MIC 2:4 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) In that day someone will sing a song against you all.
⇔ ≈and mourn with a song of wailing,
⇔ and say, ‘We’re completely ruined.
⇔ Yahweh changes my people’s territory.
⇔ How can he remove the land from me?
⇔ He divides our fields up to give to traitors.’ ”

Key: khaki:verbs.
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 Ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ ληφθήσεται ἐφʼ ὑμᾶς παραβολὴ, καὶ θρηνηθήσεται θρῆνος ἐν μέλει, λέγων, ταλαιπωρίᾳ ἐταλαιπωρήσαμεν· μερὶς λὰοῦ μου κατεμετρήθη ἐν σχοινίῳ, καὶ οὐκ ἦν ὁ κωλύων αὐτὸν τοῦ ἀποστρέψαι· οἱ ἀγροὶ ὑμῶν διεμερίσθησαν.
(En taʸ haʸmera ekeinaʸ laʸfthaʸsetai efʼ humas parabolaʸ, kai thraʸnaʸthaʸsetai thraʸnos en melei, legōn, talaipōria etalaipōraʸsamen; meris laou mou katemetraʸthaʸ en sⱪoiniōi, kai ouk aʸn ho kōluōn auton tou apostrepsai; hoi agroi humōn diemeristhaʸsan. )

BrTr In that day shall a parable be taken up against you, and a plaintive lamentation shall be uttered, saying, We are thoroughly miserable: the portion of my people has been measured out with a line, and there was none to hinder him so as to turn him back; your fields have been divided.

ULT In that day he lifts up against you a song,
⇔ and lament with a wailing lamentation.
⇔ and say, ‘We are completely ruined;
⇔ He changes the territory of my people.
⇔ How can he remove it from me?
⇔ He portions out our fields to traitors!’ ”

UST At that time, your enemies will make fun of you rich people;
⇔ they will ridicule you by singing this sad song about you:
⇔ ‘We Israelites are completely ruined;
⇔ Yahweh is taking our land from us,
⇔ and he will give it to those who capture us.’ ”

BSB In that day they will take up a proverb against you and taunt you with this bitter lamentation ‘We are utterly ruined He has changed the portion of my people. How He has removed [it] from me! He has allotted our fields to traitors.’ ”
⇔ 

OEB On that day they will sing a taunt-song to you,
⇔ this mocking lament:
⇔ “My people’s estate is being measured for sale,
⇔ our captors are dividing our fields.
⇔ We are completely undone.”

WEBBE In that day they will take up a parable against you,
⇔ and lament with a doleful lamentation, saying,
⇔ ‘We are utterly ruined!
⇔ My people’s possession is divided up.
⇔ Indeed he takes it from me and assigns our fields to traitors!’ ”

WMBB (Same as above)

NET In that day people will sing this taunt song to you –
⇔ they will mock you with this lament:
⇔ ‘We are completely destroyed;
⇔ they sell off the property of my people.
⇔ How they remove it from me!
⇔ They assign our fields to the conqueror.’

LSV In that day [one] takes up for you an allegory,
And he has wailed a wailing of woe,
He has said, We have been utterly spoiled,
The portion of my people He changes,
How He moves toward me! To the backslider our fields He apportions.

FBV On that day they will make up a saying to taunt you. With a mocking lament they will say, “We are totally ruined! Our possessions are being sold off. They've taken everything away, and given our fields to your conquerors.”

T4T At that time, your enemies will make fun of you;
⇔ they will ridicule you by singing this sad song about you:
⇔ ‘We are completely ruined;
⇔ Yahweh is taking our land/fields from us,
⇔ and he will give it to those who will capture us.’ ”

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BBE In that day this saying will be said about you, and this song of grief will be made: The heritage of my people is measured out, and there is no one to give it back; those who have made us prisoners have taken our fields from us, and complete destruction has come to us.

Moff No Moff MIC book available

JPS In that day shall they take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, and say: 'We are utterly ruined; he changeth the portion of my people; how doth he remove it from me! Instead of restoring our fields, he divideth them.'

ASV In that day shall they take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, and say, We are utterly ruined: he changeth the portion of my people: how doth he remove it from me! to the rebellious he divideth our fields.

DRA In that day a parable shall be taken up upon you, and a song shall be sung with melody by them that say: We are laid waste and spoiled: the portion of my people is changed: how shall he depart from me, whereas he is returning that will divide our land?

YLT In that day doth [one] take up for you a simile, And he hath wailed a wailing of woe, He hath said, We have been utterly spoiled, The portion of my people He doth change, How doth He move toward me! To the backslider our fields He apportioneth.

Drby In that day shall they take up a proverb concerning you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, [and] say, We are utterly spoiled: he hath changed the portion of my people: how hath he removed it from me! He hath distributed our fields to the rebellious.

RV In that day shall they take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, and say, We be utterly spoiled: he changeth the portion of my people: how doth he remove it from me! to the rebellious he divideth our fields.
(In that day shall they take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, and say, We be utterly spoiled: he changeth/changes the portion of my people: how doth/does he remove it from me! to the rebellious he divideth our fields. )

SLT In that day a parable shall be lifted up against you, and a wailing of a wailing was wailed, saying, Being laid waste, we shall be laid waste: he will exchange a portion of my people: how he will remove to me; for turning away, he will divide our fields.

Wbstr In that day shall one take up a parable against you, and lament with a grievous lamentation, and say, We are utterly wasted: he hath changed the portion of my people: how hath he removed it from me! turning away he hath divided our fields.

KJB-1769 ¶ In that day shall one take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, and say, We be utterly spoiled: he hath changed the portion of my people: how hath he removed it from me! turning away he hath divided our fields.[fn][fn]
(¶ In that day shall one take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, and say, We be utterly spoiled: he hath/has changed the portion of my people: how hath/has he removed it from me! turning away he hath/has divided our fields. )

2.4 a doleful…: Heb. a lamentation of lamentations

2.4 turning…: or, instead of restoring

KJB-1611 ¶ [fn][fn]In that day shall one take vp a parable against you, and lament with a dolefull lamentation, and say, We be vtterly spoiled: hee hath changed the portion of my people: how hath he remoued it from me? turning away hee hath diuided our fields.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from marking of added words (and possibly capitalisation and punctuation and footnotes))

2:4 Heb. with a lamentation of lamentations.

2:4 Or, instead of restoring.

Bshps No Bshps MIC book available

Gnva In that daye shall they take vp a parable against you, and lament with a dolefull lamentation, and say, We be vtterly wasted: hee hath changed the portion of my people: how hath he taken it away to restore it vnto mee? he hath deuided our fieldes.
(In that day shall they take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, and say, We be utterly wasted: he hath/has changed the portion of my people: how hath/has he taken it away to restore it unto me? he hath/has divided our fields. )

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ClVg In die illa sumetur super vos parabola, et cantabitur canticum cum suavitate, dicentium: Depopulatione vastati sumus; pars populi mei commutata est: quomodo recedet a me, cum revertatur, qui regiones nostras dividat?
(In day that sumetur over you parabola, and cantabitur a_song when/with suavitate, they_will_sayium: Depopulatione vesseltati we_are; part of_the_people my/mine commutata it_is: how recedet from me, when/with revertatur, who regions ours dividat? )

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UTN uW Translation Notes:

(Occurrence 0) sing a song about you

(Some words not found in UHB: in_the=day (the)=that take_up against,you_all taunt_song and,wail lamentation he_will_be he/it_had_said to_be_ruined we_are_ruined portion_of people_of,my exchanges how removes to=me to,apostate fields_of,our apportions )

Alternate translation: “sing a song to make fun of you”

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / irony

(Occurrence 0) lament with a wailing lamentation

“they will cry loudly.” They are pretending to mourn, as if those they love have died.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / irony

(Occurrence 0) We Israelites … to traitors

This is the song that the enemies will sing to make fun of the Israelites and laugh as the Israelites suffer.

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

(Occurrence 0) How can he remove it from me?

The enemy mocks the surprise the rich leaders of Israel feel because God has taken their land and given it to someone else just as they had taken the land from the poor. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express this question as a statement. Alternate translation: “How wrong he is to take it from me!”

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