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OEB But if ye shall turn away from following me, ye or your children, and shall not keep my commands and my statutes which I have set before you, but shall go and serve other gods, and worship them;
WEBBE But if you turn away from following me, you or your children, and not keep my commandments and my statutes which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods and worship them,
WMBB (Same as above)
NET “But if you or your sons ever turn away from me, fail to obey the regulations and rules I instructed you to keep, and decide to serve and worship other gods,
LSV If you at all turn back—you and your sons—from after Me, and do not keep My commands [and] My statutes that I have set before you, and have gone and served other gods, and bowed yourselves to them,
FBV But if you or your descendants turn away and do not keep the laws and the commandments I have given you, and if you go and serve and worship other gods,
T4T “But if you or your descendants turn away from me and disobey the commands and decrees that I have given to you, and if you start to worship other gods,
LEB “If ever you or any of your descendants[fn] turn from following me and do not keep my commandments and my ordinances that I have set before you and you go and serve other gods and bow down to them,
BBE But if you are turned from my ways, you or your children, and do not keep my orders and my laws which I have put before you, but go and make yourselves servants to other gods and give them worship:
Moff No Moff 1KI book available
JPS But if ye shall turn away from following Me, ye or your children, and not keep My commandments and My statutes which I have set before you, but shall go and serve other gods, and worship them;
ASV But if ye shall turn away from following me, ye or your children, and not keep my commandments and my statutes which I have set before you, but shall go and serve other gods, and worship them;
DRA But if you and your children revolting shall turn away from following me, and will not keep my commandments, and my ceremonies, which I have set before you, but will go and worship strange gods, and adore them:
YLT 'If ye at all turn back — you and your sons — from after Me, and keep not My commands — My statutes, that I have set before you, and ye have gone and served other gods, and bowed yourselves to them,
Drby [But] if ye shall at all turn from following me, ye or your children, and will not keep my commandments, my statutes which I have set before you, but go and serve other [fn]gods, and worship them;
RV But if ye shall turn away from following me, ye or your children and not keep my commandments and my statutes which I have set before you, but shall go and serve other gods, and worship them:
Wbstr But if ye shall at all turn from following me, ye or your children, and will not keep my commandments and my statutes which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods, and worship them:
KJB-1769 But if ye shall at all turn from following me, ye or your children, and will not keep my commandments and my statutes which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods, and worship them:
(But if ye/you_all shall at all turn from following me, ye/you_all or your children, and will not keep my commandments and my statutes which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods, and worship them: )
KJB-1611 But if you shall at all turne from following me, you or your children, and will not keepe my Commandements, and my Statutes, which I haue set before you, but goe and serue other gods, and worship them:
(But if you shall at all turn from following me, you or your children, and will not keep my Commandments, and my Statutes, which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods, and worship them:)
Bshps But and if ye and your children turne away from me, and will not kepe my commaundementes and my statutes whiche I haue set before you, but go and serue other gods, & worship them:
(But and if ye/you_all and your children turn away from me, and will not keep my commandments and my statutes which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods, and worship them:)
Gnva But if ye and your children turne away from mee, and wil not keepe my commandements, and my statutes (which I haue set before you) but go and serue other gods, and worship them,
(But if ye/you_all and your children turn away from me, and will not keep my commandments, and my statutes (which I have set before you) but go and serve other gods, and worship them, )
Cvdl But yf ye turne back fro me, ye and youre childre, and kepe not my commaundementes and ordinaunces which I haue layed before you, but go and serue other goddes, and worshipe them,
(But if ye/you_all turn back from me, ye/you_all and your(pl) childre, and keep not my commandments and ordinaunces which I have laid before you, but go and serve other gods, and worship them,)
Wycl Forsothe if bi turnyng awei ye and youre sones turnen awey, and suen not me, and kepen not myn hestis and cerymonyes, whiche Y settide forth to you, but ye goen, and worschipen alien goddis, and onouren hem `bi outward reuerence,
(Forsothe if by turnyng away ye/you_all and your(pl) sons turnen away, and follow not me, and kepen not mine hestis and cerymonyes, which I set forth to you, but ye/you_all goen, and worschipen alien gods, and honourn them `bi outward reverence,)
Luth Werdet ihr euch aber von mir hinten abwenden, ihr und eure Kinder, und nicht halten meine Gebote und Rechte, die ich euch vorgelegt habe, und hingehet und andern Göttern dienet, und sie anbetet,
(Werdet you/their/her you but from to_me hinten abwenden, you/their/her and your children, and not hold my Gebote and lawe, the I you vorgelegt have, and hingehet and change gods dienet, and they/she/them anbetet,)
ClVg Si autem aversione aversi fueritis vos et filii vestri, non sequentes me, nec custodientes mandata mea et cæremonias meas quas proposui vobis, sed abieritis et colueritis deos alienos, et adoraveritis eos:
(When/But_if however aversione aversi has_beenis you and children vestri, not/no sequentes me, but_not custodientes mandata mea and cæremonias meas which proposui vobis, but abieritis and colueritis deos alienos, and adoraveritis them: )
UTN uW Translation Notes:
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / doublet
my commandments and my statutes
(Some words not found in UHB: if to_turn turn_away, you_all and,sons,your_all's from,following,me and=not keep commandments,my statutes,my which/who I_give before,face/front,you_all and,go and,serve ʼElohīm other and,worship to/for=them )
Here the words “commandments” and “statutes” mean basically the same thing and emphasize all that Yahweh has commanded.
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism
worship other gods and bow down to them
(Some words not found in UHB: if to_turn turn_away, you_all and,sons,your_all's from,following,me and=not keep commandments,my statutes,my which/who I_give before,face/front,you_all and,go and,serve ʼElohīm other and,worship to/for=them )
These two phrases mean basically the same thing and are combined for emphasis.
BMM BibleMapper.com Maps:
1 Kings 9-10; 2 Chronicles 2:1-18; 8:1-9:28
Near the beginning of Solomon’s reign, the Lord promised to bless him with great wisdom, riches, and honor (1 Kings 3:2-15), and the fulfillment of this promise led to great fame for Solomon throughout the Near East. Humanly speaking, Solomon had been set up for immense success by his father David, who passed on to him a powerful kingdom that stretched from the tip of the Red Sea to the Euphrates River (2 Samuel 8-10; 1 Chronicles 18-19; 2 Chronicles 8). During Solomon’s reign Israel controlled all land routes leading from Egypt and the Red Sea to the Aramean and Hittite nations to the north, and they also controlled the northern terminus of the great Incense Route leading from the peoples of southwest Arabia to the shores of the Mediterranean Sea at Gaza. Solomon appears to have capitalized on his strategic control over travel and shipping throughout the region by setting up a very lucrative international arms dealership, through which he paired chariots bought from Egypt with horses bought from Kue (the term sometimes translated as “Egypt” should probably be translated “Muzur,” a district near Kue) and sold them to the kings of the Hittites and Arameans. Solomon also likely gained immense wealth from very productive copper mines at Punon, Timna, and elsewhere (see “Southern Arabah Valley” map). All this won him great renown among all the rulers of the Near East, including the queen of Sheba, who traveled over a thousand miles to see for herself Solomon’s great wisdom and splendor. She brought with her luxurious gifts from her land, including spices, precious stones, and gold, which she may have obtained from nearby Ophir. Solomon also arranged for King Hiram of Tyre to provide him with cedar timbers from Lebanon to build the Temple of the Lord and his royal palace (2 Chronicles 2). The logs were bound into rafts, floated down to Joppa, and then disassembled and hauled up to Jerusalem. Solomon also launched ships to sail to faraway lands during his reign and bring back riches and exotic goods. Scholars have proposed various locations for the exact destination of the ships, and some have struggled to reconcile what can seem like confusion on the part of the biblical writers over the term Tarshish. But a careful reading of the biblical accounts indicates that there were probably two separate fleets of ships: the fleet of Hiram and Solomon’s fleet of ships of Tarshish. Both fleets are separately mentioned in 1 Kings 10:22, and the phrase “at sea with” may simply indicate that they were sailing at the same time but not necessarily together. Also, the list of goods brought back by Hiram’s fleet is somewhat different than the list of goods brought back by Solomon’s fleet (compare 1 Kings 10:11, 22; 2 Chronicles 8:17-18; 9:10, 21). Likewise, the wording of 2 Chronicles 8:17-18 is that Hiram “sent to [Solomon] by the hand of his servants ships and servants familiar with the sea,” but the implication seems to be that the ships remained Hiram’s, not Solomon’s, whereas the other fleet of ships of Tarshish appears to have belonged to Solomon, though the ships were manned by Hiram’s men as well (2 Chronicles 9:21). Thus, Hiram’s fleet set sail from Ezion-geber, traveled the length of the Red Sea, and acquired gold from Ophir. Solomon’s fleet, on the other hand, could have sailed either the Red Sea or the Mediterranean Sea, since the term ships of Tarshish seems to have been used at times to indicate a class of trading or refinery ships rather than a specific destination (see article for “Tarshish” map). It is also possible, however, that the term Tarshish referred to the ships’ actual destination, which during Solomon’s reign appears to have been located in the far western Mediterranean Sea. This is supported by isotopic studies of silver found in Israel during Solomon’s time, which have traced the source to Tharros on the island of Sardinia. This also fits well with the length of time given for the voyage of Solomon’s fleet, which returned every three years with their exotic goods.