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Parallel NAH 3:17

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BI Nah 3:17 ©

Text critical issues=small word differences Clarity of original=clearImportance=normal(All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV)
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OET-LVGuards_your like_the_locusts and_scribes_your like_locust_swarm_of of_locust[s] the_settling in/on/at/with_walls in/on_day of_coldness [the]_sun it_rises and_fly_away and_not it_is_known place_him where_they.

UHBמִנְּזָרַ֨יִ⁠ךְ֙ כָּֽ⁠אַרְבֶּ֔ה וְ⁠טַפְסְרַ֖יִ⁠ךְ כְּ⁠ג֣וֹב גֹּבָ֑י הַֽ⁠חוֹנִ֤ים בַּ⁠גְּדֵרוֹת֙ בְּ⁠י֣וֹם קָרָ֔ה שֶׁ֤מֶשׁ זָֽרְחָה֙ וְ⁠נוֹדַ֔ד וְ⁠לֹֽא־נוֹדַ֥ע מְקוֹמ֖⁠וֹ אַיָּֽ⁠ם׃
   (minnəzārayi⁠k kā⁠ʼarbeh və⁠ţafşərayi⁠k kə⁠gōⱱ goⱱāy ha⁠ḩōnim ba⁠ggədērōt bə⁠yōm qārāh shemesh zārəḩāh və⁠nōdad və⁠loʼ-nōdaˊ məqōm⁠ō ʼayyā⁠m.)

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).

BrLXXἘξήλατο ὡς ἀττέλεβος ὁ σύμμικτός σου, ὡς ἀκρὶς ἐπιβεβηκυῖα ἐπὶ φραγμὸν ἐν ἡμέρᾳ πάγους· ὁ ἥλιος ἀνέτειλε, καὶ ἀφήλατο, καὶ οὐκ ἔγνω τὸν τόπον αὐτῆς· οὐαὶ αὐτοῖς.
   (Exaʸlato hōs attelebos ho summiktos sou, hōs akris epibebaʸkuia epi fragmon en haʸmera pagous; ho haʸlios aneteile, kai afaʸlato, kai ouk egnō ton topon autaʸs; ouai autois. )

BrTrThy mixed multitude has suddenly departed as the grasshopper, as the locust perched on a hedge in a frosty day; the sun arises, and it flies off, and knows not its place: woe to them!

ULTYour princes are like locusts, and your generals are like swarms of locusts
 ⇔ that settle on the walls on a cold day.
 ⇔ But when the sun rises they fly away and no one knows where they are.

USTYour leaders are also like a swarm of locusts
 ⇔ that crowd together on the fences on a cold day,
 ⇔ and then fly away when the sun comes up,
 ⇔ and no one knows where they have gone.

BSBYour guards [fn] are like the swarming locust,
 ⇔ and your scribes [fn] like clouds of locusts
 ⇔ that settle on the walls on a cold day.
 ⇔ When the sun rises, they fly away,
 ⇔ and no one knows where.


3:17 Or princes

3:17 Or marshals


OEBuntil your watchmen are locusts,
 ⇔ and your scribes like grasshoppers,
 ⇔ which swarm in the hedges on a cold day;
 ⇔ but when the sun rises
 ⇔ they fly away,
 ⇔ no one knows where.

WEBBEYour guards are like the locusts, and your officials like the swarms of locusts, which settle on the walls on a cold day, but when the sun appears, they flee away, and their place is not known where they are.

WMBB (Same as above)

NETYour courtiers are like locusts,
 ⇔ your officials are like a swarm of locusts!
 ⇔ They encamp in the walls on a cold day,
 ⇔ yet when the sun rises, they fly away;
 ⇔ and no one knows where they are.

LSVYour crowned ones [are] as a locust,
And your princes as great grasshoppers,
That encamp in hedges in a day of cold,
The sun has risen, and it flees away,
And its place where they are is not known.

FBVYour leaders are like locusts, your officials like a swarm of locusts. They rest on walls on a cold day, but when the sun rises they fly away, and no one knows where they've gone.

T4TYour leaders are also like a swarm of [SIM] locusts [DOU]
 ⇔ that crowd together on the stone fences/walls on a cold day,
 ⇔ and then fly away when the sun comes up,
 ⇔ and no one knows where they have gone.

LEB• are like locusts; your commanders are like a swarm of locusts. •  They encamp on the walls on a cold day; •  when the sun rises, they fly away— •  no one knows where they have gone.
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BBEYour crowned ones are like the locusts, and your scribes like the clouds of insects which take cover in the walls on a cold day, but when the sun comes up they go in flight, and are seen no longer in their place.

MoffNo Moff NAH book available

JPSThy crowned are as the locusts, and thy marshals as the swarms of grasshoppers, which camp in the walls in the cold day, but when the sun ariseth they flee away, and their place is not known where they are.

ASVThy princes are as the locusts, and thy marshals as the swarms of grasshoppers, which encamp in the hedges in the cold day, but when the sun ariseth they flee away, and their place is not known where they are.

DRAThy guards are like the locusts: and thy little ones like the locusts of locusts which swarm on the hedges in the day of cold: the sun arose, and they flew away, and their place was not known where they were.

YLTThy crowned ones [are] as a locust, And thy princes as great grasshoppers, That encamp in hedges in a day of cold, The sun hath risen, and it doth flee away, And not known is its place where they are.

DrbyThy chosen men are as the locusts, and thy captains as swarms of grasshoppers, which camp in the hedges in the cold day: when the sun ariseth they flee away, and their place is not known where they are.

RVThy crowned are as the locusts, and thy marshals as the swarms of grasshoppers, which camp in the hedges in the cold day, but when the sun ariseth they flee away, and their place is not known where they are.

WbstrThy crowned are as the locusts, and thy captains as the great grasshoppers, which settle in the hedges in the cold day, but when the sun ariseth they flee away, and their place is not known where they are .

KJB-1769Thy crowned are as the locusts, and thy captains as the great grasshoppers, which camp in the hedges in the cold day, but when the sun ariseth they flee away, and their place is not known where they are.
   (Thy crownd are as the locusts, and thy/your captains as the great grasshoppers, which camp in the hedges in the cold day, but when the sun ariseth they flee away, and their place is not known where they are. )

KJB-1611The crowned are as the locusts, and thy captains as the great grashoppers which campe in the hedges in the cold day: but when the Sunne ariseth, they flee away, and their place is not knowen where they are.
   (The crownd are as the locusts, and thy/your captains as the great grashoppers which camp in the hedges in the cold day: but when the Sun ariseth, they flee away, and their place is not known where they are.)

BshpsThy princes are as grashoppers, and thy rulers as great locustes, they swarme in hedges in cold weather, the sunne ariseth and they flee, and the place where they were is not knowen.
   (Thy princes are as grashoppers, and thy/your rulers as great locusts, they swarme in hedges in cold weather, the sun ariseth and they flee, and the place where they were is not known.)

GnvaThy princes are as the grashoppers, and thy captaines as the great grashoppers which remaine in the hedges in the colde day: but when the sunne ariseth, they flee away and their place is not knowen where they are.
   (Thy princes are as the grashoppers, and thy/your captains as the great grashoppers which remain in the hedges in the colde day: but when the sun ariseth, they flee away and their place is not known where they are. )

CvdlThy lordes are as the greshoppers, & thy captaynes as the multitude of greshoppers: which whe they be colde, remayne in ye hedges: but when the Sonne is vp, they fle awaye, and no ma can tell where they are become.
   (Thy lords are as the greshoppers, and thy/your captaynes as the multitude of greshoppers: which when they be colde, remain in ye/you_all hedges: but when the Son is up, they flee away, and no man can tell where they are become.)

WycThi keperis ben as locustis, and thi litle children ben as locustis of locustis, whiche sitten togidere in heggis in the dai of coold; the sun is risun, and thei fledden awei, and the place of hem is not knowun, where thei weren.
   (Thi keepers been as locustis, and thy/your little children been as locustis of locustis, which sit together in heggis in the day of coold; the sun is risun, and they fled away, and the place of them is not known, where they weren.)

LuthDeiner Herren ist so viel als der Heuschrecken und deiner Hauptleute als der Käfer, die sich an die Zäune lagern in den kalten Tagen; wenn aber die Sonne aufgehet, heben sie sich davon, daß man nicht weiß, wo sie bleiben.
   (Deiner Lorden is so many als the/of_the Heuschrecken and deiner headleute als the/of_the Käfer, the itself/yourself/themselves at the Zäune lagern in the kalten days; when but the sun aufgehet, heben they/she/them itself/yourself/themselves davon, that man not weiß, where they/she/them bleiben.)

ClVgCustodes tui quasi locustæ, et parvuli tui quasi locustæ locustarum, quæ considunt in sepibus in die frigoris: sol ortus est, et avolaverunt, et non est cognitus locus earum ubi fuerint.
   (Custodes yours as_if locustæ, and parvuli yours as_if locustæ locustarum, which considunt in sepibus in day frigoris: sol ortus it_is, and avolaverunt, and not/no it_is cognitus locus of_them where fuerint. )


UTNuW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / simile

(Occurrence 0) your generals are like swarms of them that camp in the walls on a cold day. But when the sun rises they fly away

(Some words not found in UHB: guards,your like_the,locusts and,scribes,your like,locust_swarm_of locust the,settling in/on/at/with,walls in/on=day cold sun rises and,fly_away and=not knows place,him where,they )

Nahum compares the way that the officials in Nineveh will flee when the battle starts with the way that locusts will remain still while it is cold, but will fly away when the sun rises and the air becomes warm.

(Occurrence 0) to no one knows where

(Some words not found in UHB: guards,your like_the,locusts and,scribes,your like,locust_swarm_of locust the,settling in/on/at/with,walls in/on=day cold sun rises and,fly_away and=not knows place,him where,they )

Alternate translation: “and no one knows where they have gone”

BI Nah 3:17 ©