1 KI 20:10 Parallel Verse View

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20:10 Most translations interpret ‘all the people at my feet’ to be Ben-Hadad’s (large) army (which appears to go back at least to the Vulgate ‘sequitur’), but we’ve TENTATIVELY interpreted it as his (future) prisoners/slaves.

Key: khaki:verbs.
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ULT And Ben Hadad sent to him and said, “Thus may the gods do to me, and thus may they add, if the dust of Samaria is enough for handfuls for all of the people who, are at my feet!”

UST Then Ben Hadad sent messengers back to Ahab. They told him on his behalf, “We will destroy your city completely. There will not be enough debris left for each of my soldiers to have a handful of it! If we do not do that, I ask the gods to destroy me completely and do other terrible things to me!”

BSB & MSB Then Ben -hadad sent another message to [Ahab]: “May the gods deal with me, and ever so severely, if [enough] dust remains of Samaria for each of my men [to have] a handful.”

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WEBBE & WMBB Ben Hadad sent to him, and said, “The gods do so to me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria will be enough for handfuls for all the people who follow me.”

NET Ben Hadad sent another message to him, “May the gods judge me severely if there is enough dirt left in Samaria for my soldiers to scoop up in their hands.”

LSV And Ben-Hadad sends to him and says, “Thus the gods do to me, and thus do they add, if the dust of Samaria suffice for handfuls for all the people who [are] at my feet.”

FBV Ben-hadad responded to him, “May the gods do as much to me and more if there remains enough dust in Samaria to give my subjects a handful each!”

T4T In that message he said, “We will destroy your city completely, with the result that there will not be enough dust and rubble left for each of my soldiers to have one handful! I hope/wish that the gods will strike me dead if we do not do that!”

LEB Then Ben-Hadad sent to him and said, “Thus may the gods do to me and thus may they add if the dust of Samaria is sufficient for the hollow of a hand for all of the people who are at my feet.”

BBE Then Ben-hadad sent to him, saying, May the gods' punishment be on me if there is enough of the dust of Samaria for all the people at my feet to take some in their hands.

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JPS And Ben-hadad sent unto him, and said: 'The gods do so unto me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that follow me.'

ASV And Ben-hadad sent unto him, and said, The gods do so unto me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that follow me.

DRA And the messengers returning brought him word. And he sent again and said: Such and such things may the gods do to me, and more may they add, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that follow me.

YLT And Ben-Hadad sendeth unto him, and saith, 'Thus do the gods to me, and thus do they add, if the dust of Samaria suffice for handfuls for all the people who [are] at my feet.'

Drby And Ben-Hadad sent to him and said, The [fn]gods do so to me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that follow me!

20.10 Elohim

RV And Ben-hadad sent unto him, and said, The gods do so unto me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that follow me.

SLT And Ben-hadad will send to him and say, Thus will the gods do to me, and thus will they add, if the dust of Shomeron shall suffice for handfuls for all the people which are at my feet.

Wbstr And Ben-hadad sent to him, and said, The gods do so to me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that follow me.

KJB-1769 And Ben-hadad sent unto him, and said, The gods do so unto me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that follow me.[fn]

20.10 follow…: Heb. are at my feet

KJB-1611 And Benhadad sent vnto him, and said, The gods doe so vnto me and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that [fn]follow me.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)

20:10 Heb. are at my feete.

Bshps And Benhadad sent vnto him againe, and sayde: Thus and thus do the gods vnto me, if the dust of Samaria be enough for al the people that folowe me, to take euery man an handfull.
(And Ben-hadad sent unto him again, and said: Thus and thus do the gods unto me, if the dust of Samaria be enough for all the people that follow me, to take every man an handful.)

Gnva And Ben-hadad sent vnto him, and sayde, The gods do so to me and more also, if the dust of Samaria be ynough to all the people that follow me, for euery man an handfull.
(And Ben-hadad sent unto him, and said, The gods do so to me and more also, if the dust of Samaria be enough to all the people that follow me, for every man an handful.)

Cvdl The sent Benadab vnto him sayege: The goddes do this and yt vnto me, yf the dust of Samaria shalbe ynough, for euery one of my people to brynge me an handfull therof.
(The sent Benadab unto him saying: The gods do this and it unto me, if the dust of Samaria shall be enough, for every one of my people to bring me an handful thereof.)

Wycl And the messangeris turneden ayen, and telden alle thingis to hym. Which sente ayen, and seide, Goddis do these thingis to me, and adde these thingis, if the dust of Samarie schal suffice to the fistis of al the puple that sueth me.
(And the messengers turned again, and told all things to him. Which sent again, and said, God’s do these things to me, and add these things, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice to the fistis of all the people that sueth me.)

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ClVg Reversique nuntii retulerunt ei. Qui remisit, et ait: Hæc faciant mihi dii, et hæc addant, si suffecerit pulvis Samariæ pugillis omnis populi qui sequitur me.[fn]
(And_returned news they_reported to_him. Who sent_back, and he_said: These let_them_do_it to_me gods, and these_things they_may_add, when/but_if may_have_sufficed dust Samaria fists everyone of_the_people who/which follows me.)

20.10 Hæc faciant mihi. Samaria morte civitatum habebat terram interius ipsis muris pene æqualem, quo subsidio ictibus arietis resisteret extra, murorum altitudo longe superficiem terræ transcenderat. Ait ergo rex superbus obsessos terrens, quod tantam haberet multitudinem, ut si quisque militum unum lapidem vel stipitem vel cespitem ad construendum contra urbem aggerem apportasset, agger exsurgeret qui superficiei quæ erat intra muros esse videretur æqualis, ita ut ex æquo pugnantes contra civitatem tela faces mitterent. Ne glorietur accinctus. RAB. Accinctus est qui cingulo circumdatur, discinctus qui cingulum deposuit. Ait ergo rex Isræl, regi Syriæ glorianti quasi jam cepisset Samariam quam obsidere cœperat: Ne glorietur accinctus æque ut discinctus. Ac si dicat: Noli gloriari quasi victor, qui adhuc in acie positus, quem victoria sequatur ignoras: quippe qui vincere credidit, victus est.

20.10 These let_them_do_it to_me. Samaria death of_cities had the_earth/land inside themselves walls almost/nearly equal, where help blows ram(n) would_resist outside, of_walls height far_away surface of_the_earth/land(pl) had_climbed. He_said therefore king proud besieged scaring, that so_much would_have multitude, as when/but_if everyone/whoever soldiers one a_stone or post or grassy_ground to to_be_built on_the_contrary city mound would_have_carried, heap would_arise who/which surface which was inside the_walls to_be it_would_seem equals, so/thus as from equal fighting on_the_contrary the_city weapons faces they_would_send. Don’t let_him_boast girded/prepared. RAB. Girded/prepared it_is who/which sash/belt is_surrounded, wearing_loose_clothes who/which sash/belt he_put_down. He_said therefore king Israel, to_rule/king_of Syria boasting as_if already would_have_taken Samaria how to_besiege had_begun: Don’t let_him_boast girded/prepared equally as wearing_loose_clothes. And when/but_if let_him_say: Don’t to_boast as_if victor, who/which still in/into/on sharpness placed, which victory follow you_don’t_know: indeed/sure who/which to_win believed, defeated/food it_is.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-oathformula

כֹּֽה־יַעֲשׂ֥וּ⁠ן לִ֛⁠י אֱלֹהִ֖ים וְ⁠כֹ֣ה יוֹסִ֑פוּ אִם־יִשְׂפֹּק֙ עֲפַ֣ר שֹׁמְר֔וֹן לִ⁠שְׁעָלִ֕ים לְ⁠כָל־הָ⁠עָ֖ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר בְּ⁠רַגְלָֽ⁠י

(Some words not found in UHB: and,he_sent to=him/it son_of -hₐdad and=he/it_said so may,they_do to=me ʼElohīm and,thus more if suffice dust_of Shomrōn for,handfuls to/from=all/each/any/every the,people which/who [is]_at,feet_of,my )

Following the custom of this culture, Ben Hadad is swearing an oath by stating a condition and the consequence he is asking the gods to make happen if the condition is met. He is stating the consequence before the condition. If it would be helpful to your readers, in your translation, you could state the condition before the consequence. See how you translated the similar expression in [19:2](../19/02.md). Alternate translation: [If the dust of Samaria is enough for handfuls for all of the people who are at my feet, thus may the gods do to me, and thus may they add]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

וְ⁠כֹ֣ה יוֹסִ֑פוּ

and,thus more

See how you translated the similar expression “and thus may he add” in [2:23](../02/23.md). Alternate translation: [and may they do even worse]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

הָ⁠עָ֖ם

the,people

In this context, the term people refers to the soldiers in Ahab’s army. It may be helpful to clarify this for your readers. Alternate translation: [the soldiers]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

אֲשֶׁ֥ר בְּ⁠רַגְלָֽ⁠י

Ben Hadad is using his feet to represent his soldiers walking where he has just walked. In other words, they are following him, and this represents that he is their military commander. Your language may have a comparable expression that you can use in your translation. If you have already translated the book of Judges, see how you translated the similar expression in [Judges 4:10](../jdg/04/10.md). Alternate translation: [who are under my command]

Parallel 1 KI 20:10

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