2KI 23:3 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) Then the king stood by the pillar and he made a commitment in front of Yahweh to follow Yahweh and to obey his commandments and testimonies and statutes with all sincerity, and with every desire to respect the words of that agreement that had been written on that scroll. All the people were also included in that commitment.

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).

BrLXX Καὶ ἔστη ὁ βασιλεὺς πρὸς τὸν στύλον, καὶ διέθετο διαθήκην ἐνώπιον Κυρίου, τοῦ πορεύεσθαι ὀπίσω Κυρίου, τοῦ φυλάσσειν τὰς ἐντολὰς αὐτοῦ, καὶ τὰ μαρτύρια αὐτοῦ, καὶ τὰ δικαιώματα αὐτοῦ ἐν πάσῃ καρδίᾳ καὶ ἐν πάσῃ ψυχῇ, τοῦ ἀναστῆσαι τοὺς λόγους τῆς διαθήκης ταύτης, τὰ γεγραμμένα ἐπὶ τὸ βιβλίον τοῦτο· καὶ ἔστη πᾶς ὁ λαὸς ἐν τῇ διαθήκῃ.
(Kai estaʸ ho basileus pros ton stulon, kai dietheto diathaʸkaʸn enōpion Kuriou, tou poreuesthai opisō Kuriou, tou fulassein tas entolas autou, kai ta marturia autou, kai ta dikaiōmata autou en pasaʸ kardia kai en pasaʸ psuⱪaʸ, tou anastaʸsai tous logous taʸs diathaʸkaʸs tautaʸs, ta gegrammena epi to biblion touto; kai estaʸ pas ho laos en taʸ diathaʸkaʸ. )

BrTr And the king stood by a pillar, and made a covenant before the Lord, to walk after the Lord, to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his ordinances with all the heart and with all the soul, to confirm the words of this covenant; even the things written [fn]in this book. And all the people stood [fn]to the covenant.

ULT And the king stood by the pillar, and he cut the covenant to the face of Yahweh to walk after Yahweh and to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his statutes with all his heart and with all his spirit to cause the words of this covenant that were written on that scroll to stand. And all the people stood in the covenant.

UST Then the king stood next to the pillar where the kings stood when they made important announcements, and, while Yahweh was listening, he repeated his promise to sincerely obey with his inner being the covenant. And all the people also promised to obey the covenant.

BSB § So the king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before the LORD to follow the LORD and to keep His commandments, decrees, and statutes with all his heart and all his soul, and to carry out the words of this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people entered into the covenant.

OEB No OEB 2KI book available

WEBBE The king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before the LORD to walk after the LORD and to keep his commandments, his testimonies, and his statutes with all his heart and all his soul, to confirm the words of this covenant that were written in this book; and all the people agreed to the covenant.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET The king stood by the pillar and renewed the covenant before the Lord, agreeing to follow the Lord and to obey his commandments, laws, and rules with all his heart and being, by carrying out the terms of this covenant recorded on this scroll. All the people agreed to keep the covenant.

LSV And the king stands by the pillar, and makes the covenant before YHWH, to walk after YHWH, and to keep His commands, and His testimonies, and His statutes, with all the heart, and with all the soul, to establish the words of this covenant that are written on this scroll, and all the people stand in the covenant.

FBV The king stood by the pillar and made a solemn agreement before the Lord to follow him and to keep his commandments, laws, and regulations with total dedication, and to observe the requirements of the agreement as written in the book. All the people entered into the agreement.

T4T Then the king stood next to the pillar where the kings stood when they made important announcements, and while Yahweh was listening, he repeated his promise to sincerely obey [DOU] all of Yahweh’s commands and regulations [DOU]. He also promised to ◄fulfill the conditions of/do what was written in► the agreement he made with Yahweh. And all the people also promised to obey the agreement.

LEB Then the king stood by the pillar, and he made[fn] a covenant before Yahweh, to go after Yahweh and to keep his commands and his warnings and his statutes, with all of his heart and with his all of his soul, to keep the words of this covenant written on this scroll. Then all of the people joined[fn] in the covenant.

23:3 Literally “cut”

23:3 Literally “stood”

BBE And the king took his place by the pillar, and made an agreement before the Lord, to go in the way of the Lord, and keep his orders and his decisions and his rules with all his heart and all his soul, and to keep the words of the agreement recorded in the book; and all the people gave their word to keep the agreement.

Moff No Moff 2KI book available

JPS And the king stood on the platform, and made a covenant before the LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep His commandments, and His testimonies, and His statutes, with all his heart, and all his soul, to confirm the words of this covenant that were written in this book; and all the people stood to the covenant.

ASV And the king stood by the pillar, and made a covenant before Jehovah, to walk after Jehovah, and to keep his commandments, and his testimonies, and his statutes, with all his heart, and all his soul, to confirm the words of this covenant that were written in this book: and all the people stood to the covenant.

DRA And the king stood upon the step: and made a covenant with the Lord, to walk after the Lord, and to keep his commandments, and his testimonies and his ceremonies, with all their heart, and with all their soul, and to perform the words of this covenant, which were written in that book: and the people agreed to the covenant.

YLT And the king standeth by the pillar, and maketh the covenant before Jehovah, to walk after Jehovah, and to keep His commands, and His testimonies, and His statutes, with all the heart, and with all the soul, to establish the words of this covenant that are written on this book, and all the people stand in the covenant.

Drby And the king stood on the dais, and made a covenant before Jehovah, to walk after Jehovah, and to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his statutes with all [his] heart, and with all [his] soul, to establish the words of this covenant that are written in this book. And all the people stood to the covenant.

RV And the king stood by the pillar, and made a covenant before the LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments, and his testimonies, and his statutes, with all his heart, and all his soul, to confirm the words of this covenant that were written in this book: and all the people stood to the covenant.

Wbstr And the king stood by a pillar, and made a covenant before the LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments, and his testimonies, and his statutes, with all their heart and all their soul, to perform the words of this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people stood to the covenant.

KJB-1769 ¶ And the king stood by a pillar, and made a covenant before the LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his statutes with all their heart and all their soul, to perform the words of this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people stood to the covenant.

KJB-1611 ¶ And the King stood by a pillar, and made a Couenant before the LORD, to walke after the LORD, and to keepe his Commaundements, and his Testimonies, & his Statutes, with all their heart, and all their soule, to performe the words of this Couenant, that were written in this booke: and all the people stood to the Couenant.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation)

Bshps And the king stoode by a piller, & made a couenaunt before the Lorde, that they should walke after the Lorde, and kepe his commaundementes, his witnesses, and his statutes, with all their heart and all their soule, and make good the wordes of the sayde appoyntment, that were written in the foresayde booke: And all the people consented to the appoyntment.
(And the king stood by a pillar, and made a covenant before the Lord, that they should walk after the Lord, and keep his commandments, his witnesses, and his statutes, with all their heart and all their soul, and make good the words of the said appoyntment, that were written in the foresayde book: And all the people consented to the appoyntment.)

Gnva And the King stood by the pillar, and made a couenant before the Lord, that they shoulde walke after the Lord, and keepe his commandements, and his testimonies, and his statutes with all their heart, and with all their soule, that they might accomplish the wordes of this couenant written in this booke. And all the people stood to the couenant.
(And the King stood by the pillar, and made a covenant before the Lord, that they should walk after the Lord, and keep his commandments, and his testimonies, and his statutes with all their heart, and with all their soul, that they might accomplish the words of this covenant written in this book. And all the people stood to the covenant. )

Cvdl And the kinge stode vpon a piler, and made a couenaut before the LORDE, that they shulde walke after the LORDE, and to kepe his commaundementes, witnesses, and ordinaunces with all their hert and with all their soule, yt they shulde set vp the wordes of this couenaunt, which are wrytten in this boke. And all the people entred in to the couenaunt.
(And the king stood upon a pillar, and made a covenant before the LORD, that they should walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments, witnesses, and ordinaunces with all their heart and with all their soul, it they should set up the words of this covenant, which are written in this boke. And all the people entered in to the covenant.)

Wycl And the kyng stood on the grees; and he smoot boond of pees bifor the Lord, that thei schulden go aftir the Lord, and kepe hise comaundementis and witnessyngis and cerymonyes in al the herte and in al the soule, that thei schulden reise the wordis of this boond of pees, that weren writun in that book; and the puple assentide to the couenaunt.
(And the king stood on the grees; and he smote bond of peace before the Lord, that they should go after the Lord, and keep his commandmentis and witnessingis and ceremonies in all the heart and in all the soul, that they should raise the words of this bond of peace, that were written in that book; and the people assentide to the covenant.)

Luth Und der König trat an eine Säule und machte einen Bund vor dem HErr’s, daß sie sollten wandeln dem HErr’s nach und halten seine Gebote, Zeugnisse und Rechte von ganzem Herzen und von ganzer SeeLE, daß sie aufrichteten die Worte dieses Bundes, die geschrieben stunden in diesem Buch. Und alles Volk trat in den Bund.
(And the/of_the king stepped at one Säule and made a Bund before/in_front_of to_him LORD’s, that they/she/them sollten wandeln to_him LORD’s after and hold his Gebote, transcriptse and lawe from ganzem hearts and from ganzer SeeLE, that they/she/them aufrichteten the words dieses Bundes, the written stunden in this_one book. And all/everything people stepped in the Bund.)

ClVg Stetitque rex super gradum: et fœdus percussit coram Domino, ut ambularent post Dominum, et custodirent præcepta ejus, et testimonia, et cæremonias in omni corde, et in tota anima, et suscitarent verba fœderis hujus, quæ scripta erant in libro illo: acquievitque populus pacto.
(Stetitque king over gradum: and fœdus he_struck before Master, as ambularent after Dominum, and custodirent præcepta his, and testimonia, and cæremonias in all corde, and in tota anima, and suscitarent words fœderis huyus, which scripta they_were in libro illo: acquievitque populus pacto. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

(Occurrence 0) walk after Yahweh

(Some words not found in UHB: and,stood the=king on/upon the,pillar and,made DOM the,covenant to=(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before YHWH to=go after YHWH and,to,keep commands,his and=DOM decrees,his and=DOM statutes,his in=all heart and=on/over=all creature to,carry_out DOM words the,covenant the,this the,written on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in the,book the=this and,joined all/each/any/every the,people in/on/at/with,covenant )

The way a person lives is spoken of as if that person were walking on a path, and “to walk after” someone is a metonym for doing what that other person does or wants others to do. Alternate translation: “live obeying Yahweh” (See also: figs-metonymy)

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / doublet

(Occurrence 0) his commandments, his regulations, and his statutes

These words all share similar meanings. Together they emphasize everything that Yahweh had commanded in the law.

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

(Occurrence 0) with all his heart and all his soul

The idiom “with all his heart” means “completely” and “with all his soul” means “with all his being.” These two phrases have similar meanings. Alternate translation: “with all his being” or “with all his energy” (See also: figs-doublet)

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

(Occurrence 0) that were written in this book

This can be translated in active form. Alternate translation: “that this book contained”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

(Occurrence 0) stand by the covenant

This idiom means to “obey the terms of the covenant.”

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