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1:18 OSHB variant note: עמים: (x-qere) ’הָֽ/עַמִּ֗ים’: lemma_d/5971 a n_0.1.1 morph_HTd/Ncmpa id_25qK3 הָֽ/עַמִּ֗ים

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 ΤΣΑΔΗ. Δίκαιός ἐστι Κύριος, ὅτι στόμα αὐτοῦ παρεπίκρανα· ἀκούσατε δὴ πάντες οἱ λαοὶ, καὶ ἴδετε τὸ ἄλγος μου· παρθένοι μου καὶ νεανίσκοι μου ἐπορεύθησαν ἐν αἰχμαλωσίᾳ.
(TSADAʸ. Dikaios esti Kurios, hoti stoma autou parepikrana; akousate daʸ pantes hoi laoi, kai idete to algos mou; parthenoi mou kai neaniskoi mou eporeuthaʸsan en aiⱪmalōsia. )

BrTr Tsade. The Lord is righteous; for I have provoked his mouth: hear, I pray you, all people, and behold my grief: my virgins and my young men are gone into captivity.

ULT “Yahweh is surely righteous, for I disobeyed his word.
⇔ Hear, all peoples, and see my sorrow.
⇔ My virgins and my young men have gone into captivity.

UST But what Yahweh has done to me is fair,
⇔ for I had refused to obey what he told me to do.
⇔ You people everywhere, listen to me!
⇔ Look and see that I am suffering greatly.
⇔ My young daughters and brave sons
⇔ have been taken away to far off lands.

BSB The LORD is righteous yet I rebelled against His command. Listen, all you people look upon my suffering. My young men and maidens have gone into captivity.
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MSB The LORD is righteous yet I rebelled against His command. Listen, all you people look upon my suffering. My young men and maidens have gone into captivity.
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OEB As for the Lord, He is just;
⇔ For the rebel was I.
⇔ Ye peoples all, hear, I entreat you,
⇔ And look on my sorrow.
⇔ Together my maidens and youths
⇔ Are gone into captivity.

WEBBE ⇔ “The LORD is righteous,
⇔ for I have rebelled against his commandment.
⇔ Please hear all you peoples,
⇔ and see my sorrow.
⇔ My virgins and my young men have gone into captivity.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET The Lord is right to judge me!
⇔ Yes, I rebelled against his commands.
⇔ Please listen, all you nations,
⇔ and look at my suffering!
⇔ My young women and men
⇔ have gone into exile.

LSV YHWH is righteous,
For I have provoked His mouth. Now hear, all you peoples, and see my pain,
My virgins and my young men have gone into captivity.

FBV “The Lord has done what's right, because I rebelled against his instructions. Listen, everyone everywhere; look at what I'm suffering. My young women and young men have been taken off into captivity.

T4T ⇔ But what Yahweh has done to us is fair,
⇔ because we have rebelled against obeying the commands that he gave us.
⇔ You people everywhere, listen to us;
⇔ look and see that we are suffering greatly.
⇔ We had many sons and daughters,
⇔ but they have been captured and forced to go to distant countries.

LEB No LEB LAM book available

BBE The Lord is upright; for I have gone against his orders: give ear, now, all you peoples, and see my pain, my virgins and my young men have gone away as prisoners.

Moff No Moff LAM book available

JPS 'The LORD is righteous; for I have rebelled against His word; hear, I pray you, all ye peoples, and behold my pain: my virgins and my young men are gone into captivity.

ASV Jehovah is righteous; for I have rebelled against his commandment:
⇔ Hear, I pray you, all ye peoples, and behold my sorrow:
⇔ My virgins and my young men are gone into captivity.

DRA Sade. The Lord is just, for I have provoked his mouth to wrath: hear, I pray you, all ye people, and see my sorrow: my virgins, and my young men are gone into captivity.

YLT Righteous is Jehovah, For His mouth I have provoked. Hear, I pray you, all ye peoples, and see my pain, My virgins and my young men have gone into captivity.

Drby Jehovah is righteous; for I have rebelled against his commandment. Hear, I pray you, all ye peoples, and behold my sorrow. My virgins and my young men are gone into captivity.

RV The LORD is righteous; for I have rebelled against his commandment: hear, I pray you, all ye peoples, and behold my sorrow: my virgins and my young men are gone into captivity.
(The LORD is righteous; for I have rebelled against his commandment: hear, I pray you, all ye/you_all peoples, and behold my sorrow: my virgins and my young men are gone into captivity. )

SLT Jehovah he is just: for I embittered his mouth: hear now, all ye peoples, and see my pain: my virgins and my chosen ones went into captivity.

Wbstr The LORD is righteous; for I have rebelled against his commandment: hear, I pray you, all people, and behold my sorrow: my virgins and my young men are gone into captivity.

KJB-1769 ¶ The LORD is righteous; for I have rebelled against his commandment: hear, I pray you, all people, and behold my sorrow: my virgins and my young men are gone into captivity.[fn]

1.18 commandment: Heb. mouth

KJB-1611 ¶ The LORD is righteous, for I haue rebelled against his [fn]commandement: heare, I pray you, all people, and behold my sorow: my virgins and my yong men are gone into captiuitie.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)

1:18 Heb. mouth.

Bshps No Bshps LAM book available

Gnva The Lord is righteous: for I haue rebelled against his commandement: heare, I pray you, all people, and behold my sorowe: my virgins and my yong men are gone into captiuitie.
(The Lord is righteous: for I have rebelled against his commandment: hear, I pray you, all people, and behold my sorrow: my virgins and my young men are gone into captivity. )

Cvdl No Cvdl LAM book available

Wycl No Wycl LAM book available

Luth No Luth LAM book available

ClVg Sade Justus est Dominus, quia os ejus ad iracundiam provocavi. Audite, obsecro, universi populi, et videte dolorem meum: virgines meæ et juvenes mei abierunt in captivitatem.
(Sade Yustus it_is Master, because mouth his to anger proI_called. Listen, obsecro, of_the_universe/all_together of_the_people, and see pain mine: virgins my and young_people my/mine they_are_gone in/into/on captivity. )

RP-GNT No RP-GNT LAM book available

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / personification

General Information:

In this section Jerusalem is portrayed as a woman speaking about herself.

(Occurrence 0) Yahweh is righteous

(Some words not found in UHB: law-abiding/just he/it YHWH that/for/because/then/when command_of,his rebelled_against hear now all עמים and,behold pain_of,my young_women_of,my and,young_men_of,my gone in/on/at/with,captivity )

This implies that what Yahweh has done, he has done because he is righteous. Alternate translation: “Yahweh has acted out of his righteousness” or “What Yahweh has done is right”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

(Occurrence 0) see my sorrow

The word “sorrow” can be expressed as a “sad.” Alternate translation: “see how extremely sad I am”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

(Occurrence 0) My virgins and my vigorous men have gone into captivity

Here all of the people of Jerusalem who were taken into captivity are represented by the “virgins” and the “vigorous men” who were taken. Alternate translation: “Many of my people, including my virgins and vigorous men, have gone into captivity”

(Occurrence 0) vigorous men

This refers to men at the strongest time of their lives. See how you translated this in [Lamentations 1:15](../01/15.md).

Parallel LAM 1:18

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