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OET (OET-RV) Yisrael’s king replied, “Tell Ben-Hadad that someone who’s heading to battle shouldn’t boast like someone relaxing after his victory.”
OET-LV And_ the_king_of _answered of_Yisrāʼēl/(Israel) and_he/it_said speak not let_him_boast one_who_girds_on like_takes_off.
UHB וַיַּ֤עַן מֶֽלֶךְ־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ וַיֹּ֣אמֶר דַּבְּר֔וּ אַל־יִתְהַלֵּ֥ל חֹגֵ֖ר כִּמְפַתֵּֽחַ׃ ‡
(vayyaˊan melek-yisrāʼēl vayyoʼmer dabrū ʼal-yithallēl ḩogēr kiməfattēaḩ.)
Key: khaki:verbs.
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 Καὶ ἐποίησαν οἱ ἄνδρες τῆς πόλεως αὐτοῦ οἱ πρεσβύτεροι καὶ οἱ ἐλεύθεροι οἱ κατοικοῦντες ἐν τῇ πόλει αὐτοῦ, καθὼς ἀπέστειλε πρὸς αὐτοὺς Ἰεζάβελ, καὶ καθὰ ἐγέγραπτο ἐν τοῖς βιβλίοις οἷς ἀπέστειλε πρὸς αὐτούς.
(Kai epoiaʸsan hoi andres taʸs poleōs autou hoi presbuteroi kai hoi eleutheroi hoi katoikountes en taʸ polei autou, kathōs apesteile pros autous Iezabel, kai katha egegrapto en tois bibliois hois apesteile pros autous. )
BrTr And the men of his city, the elders, and the nobles who dwelt in his city, did as Jezabel sent to them, and as it had been written in the letters which she sent to them.
ULT And the king of Israel answered and said, “Speak, ‘one about to gird should not boast like one who is ungirding.’ ”
UST King Ahab replied to the messengers, “Tell King Ben Hadad this: No one wins a battle before he fights it, so do not boast before you should.”
BSB And the king of Israel replied, “Tell him: ‘The one putting on [his armor] should not boast like one taking [it off].’ ”
MSB (Same as BSB above)
OEB And the king of Israel answered and said, ‘Tell him, “Let not him who is girding on his sword boast himself as he who is putting it off.” ’
WEBBE The king of Israel answered, “Tell him, ‘Don’t let him who puts on his armour brag like he who takes it off.’ ”
WMBB (Same as above)
NET The king of Israel replied, “Tell him the one who puts on his battle gear should not boast like one who is taking it off.”
LSV And the king of Israel answers and says, “Speak: Do not let him who is girding on boast himself as him who is loosing [his armor].”
FBV The king of Israel replied, “Tell him this: A man putting on his armor should not brag like one who is taking it off.”[fn]
20:11 In other words, boasting should only be done when victory is won.
T4T King Ahab replied to the messengers, “Tell King Ben-Hadad that a soldier who is putting on his armor preparing to fight a battle [MTY] should not boast at that time; he should wait until after he wins the battle.”
LEB No LEB 1 KI book available
BBE And the king of Israel said in answer, Say to him, The time for loud talk is not when a man is putting on his arms, but when he is taking them off.
Moff No Moff 1 KI book available
JPS And the king of Israel answered and said: 'Tell him: Let not him that girdeth on his armour boast himself as he that putteth it off.'
ASV And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, Let not him that girdeth on his armor boast himself as he that putteth it off.
DRA And the king of Israel answering, said: Tell him: Let not the girded boast himself as the ungirded.
YLT And the king of Israel answereth and saith, 'Speak ye: let not him who is girding on boast himself as him who is loosing [his armour].'
Drby And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell [him], Let not him that girdeth on boast himself as he that putteth off!
RV And the king of Israel answered and said, tell him, Let not him that girdeth on his armour boast himself as he that putteth it off.
(And the king of Israel answered and said, tell him, Let not him that girdeth/girds on his armour boast himself as he that putteth/puts it off. )
SLT And the king of Israel will answer and say, Speak ye. He binding shall not boast as he loosening.
Wbstr And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him , Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off.
KJB-1769 And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off.
(And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, Let not him that girdeth/girds on his harness boast himself as he that putteth/puts it off. )
KJB-1611 And the king of Israel answered, and said, Tell him, Let not him that girdeth on his harnesse, boast himselfe, as he that putteth it off.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from marking of added words (and possibly capitalisation and punctuation))
Bshps No Bshps 1 KI book available
Gnva And the King of Israel answered, and sayd, Tell him, Let not him that girdeth his harneis, boast himselfe, as he that putteth it off.
(And the King of Israel answered, and said, Tell him, Let not him that girdeth/girds his harneis, boast himself, as he that putteth/puts it off. )
Cvdl No Cvdl 1 KI book available
Wycl No Wycl 1 KI book available
Luth No Luth 1 KI book available
ClVg Et respondens rex Israël, ait: Dicite ei: Ne glorietur, accinctus æque ut discinctus.
(And responding king Israel, he_said: Sayite to_him: Don't glorietur, accinctus æque as discinctus. )
RP-GNT No RP-GNT 1 KI book available
20:10-11 Ben-hadad’s third delegation delivered an ultimatum: Surrender or die. His caustic threat to thoroughly plunder Samaria was reinforced with a curse, an example of the psychological warfare often practiced in the ancient Near East (see 2 Kgs 18:19-35).
• Ahab’s third reply to Ben-hadad contained proverbial wisdom. The outcome of the conflict was not yet sealed.
Note 1 topic: writing-proverbs
Tell Ben Hadad, ‘No one who is just putting on his armor … as if he were taking it off.’
(Some words not found in UHB: and,answered king Yisrael and=he/it_said tell not boast puts_on_armour like,takes_~_off )
This is an expression to give advice. “Putting on armor” is metonymy for getting prepared for battle. “Tell Ben Hadad, ‘Do not boast as if you have already won a battle that you have not yet fought.’” (See also: figs-metonymy)