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OEB These are the children of the province, who went up out of the captivity of those who had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away to Babylon, and who returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his city,
WEBBE These are the children of the province who went up out of the captivity of those who had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away, and who returned to Jerusalem and to Judah, everyone to his city,
WMBB (Same as above)
NET These are the people of the province who returned from the captivity of the exiles, whom King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon had forced into exile. They returned to Jerusalem and to Judah, each to his own city.
LSV These [are] sons of the province, those coming up of the captives of the expulsion that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon removed—and they return to Jerusalem and to Judah, each to his city—
FBV This is a list of the people of the province who returned from the captivity. These were the exiles who had been taken away to Babylon by King Nebuchadnezzar. They returned to Jerusalem and Judah, to their home towns.
T4T ◄This is a list/Here are the names► of the people who returned to Jerusalem and to other places in Judea. They had been living in Babylonia since King Nebuchadnezzar’s army had captured their relatives/ancestors and took them to Babylonia. But they had returned to Judea and were living in the towns where their ancestors had lived.
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BBE These are the people of the divisions of the kingdom, among those who had been made prisoners by Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, and taken away by him, who went back to Jerusalem and Judah, every one to his town;
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JPS These are the children of the province, that went up out of the captivity of those that had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away, and that returned unto Jerusalem and to Judah, every one unto his city;
ASV These are the children of the province, that went up out of the captivity of those that had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away, and that returned unto Jerusalem and to Judah, every one unto his city;
DRA These are the children of the province, who came up from the captivity of them that had been carried away, whom Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon had carried away, and who returned into Judea, every one into his own city.
YLT These [are] sons of the province, those coming up of the captives of the removal that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon removed — and they turn back to Jerusalem and to Judah, each to his city —
Drby These are the children of the province that went up out of the captivity of those that had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away, and who came again to Jerusalem and to Judah, every one to his city;
RV These are the children of the province, that went up out of the captivity of those that had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away, and that returned unto Jerusalem and to Judah, every one unto his city;
(These are the children of the province, that went up out of the captivity of those that had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away, and that returned unto Yerusalem and to Yudah, every one unto his city; )
SLT These the sons of the province coming up from the captivity of the: exile which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babel carried into exile; and they will turn back to Jerusalem and to Judah, a man to his city;
Wbstr These are the children of the province, that went up out of the captivity, of those that had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away, and came again to Jerusalem and to Judah, every one to his city;
KJB-1769 These are the children of the province, that went up out of the captivity, of those that had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away, and came again to Jerusalem and to Judah, every one unto his city;
(These are the children of the province, that went up out of the captivity, of those that had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away, and came again to Yerusalem and to Yudah, every one unto his city; )
KJB-1611 These are the children of the prouince, that went vp out of the captiuitie, of those that had beene caried away whom Nebuchadnezzar the King of Babylon had caried away, and came againe to Ierusalem and to Iudah, euery one vnto his citie:
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation)
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Gnva These are the sonnes of the prouince that came vp from the captiuitie that was caried away (whome Nebuchadnezzar King of Babel had caryed away) and they returned to Ierusalem and to Iudah, euery one vnto his citie.
(These are the sons of the province that came up from the captivity that was carried away (whome Nebuchadnezzar King of Babel had carried away) and they returned to Yerusalem and to Yudah, every one unto his city. )
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ClVg Isti filii provinciæ, qui ascenderunt de captivitate migrantium, quos transtulerat Nabuchodonosor rex Babylonis, et reversi sunt in Jerusalem et in Judæam, unusquisque in civitatem suam.
(These children provinciæ, who they_went_up from/about captivity migrantium, which transtulerat Nabuchodonosor king Babylonis, and returned are in/into/on Yerusalem and in/into/on Yudeam, each_one/everybody in/into/on the_city his_own. )
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UTN uW Translation Notes:
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / personification
בְּנֵ֣י הַמְּדִינָ֗ה
sons_of the,province
The document speaks here of the province of Judah as if it were the ancestor of all the Jews who lived there. Alternate translation: [the people from the province of Judah]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
הַמְּדִינָ֗ה
the,province
The province means the province of Judah. The document is referring to Judah by something associated with it, its status as a province.
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
הָעֹלִים֙
the,came_up
Went up means “traveled from Babylon back to Judah,” since that involves going from a river valley up into the mountains. Alternate translation: [returned to Judah from Babylon]
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns
מִשְּׁבִ֣י הַגּוֹלָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֣ר הֶגְלָ֔ה נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּ֖ר מֶ֣לֶךְ בָּבֶ֑ל
from,captivity_of the,exiles which/who carried_into_exile Nəⱱūkadneʦʦar king Bāⱱel
Captivity and exile are abstract nouns. If it would be helpful in your language, you could translate the idea behind them with verbs. Alternate translation: [Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, captured their ancestors and took them away]
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / doublet
מִשְּׁבִ֣י הַגּוֹלָ֔ה
from,captivity_of the,exiles
Captivity and exile mean basically the same thing. You do not need to repeat both phrases in your translation if that would be confusing for your readers. Alternate translation: [after being taken away]
אִ֥ישׁ לְעִירֽוֹ
(a)_man to,town_of,his
Here, a man means “each one” or “each person” Alternate translation: [They went to live in the same towns where their families had lived before.]
