1SA 4:7 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) and they were afraid saying, “A god has come into the Israeli camp.” Then they said, “This means trouble, because it wasn’t like this yesterday or the previous days.

Key: khaki:verbs, red:negative, blue:Elohim.
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 ἐφοβήθησαν οἱ ἀλλόφυλοι, καὶ εἶπον, οὗτοι οἱ θεοὶ ἥκασι πρὸς αὐτοὺς εἰς τὴν παρεμβολήν. Οὐαὶ ἡμῖν, ἐξελοῦ ἡμᾶς Κύριε σήμερον, ὅτι οὐ γέγονε τοιαύτη ἐχθὲς καὶ τρίτην·
(Kai efobaʸthaʸsan hoi allofuloi, kai eipon, houtoi hoi theoi haʸkasi pros autous eis taʸn parembolaʸn. Ouai haʸmin, exelou haʸmas Kurie saʸmeron, hoti ou gegone toiautaʸ eⱪthes kai tritaʸn; )

BrTr And the Philistines feared, and said, These are the Gods that are come to them into the camp.

ULT And the Philistines were afraid, for they said, “A god has come into the camp.” And they said, “Woe to us! For it was not like this yesterday and three days ago!

UST Then they became very afraid. They said, “Their God has come into their camp to help them! We are in big trouble now! Nothing like this has happened to us before!

BSB the Philistines were afraid. “The gods have entered [fn] their camp!” they said. “Woe to us, for nothing like this has happened before.

OEB they were afraid, and said, ‘These are their gods. They have come to them to the camp.

WEBBE The Philistines were afraid, for they said, “God has come into the camp.” They said, “Woe to us! For there has not been such a thing before.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET The Philistines were scared because they thought that gods had come to the camp. They said, “Too bad for us! We’ve never seen anything like this!

LSV And the Philistines are afraid, for they said, “God has come into the camp”; and they say, “Woe to us, for there has been nothing like this before.

FBV the Philistines were afraid. “A god has arrived in the camp,” they said. “We're in trouble, for nothing like this has happened before.

T4T Then the Philistines became very afraid. They said, “One of the Israelis’ gods has come into their camp to help them We are in big trouble now! Nothing like this has happened to us before!

LEB So the Philistines were afraid, for they said, “God has come[fn] to the camp.” And they said, “Woe to us, for this has never happened before![fn]

4:7 Or “gods have come”

4:7 Literally “it has not happened like this since yesterday and since the day before that”

BBE And the Philistines, full of fear, said, God has come into their tents. And they said, Trouble is ours! for never before has such a thing been seen.

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JPS And the Philistines were afraid, for they said: 'God is come into the camp.' And they said: 'Woe unto us! for there was not such a thing yesterday and the day before.

ASV And the Philistines were afraid, for they said, God is come into the camp. And they said, Woe unto us! for there hath not been such a thing heretofore.

DRA And the Philistines were afraid, saying: God is come into the camp. And sighing, they said:

YLT And the Philistines are afraid, for they said, 'God hath come in unto the camp;' and they say, 'Woe to us, for there hath not been like this heretofore.

Drby And the Philistines were afraid, for they said, [fn]God is come into the camp. And they said, Woe unto us! for there has not been such a thing heretofore.

4.7 Elohim

RV And the Philistines were afraid, for they said, God is come into the camp. And they said, Woe unto us! for there hath not been such a thing heretofore.

Wbstr And the Philistines were afraid, for they said, God hath come into the camp. And they said, Woe to us! for there hath not been such a thing heretofore.

KJB-1769 And the Philistines were afraid, for they said, God is come into the camp. And they said, Woe unto us! for there hath not been such a thing heretofore.[fn]
(And the Philistines were afraid, for they said, God is come into the camp. And they said, Woe unto us! for there hath/has not been such a thing heretofore. )

4.7 heretofore: Heb. yesterday, or, the third day

KJB-1611 [fn]And the Philistines were afraid, for they saide, God is come into the campe. And they said, Woe vnto vs: for there hath not bene such a thing heretofore.
(And the Philistines were afraid, for they said, God is come into the campe. And they said, Woe unto us: for there hath/has not been such a thing heretofore.)

4:7 Hebr. yesterday, or the third day.

Bshps And the Philistines were afraide, and saide: God is come into the hoast. And they said againe: Wo vnto vs, for it was neuer so before this.
(And the Philistines were afraid, and said: God is come into the hoast. And they said again: Woe unto us, for it was never so before this.)

Gnva And the Philistims were afraide, and saide, God is come into the hoste: therefore saide they, Wo vnto vs: for it hath not bene so heretofore.
(And the Philistines were afraid, and said, God is come into the host: therefore said they, Woe unto us: for it hath/has not been so heretofore. )

Cvdl they were afrayed & sayde: God is come in to the hoost. And they sayde morouer: Wo vnto vs, for it hath not bene thus afore tyme.
(they were afraid and said: God is come in to the hoost. And they said moreover/what's_more: Woe unto us, for it hath/has not been thus afore time.)

Wyc And Filisteis dredden, and seiden, God is come in to `the castels; and thei weiliden, and seiden, Wo to vs!
(And Philistines dreaded, and said, God is come in to `the castles; and they weiliden, and said, Woe to us!)

Luth fürchteten sie sich und sprachen: GOtt ist ins Lager kommen; und sprachen weiter: Wehe uns! denn es ist vorhin nicht also gestanden.
(fürchteten they/she/them itself/yourself/themselves and said: God is into_the camp kommen; and said weiter: Wehe uns! because it is vorhin not also gestanden.)

ClVg Timueruntque Philisthiim, dicentes: Venit Deus in castra. Et ingemuerunt, dicentes:
(Timueruntque Philistines, saying: Venit God in castra. And ingemuerunt, saying: )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

(Occurrence 0) they said … They said

(Some words not found in UHB: and=they_saw the,Philistines that/for/because/then/when said he/it_came ʼElohīm to/towards the,camp and=they_said woe to/for=us that/for/because/then/when not she/it_was like,this yesterday before )

“they said to themselves … They said to each other” or “they said to each other … They said to each other.” The second clause clearly refers to what the Philistines said to each other. The first clause probably refers to what they thought, though it could also refer to what they said to each other. If possible, avoid stating who was spoken to.

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / pronouns

(Occurrence 0) A god has come

The Philistines worshiped many gods, so they probably believed that one of those gods, or one whom they did not worship, had come into the camp. Another possible meaning is that they were speaking the proper name of the God of Israel: “Yahweh has come.” Because 4:8 speaks of “gods,” some translations read, “Gods have come,” that is, “It is gods who have come.”

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