NEH 4:11 Parallel Verse View

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

Key: khaki:verbs.
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BrLXX (EZR 14:5) Καὶ εἶπαν οἱ θλίβοντες ἡμᾶς, οὐ γνώσονται καὶ οὐκ ὄψονται, ἕως ὅτου ἔλθωμεν εἰς μέσον αὐτῶν, καὶ φονεύσωμεν αὐτοὺς καὶ καταπαύσωμεν τὸ ἔργον.
(Kai eipan hoi thlibontes haʸmas, ou gnōsontai kai ouk opsontai, heōs hotou elthōmen eis meson autōn, kai foneusōmen autous kai katapausōmen to ergon.)

ULT And our adversaries said, “They will not know, and they will not see until when we come into their midst and kill them. And we will cause the work to stop.”

UST Then our enemies started saying, “Before the Jews know we are coming, we will rush down on them and kill them and stop their work on the wall!”

BSB & MSB And our enemies said, “Before they know [or] see [a thing], we will come into their midst, kill them, and put an end to the work.”

OEB No OEB NEH 4:11 book available

WEBBE & WMBB Our adversaries said, “They will not know or see, until we come in amongst them and kill them, and cause the work to cease.”

NET Our adversaries also boasted, “Before they are aware or anticipate anything, we will come in among them and kill them, and we will bring this work to a halt!”

LSV And our adversaries say, “They do not know, nor see, until we come into their midst, and have slain them, and caused the work to cease.”

FBV Our enemies were saying to themselves, “Before they know it, before they're aware of anything, we'll appear right in among them, kill them, and put a stop to what they're doing.”

T4T “Besides, our enemies are saying, ‘Before the Jews see us, we will swoop down on them and kill them and stop their work on the wall!’ ”

LEB Then our enemies said, “They will not know nor see until we come upon them and will kill them and stop the work.”

BBE And those who were against us said, Without their knowledge and without their seeing us, we will come among them and put them to death, causing the work to come to a stop.

Moff Our enemies said, “They will hear and see nothing till we are in among them and slay them, and so stop the work.”

JPS (NEH 4:5) (3-37) and cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before Thee; for they have vexed Thee before the builders.

ASV And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come into the midst of them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease.

DRA And our enemies said: Let them not know, nor understand, till we come in the midst of them, and kill them, and cause the work to cease.

YLT And our adversaries say, 'They do not know, nor see, till that we come in to their midst, and have slain them, and caused the work to cease.'

Drby And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come into the midst of them and kill them, and put an end to the work.

RV And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come into the midst of them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease.

SLT And our adversaries will say, They shall not know, and they shall not see, till that we shall come to their midst and kill them, and cause the work to cease.

Wbstr And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come in the midst among them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease.

KJB-1769 And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come in the midst among them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease.

KJB-1611 And our aduersaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till wee come in the midst among them, and slay them, and cause the worke to cease.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps And our aduersaries sayde: They shall not knowe, neither see, till we come in the middes among them, and slay them, and cause the worke to ceasse.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Gnva Also our aduersaries had sayde, They shall not knowe, neither see, till we come into the middes of them and slay them, and cause the worke to cease.
(Also our adversaries had said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come into the midst of them and slay them, and cause the work to cease.)

Cvdl And or aduersaries thought: They shall not knowe nether se, tyll we come in the myddes amonge the, and slaye them, & hynder ye worke.
(And or adversaries thought: They shall not know neither see, till we come in the midst among them, and slay/kill them, and hinder ye/you_all work.)

Wycl And oure enemyes seiden, Wite thei not, and knowe thei not, til we comen in to the myddil of hem, and sleen hem, and maken the werk to ceesse.
(And our enemies said, Wit/know they not, and know they not, till we came in to the middle of them, and slain/killed hem, and making the work to cease.)

Luth (NEH 4:5) Unsere Widersacher aber gedachten: Sie sollen‘s nicht wissen noch sehen, bis wir mitten unter sie kommen und sie erwürgen und das Werk hindern.
(Our adversary but thought(v): They/She should not realise still see, until we/us midway/in_the_middle under they/she/them coming and they/she/them strangle and the work prevent/hinder.)

ClVg Et dixerunt hostes nostri: Nesciant, et ignorent donec veniamus in medium eorum, et interficiamus eos, et cessare faciamus opus.[fn]
(And they_said enemies our: They_may_be_ignorant_of, and they_may_be_ignorant_of until let’s_come in/into/on middle their, and we_may_kill them, and to_cease let’s_do_it opus.)

4.11 Dixerunt hostes, etc. Hæc in ædificio spirituali agi solent; manet enim indefessus hostis cum satellitibus suis, spiritibus scilicet immundis et hominibus malignis, qui opera virtutum et fidei nobis incautis impedire et expugnare contendunt, et mentem fidelium mucrone pravæ suggestionis interficere. Sed contra hæc nobis armatura Dei sumenda est, ut possimus resistere in die malo, et in omnibus perfecti stare.

4.11 They_said enemies, etc. These in/into/on building spiritual to_act they_usually; remains because unwearied the_enemy when/with retinues to_his_own, spirits namely unclean and to_humans malicious, who/which works virtues and of_faith us incautious to_hinder and to_conquer they_strive, and mind faithful sword wicked suggestion to_kill. But on_the_contrary these_things us about_to_arm of_God to_be_taken it_is, as we_can to_resist in/into/on day I_prefer, and in/into/on to_all perfect to_stand.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

לֹ֤א יֵדְעוּ֙ וְ⁠לֹ֣א יִרְא֔וּ עַ֛ד אֲשֶׁר־נָב֥וֹא אֶל־תּוֹכָ֖⁠ם

not know and=not see until (Some words not found in UHB: and=they_said foes_of,our not know and=not see until which/who come to/towards of_them_of,the_midst and,we,will_kill_them and,we_will_put_an_end_to DOM the,work )

These two phrases mean similar things. The enemies use the repetition to emphasize how confident they are of launching a surprise attack. If it would be helpful in your language, you could combine these phrases. Alternate translation: [They will not be expecting an attack until we are right there,] otherwise “before they see us and know we are coming, we will rush down on them”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

וְ⁠לֹ֣א יִרְא֔וּ

and=not see

While the enemies could be referring to the Jews literally not seeing them approach, “seeing” could also be a way of describing knowledge, notice, or attention. In that case this expression would mean the same thing as “they will not know.” Alternate translation: [they will not be expecting]

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