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OET (OET-RV) ⇔ Their chariots drive madly through the streets,
⇔ ≈ and rush back and forth across the squares.
⇔ They look like flaming torches,
⇔ ≈ and dart across like lightning.![]()
OET-LV (NAH 2:5) [fn] in_streets they_drive_madly the_chariotry they_rush_around in_places appearance_of_their are_like_torches like_(the)_flashes they_run_around.
_C2.htm#C2V4">2:5 Note: KJB: Nah.2.4![]()
UHB 5 בַּֽחוּצוֹת֙ יִתְהוֹלְל֣וּ הָרֶ֔כֶב יִֽשְׁתַּקְשְׁק֖וּן בָּרְחֹב֑וֹת מַרְאֵיהֶן֙ כַּלַּפִּידִ֔ם כַּבְּרָקִ֖ים יְרוֹצֵֽצוּ׃ ‡
(5 baḩūʦōt yithōləlū hārekeⱱ yishtaqshəqūn bārəḩoⱱōt marʼēyhen kallapīdim kabərāqim yərōʦēʦū.)
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 (NAH 2:5) ἐν ταῖς ὁδοῖς, καὶ συγχυθήσονται τὰ ἅρματα, καὶ συμπλακήσονται ἐν ταῖς πλατείαις· ἡ ὅρασις αὐτῶν ὡς λαμπάδες πυρὸς, καὶ ὡς ἀστραπαὶ διατρέχουσαι.
(en tais hodois, kai sugⱪuthaʸsontai ta harmata, kai sumplakaʸsontai en tais plateiais; haʸ horasis autōn hōs lampades puros, kai hōs astrapai diatreⱪousai.)
BrTr (NAH 2:5) in the ways, and the chariots shall clash together, and shall be entangled in each other in the broad ways: their appearance is as lamps of fire, and as gleaming lightnings.
ULT The chariots race madly through the streets; they rush back and forth in the squares.
⇔ Their appearance, is like torches; they run like lightning.
UST Their chariots dash through the streets of Nineveh
⇔ and rush furiously through the plazas.
⇔ Appearing to move as quickly as lightning,
⇔ they look like flaming torches.
BSB & MSB The chariots dash through the streets;
⇔ they rush around the plazas,
⇔ appearing like torches,
⇔ darting about like lightning.
OEB ⇔ Chariots rush across the fields,
⇔ storm through the squares;
⇔ they flame like torches,
⇔ they dart like lightening.
WEBBE & WMBB The chariots rage in the streets. They rush back and forth in the wide ways. Their appearance is like torches. They run like the lightnings.
NET The chariots race madly through the streets,
⇔ they rush back and forth in the broad plazas;
⇔ they look like lightning bolts,
⇔ they dash here and there like flashes of lightning.
LSV In out-places the chariots shine,
They go to and fro in broad places,
Their appearances [are] like torches,
As lightnings they run.
FBV Chariots race madly through the streets, rushing back and forth across the town squares. Bright as torches, they dash like lightning flashes.
T4T Their chariots will dash through the streets of Nineveh
⇔ and rush furiously through the plazas.
⇔ Going as quick as lightning,
⇔ they will resemble flaming torches.
LEB •
The chariots[fn] race madly through the streets;
•
they rush back and forth in the public squares.
•
Their appearance like lightning bolts,
•
they dart about like flashes of lightning.
2:? Hebrew “chariot”
BBE The war-carriages are rushing through the streets, pushing against one another in the wide ways, looking like burning lights, running like thunder-flames.
Moff his chariots tear through the open country,
⇔ and gallop across the broad spaces,
⇔ flashing like torches,
⇔ darting like lightning;
JPS (NAH 2:5) (2-6) He bethinketh himself of his worthies; they stumble in their march; they make haste to the wall thereof, and the mantelet is prepared.
ASV The chariots rage in the streets; they rush to and fro in the broad ways: the appearance of them is like torches; they run like the lightnings.
DRA They are in confusion in the ways, the chariots jostle one against another in the streets: their looks are like torches, like lightning running to and fro.
YLT In out-places shine do the chariots, They go to and fro in broad places, Their appearances [are] like torches, As lightnings they run.
Drby The chariots rush madly in the streets, they justle one against another in the broad ways: the appearance of them is like torches, they run like lightnings.
RV The chariots rage in the streets, they justle one against another in the broad ways: the appearance of them is like torches, they run like the lightnings.
SLT The chariots shall be mad in the streets, they shall run up and down in the broad places: their appearance as flames; as lightnings shall they run.
Wbstr The chariots shall rage in the streets, they shall jostle one against another in the broad ways: they shall seem like torches, they shall run like the lightnings.
KJB-1769 The chariots shall rage in the streets, they shall justle one against another in the broad ways: they shall seem like torches, they shall run like the lightnings.[fn]
2.4 they: Heb. their show
KJB-1611 The charets shall rage in the streets, they shall iustle one against another in the broad wayes: [fn]they shall seeme like torches, they shall runne like the lightnings.
(The chariots shall rage in the streets, they shall justle one against another in the broad ways: they shall seem like torches, they shall run like the lightnings.)
2:4 Heb. their show.
Bshps The charrets shal rage in the streetes, they shall make a terrible noyse in the broade wayes, to loke to like flaming cressets, shooting as lightning.
(The chariots shall rage in the streets, they shall make a terrible noise in the broad ways, to look to like flaming cressets, shooting as lightning.)
Gnva The charets shall rage in the streetes: they shall runne to and from in the hie wayes: they shall seeme like lampes: they shall shoote like the lightning.
(The chariots shall rage in the streets: they shall run to and from in the high ways: they shall seem like lamps: they shall shoot like the lightning.)
Cvdl The charettes rolle vpon the stretes, & welter in the hye wayes. They are to loke vpon like cressettes of fyre, and go swyftly, as the lightenynge.
(The chariots roll upon the streets, and welter in the high ways. They are to look upon like cressets of fire, and go swiftly, as the lightning.)
Wycl In weies thei ben troblid togidere, cartis of foure horsis ben hurtlid togidere in stretis; the siyte of hem as laumpis, as leitis rennynge aboute.
(In ways they been troubled together, carts of four horses been hurled together in streets; the sight of hem as lamps, as lightning running about.)
Luth (NAH 2:5) Die Wagen rollen auf den Gassen und rasseln auf den Straßen; sie blicken wie Fackeln und fahren untereinander her wie die Blitze.
(The wagon/cart/chariot roll on/in/to the alleys/lanes and rattle on/in/to the roads; they/she/them look/glance(v) as/like torches(n) and drive/ride/run each_other her as/like the lightning.)
ClVg In itineribus conturbati sunt; quadrigæ collisæ sunt in plateis: aspectus eorum quasi lampades, quasi fulgura discurrentia.
(In journeys troubled are; four_horse_chariot struck are in/into/on the_streets: appearance their as_if lamps, as_if lightning running_about.)
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
יִתְהוֹלְל֣וּ
race_madly
The implication is that the chariots are rushing wildly and without control. You could include this information if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: [rush wildly and uncontrollably]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / simile
כַּלַּפִּידִ֔ם
(Some words not found in UHB: in,streets race_madly the,chariotry they,rush_around in,places appearance_of,their [are]_like,torches like_(the),flashes dart_about )
The author is saying that the chariots are like torches because they shine brightly. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state that explicitly. Alternate translation: [bright, like blazing torches]
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / simile
כַּבְּרָקִ֖ים יְרוֹצֵֽצוּ
(Some words not found in UHB: in,streets race_madly the,chariotry they,rush_around in,places appearance_of,their [are]_like,torches like_(the),flashes dart_about )
The author is saying that the chariots are like lightning because they move with great speed. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state that explicitly. Alternate translation: [they flash quickly from one place to another like lightning]