1KI 20:42 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) and the prophet told him, “Yahweh says that because you released a man who should have been executed, then your life will be required in place of his, and your people in place of his people.”

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).

ULT And he said to him, “Thus says Yahweh, ‘Because you have sent away a man of complete destruction from hand. And it will be your life in place of his life, and your people in place of his people.’ ”

UST The prophet said to him, “This is what Yahweh says: ‘You have allowed that man Ben Hadad to escape after I commanded you to be sure to execute him! Since you did not do that, you will be killed instead. And your army will be destroyed because you allowed some of his army to escape!’ ”

BSB § And the prophet said to the king, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Because you have let slip from your hand the man I had devoted to destruction,[fn] your life will be exchanged for his life, and your people for his people.’ ”

20:42 Forms of the Hebrew cherem refer to the giving over of things or persons to the LORD, either by destroying them or by giving them as an offering.

OEB And he said to him, ‘Thus saith Jehovah, “Because thou hast let go out of thy hand the man whom I had condemned to destruction, therefore thy life shall go for his life and thy people for his people.” ’

WEBBE He said to him, “The LORD says, ‘Because you have let go out of your hand the man whom I had devoted to destruction, therefore your life will take the place of his life, and your people take the place of his people.’ ”

WMBB (Same as above)

NET The prophet then said to him, “This is what the Lord says, ‘Because you released a man I had determined should die, you will pay with your life and your people will suffer instead of his people.’ ”

LSV and he says to him, “Thus said YHWH: Because you have sent away the man I devoted, out of [your] hand, even your life has been for his life, and your people for his people”;

FBV He told the king, “This is what the Lord says: You have let go a man I had decided should die. Therefore you will pay for his life with your life, your people for his people.”

T4T And the prophet said to him, “This is what Yahweh says: ‘You have allowed that man Ben-Hadad to escape after I commanded you to be sure to execute him! Since you did not do that, you will be killed instead. And your army will be destroyed because you allowed some of his army to escape!’ ”

LEB He said to him, “Thus says Yahweh: ‘Because you have let the man I devoted for destruction go from your hand, your life shall be in place of his life and your people in place of his people.’ ”

BBE And he said to him, These are the words of the Lord: Because you have let go from your hands the man whom I had put to the curse, your life will be taken for his life, and your people for his people.

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JPS And he said unto him: 'Thus saith the LORD: Because thou hast let go out of thy hand the man whom I had devoted to destruction, therefore thy life shall go for his life, and thy people for his people.'

ASV And he said unto him, Thus saith Jehovah, Because thou hast let go out of thy hand the man whom I had devoted to destruction, therefore thy life shall go for his life, and thy people for his people.

DRA And he said to him: Thus saith the Lord: Because thou hast let go out of thy hand a mall worthy of death, thy life shall be for his life, and thy people for his people.

YLT and he saith unto him, 'Thus said Jehovah, Because thou hast sent away the man I devoted, out of [thy] hand, even thy life hath been for his life, and thy people for his people;'

Drby And he said to him, Thus saith Jehovah: Because thou hast let go out of thy hand the man that I had devoted to destruction, thy life shall be for his life, and thy people for his people.

RV And he said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Because thou hast let go out of thy hand the man whom I had devoted to destruction, therefore thy life shall go for his life, and thy people for his people.

Wbstr And he said to him, Thus saith the LORD, Because thou hast let go out of thy hand a man whom I appointed to utter destruction, therefore thy life shall go for his life, and thy people for his people.

KJB-1769 And he said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Because thou hast let go out of thy hand a man whom I appointed to utter destruction, therefore thy life shall go for his life, and thy people for his people.
(And he said unto him, Thus saith/says the LORD, Because thou/you hast let go out of thy hand a man whom I appointed to utter destruction, therefore thy/your life shall go for his life, and thy/your people for his people. )

KJB-1611 [fn]And hee said vnto him, Thus saith the LORD, Because thou hast let goe out of thy hand, a man whom I appointed to vtter destruction, therfore thy life shall goe for his life, and thy people for his people.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)

20:42 Chap.22. 38.

Bshps And he sayde vnto him, Thus sayth the Lorde: Because thou hast let go out of thy hande a man that is in my curse, thy lyfe shall go for his lyfe, and thy people for his people.
(And he said unto him, Thus saith/says the Lord: Because thou/you hast let go out of thy/your hand a man that is in my curse, thy/your life shall go for his life, and thy/your people for his people.)

Gnva And he said vnto him, Thus saith the Lord, Because thou hast let goe out of thine handes a man whom I appoynted to dye, thy life shall goe for his life, and thy people for his people.
(And he said unto him, Thus saith/says the Lord, Because thou/you hast let go out of thine/your hands a man whom I appointed to dye, thy/your life shall go for his life, and thy/your people for his people. )

Cvdl And he sayde vnto him: Thus sayeth the LORDE: Because thou hast let the damned man go, therfore shall thy soule be for his soule, and thy people for his people.
(And he said unto him: Thus saith/says the LORD: Because thou/you hast let the damned man go, therefore shall thy/your soul be for his soul, and thy/your people for his people.)

Wycl Which seide to the kyng, The Lord seith these thingis, For thou deliueridist fro thin hond a man worthi the deeth, thi lijf schal be for his lijf, and thi puple `schal be for his puple.
(Which said to the king, The Lord saith/says these things, For thou/you deliueridist from thin hand a man worthy the death, thy/your life shall be for his life, and thy/your people `schal be for his puple.)

Luth Und er sprach zu ihm: So spricht der HErr: Darum, daß du hast den verbannten Mann von dir gelassen, wird deine SeeLE für seine SeeLE sein und dein Volk für sein Volk.
(And he spoke to him: So says the/of_the LORD: Therefore, that you have the verbannten man from you/to_you gelassen, becomes your SeeLE for his SeeLE his and your people for his people.)

ClVg Qui ait ad eum: Hæc dicit Dominus: Quia dimisisti virum dignum morte de manu tua, erit anima tua pro anima ejus, et populus tuus pro populo ejus.
(Who he_said to him: This he_says Master: Because dimisisti virum dignum morte about by_hand tua, will_be anima your for anima his, and populus tuus for to_the_people his. )

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