MIC 5:12 Parallel Verse View

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Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal (All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV) I’ll destroy the witchcraft that you practise,
⇔ ≈ and you’ll no longer have any diviners.

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 καὶ ἐξολοθρεύσω τὰ γλυπτά σου, καὶ τὰς στηλὰς σου ἐκ μέσου σου, καὶ οὐκ ἔτι μὴ προσκυνήσεις τοῖς ἔργοις τῶν χειρῶν σου.
(kai exolothreusō ta glupta sou, kai tas staʸlas sou ek mesou sou, kai ouk eti maʸ proskunaʸseis tois ergois tōn ⱪeirōn sou. )

BrTr And I will utterly destroy thy graven images, and thy statues out of the midst of thee; and thou shalt never any more worship the works of thine hands.

ULT I will destroy the witchcraft in your hand,
⇔ and you will no longer have any diviners.

UST I will get rid of all those among you who practice magic
⇔ and the fortune tellers.

BSB I will cut the sorceries from your hand,
⇔ and you will have no fortune-tellers.

OEB I will destroy your magic charms,
⇔ and you will have no soothsayers.

WEBBE I will destroy witchcraft from your hand.
⇔ You shall have no soothsayers.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET I will remove the sorcery that you practice,
⇔ and you will no longer have omen readers living among you.

LSV And have cut off sorcerers out of your hand,
And observers of clouds—you have none.

FBV I will stop the witchcraft you practice; there will be no more fortune-tellers for you.

T4T I will get rid of all those among you who practice magic
⇔ and the ◄fortune-tellers/those who say that they can predict what will happen in the future►.

LEB • And I will cut off sorceries from your hand, and you will not have soothsayers.

BBE I will put an end to your use of secret arts, and you will have no more readers of signs:

Moff I will deprive you of your sorcery--you must have no more wizards;

JPS (5-11) And I will cut off witchcrafts out of thy hand; and thou shalt have no more soothsayers;

ASV And I will cut off witchcrafts out of thy hand; and thou shalt have no more soothsayers:

DRA And I will destroy thy graven things, and thy statues out of the midst of thee: and thou shalt no more adore the works of thy hands.

YLT And have cut off sorcerers out of thy hand, And observers of clouds thou hast none.

Drby And I will cut off sorceries out of thy hand; and thou shalt have no soothsayers.

RV And I will cut off witchcrafts out of thine hand; and thou shalt have no more soothsayers:
(And I will cut off witchcrafts out of thine/your hand; and thou/you shalt/shall have no more soothsayers: )

SLT And I cut off sorceries from thy hand, and they practicing magic shall not be to thee.

Wbstr And I will cut off witchcrafts out of thy hand; and thou shalt have no more sooth-sayers:

KJB-1769 And I will cut off witchcrafts out of thine hand; and thou shalt have no more soothsayers:
(And I will cut off witchcrafts out of thine/your hand; and thou/you shalt/shall have no more soothsayers: )

KJB-1611 And I will cut off witchcrafts out of thine hand, and thou shalt haue no more Southsayers.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation)

Bshps All witchcraftes wyll I roote out of thyne hande, there shall no mo soothsayinges be within thee.
(All witchcraftes will I root out of thine/your hand, there shall no more soothsayinges be within thee/you.)

Gnva And I will cut off thine enchanters out of thine hande: and thou shalt haue no more southsayers.
(And I will cut off thine/your enchanters out of thine/your hand: and thou/you shalt/shall have no more southsayers. )

Cvdl All witchcraftes will I rote out of thyne hande, there shall no mo soythsayenges be within the.
(All witchcraftes will I root out of thine/your hand, there shall no more soythsayenges be within them.)

Wycl And Y schal make for to perische thi `grauun ymagis, and Y schal breke togidere fro the myddil of thee thin ymagis, and thou schalt no more worschipe the werkis of thin hondis.
(And I shall make for to perish thy/your graven/carved images, and I shall break together from the middle of thee/you thin images, and thou/you shalt/shall no more worship the works of thine/your hands.)

Luth Ich will deine Bilder und Götzen von dir ausrotten, daß du nicht mehr sollst anbeten deiner Hände Werk,
(I will your images/pictures and idols from you/to_you(sg) exterminate/destroy, that you(sg) not more should worship your(s) hands work,)

ClVg et perire faciam sculptilia tua et statuas tuas de medio tui, et non adorabis ultra opera manuum tuarum:
(and to_perish I_will_do sculptilia your and statuas yours from/about in_the_middle yours(sg), and not/no adorabis beyond/besides works hands of_yours(pl): )

SOTN SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 5:10–15: The LORD will cause all sorcery and idolatry in Israel to end

This section is another prophecy. In this prophecy, the LORD spoke directly to the people of Israel.This is the interpretation of a large majority of commentators. These include NICOT, A&F, NAC, UBS, EBC, CBC, WBC, ZIBBC, Waltke 2007 and others. Some commentators suggest that the referent here is not Israel but ungodly nations. For example, see Achtemeier. However the latter interpretation has little to support it and is not clearly followed in versions. In 5:10–11, he told them that he would take away the military equipment and other things that they relied on instead of him. In 5:12–14, he said that he would end all sorcery and idol worship in Israel in order to purify their worship of him. In 5:15, he told about his intention to punish other nations that did not obey him.UBS (page 222).

Here are some other examples of section headings:

The Lord will Purify His People (NET)

Idols Will Be Destroyed in Israel (CEV)

5:12a–b

(combined/reordered)

I will stop you from telling fortunes and practicing witchcraft. (CEV)

Notice the parallel parts that are similar in meaning:

^12a I will cut the sorceries from your hand,

^12band you will have no fortune-tellers.

In these parallel lines, the LORD spoke about types of divination that the people relied on to gain control over nature or people.CBC (pages 331–332) and EBC (page 536). He will stop the people from relying on divination so that they will rely on him instead.

cut…from your hand: Here cut is part of a longer phrase “cut the sorceries from your hand.” The phrase from your hand is a common expression in the Old Testament. Often it has a figurative meaning of “from your use/power” or simply “from you.”Waltke 2007 (pages 323–324) suggests the expression means “from your power.” JFB (page 693) suggests that it means “which you now use.” Some commentators speculate that “from your hand” refers to occult objects held in the hand. However, there is no actual evidence to support this interpretation. A figurative meaning is probably intended here. Some versions translate the meaning of this expression directly. For example:

I will abolish the means of divination from your use (NAB)

Some versions leave the phrase from your hand implied. For example:

I will put an end to all witchcraft (NLT)

cut…have no: In this context, the phrases cut off and have no have a similar function. They are two ways to say that the LORD will stop the people from doing divination.

Here are some other ways to translate these phrases:

I will put an end to all witchcraft, and there will be no more fortune-tellers. (NLT)

I will remove the sorcery that you practice, and you will no longer have omen readers living among you. (NET)

sorceries…fortune-tellers: In Hebrew, the word for sorceries refers to sorceries or magic arts.BDB #3785 (page 506) and NIDOTTE (Volume 2, page 735) . Some versions translate this word as “magic charms” or “sorcerers.” However, it is recommended that you translate this word as a general reference to sorcery.Other Hebrew words exist that mean sorcerer or charms. Here the generic word is used.

Here are some other ways to translate it:

witchcraft (NLT)

divination (NAB)

In Hebrew, the word for fortune-tellers refers to people that tell fortunes, interpret signs and/or use magic.HALOT (electronic edition, page 857) and NIDOTTE (#6726).

Here are some other ways to translate it:

soothsayers (NRSV)

omen readers (NET)

General Comment on 5:12a–b

In some languages, it may be more natural to combine and/or reorder these parallel lines. For example:

I will stop you from telling fortunes and practicing witchcraft. (CEV)

5:12a

I will cut the sorceries from your hand,

I will abolish divination/magic from among you^(sing/plur),
I will put an end to your witchcraft,

5:12b

and you will have no fortune-tellers.

and you^(sing/plur) will no longer have omen readers.
and there will be no more fortune tellers.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

(Occurrence 0) the witchcraft in your hand

(Some words not found in UHB: and,I_will_cut_off images_of,your and,your(pl)_sacred_of,pillars from,midst_of,your and=not bow_down again/more to,the_work_of your_two's_hands_of,your )

Being in the “hand” represents the actions that the person does. Alternate translation: “the witchcraft that you do”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / you

(Occurrence 0) your hand … you will