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Parallel 1 KI 18:31

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BI 1 Ki 18:31 ©

Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal(All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV)He took twelve stones (the number of the sons of Yakob (Jacob) who Yahweh told would be called Yisrael)[ref]


18:31: Gen 32:28; 35:10.

OET-LVAnd_ ʼĒliyyāh _he/it_took two_plus ten stones according_to_number_of the_tribes_of the_sons_of Yaˊₐqoⱱ/(Jacob) whom the_message_of it_had_come of_YHWH to_him/it to_ Yisrāʼēl/(Israel) _say it_will_be name_of_your.

UHBוַ⁠יִּקַּ֣ח אֵלִיָּ֗הוּ שְׁתֵּ֤ים עֶשְׂרֵה֙ אֲבָנִ֔ים כְּ⁠מִסְפַּ֖ר שִׁבְטֵ֣י בְנֵֽי־יַעֲקֹ֑ב אֲשֶׁר֩ הָיָ֨ה דְבַר־יְהוָ֤ה אֵלָי⁠ו֙ לֵ⁠אמֹ֔ר יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל יִהְיֶ֥ה שְׁמֶֽ⁠ךָ׃
   (va⁠yyiqqaḩ ʼēliyyāhū shəttēym ˊesrēh ʼₐⱱānim kə⁠mişpar shiⱱţēy ənēy-yaˊₐqoⱱ ʼₐsher hāyāh dəⱱar-yhwh ʼēlāy⁠v lē⁠ʼmor yisrāʼēl yihyeh shəme⁠kā.)

Key: khaki:verbs, 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).

BrLXXΚαὶ ἔλαβεν Ἡλιοὺ δώδεκα λίθους κατὰ ἀριθμὸν φυλῶν τοῦ Ἰσραὴλ, ὡς ἐλάλησε Κύριος πρὸς αὐτὸν, λέγων, Ἰσραὴλ ἔσται τὸ ὄνομά σου.
   (Kai elaben Haʸliou dōdeka lithous kata arithmon fulōn tou Israaʸl, hōs elalaʸse Kurios pros auton, legōn, Israaʸl estai to onoma sou. )

BrTrAnd Eliu took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of Israel, as the Lord spoke to him, saying, Israel shall be thy name.

ULTAnd Elijah took 12 stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom was the word of Yahweh, saying, “Israel shall be your name.”

USTThen he took twelve large stones, each one to represent one of the Israelite tribes, whose ancestors were the twelve sons of Jacob.

BSBAnd Elijah took twelve stones, one for each tribe of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of the LORD had come [and] said, “Israel shall be your name.”

MSB (Same as above)


OEBAnd Elijah took twelve stones corresponding to the number of tribes of the sons of Jacob to whom the word of Jehovah came, saying, ‘Israel shall be thy name.’

WEBBEElijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom the LORD’s word came, saying, “Israel shall be your name.”

WMBB (Same as above)

NETThen Elijah took twelve stones, corresponding to the number of tribes that descended from Jacob, to whom the Lord had said, “Israel will be your new name.”

LSVand Elijah takes twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of YHWH was, saying, “Israel is your name”;

FBVElijah took twelve stones to represent the tribes of the sons of Jacob. (Jacob was the one who received the Lord's message that said, “Israel shall be your name.”)

T4TThen he took twelve large stones, each one to represent one of the Israeli tribes. The names of those tribes were given to them by their ancestor Jacob.

LEBNo LEB 1 KI book available

BBEAnd Elijah took twelve stones, the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom the Lord had said, Israel will be your name:

MoffNo Moff 1 KI book available

JPSAnd Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, unto whom the word of the LORD came, saying: 'Israel shall be thy name.'

ASVAnd Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, unto whom the word of Jehovah came, saying, Israel shall be thy name.

DRAAnd he took twelve stones according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of the Lord came, saying: Israel shall be thy name.

YLTand Elijah taketh twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, unto whom the word of Jehovah was, saying, 'Israel is thy name;'

DrbyAnd Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of Jehovah came saying, Israel shall be thy name;

RVAnd Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, unto whom the word of the LORD came, saying, Israel shall be thy name.
   (And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, unto whom the word of the LORD came, saying, Israel shall be thy/your name. )

SLTAnd Elijah will take twelve stones according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, whom was the word of Jehovah to him, saying, Israel shall be thy name:

WbstrAnd Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of the LORD came, saying, Israel shall be thy name:

KJB-1769And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, unto whom the word of the LORD came, saying, Israel shall be thy name:
   (And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, unto whom the word of the LORD came, saying, Israel shall be thy/your name: )

KJB-1611And Eliiah tooke twelue stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sonnes of Iacob, vnto whome the word of the LORD came, saying, Israel shall bee thy name.
   (Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

BshpsNo Bshps 1 KI book available

GnvaAnd Eliiah tooke twelue stones, according to the nomber of the tribes of the sonnes of Iaakob, (vnto whome the worde of the Lord came, saying, Israel shalbe thy name)
   (And Eliyah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Yacob, (unto whom the word of the Lord came, saying, Israel shall be thy/your name) )

CvdlNo Cvdl 1 KI book available

WyclNo Wycl 1 KI book available

LuthNo Luth 1 KI book available

ClVgEt tulit duodecim lapides juxta numerum tribuum filiorum Jacob, ad quem factus est sermo Domini, dicens: Israël erit nomen tuum.
   (And took twelve stones next_to the_number of_tribes of_children Yacob, to which became it_is speech Master, saying: Israel will_be name your. )

RP-GNTNo RP-GNT 1 KI book available


HAPHebrew accents and phrasing: See Allan Johnson's Hebrew accents and phrasing analysis.

TSNTyndale Study Notes:

18:31-32 The twelve stones that Elijah used to rebuild the altar in the name of the Lord should have reminded the people that God had a prior claim as the redeemer of all Israel (cp. Josh 4:1-11; see Isa 41:14; 49:26).


UTNuW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: translate-numbers

twelve stones

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_took ʼĒliyyāh two/dual teen stones according_to,number_of tribes_of sons_of Yaakob which/who it_became word_of YHWH to=him/it to=say Yisrael will_belong name_of,your )

“12 stones”

BI 1 Ki 18:31 ©