NAH 2:3 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) The enemy’s powerful warriors hold red shields,
⇔ ≈and his soldiers are dressed in scarlet.
⇔ The metal on their chariots gleams
⇔ as they get them ready that day,
⇔ and their cypress spears are held ready.

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 Διότι ἀπέστρεψε Κύριος τὴν ὕβριν Ἰακὼβ, καθὼς ὕβριν τοῦ Ἰσραὴλ, διότι ἐκτινάσσοντες ἐξετίναξαν αὐτοὺς, καὶ τὰ κλήματα αὐτῶν διέφθειραν.
(Dioti apestrepse Kurios taʸn hubrin Yakōb, kathōs hubrin tou Israaʸl, dioti ektinassontes exetinaxan autous, kai ta klaʸmata autōn dieftheiran. )

BrTr For the Lord has turned aside the pride of Jacob, as the pride of Israel: for they have utterly rejected them, and have destroyed their branches.

ULT The shields of his mighty men are red, and the soldiers are clothed in scarlet;
⇔ the chariots flash with their metal on the day that they are made ready, and the cypress spears are brandished.

UST The shields of the enemy soldiers who are coming to attack you will shine red as the sun shines on them,
⇔ and they will wear bright red uniforms.
⇔ The metal of their chariot wheels will flash when they line up before the battle,
⇔ and their soldiers will lift up their cypress spear and wave them.

BSB ⇔ The shields of his mighty men are red;
⇔ the valiant warriors are dressed in scarlet.
⇔ The fittings of the chariots flash like fire
⇔ on the day they are prepared,
⇔ and the spears of cypress
⇔ have been brandished.[fn]

2:3 Hebrew; alternately, the spears may be of pine or juniper or fir; LXX and Syriac they are prepared, and the horsemen rush to and fro.

OEB ⇔ The shields of his warriors are dyed red,
⇔ his soldiers are clothed in scarlet,
⇔ his chariots gleam like fire
⇔ on the day he prepares for battle
⇔ spears are shaken.

WEBBE The shield of his mighty men is made red. The valiant men are in scarlet. The chariots flash with steel in the day of his preparation, and the pine spears are brandished.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET The shields of his warriors are dyed red;
⇔ the mighty soldiers are dressed in scarlet garments.
⇔ The metal fittings of the chariots shine
⇔ like fire on the day of battle;
⇔ the soldiers brandish their spears.

LSV The shield of his mighty ones has become red,
Men of might [are in] scarlet,
With fiery torches [is] the chariot in a day of his preparation,
And the firs have been caused to tremble.

FBV The shields of his chief soldiers are red; the warriors wear scarlet. His chariots flash like fire in the sunlight as he prepares for battle. Spears with their wooden shafts[fn] are held up and shaken.

2:3 The word for spear here is that of the wood used, and it is debated whether this is pine, cypress, or fir.

T4T ⇔ The shields of the enemy soldiers who are coming to attack you will shine red as the sun shines on them,
⇔ and they will wear bright red uniforms.
⇔ The metal of their chariot wheels will flash when they line up before the battle,
⇔ and their soldiers will lift up their cypress/pine spears and wave them.

LEB • are dyed red; The powerful men are dressed in scarlet. • The metal of the chariots[fn] shines like fire[fn] • and their spears quiver.

2:? Hebrew “chariot”

2:? Literally “on the day of his preparation”

BBE The body-covers of his fighting men have been made red, the men of war are clothed in bright red: the war-carriages are like flames of fire in the day when he gets ready, the horses are shaking.

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JPS (2-4) The shield of his mighty men is made red, the valiant men are in scarlet; the chariots are fire of steel in the day of his preparation, and the cypress spears are made to quiver.

ASV The shield of his mighty men is made red, the valiant men are in scarlet: the chariots flash with steel in the day of his preparation, and the cypress spears are brandished.

DRA The shield of his mighty men is like fire, the men of the army are clad in scarlet, the reins of the chariot are flaming in the day of his preparation, and the drivers are stupefied.

YLT The shield of his mighty ones is become red, Men of might [are in] scarlet, With fiery torches [is] the chariot in a day of his preparation, And the firs have been caused to tremble.

Drby The shield of his mighty men is made red, the valiant men are in scarlet: the chariots [glitter] with the sheen of steel, in the day of his preparation, and the spears are brandished.

RV The shield of his mighty men is made red, the valiant men are in scarlet: the chariots flash with steel in the day of his preparation, and the spears are shaken terribly.

Wbstr The shield of his mighty men is made red, the valiant men are in scarlet: the chariots shall be with flaming torches in the day of his preparation, and the fir-trees shall be terribly shaken.

KJB-1769 The shield of his mighty men is made red, the valiant men are in scarlet: the chariots shall be with flaming torches in the day of his preparation, and the fir trees shall be terribly shaken.[fn][fn]

2.3 in scarlet: or, dyed scarlet

2.3 flaming: or, fiery

KJB-1611 The shield of his mightie men is made red, the valiant men are [fn]in scarlet: the charets shall bee with [fn]flaming torches in the day of his preparation, and the firre trees shall bee terribly shaken.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from marking of added words (and possibly capitalisation and punctuation and footnotes))

2:3 Or, died scarlet.

2:3 Heb. fierie torches.

Bshps The shielde of his valiaunt souldiours is died red, his captaynes of warre are clad with scarlet: the charret is compassed with flammig torches in the day of his expedition, and the firre staues are drenched in poyson.
(The shield of his valiant souldiours is died red, his captains of war are clad with scarlet: the charret is compassd with flammig torches in the day of his expedition, and the fir staves are drenched in poyson.)

Gnva The shield of his mightie men is made red: the valiant men are in skarlet: the charets shalbe as in the fire and flames in the day of his preparation, and the firre trees shall tremble.
(The shield of his mighty men is made red: the valiant men are in skarlet: the chariots shall be as in the fire and flames in the day of his preparation, and the fir trees shall tremble. )

Cvdl The shylde of his giauntes glistereth, his men of warre are clothed in purple. His charettes are as fyre, when he maketh him forwarde, his archers are wel deckte & trimmed.
(The shield of his giauntes glistereth, his men of war are clothed in purple. His chariots are as fire, when he maketh him forwarde, his archers are well deckte and trimmed.)

Wycl The scheld of stronge men of hym ben firi, men of the oost ben in rede clothis; raynes of fire of chare, in the dai of his makyng redi; and the leederis therof ben asleep.
(The scheld of strong men of him been firi, men of the oost been in rede clothes; raynes of fire of chare, in the day of his makyng redi; and the leederis thereof been asleep.)

Luth Denn der HErr wird die Hoffart Jakobs vergelten wie die Hoffart Israels; denn die Ableser werden sie ablesen und ihre Feser verderben.
(Because the/of_the LORD becomes the Hoffart Yakobs vergelten like the Hoffart Israels; because the Ableser become they/she/them ablesen and their/her Feser verderben.)

ClVg Clypeus fortium ejus ignitus, viri exercitus in coccineis; igneæ habenæ currus in die præparationis ejus, et agitatores consopiti sunt.
(Clypeus fortium his ignitus, viri exercitus in coccineis; igneæ habenæ currus in day præparationis his, and agitatores consopiti are. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

(Occurrence 0) The shields of his mighty men are red