obligation of the commandment.” These three clans were required to obey God’s command, and they did obey it.

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

have completed the task given to you by the Lord your God (NET)

have carried out the mission the Lord your God gave you (NIV)

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

אֶת־אֲחֵי⁠כֶ֗ם

DOM countrymen_of,your(pl)

As the Introduction to this chapter discusses, Joshua is using the term brothers to describe people who are descended from the same ancestor. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [your fellow Israelites]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

יָמִ֣ים רַבִּ֔ים

days many

The author is using the term days by association to refer to time, since time is made up of days. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or plain language. Alternate translation: [all this time]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

עַ֖ד הַ⁠יּ֣וֹם הַ⁠זֶּ֑ה

until the=day the=this

See how you translated the phrase to this day in [4:9](../04/09.md). Alternate translation: [right up to this time]

Note 4 topic: writing-poetry

וּ⁠שְׁמַרְתֶּ֕ם אֶת־מִשְׁמֶ֕רֶת מִצְוַ֖ת יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵי⁠כֶֽם

and,you(pl)_have_kept DOM charge_of command_of YHWH God_of,your(pl)

For emphasis, the author is using a construction in which a verb and its object come from the same root. You may be able to use the same construction in your language to express the meaning here. Alternatively, your language may have another way of showing the emphasis. Alternate translation: [but you have carefully kept the commandments of Yahweh your God]

Parallel JOS 22:3

Section 22:1–8 Joshua sent the eastern clans back to their homes

22:3a

22:3b