JOS 9:25 Parallel Verse View

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Key: khaki:verbs.
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BrLXX Καὶ νῦν ἰδοὺ ἡμεῖς ὑποχείριοι ὑμῖν· ὡς ἀρέσκει ὑμῖν καὶ ὡς δοκεῖ ὑμῖν, ποιήσατε ἡμῖν.
(Kai nun idou haʸmeis hupoⱪeirioi humin; hōs areskei humin kai hōs dokei humin, poiaʸsate haʸmin. )

BrTr And now, behold, we are in your power; do to us as it is pleasing to you, and as it seems good to you.

ULT And now, behold us, in your hand. Do to us as is good and as is right in your eyes to do.”

UST So now, you have control over us. Do to us what you think is the right thing to do.”

OEB Well, we are in your power! Whatever you think right and fair to do to us, do it.’

WEBBE Now, behold, we are in your hand. Do to us as it seems good and right to you to do.”

WMBB (Same as above)

NET So now we are in your power. Do to us what you think is good and appropriate.

LSV and now, behold, we [are] in your hand, as [it is] good, and as [it is] right in your eyes to do to us—do.”

FBV Now we're in your hands. Do to us what you think is right and just.”

T4T So now you can decide what you will do with us. Do what you think is right.”

LEB So then, look, we are in your hand; do with us whatever seems good and right in your eyes.”

BBE And now we are in your hands: do to us whatever seems good and right to you.

Moff Well, we are in your power! Whatever you think right and fair to do to us, do it.”

JPS And now, behold, we are in thy hand: as it seemeth good and right unto thee to do unto us, do.'

ASV And now, behold, we are in thy hand: as it seemeth good and right unto thee to do unto us, do.

DRA And now we are in thy hand: deal with us as it seemeth good and right unto thee.

YLT and now, lo, we [are] in thy hand, as [it is] good, and as [it is] right in thine eyes to do to us — do.'

Drby And now behold, we are in thy hand: as it is good and right in thine eyes to do to us, do.

RV And now, behold, we are in thine hand: as it seemeth good and right unto thee to do unto us, do.
(And now, behold, we are in thine/your hand: as it seemeth good and right unto thee/you to do unto us, do. )

SLT And now, behold us in thy hand: as is good and as is right in your eyes to do to us, do.

Wbstr And now, behold, we are in thy hand: do as it seemeth good and right to thee to do to us,

KJB-1769 And now, behold, we are in thine hand: as it seemeth good and right unto thee to do unto us, do.
(And now, behold, we are in thine/your hand: as it seemeth good and right unto thee/you to do unto us, do. )

KJB-1611 And now behold, we are in thine hand: as it seemeth good and right vnto thee to doe vnto vs, doe.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps And beholde, we are in thyne hande: as it seemeth good and right in thyne eyes to do vnto vs, so do.
(And behold, we are in thine/your hand: as it seemeth good and right in thine/your eyes to do unto us, so do.)

Gnva And beholde nowe, we are in thine hand: doe as it seemeth good and right in thine eyes to doe vnto vs.
(And behold now, we are in thine/your hand: do as it seemeth good and right in thine/your eyes to do unto us. )

Cvdl But now lo, we are in thy handes: loke what thou thinkest good and righte to do vnto vs, that do.
(But now lo, we are in thy/your hands: look what thou/you thinkest/think good and right to do unto us, that do.)

Wycl `Now forsothe we ben in `thin hond; do thou to vs that, that semeth riytful and good to thee.
(Now for_certain/truly we been in thin hand; do thou/you to us that, that seemeth/seems rightful and good to thee/you.)

Luth Nun aber, siehe, wir sind in deinen Händen; was dich gut und recht dünket, uns zu tun, das tue.
(Now but, see/look, we/us are in your(s) hands; what/which you/yourself good and right seems, us/to_us/ourselves to/for do/put, the do/act.)

ClVg Nunc autem in manu tua sumus: quod tibi bonum et rectum videtur, fac nobis.
(now however in/into/on by_hand your we_are: that to_you good and rightness/accuracy it_seems, do us. )

SOTN SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 9:1–27 The Gibeonites deceived the Israelites

The Gibeonite people lived near Ai. When they heard that Joshua had defeated Ai, they were afraid that he would conquer and kill them too. So, they sent messengers who pretended they had come from a long distance away. They deceived the Israelites and made a treaty of friendship with them.

Later, the Israelites learned that the Gibeonites lied to them, and that they lived quite close to them. They could not kill them because of the treaty, so they made them be water carriers and woodcutters for the Israelites.

Here are some other possible section headings:

The people of Gibeon

The Gibeon people tricked the Israelites and made a treaty with them

9:25a

Now we are in your hands.

We know that you are more powerful than we are.
Now look, you have the strength to do anything you want.

Now: The word Now calls attention to what the Gibeonites said next. It is a way to emphasize it. Use whatever means is natural to show this emphasis.

we are in your hands: The clause we are in your hands is an idiom. It indicates that the Gibeonites know the Israelites are stronger than them and can do whatever they want to them.

Here are some other ways to translate this phrase:

we are in your power (NET)

you are strong enough to do anything to us that you want (CEV)

9:25b

Do to us whatever seems good and right to you.”

So treat us in whatever way seems just to you.”
Do to us whatever you think is right.”

Do to us whatever seems good and right to you: The phrase Do to us whatever seems good and right to you indicates that the Gibeonites asked the Israelites to treat them in whatever way seemed just to the Israelites.

Here are some other ways to translate this phrase:

do to us what you think is good and appropriate (NET)

do to us whatever you think is right (NLT)

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

וְ⁠עַתָּ֖ה

and=now

See how you translated the same expression in [9:23](../09/23.md).

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

הִנְ⁠נ֣וּ

here,we

The Gibeonite men are using the term behold to focus attention on what they say next. Your language may have a comparable expression that you could use in your translation.

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

בְ⁠יָדֶ֑⁠ךָ

[are]_in,your_of,hand

Here, the hand represents the power or control that a person has over someone or something. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [in your control] or [under your control]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / doublet

כַּ⁠טּ֨וֹב וְ⁠כַ⁠יָּשָׁ֧ר

according,the_good and,according,the_right

The terms good and right mean similar things. The author is using the two terms together for emphasis. If it would be clearer for your readers, you could express the emphasis with a single phrase. Alternate translation: [as is most appropriate]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

בְּ⁠עֵינֶ֛י⁠ךָ

in,your_two's_of,eyes

The Gibeonites are using the term eyes by association to mean sight. Sight, in turn, represents judgment and perspective. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [in your perspective] or [in your judgment]

Parallel JOS 9:25

Section 9:1–27 The Gibeonites deceived the Israelites

9:25a

9:25b