1SA 18:12 Parallel Verse View

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Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal (All still tentative.)

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 ἐφοβήθη Σαοὺλ ἀπὸ προσώπου Δαυὶδ,
(Kai efobaʸthaʸ Saʼoul apo prosōpou Dawid, )

ULT And Saul was afraid from the face of David. For Yahweh was with him, but he had turned from with Saul.

UST Saul realized that Yahweh was no longer helping him. He realized that Yahweh was now helping David. This made Saul afraid of David.

BSB § So Saul was afraid of David, because the LORD was with David but had departed from Saul.

OEB Saul was afraid of David, because the Lord was with him and had departed from Saul.

WEBBE Saul was afraid of David, because the LORD was with him, and had departed from Saul.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET So Saul feared David, because the Lord was with him but had departed from Saul.

LSV And Saul is afraid of the presence of David, for YHWH has been with him, and He has turned aside from Saul;

FBV Saul was afraid of David, because the Lord was with David, but he had given up on Saul.

T4T Because it became evident that Yahweh had abandoned Saul but that he was helping David, Saul was afraid of David.

LEB Now Saul was threatened by the presence of David[fn] because Yahweh was with him, but had departed from Saul.

18:12 Literally “And Saul was afraid from the presence of David”

BBE And Saul went in fear of David, because the Lord was with David and had gone away from Saul.

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JPS And Saul was afraid of David, because the LORD was with him, and was departed from Saul.

ASV And Saul was afraid of David, because Jehovah was with him, and was departed from Saul.

DRA And Saul feared David, because the Lord was with him, and was departed from himself.

YLT And Saul is afraid of the presence of David, for Jehovah hath been with him, and from Saul He hath turned aside;

Drby And Saul was afraid of David, because Jehovah was with him, and had departed from Saul.

RV And Saul was afraid of David, because the LORD was with him, and was departed from Saul.

Wbstr And Saul was afraid of David, because the LORD was with him, and had departed from Saul.

KJB-1769 ¶ And Saul was afraid of David, because the LORD was with him, and was departed from Saul.

KJB-1611 ¶ And Saul was afraid of Dauid, because the LORD was with him, and was departed from Saul.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps And Saul was afrayde of Dauid, because the Lorde was with him, & was departed from Saul.
(And Saul was afraid of David, because the Lord was with him, and was departed from Saul.)

Gnva And Saul was afrayd of Dauid, because the Lord was with him, and was departed from Saul.
(And Saul was afraid of David, because the Lord was with him, and was departed from Saul. )

Cvdl And Saul was afrayed of Dauid: for the LORDE was with him, and was departed from Saul.
(And Saul was afraid of David: for the LORD was with him, and was departed from Saul.)

Wycl And Saul dredde Dauid, for the Lord was with hym, and hadde go awei fro him silf.
(And Saul dreaded David, for the Lord was with him, and had go away from himself.)

Luth Und Saul fürchtete sich vor David; denn der HErr war mit ihm und war von Saul gewichen.
(And Saul fears(v)e itself/yourself/themselves before/in_front_of David; because the/of_the LORD what/which with him and what/which from Saul gewichen.)

ClVg Et timuit Saul David, eo quod Dominus esset cum eo, et a se recessisset.
(And timuit Saul David, by_him that Master was when/with by_him, and from himself recessisset. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

וַ⁠יִּרָ֥א שָׁא֖וּל מִ⁠לִּ⁠פְנֵ֣י דָוִ֑ד כִּֽי־הָיָ֤ה יְהוָה֙ עִמּ֔⁠וֹ וּ⁠מֵ⁠עִ֥ם שָׁא֖וּל סָֽר

and,afraid Shāʼūl from=to/for=face/front/presence Dāvid that/for/because/then/when it_became YHWH with=him/it and,from_with, Shāʼūl departed

If it would be more natural in your language, you could reverse the order of these phrases, since the second phrase gives the reason for the result that the first phrase describes. Alternate translation: [And since Yahweh was with David but had turned away from Saul, Saul was afraid from the face of David]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

וַ⁠יִּרָ֥א שָׁא֖וּל מִ⁠לִּ⁠פְנֵ֣י דָוִ֑ד

and,afraid Shāʼūl from=to/for=face/front/presence Dāvid

The author is using one part of David, his face, to mean all of him, suggesting that Saul found David personally to be imposing and intimidating. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [And Saul was afraid of David]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

הָיָ֤ה יְהוָה֙ עִמּ֔⁠וֹ

it_became YHWH with=him/it

See how you translated this expression in [3:19](../03/19.md). Alternate translation: [Yahweh was helping him]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

וּ⁠מֵ⁠עִ֥ם שָׁא֖וּל סָֽר

and,from_with, Shāʼūl departed

The author is speaking as if Yahweh had once been physically present with Saul but had walked away from him. He means that Yahweh was no longer helping Saul. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [but he was no longer helping Saul]

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