NEH 13:24 Parallel Verse View

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BrTr and their children spoke half in the language of Ashdod, and did not know how to speak in the Jewish language.

ULT And their sons, half were speaking Ashdodite, and none of them were knowing to speak Hebrew, but according to the tongue of people group by people group.

UST So half of their children spoke a foreign language, and they did not know how to speak Hebrew. They spoke whatever language their foreign parent spoke.

BSB Half of their children spoke the language of Ashdod or of the other peoples, but could not speak the language of Judah.

OEB And their children spoke half in the language of Ashdod, but none of them could speak in the Jews’ language, but according to the language of each people.

WEBBE and their children spoke half in the speech of Ashdod, and could not speak in the Jews’ language, but according to the language of each people.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Half of their children spoke the language of Ashdod (or the language of one of the other peoples mentioned ) and were unable to speak the language of Judah.

LSV And of their sons, half are speaking Ashdoditish—and are not knowing to speak Jewish—and according to the language of people and people.

FBV Half their children could only speak the language of Ashdod or that of another people, and didn't know how to speak the language of Judah.

T4T The result was that half of their children spoke the language that people in Ashdod speak or some other language, and they didn’t know how to speak our language.

LEB Half of their children spoke Ashdodite and could not speak Judean, but only the tongues of other nations.

BBE And their children were talking half in the language of Ashdod; they had no knowledge of the Jews' language, but made use of the language of the two peoples.

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JPS and their children spoke half in the speech of Ashdod, and could not speak in the Jews' language, but according to the language of each people.

ASV and their children spake half in the speech of Ashdod, and could not speak in the Jews’ language, but according to the language of each people.

DRA And their children spoke half in the speech of Azotus, and could not speak the Jews’ language, but they spoke according to the language of this and that people.

YLT And of their sons, half are speaking Ashdoditish — and are not knowing to speak Jewish — and according to the language of people and people.

Drby And their children spoke half in the language of Ashdod, and could not speak in the Jews' language, but according to the language of each people.

RV and their children spake half in the speech of Ashdod, and could not speak in the Jews’ language, but according to the language of each people.

Wbstr And their children spoke half in the speech of Ashdod, and could not speak in the Jews language, but according to the language of each people.

KJB-1769 And their children spake half in the speech of Ashdod, and could not speak in the Jews’ language, but according to the language of each people.[fn][fn]

13.24 could…: Heb. they discerned not to speak

13.24 of each…: Heb. of people and people

KJB-1611 [fn][fn]And their children spake halfe in the speech of Ashdod, and could not speake in the Iewes language, but according to the language of ech people.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)

13:24 Heb. they discerned not to speake.

13:24 Heb. of people and people.

Bshps And their children spake halfe in the speach of Asdod, and could not speake in the Iewes language, but according to the language of the one people and of the other people.
(And their children spake half in the speech of Asdod, and could not speak in the Yews language, but according to the language of the one people and of the other people.)

Gnva And their children spake halfe in ye speach of Ashdod, and could not speake in the Iewes language, and according to the language of the one people, and of the other people.
(And their children spake half in ye/you_all speech of Ashdod, and could not speak in the Yews language, and according to the language of the one people, and of the other people. )

Cvdl and their children spake halfe in the speache of Asdod, and coulde not speake in ye Iewish language, but by ye tonge mighte a ma perceaue euery people.
(and their children spake half in the speeche of Asdod, and could not speak in ye/you_all Yewish language, but by ye/you_all tongue might a man perceaue every people.)

Wycl And her children spaken half part bi the speche of Ayotus, and kouden not speke bi the speche of Jewis, and thei spaken bi the langage of puple and of puple.
(And her children spaken half part by the speche of Ayotus, and kouden not speak by the speche of Yewis, and they spaken by the langage of people and of puple.)

Luth Und ihre Kinder redeten die Hälfte asdodisch und konnten nicht jüdisch reden, sondern nach der Sprache eines jeglichen Volks.
(And their/her children talked the Hälfte asdodisch and could not yüdisch reden, rather after the/of_the Sprache one yeglichen peoples.)

ClVg Et filii eorum ex media parte loquebantur azotice, et nesciebant loqui judaice, et loquebantur juxta linguam populi et populi.
(And children their from media in_part/partly loquebantur azotice, and nesciebant loqui yudaice, and loquebantur next_to linguam of_the_people and of_the_people. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-background

וּ⁠בְנֵי⁠הֶ֗ם

and,children,their

In this context, the conjunction And indicates that this sentence will provide further information about the situation the book is describing here. You could use a phrase such as and as for to show that this is further background information.

וּ⁠בְנֵי⁠הֶ֗ם חֲצִי֙ מְדַבֵּ֣ר אַשְׁדּוֹדִ֔ית וְ⁠אֵינָ֥⁠ם מַכִּירִ֖ים לְ⁠דַבֵּ֣ר יְהוּדִ֑ית

and,children,their half spoke language_of_ʼAshdōd and,not,they know to,speak language_of_Yəhūdāh/(Judah)

This could mean one of two things. It seems most likely that the expression means that: (1) these children spoke a mixed language, using Ashdodite expressions half the time and Hebrew expressions the other half of the time, so that none of them knew how to speak Hebrew fluently. The expression could also mean that (2) half of the children who were born to Hebrew fathers and foreign mothers spoke a foreign language. However, if half spoke Ashdodite, and none spoke Hebrew, this leaves open the question of what language the other half of the children spoke. Alternate translation: (1) “their children spoke a mixed dialect, using Philistine expressions half the time, so that none of them could speak Hebrew fluently” or (2) “half of their children spoke the language of the Philistines, and none of their children knew how to speak Hebrew”

Note 2 topic: translate-fraction

חֲצִי֙

half

Half means one part out of two equal parts.

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

וְ⁠אֵינָ֥⁠ם מַכִּירִ֖ים לְ⁠דַבֵּ֣ר יְהוּדִ֑ית וְ⁠כִ⁠לְשׁ֖וֹן עַ֥ם וָ⁠עָֽם

and,not,they know to,speak language_of_Yəhūdāh/(Judah) and,as,language people and,people

Here Nehemiah leaves out some of the words that a sentence would ordinarily need in order to be complete. This sentence seems to mean “none of them could speak Hebrew fluently, but instead they mixed it with the language of whatever people group their mothers belonged to.” You could say that explicitly if it would be helpful to your readers.

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

וְ⁠כִ⁠לְשׁ֖וֹן

and,as,language

Here, tongue means the language spoken by a person or a group of people. Alternate translation: “language”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

עַ֥ם וָ⁠עָֽם

people and,people

This is an idiom that means “of each people group”

Parallel NEH 13:24