1SA 12:20 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) “Don’t be afraid,” Shemuel responded. “You yourselves have indeed done all this evil. However, don’t make it worse by turning away from Yahweh, but rather, serve him with all your being.

Key: khaki:verbs, 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).

BrLXX Καὶ εἶπε Σαμουὴλ πρὸς τὸν λαὸν, μὴ φοβεῖσθε· ὑμεῖς πεποιήκατε τὴν πᾶσαν κακίαν ταύτην· πλὴν μὴ ἐκκλίνητε ἀπὸ ὄπισθεν Κυρίου, καὶ δουλεύσατε τῷ κυρίῳ ἐν ὅλῃ καρδίᾳ ὑμῶν·
(Kai eipe Samouaʸl pros ton laon, maʸ fobeisthe; humeis pepoiaʸkate taʸn pasan kakian tautaʸn; plaʸn maʸ ekklinaʸte apo opisthen Kuriou, kai douleusate tōi kuriōi en holaʸ kardia humōn; )

BrTr And Samuel said to the people, Fear not: ye have indeed wrought all this iniquity; only turn not from following the Lord, and serve the Lord with all your heart.

ULT And Samuel said to the people, “Do not fear. You yourselves have done all of this evil, but do not turn aside from after Yahweh, but serve Yahweh with all of your heart.

UST Samuel told them, “Do not be afraid! You have done this evil thing just as I described, but do not stop living the way Yahweh wants you to live. Instead, serve Yahweh with complete commitment.

BSB § “Do not be afraid,” Samuel replied. “Even though you have committed all this evil, do not turn aside from following the LORD, but serve the LORD with all your heart.

OEB But Samuel said to the people, ‘Don’t be afraid, you have indeed done all this evil, but do not turn aside from following the Lord. Serve the Lord with all your heart,

WEBBE Samuel said to the people, “Don’t be afraid. You have indeed done all this evil; yet don’t turn away from following the LORD, but serve the LORD with all your heart.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Then Samuel said to the people, “Don’t be afraid. You have indeed sinned. However, don’t turn aside from the Lord. Serve the Lord with all your heart.

LSV And Samuel says to the people, “Do not fear; you have done all this evil; only, do not turn aside from after YHWH—and you have served YHWH with all your heart,

FBV “Don't be afraid,” Samuel replied. “Even though you have indeed done all these evil things, don't give up following the Lord, but dedicate yourselves completely to worshiping him.

T4T Samuel replied, “Do not be afraid! You have done this evil thing, but do not turn away from doing the things that Yahweh wants you to do. Instead, serve Yahweh wholeheartedly.

LEB And Samuel said to the people, “Do not fear! You have done all this evil; only do not turn aside from _⌊following_⌋[fn] Yahweh. But you must serve Yahweh with all your heart.

12:20 Literally “after”

BBE Then Samuel said to the people, Have no fear: truly you have done evil, but do not be turned away from the Lord; be his servants with all your heart;

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JPS And Samuel said unto the people: 'Fear not; ye have indeed done all this evil; yet turn not aside from following the LORD, but serve the LORD with all your heart;

ASV And Samuel said unto the people, Fear not: ye have indeed done all this evil; yet turn not aside from following Jehovah, but serve Jehovah with all your heart:

DRA And Samuel said to the people: Fear not, you have done all this evil: but yet depart not from following the Lord, but serve the Lord with all your heart.

YLT And Samuel saith unto the people, 'Fear not; ye have done all this evil; only, turn not aside from after Jehovah — and ye have served Jehovah with all your heart,

Drby And Samuel said to the people, Fear not: ye have done all this wickedness; yet turn not aside from following Jehovah, and serve Jehovah with all your heart;

RV And Samuel said unto the people, Fear not: ye have indeed done all this evil: yet turn not aside from following the LORD, but serve the LORD with all your heart;

Wbstr And Samuel said to the people, Fear not: ye have done all this wickedness: yet turn not aside from following the LORD, but serve the LORD with all your heart;

KJB-1769 ¶ And Samuel said unto the people, Fear not: ye have done all this wickedness: yet turn not aside from following the LORD, but serve the LORD with all your heart;
(¶ And Samuel said unto the people, Fear not: ye/you_all have done all this wickedness: yet turn not aside from following the LORD, but serve the LORD with all your heart; )

KJB-1611 ¶ And Samuel saide vnto the people, Feare not: (ye haue done al this wickednesse, yet turne not aside from following the LORD, but serue the LORD with all your heart:
(¶ And Samuel said unto the people, Fear not: (ye have done all this wickedness, yet turn not aside from following the LORD, but serve the LORD with all your heart:)

Bshps And Samuel sayde vnto the people, feare not (Ye haue in deede done al this wickednesse, yet depart not from folowing of the Lorde, but serue the Lorde with all your heartes:
(And Samuel said unto the people, fear not (Ye/You_all have indeed done all this wickedness, yet depart not from folowing of the Lord, but serve the Lord with all your hearts:)

Gnva And Samuel said vnto the people, Feare not. (ye haue indeede done all this wickednesse, yet depart not from following the Lord, but serue the Lord with all your heart,
(And Samuel said unto the people, Fear not. (ye have indeed done all this wickedness, yet depart not from following the Lord, but serve the Lord with all your heart, )

Cvdl Samuel sayde vnto the people: Feare not, ye haue done all this euell in dede. Neuertheles departe not backe from the LORDE, but serue the LORDE with all youre hert,
(Samuel said unto the people: Fear not, ye/you_all have done all this evil in dede. Nevertheless depart not back from the LORD, but serve the LORD with all your(pl) heart,)

Wycl Forsothe Samuel seide to the puple, `Nyle ye drede; ye han do al this yuel; netheles `nyle ye go awey fro the bak of the Lord, but serue ye the Lord in al youre herte;
(For_certain/Truly Samuel said to the people, Not/Don't ye/you_all dread; ye/you_all have do all this evil; netheles nor/neither/not ye/you_all go away from the bak of the Lord, but serve ye/you_all the Lord in all your(pl) heart;)

Luth Samuel aber sprach zum Volk: Fürchtet euch nicht, ihr habt zwar das Übel alles getan; doch weichet nicht hinter dem HErr’s ab, sondern dienet dem HErr’s von ganzem Herzen.
(Samuel but spoke for_the people: Fürchtet you not, you/their/her have zwar the evil all/everything getan; though/but soft/switch(v)t not behind to_him LORD’s ab, rather serves to_him LORD’s from whole hearts.)

ClVg Dixit autem Samuel ad populum: Nolite timere: vos fecistis universum malum hoc, verumtamen nolite recedere a tergo Domini, sed servite Domino in omni corde vestro.
(Dixit however Samuel to the_people: Don't timere: you you_dids universum evil hoc, nevertheless don't recedere from tergo Master, but servite Master in/into/on all heart vestro. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

אַתֶּ֣ם עֲשִׂיתֶ֔ם אֵ֥ת כָּל־הָ⁠רָעָ֖ה הַ⁠זֹּ֑את

you_all done DOM all/each/any/every the,evil the,this

Samuel is using the word all to express certainty rather than entirety. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [You yourselves have certainly done this evil]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / rpronouns

אַתֶּ֣ם עֲשִׂיתֶ֔ם

you_all done

For emphasis, Samuel is stating the pronoun you, whose meaning is already present in the verb translated done. If your language can state implied pronouns explicitly for emphasis, you may want to use that construction here in your translation. Other languages may have other ways of bringing out this emphasis. The ULT does so by using the intensive pronoun yourselves. Alternate translation: [You have indeed done]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

אַ֗ךְ אַל־תָּס֨וּרוּ֙ מֵ⁠אַחֲרֵ֣י יְהוָ֔ה

yet not turn_aside from,following YHWH

Samuel is speaking as if the Israelites were walking on a path behind Yahweh but might leave that path. He is using this image to mean that they should not stop being devoted to Yahweh. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [but do not stop being devoted to Yahweh]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

בְּ⁠כָל־לְבַבְ⁠כֶֽם

in=all heart_of,your_all's

Samuel is speaking using the heart to represent feeling and commitment. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [with complete devotion] or [in complete sincerity]

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