NEH 9:3 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) They stood and listened to the scroll with Yahweh’s instructions being read for three hours, then for another three hours they confessed and bowed down to Yahweh their god.

Key: khaki:verbs, blue:Elohim, 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).

BrTr And they stood in their place, and read in the book of the law of the Lord their god: and they confessed their sins to the Lord, and worshipped the Lord their God.

ULT And they rose up in their place, and they read aloud the book of the law of Yahweh their God a fourth of the day, and a fourth of the day were confessing and prostrating themselves to Yahweh their God.

UST They stood in place and listened to someone read from the scroll of the law of Yahweh their God for three hours. Then for another three hours they confessed their sins and bowed down and worshiped Yahweh their God.

BSB While they stood in their places, they read from the Book of the Law of the LORD their God for a quarter of the day, and they spent another quarter of the day in confession and worship of the LORD their God.

OEB And they stood up in their place and read in the book of the law of Jehovah their God a fourth part of the day; and another fourth part they confessed and worshipped Jehovah their God.

WEBBE They stood up in their place, and read in the book of the law of the LORD their God a fourth part of the day; and a fourth part they confessed and worshipped the LORD their God.

WMBB They stood up in their place, and read in the scroll of the Torah of the LORD their God a fourth part of the day; and a fourth part they confessed and worshipped the LORD their God.

NET For one-fourth of the day they stood in their place and read from the book of the law of the LORD their God, and for another fourth they were confessing their sins and worshiping the LORD their God.

LSV and rise up on their station, and read in the Scroll of the Law of their God YHWH a fourth of the day, and a fourth they are confessing and bowing themselves to their God YHWH.

FBV They spent three hours[fn] standing there reading the Book of the Law of the Lord their God, and another three hours confessing their sins and worshiping the Lord their God.

9:3 “Three hours”: literally, “a quarter of a day.”

T4T The scroll that contained the laws of Yahweh, the God whom they worshiped, was read to them for three hours. Then for three more hours they confessed their sins and they worshiped Yahweh.

LEB No LEB NEH book available

BBE And for a fourth part of the day, upright in their places, they were reading from the book of the law of their God; and for a fourth part of the day they were requesting forgiveness and worshipping the Lord their God.

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JPS And they stood up in their place, and read in the book of the Law of the LORD their God a fourth part of the day; and another fourth part they confessed, and prostrated themselves before the LORD their God.

ASV And they stood up in their place, and read in the book of the law of Jehovah their God a fourth part of the day; and another fourth part they confessed, and worshipped Jehovah their God.

DRA And they rose up to stand: and they read in the book of the law of the Lord their God, four times in the day, and four times they confessed, and adored the Lord their God.

YLT and rise up on their station, and read in the book of the law of Jehovah their God a fourth of the day, and a fourth they are confessing and bowing themselves to Jehovah their God.

Drby And they stood up in their place, and read in the book of the law of Jehovah their [fn]God a fourth part of the day; and a fourth part they confessed, and worshipped Jehovah their [fn]God.

9.3 Elohim

RV And they stood up in their place, and read in the book of the law of the LORD their God a fourth part of the day; and another fourth part they confessed, and worshipped the LORD their God.

SLT And they will rise up upon their standing and read in the book of the law of Jehovah their God, the fourth of the day; and a fourth confessing and worshiping to Jehovah their God.

Wbstr And they stood up in their place, and read in the book of the law of the LORD their God one fourth part of the day; and another fourth part they confessed, and worshiped the LORD their God.

KJB-1769 And they stood up in their place, and read in the book of the law of the LORD their God one fourth part of the day; and another fourth part they confessed, and worshipped the LORD their God.

KJB-1611 And they stood vp in their place, and read in the booke of the Law of the LORD their God, one fourth part of the day, and another fourth part they confessed and worshipped the LORD their God.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation)

Bshps No Bshps NEH book available

Gnva And they stood vp in their place and read in the booke of the Lawe of the Lord their GOD foure times on the day, and they confessed and worshipped the Lord their God foure times.
(And they stood up in their place and read in the book of the Law of the Lord their GOD four times on the day, and they confessed and worshipped the Lord their God four times. )

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ClVg Et consurrexerunt ad standum: et legerunt in volumine legis Domini Dei sui, quater in die, et quater confitebantur, et adorabant Dominum Deum suum.
(And consurrexerunt to standum: and lawfullyrunt in/into/on volumine law Master of_God self, quater in/into/on day, and quater confitebantur, and adorabant the_Master God his_own. )

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UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: translate-symaction

וַ⁠יָּק֨וּמוּ֙ עַל־עָמְדָ֔⁠ם

and,stood on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in place_of,their

Rose up here likely means stood up. As in [8:5](../08/05.md), the people would have stood up to show respect as they listened to the reading from the Law of Moses. Alternate translation: [Then the people stood up where they were]

וַֽ⁠יִּקְרְא֗וּ בְּ⁠סֵ֨פֶר

and,read in/on/at/with,book_of

The people themselves did not read from the book. They here likely means Ezra and the Levites, who read similarly to the crowd that gathered on the occasion described in 8:1–12. Alternate translation: [as their leaders read to them]

Note 2 topic: translate-unknown

בְּ⁠סֵ֨פֶר תּוֹרַ֧ת יְהוָ֛ה אֱלֹהֵי⁠הֶ֖ם

in/on/at/with,book_of law_of YHWH God_of,their

This is another of the various ways that this story describes a book containing the Law of Moses. Alternate translation: [from the Law of Moses] or [from the law that Yahweh had given through Moses]

Note 3 topic: translate-unknown

רְבִעִ֣ית הַ⁠יּ֑וֹם וּ⁠רְבִעִית֙

fourth_of the=day and,fourth

In this culture the day and the night were each divided into four equal parts of three hours each. So this means that the people listened to a reading of the Law for three hours, and then they spent the next three hours in prayer and confession. Alternate translation: [for three hours, and then for another three hours]

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