1SA 20:31 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) because as long as that son of Yishay stays alive on this earth, you and your kingdom will never be established. Now, send men and arrest him, because he’s on his way to the grave!”

Key: khaki:verbs, red:negative.
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 ὅτι πάσας τὰς ἡμέρας ἃς ὁ υἱὸς Ἰεσσαὶ ζῇ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, οὐχ ἑτοιμασθήσεται ἡ βασιλεία σου· νῦν οὖν ἀποστείλας λάβε τὸν νεανίαν, ὅτι υἱὸς θανάτου οὗτος.
(hoti pasas tas haʸmeras has ho huios Iessai zaʸ epi taʸs gaʸs, ouⱪ hetoimasthaʸsetai haʸ basileia sou; nun oun aposteilas labe ton neanian, hoti huios thanatou houtos. )

BrTr For [fn]so long as the son of Jessæ lives upon the earth, thy kingdom shall not be established: now then send and take the young man, for he [fn]shall surely die.

20:31 Gr. all the days that.

20:31 Gr. is a son of death.

ULT For all of the days that the son of Jesse lives on the earth, you will not be established, nor your kingdom. And now, send and take him to me, for he is a son of death.”

UST I can assure you that as long as Jesse’s son is living, you will never become king. No, you will never rule this kingdom! So now send someone to get David and bring him to me, because I must execute him!”

BSB For as long as the son of Jesse lives on this earth, neither you nor your kingdom shall be established. Now send for him and bring him to me, for he must surely die!”

OEB For as long as the son of Jesse lives on the earth, neither you nor your kingdom will be established. Now send and bring him to me, for he is doomed to die.’

WEBBE For as long as the son of Jesse lives on the earth, you will not be established, nor will your kingdom. Therefore now send and bring him to me, for he shall surely die!”

WMBB (Same as above)

NET For as long as this son of Jesse is alive on the earth, you and your kingdom will not be established. Now, send some men and bring him to me. For he is as good as dead!”

LSV For all the days that the son of Jesse lives on the ground you are not established, you and your kingdom; and now, send and bring him to me, for he [is] a son of death.”

FBV While the son of Jesse remains alive, you and your kingship are not secure. Now go and bring him here to me, for he has to die!”

T4T As long as Jesse’s son is living, you will never become the king, and you will never rule over a kingdom! So now, summon David, and bring him to me. He must be executed!”

LEB For _⌊as long as_⌋[fn] the son of Jesse is alive on the earth, you and your kingdom will not be established! So then, send and bring him to me, for _⌊he will surely die_⌋!”[fn]

20:31 Literally “all the days which”

20:31 Literally “he is a son of death”

BBE For while the son of Jesse is living on the earth, your position is unsafe and your kingdom is in danger. So make him come here to me, for it is certainly right for him to be put to death.

Moff No Moff 1SA book available

JPS For as long as the son of Jesse liveth upon the earth, thou shalt not be established, nor thy kingdom. Wherefore now send and fetch him unto me, for he deserveth to die.'

ASV For as long as the son of Jesse liveth upon the ground, thou shalt not be established, nor thy kingdom. Wherefore now send and fetch him unto me, for he shall surely die.

DRA For as long as the son of Isai liveth upon earth, thou shalt not be established, nor thy kingdom. Therefore now presently send, and fetch him to me: for he is the son of death.

YLT for all the days that the son of Jesse liveth on the ground thou art not established, thou and thy kingdom; and now, send and bring him unto me, for he [is] a son of death.'

Drby For as long as the son of Jesse lives upon earth, thou shalt not be established, nor thy kingdom. And now send and fetch him to me, for he must die.

RV For as long as the son of Jesse liveth upon the ground, thou shalt not be stablished, nor thy kingdom. Wherefore now send and fetch him unto me, for he shall surely die.

Wbstr For as long as the son of Jesse liveth upon the earth, thou shalt not be established, nor thy kingdom. Wherefore now send and bring him to me, for he shall surely die.

KJB-1769 For as long as the son of Jesse liveth upon the ground, thou shalt not be established, nor thy kingdom. Wherefore now send and fetch him unto me, for he shall surely die.[fn]
(For as long as the son of Jesse liveth/lives upon the ground, thou/you shalt not be established, nor thy/your kingdom. Wherefore now send and fetch him unto me, for he shall surely die. )

20.31 shall…: Heb. is the son of death

KJB-1611 [fn]For as long as the sonne of Iesse liueth vpon the ground, thou shalt not be stablished, nor thy kingdome: wherefore now send and fetch him vnto mee, for he shall surely die.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation and footnotes)

20:31 Heb. is the sonne of death.

Bshps For as long as the sonne of Isai liueth vpon the earth, thou shalt not be stablished, nor yet thy kingdome: Wherfore nowe send and fet him vnto me, for he is the childe of death.
(For as long as the son of Isai liveth/lives upon the earth, thou/you shalt not be established, nor yet thy/your kingdom: Wherefore now send and fetched him unto me, for he is the child of death.)

Gnva For as long as the sonne of Ishai liueth vpon the earth, thou shalt not be stablished, nor thy kingdome: wherefore now send and fet him vnto me, for he shall surely die.
(For as long as the son of Ishai liveth/lives upon the earth, thou/you shalt not be established, nor thy/your kingdom: wherefore now send and fetched him unto me, for he shall surely die. )

Cvdl For as longe as ye sonne of Isai lyueth vpo earth nether thou ner thy kingdome shal prospere. Sende now therfore, and cause him to be fetched vnto me, for he is a childe of death.
(For as long as ye/you_all son of Isai liveth/lives upon earth neither thou/you nor thy/your kingdom shall prospere. Send now therefore, and cause him to be fetched unto me, for he is a child of death.)

Wycl For in alle the daies in whiche the sone of Isai lyueth on erthe, thou schalt not be stablischid, nether thi rewme; therfor `riyt now sende thou, and brynge hym to me, for he is the sone of deeth.
(For in all the days in which the son of Isai liveth/lives on earth, thou/you shalt not be stablischid, neither thy/your realm; therefore right now send thou/you, and bring him to me, for he is the son of death.)

Luth Denn solange der Sohn Isais lebet auf Erden, wirst du, dazu auch dein Königreich, nicht bestehen. So sende nun hin und laß ihn herholen zu mir; denn er muß sterben.
(Because solange the/of_the son Isais lives on/in/to earth, will you(sg), in_addition also your kingdom, not bestehen. So send now there and let him/it herholen to to_me; because he must die.)

ClVg Omnibus enim diebus quibus filius Isai vixerit super terram, non stabilieris tu, neque regnum tuum. Itaque jam nunc mitte, et adduc eum ad me: quia filius mortis est.
(Omnibus because days to_whom son Isai vixerit over the_earth/the_land, not/no stabilieris you(sg), nor kingdom your. Itaque yam now mitte, and adduc him to me: because son of_death it_is. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases

כִּ֣י

that/for/because/then/when

Here the word For introduces a fuller explanation. Alternate translation: [I say this because]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

כָל־הַ⁠יָּמִ֗ים

all the=days

Saul is using the term days by association to mean a particular time. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or plain language. Alternate translation: [the whole time]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

לֹ֥א תִכּ֖וֹן אַתָּ֣ה וּ⁠מַלְכוּתֶ֑⁠ךָ

not established you(ms) and,kingdom_of,your

Saul is leaving out some of the words that in many languages a sentence would need in order to be complete. You can supply these words from the context if that would be clearer in your language. Alternate translation: [you will not be established, nor will your kingdom be established]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

לֹ֥א תִכּ֖וֹן אַתָּ֣ה וּ⁠מַלְכוּתֶ֑⁠ךָ

not established you(ms) and,kingdom_of,your

If your language does not use this passive form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. The sense is the same as in [13:13](../13/13.md), where Samuel uses an active form. Alternate translation: [Yahweh will not establish you, nor will he establish your kingdom]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

לֹ֥א תִכּ֖וֹן אַתָּ֣ה וּ⁠מַלְכוּתֶ֑⁠ךָ

not established you(ms) and,kingdom_of,your

These two phrases mean basically the same thing. Saul is using them together for emphasis. If it would be clearer in your language, you could combine them and express the emphasis in another way. Alternate translation: [you will certainly not be established as king] or [Yahweh will certainly not establish you as king]

Note 6 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

שְׁלַ֨ח וְ⁠קַ֤ח אֹת⁠וֹ֙ אֵלַ֔⁠י כִּ֥י בֶן־מָ֖וֶת הֽוּא

send and,bring DOM=him/it to=me that/for/because/then/when son_of die he/it

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: [since he is a son of death, send and take him to me]

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

בֶן־מָ֖וֶת הֽוּא

son_of die he/it

In certain contexts, biblical authors and characters use the expression son of to indicate that a person is characterized by something. In this case, Saul means that David is characterized by death, that is, he deserves to die. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could use an equivalent expression from your language or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [he deserves to die]

Parallel 1SA 20:31