NAH 3:5 Parallel Verse View

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

Key: khaki:verbs, green:YHWH.
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 Ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ ἐπὶ σὲ, λέγει Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς ὁ παντοκράτωρ, καὶ ἀποκαλύψω τὰ ὀπίσω σου ἐπὶ τὸ πρόσωπόν σου, καὶ δείξω ἔθνεσι τὴν αἰσχύνην σου, καὶ βασιλείαις τὴν ἀτιμίαν σου.
(Idou egō epi se, legei Kurios ho Theos ho pantokratōr, kai apokalupsō ta opisō sou epi to prosōpon sou, kai deixō ethnesi taʸn aisⱪunaʸn sou, kai basileiais taʸn atimian sou. )

BrTr Behold, I am against thee, saith the Lord God Almighty, and I will uncover thy skirts in thy presence, and I will shew the nations thy shame, and the kingdoms thy disgrace.

ULT “Behold me, against you—the declaration of Yahweh of armies—I will remove your skirt over your face
⇔ and show the nations your nakedness and the kingdoms your shame.

UST So Yahweh, commander of the angel armies, says to the people of Nineveh:
⇔ “I am your enemy, and I will completely humiliate you
⇔ in the sight of the people of other nations,
⇔ just as people humiliate a woman who has committed adultery
⇔ by lifting her skirt over her head so that people can see her naked body.
⇔ People of other nations will be ashamed of you.

BSB “Behold, I [am] against you,” declares the LORD of Hosts. “I will lift your skirts over your face. I will show your nakedness to the nations and your shame to the kingdoms.
⇔ 
⇔ 

OEB I am against you, Nineveh’
⇔ the Lord of hosts declares.
⇔ ‘I will strip your clothes
⇔ and show the nations your nakedness,
⇔ and the kingdoms your shame.

WEBBE “Behold, I am against you,” says the LORD of Armies, “and I will lift your skirts over your face. I will show the nations your nakedness, and the kingdoms your shame.

WMBB “Behold, I am against you,” says the LORD of Hosts, “and I will lift your skirts over your face. I will show the nations your nakedness, and the kingdoms your shame.

NET I am against you,” declares the Lord who commands armies.
⇔ “I will strip off your clothes!
⇔ I will show your nakedness to the nations
⇔ and your shame to the kingdoms;

LSV “Behold, I [am] against you,”
A declaration of YHWH of Hosts,
“And have removed your skirts before your face,
And have showed nations your nakedness,
And kingdoms your shame,

FBV Watch out! For I am against you, declares the Lord Almighty. I will lift your skirts over your face and let the nations see your nakedness, and kingdoms see your shame.

T4T So the Commander of the armies of angels says to the people of Nineveh:
⇔ “I am your enemy,
⇔ and I will cause the people in other nations to see you completely humiliated
⇔ like [MET] women who have committed adultery are humiliated by having their skirts lifted high,
⇔ with the result that people can see their naked bodies.

LEB No LEB NAH book available

BBE See, I am against you, says the Lord of armies, and I will have your skirts pulled over your face, and let the nations see you unclothed, and the kingdoms your shame.

Moff No Moff NAH book available

JPS Behold, I am against thee, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will uncover thy skirts upon thy face, and I will shew the nations thy nakedness, and the kingdoms thy shame.

ASV Behold, I am against thee, saith Jehovah of hosts, and I will uncover thy skirts upon thy face; and I will show the nations thy nakedness, and the kingdoms thy shame.

DRA Behold I come against thee, saith the Lord of hosts: and I will discover thy shame to thy face, and will shew thy nakedness to the nations, and thy shame to kingdoms.

YLT Lo, I [am] against thee, An affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts, And have removed thy skirts before thy face, And have shewed nations thy nakedness, And kingdoms thy shame,

Drby behold, I am against thee, saith Jehovah of hosts; and I will uncover thy skirts upon thy face, and I will shew the nations thy nakedness, and the kingdoms thy shame.

RV Behold, I am against thee, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will discover thy skirts upon thy face; and I will shew the nations thy nakedness, and the kingdoms thy shame.
(Behold, I am against thee/you, saith/says the LORD of hosts/armies, and I will discover thy/your skirts upon thy/your face; and I will show the nations thy/your nakedness, and the kingdoms thy/your shame. )

SLT Behold me against thee, says Jehovah of armies; and I uncovered thy skirts upon thy face, and I caused nations to see thy nakedness, and kingdoms thy shame.

Wbstr Behold, I am against thee, saith the LORD of hosts; and I will remove thy skirts upon thy face, and I will show the nations thy nakedness, and the kingdoms thy shame.

KJB-1769 Behold, I am against thee, saith the LORD of hosts; and I will discover thy skirts upon thy face, and I will shew the nations thy nakedness, and the kingdoms thy shame.
(Behold, I am against thee/you, saith/says the LORD of hosts/armies; and I will discover thy/your skirts upon thy/your face, and I will show the nations thy/your nakedness, and the kingdoms thy/your shame. )

KJB-1611 Behold, I am against thee, saith the LORD of hostes, and I will discouer thy skirtes vpon thy face, and I will shew the nations thy nakednesse, and the kingdomes thy shame.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps No Bshps NAH book available

Gnva Beholde, I come vpon thee, saith the Lord of hostes, and will discouer thy skirtes vpon thy face, and will shewe the nations thy filthines, and the kingdomes thy shame.
(Behold, I come upon thee/you, saith/says the Lord of hosts/armies, and will discover thy/your skirts upon thy/your face, and will show the nations thy/your filthines, and the kingdoms thy/your shame. )

Cvdl No Cvdl NAH book available

Wycl No Wycl NAH book available

Luth No Luth NAH book available

ClVg Ecce ego ad te, dicit Dominus exercituum, et revelabo pudenda tua in facie tua; et ostendam gentibus nuditatem tuam, et regnis ignominiam tuam.
(Behold I to you(sg), he_says Master hosts/soldiers, and revelabo pudenda your in/into/on face your; and I_will_show nations nuditatem your(sg), and of_the_kingdoms disgrace your(sg). )

RP-GNT No RP-GNT NAH book available

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

הִנְ⁠נִ֣י אֵלַ֗יִ⁠ךְ

behold,I against,you

Yahweh is using the term Behold to focus attention on what he is about to say. Your language may have a comparable expression that you could use in your translation. See how you translated this in [2:13](../02/13.md). Alternate translation: [Listen carefully—I am against you]

Note 2 topic: writing-pronouns

אֵלַ֗יִ⁠ךְ

against,you

The pronoun you refers to Nineveh, which Yahweh has been describing as a prostitute. If this is not clear for your readers, you could use the name. Alternate translation: [against you, Nineveh the prostitute]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

נְאֻם֙

declares_of

The author is leaving out some of the words that in many languages a sentence would need in order to be complete. You could supply these words if it would be clearer in your language. Alternate translation: [this is the declaration of]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

וּ⁠מַמְלָכ֖וֹת קְלוֹנֵֽ⁠ךְ

and,kingdoms shame_of,your

The author is leaving out some of the words that in many languages a sentence would need in order to be complete. You could supply these words from earlier in the sentence if it would be clearer in your language. Alternate translation: [and I will show the kingdoms your shame]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

קְלוֹנֵֽ⁠ךְ

shame_of,your

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of shame, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [how shameful you are]

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