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OET (OET-RV) So Shemuel did what Yahweh had told him, and went to Bethlehem. The town elders trembled when they met him, and asked, “Do you come in peace?”
OET-LV And_ Shəmūʼēl/(Samuel) _he/it_made DOM that_which YHWH he_said and_came Bēyt- leḩem and_trembled the_elders_of the_city to_meet_him and_he/it_said peace come_you.
UHB וַיַּ֣עַשׂ שְׁמוּאֵ֗ל אֵ֚ת אֲשֶׁ֣ר דִּבֶּ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה וַיָּבֹ֖א בֵּ֣ית לָ֑חֶם וַיֶּחֶרְד֞וּ זִקְנֵ֤י הָעִיר֙ לִקְרָאת֔וֹ וַיֹּ֖אמֶר שָׁלֹ֥ם בּוֹאֶֽךָ׃ ‡
(vayyaˊas shəmūʼēl ʼēt ʼₐsher diber yhwh vayyāⱱoʼ bēyt lāḩem vayyeḩerdū ziqnēy hāˊīr liqərāʼtō vayyoʼmer shālom bōʼekā.)
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 ἐποίησε Σαμουὴλ πάντα ἃ ἐλάλησεν αὐτῷ Κύριος· καὶ ἦλθεν εἰς Βηθλεὲμ, καὶ ἐξέστησαν οἱ πρεσβύτεροι τῆς πόλεως τῇ ἀπαντήσει αὐτοῦ, καὶ εἶπαν, ἢ εἰρήνη ἡ εἴσοδός σου ὁ βλέπων;
(Kai epoiaʸse Samouaʸl panta ha elalaʸsen autōi Kurios; kai aʸlthen eis Baʸthleem, kai exestaʸsan hoi presbuteroi taʸs poleōs taʸ apantaʸsei autou, kai eipan, aʸ eiraʸnaʸ haʸ eisodos sou ho blepōn; )
BrTr And Samuel did all that the Lord told him; and he came to Bethleem: and the elders of the city were amazed at meeting him, and said, [fn]Dost thou come peaceably, thou Seer?
16:4 Gr. is 'thy coming in peace.'
ULT And Samuel did what Yahweh had spoken, and he came to Bethlehem. And the elders of the city trembled to meet him, and they said, “Is your coming in peace?”
UST Samuel did what Yahweh told him to do. He went to Bethlehem. When the town leaders saw him coming, they were very afraid. One of them asked him, “Have you come here to speak peacefully with us?”
BSB So Samuel did what the LORD had said and went to Bethlehem. When the elders of the town met him, they trembled and asked, “Do you come in peace?”
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MSB So Samuel did what the LORD had said and went to Bethlehem. When the elders of the town met him, they trembled and asked, “Do you come in peace?”
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OEB So Samuel did that which the Lord had commanded. When he came to Bethlehem, the elders of the city came trembling to meet him and said, ‘Do you come in peace?’
WEBBE Samuel did that which the LORD spoke, and came to Bethlehem. The elders of the city came to meet him trembling, and said, “Do you come peaceably?”
WMBB (Same as above)
NET Samuel did what the Lord told him. When he arrived in Bethlehem, the elders of the city were afraid to meet him. They said, “Do you come in peace?”
LSV And Samuel does that which YHWH has spoken, and comes to Beth-Lehem, and [the] elderly of the city tremble to meet him, and [one] says, “Is your coming peace?”
FBV Samuel did what the Lord had told him to and went to Bethlehem. When the town elders met him, they were afraid and asked him, “Do you come in peace?”
T4T Samuel did what Yahweh told him to do. He went to Bethlehem. When the town leaders came to him, they trembled, because they were worried that Samuel had come to rebuke them about something. One of them asked him, “Have you come to speak peacefully to us?”
LEB No LEB 1 SAM book available
BBE And Samuel did as the Lord said and came to Beth-lehem. And the responsible men of the town came out to him in fear and said, Do you come in peace?
Moff No Moff 1 SAM book available
JPS And Samuel did that which the LORD spoke, and came to Beth-lehem. And the elders of the city came to meet him trembling, and said: 'Comest thou peaceably?'
ASV And Samuel did that which Jehovah spake, and came to Beth-lehem. And the elders of the city came to meet him trembling, and said, Comest thou peaceably?
DRA Then Samuel did as the Lord had said to him. And he came to Bethlehem, and the ancients of the city wondered, and meeting him, they said: Is thy coming hither peaceable?
YLT And Samuel doth that which Jehovah hath spoken, and cometh in to Beth-Lehem, and the elders of the city tremble to meet him, and [one] saith, 'Is thy coming peace?'
Drby And Samuel did what Jehovah said, and came to Bethlehem. And the elders of the city came trembling to meet him, and said, Dost thou come peaceably?
RV And Samuel did that which the LORD spake, and came to Beth-lehem. And the elders of the city came to meet him trembling, and said, Comest thou peaceably?
(And Samuel did that which the LORD spake, and came to Beth-lehem. And the elders of the city came to meet him trembling, and said, Comest/Come thou/you peaceably? )
SLT And Samuel will do what Jehovah spake, and he will go to the House of Bread. And the old men of the city will tremble to meet him, and say, Thy coming peace?
Wbstr And Samuel did that which the LORD spoke, and came to Beth-lehem. And the elders of the town trembled at his coming, and said, Comest thou peaceably?
KJB-1769 And Samuel did that which the LORD spake, and came to Beth-lehem. And the elders of the town trembled at his coming, and said, Comest thou peaceably?[fn]
(And Samuel did that which the LORD spake, and came to Beth-lehem. And the elders of the town trembled at his coming, and said, Comest/Come thou/you peaceably? )
16.4 coming: Heb. meeting
KJB-1611 [fn]And Samuel did that which the LORD spake, and came to Bethlehem: and the elders of the towne trembled at his comming, and said, Commest thou peaceably?
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation and footnotes)
16:4 Hebr. meeting.
Bshps No Bshps 1 SAM book available
Gnva So Samuel did that the Lord bade him, and came to Beth-lehem, and the Elders of the towne were astonied at his comming, and sayd, Commest thou peaceablie?
(So Samuel did that the Lord bade him, and came to Beth-lehem, and the Elders of the town were astonished at his coming, and said, Comest/Come thou/you peaceablie? )
Cvdl No Cvdl 1 SAM book available
Wycl No Wycl 1 SAM book available
Luth No Luth 1 SAM book available
ClVg Fecit ergo Samuel sicut locutus est ei Dominus. Venitque in Bethlehem, et admirati sunt seniores civitatis occurrentes ei: dixeruntque: Pacificusne est ingressus tuus?
(Fecit therefore Samuel like spoke it_is to_him Master. He_cameque in/into/on Bethlehem, and admirati are seniores of_the_city occurrentes to_him: they_saidque: Pacifig_treene it_is entering your? )
RP-GNT No RP-GNT 1 SAM book available
16:4 the elders . . . came trembling: News of Samuel’s rebuke of Saul and execution of Agag had likely reached Bethlehem.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
וַיֶּחֶרְד֞וּ זִקְנֵ֤י הָעִיר֙
and,trembled elders_of the=city
The author means that the elders of Bethlehem trembled with fear when they saw Samuel coming. See the discussion in the Introduction to this chapter of why they may have done so. Alternate translation: [And the elders of the city trembled with fear]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns
שָׁלֹ֥ם בּוֹאֶֽךָ
peace come,you
If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of coming, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [Have you come here peaceably] or [Is this a friendly visit]