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OET (OET-RV) Blackness has darkened their form—they’re not even recognised in the streets.
⇔ Their skin has shrivelled on their bones—it’s become as dry and stiff as bark.
OET-LV it_is_dark than_soot appearance_of_their not they_are_recognized in/on/at/with_streets skin_of_their it_has_shrivelled on bones_of_their dry it_has_become like_the_wood.
UHB חָשַׁ֤ךְ מִשְּׁחוֹר֙ תָּֽאֳרָ֔ם לֹ֥א נִכְּר֖וּ בַּחוּצ֑וֹת צָפַ֤ד עוֹרָם֙ עַל־עַצְמָ֔ם יָבֵ֖שׁ הָיָ֥ה כָעֵֽץ׃ס ‡
(ḩāshak mishshəḩōr tāʼₒrām loʼ nikkərū baḩūʦōt ʦāfad ˊōrām ˊal-ˊaʦmām yāⱱēsh hāyāh kāˊēʦ.§)
Key: khaki:verbs, red:negative.
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 ΗΘ. Ἐσκότασεν ὑπὲρ ἀσβόλην τὸ εἶδος αὐτῶν, οὐκ ἐπεγνώσθησαν ἐν ταῖς ἐξόδοις· ἐπάγη δέρμα αὐτῶν ἐπὶ τὰ ὀστέα αὐτῶν, ἐξηράνθησαν, ἐγενήθησαν ὥσπερ ξύλον.
(AʸTh. Eskotasen huper asbolaʸn to eidos autōn, ouk epegnōsthaʸsan en tais exodois; epagaʸ derma autōn epi ta ostea autōn, exaʸranthaʸsan, egenaʸthaʸsan hōsper xulon. )
BrTr Heth. Their countenance is become blacker than smoke; they are not known in the streets: their skin has cleaved to their bones; they are withered, they are become as a stick.
ULT Blackness has darkened their form;
⇔ they are not recognized in the streets.
⇔ Their skin has shriveled on their bones;
⇔ it has become dry as wood.
UST Now our leaders’ faces are blacker than soot,
⇔ and no one recognizes them when they walk in the streets.
⇔ Their skin has shriveled and it hangs on their bones,
⇔ and it has become as dry as a stick of wood.
BSB But now their appearance is blacker than soot; they are not recognized in the streets. Their skin has shriveled on their bones; it has become as dry as a stick.
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MSB But now their appearance is blacker than soot; they are not recognized in the streets. Their skin has shriveled on their bones; it has become as dry as a stick.
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OEB Now blacker than darkness their form–
⇔ On the streets no one knows them:
⇔ Their skin is drawn tight on their bones;
⇔ It is dry as a stick.
WEBBE ⇔ Their appearance is blacker than a coal.
⇔ They are not known in the streets.
⇔ Their skin clings to their bones.
⇔ It is withered.
⇔ It has become like wood.
WMBB (Same as above)
NET Now their appearance is darker than soot;
⇔ they are not recognized in the streets.
⇔ Their skin has shriveled on their bones;
⇔ it is dried up, like tree bark.
LSV Their face has been darker than blackness,
They have not been known in out-places,
Their skin has cleaved to their bone,
It has withered—it has been as wood.
FBV But now they look blacker than soot; no one recognizes them in the street. Their skin has shrunk to their bones and is as dry as wood.
T4T ⇔ But now their faces are blacker than soot,
⇔ and no one recognizes them in the streets.
⇔ Their skin has shriveled on their bones,
⇔ and it has become as dry as [SIM] a wooden stick.
LEB No LEB LAM book available
BBE Their face is blacker than night; in the streets no one has knowledge of them: their skin is hanging on their bones, they are dry, they have become like wood.
Moff No Moff LAM book available
JPS Their visage is blacker than coal; they are not known in the streets; their skin is shrivelled upon their bones; it is withered, it is become like a stick.
ASV Their visage is blacker than a coal; they are not known in the streets:
⇔ Their skin cleaveth to their bones; it is withered, it is become like a stick.
DRA Heth. Their face is now made blacker than coals, and they are not known in the streets: their skin hath stuck to their bones, it is withered, and is become like wood.
YLT Darker than blackness hath been their visage, They have not been known in out-places, Cleaved hath their skin unto their bone, It hath withered — it hath been as wood.
Drby Their visage is darker than blackness, they are not known in the streets; their skin cleaveth to their bones, it is withered, it is become like a stick.
RV Their visage is blacker than a coal; they are not known in the streets: their skin cleaveth to their bones; it is withered, it is become like a stick.
(Their visage is blacker than a coal; they are not known in the streets: their skin cleaveth/cleaves_or_clings to their bones; it is withered, it is become like a stick. )
SLT Their form dark above blackness; they were not known in the streets: their skin adhered to their bones; it was dried up, it was as wood.
Wbstr Their visage is blacker than a coal; they are not known in the streets: their skin cleaveth to their bones; it is withered, it is become like a stick.
KJB-1769 Their visage is blacker than a coal; they are not known in the streets: their skin cleaveth to their bones; it is withered, it is become like a stick.[fn]
(Their visage is blacker than a coal; they are not known in the streets: their skin cleaveth/cleaves_or_clings to their bones; it is withered, it is become like a stick. )
4.8 blacker…: Heb. darker than blackness
KJB-1611 [fn]Their visage is blacker then a cole: they are not knowen in the streets: their skinne cleaueth to their bones: it is withered, it is become like a sticke.
(Their visage is blacker then a coal: they are not known in the streets: their skin cleaveth/cleaves_or_clings to their bones: it is withered, it is become like a stick.)
4:8 Heb. darker then blacknesse.
Bshps No Bshps LAM book available
Gnva Nowe their visage is blacker then a cole: they can not knowe them in the streetes: their skinne cleaueth to their bones: it is withered like a stocke.
(Now their visage is blacker then a coal: they cannot know them in the streets: their skin cleaveth/cleaves_or_clings to their bones: it is withered like a stock. )
Cvdl No Cvdl LAM book available
Wycl No Wycl LAM book available
Luth No Luth LAM book available
ClVg Heth Denigrata est super carbones facies eorum et non sunt cogniti in plateis; adhæsit cutis eorum ossibus: aruit, et facta est quasi lignum.
(Heth Blackened it_is over coals faces their and not/no are known in/into/on the_streets; stuck cutis their bones: arid, and facts it_is as_if wood/timber. )
RP-GNT No RP-GNT LAM book available
4:8 Skin sticking to bones is symptomatic of the final stages of starvation, just before death.
(Occurrence 0) Their appearance now is darker than soot
(Some words not found in UHB: blacker than,soot appearance_of,their not recognized in/on/at/with,streets shrivelled skin_of,their on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in bones_of,their dry it_became like_the,wood )
This may be because: (1) the sun has darkened the leaders’ skin or (2) the soot from the fires that burned Jerusalem has covered their faces.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
(Occurrence 0) they are not recognized
(Some words not found in UHB: blacker than,soot appearance_of,their not recognized in/on/at/with,streets shrivelled skin_of,their on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in bones_of,their dry it_became like_the,wood )
If your language does not use the passive form in this way, you can state this in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “no one can recognize them”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
(Occurrence 0) Their skin has shriveled on their bones
(Some words not found in UHB: blacker than,soot appearance_of,their not recognized in/on/at/with,streets shrivelled skin_of,their on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in bones_of,their dry it_became like_the,wood )
This implies that there was not much muscle or fat under the skin.
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / simile
(Occurrence 0) it has become as dry as wood
(Some words not found in UHB: blacker than,soot appearance_of,their not recognized in/on/at/with,streets shrivelled skin_of,their on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in bones_of,their dry it_became like_the,wood )
Their dry skin is compared to dry wood.