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OET-LV [fn] and_they_said enemies_our not they_will_know and_not they_will_see until that we_will_come into among_them and_kill_them and_stop DOM the_work.
4:5 Note: KJB: Neh.4.11
UHB 3:37 וְאַל־תְּכַס֙ עַל־עֲוֺנָ֔ם וְחַטָּאתָ֖ם מִלְּפָנֶ֣יךָ אַל־תִּמָּחֶ֑ה כִּ֥י הִכְעִ֖יסוּ לְנֶ֥גֶד הַבּוֹנִֽים׃ ‡
(3:37 vəʼal-təkaş ˊal-ˊₐōnām vəḩaţţāʼtām milləfāneykā ʼal-timmāḩeh kiy hikˊişū ləneged habōnim.)
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 No BrLXX NEH book available
BrTr and do not cover their iniquity.
ULT And do not cover over their iniquity, and do not wipe out their sin from before your face, for they have provoked anger before the front of the builders.
UST They are guilty, and they have sinned against you. Do not take away their guilt, and do not ignore their sin! I am asking this because they are also causing others to be angry at the people who are rebuilding the wall!”
BSB Do not cover up their iniquity or let their sin be blotted out from Your sight, for they have provoked the builders.[fn]
4:5 Or have provoked You to anger before the builders
OEB and cover not their iniquity and let not their sin be blotted out from thy sight, for they have provoked thee to anger before the builders.
WEBBE Don’t cover their iniquity. Don’t let their sin be blotted out from before you; for they have insulted the builders.”
WMBB (Same as above)
NET Do not cover their iniquity, and do not wipe out their sin from before them. For they have bitterly offended the builders!
LSV and do not cover over their iniquity, and do not let their sin be blotted out from before You, for they have provoked [You] to anger in front of those building.
FBV Don't forgive their guilt or blot out their sins, for they have made you angry in front of the builders.”[fn]
4:5 “For they have made you angry in front of the builders”: or, “for they have provoked the builders.”
T4T They are guilty; they have said things that caused you to be angry while the people here who are building the wall are listening; so punish them!”
LEB Do not cover their guilt, and do not let their sin be blotted out from before you. They have provoked the builders to anger.[fn]
4:5 Literally “provoked anger before the builders”
BBE Let not their wrongdoing be covered or their sin washed away from before you: for they have made you angry before the builders.
Moff No Moff NEH book available
JPS (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 cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee; for they have provoked thee to anger before the builders.
DRA Cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thy face, because they have mocked thy builders.
YLT and do not cover over their iniquity, and their sin from before Thee let not be blotted out, for they have provoked to anger — over-against those building.
Drby And cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee; for they have provoked the builders.
RV and cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee: for they have provoked thee to anger before the builders.
Wbstr And cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee: for they have provoked thee to anger before the builders.
KJB-1769 And cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee: for they have provoked thee to anger before the builders.
(And cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee/you: for they have provoked thee to anger before the builders. )
KJB-1611 And couer not their iniquitie, and let not their sinne bee blotted out from before thee: for they haue prouoked thee to anger before the builders.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)
Bshps Couer not their wickednesse, and let not their sinne be put out in thy presence: for they haue prouoked the buylders.
(Couer not their wickedness, and let not their sin be put out in thy/your presence: for they have provoked the buylders.)
Gnva And couer not their iniquitie, neither let their sinne be put out in thy presence: for they haue prouoked vs before the builders.
(And cover not their iniquity, neither let their sin be put out in thy/your presence: for they have provoked us before the builders. )
Cvdl Couer not their wickednesse, & put not out their sinne fro yi presence: for they haue prouoked the buylders.
(Couer not their wickedness, and put not out their sin from yi presence: for they have provoked the buylders.)
Wycl hile thou not the wickidnesse of hem, and her synnes be not doon awei bifor thi face; for thei scorneden bilderis.
(hile thou/you not the wickednesse of them, and her sins be not done away before thy/your face; for they scorneden bilderis.)
Luth Unsere Widersacher aber gedachten: Sie sollen‘s nicht wissen noch sehen, bis wir mitten unter sie kommen und sie erwürgen und das Werk hindern.
(Unsere Widersacher but thoughtn: They/She sollen‘s not wissen still see, until we/us mitten under they/she/them coming and they/she/them erwürgen and the Werk hindern.)
ClVg Ne operias iniquitatem eorum, et peccatum eorum coram facie tua non deleatur, quia irriserunt ædificantes.
(Ne operias iniquitatem their, and peccatum their before face your not/no deleatur, because irriserunt ædificantes. )
4:5 Do not ignore their guilt: See also “Prayers for Vengeance” Theme Note.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism
וְאַל־תְּכַס֙ עַל־עֲוֺנָ֔ם וְחַטָּאתָ֖ם מִלְּפָנֶ֣יךָ אַל־תִּמָּחֶ֑ה
(Some words not found in UHB: and=they_said enemies,our not know and=not see until which/who come to/towards among,them and,kill,them and,stop DOM the,work )
These two phrases mean similar things. Nehemiah uses the repetition to emphasize how guilty Sanballat and Tobiah are for opposing the work that God has sent him to do. If it would be helpful in your language, you could combine these phrases. Alternate translation: “do not ever forgive them”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
וְאַל־תְּכַס֙ עַל־עֲוֺנָ֔ם
(Some words not found in UHB: and=they_said enemies,our not know and=not see until which/who come to/towards among,them and,kill,them and,stop DOM the,work )
Nehemiah speaks of a person’s sins as if they were an object that could be physically hidden. Alternate translation: “do not forgive their sins”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
וְחַטָּאתָ֖ם & אַל־תִּמָּחֶ֑ה
(Some words not found in UHB: and=they_said enemies,our not know and=not see until which/who come to/towards among,them and,kill,them and,stop DOM the,work )
Nehemiah speaks of a person’s sins as if they were something written that could be erased. Alternate translation: “do not forget their sins”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
מִלְּפָנֶ֣יךָ
(Some words not found in UHB: and=they_said enemies,our not know and=not see until which/who come to/towards among,them and,kill,them and,stop DOM the,work )
Here, face means the action of seeing or a person’s notice or attention. A person can see what is in front of their face, so in this case the expression means, “from where you can see it”
כִּ֥י הִכְעִ֖יסוּ לְנֶ֥גֶד הַבּוֹנִֽים
(Some words not found in UHB: and=they_said enemies,our not know and=not see until which/who come to/towards among,them and,kill,them and,stop DOM the,work )
This expression could mean one of the following three things: (1) It could mean that they have made God angry by opposing the work he has commanded Nehemiah to do. Alternate translation: “they have made you become angry.” This possibility seems the most likely, since Nehemiah is praying that what these men are trying to do to others will happen to them. (2) It could mean that they have caused others to be angry at the people who are rebuilding the wall. Alternate translation: “they have caused others to be angry at the people who are rebuilding the wall.” (3) It could mean that Sanballat and Tobiah have made the builders angry by mocking them. Alternate translation: “they have made the builders become angry”