1SA 4:8 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, 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 οὐαὶ ἡμῖν, τίς ἐξελεῖται ἡμᾶς ἐκ χειρὸς τῶν θεῶν τῶν στερεῶν τούτων; οὗτοι οἱ θεοὶ οἱ πατάξαντες τὴν Αἴγυπτον ἐν πάσῃ πληγῇ, καὶ ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ.
(ouai haʸmin, tis exeleitai haʸmas ek ⱪeiros tōn theōn tōn stereōn toutōn; houtoi hoi theoi hoi pataxantes taʸn Aigupton en pasaʸ plaʸgaʸ, kai en taʸ eraʸmōi. )

BrTr Woe to us, O Lord, deliver us to-day, for such a thing has not happened aforetime: woe to us, who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty Gods? these are the Gods that smote Egypt with every plague, and in the wilderness.

ULT Woe to us! Who will deliver us from the hand of these mighty gods? These are they, the gods who struck the Egyptians with every plague in the wilderness.

UST We certainly are in big trouble! The gods of the Israelites are very strong, and it will be difficult to overcome their power. It was the gods of the Israelites who made the Egyptians suffer from many plagues in the barren land outside their country.

BSB Woe to us! Who will deliver us from the hand of these mighty gods? These are the gods who struck the Egyptians with all kinds of plagues in the wilderness.

OEB Woe to Woe to us! Nothin like this has happened to us before! Who can deliver us out of the hand of these mighty gods? These are the gods who smote the Egyptians with every sort of plague and pesilence.

WEBBE Woe to us! Who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty gods? These are the gods that struck the Egyptians with all kinds of plagues in the wilderness.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Too bad for us! Who can deliver us from the hand of these mighty gods? These are the gods who struck the Egyptians with all sorts of plagues in the desert!

LSV Woe to us, who delivers us out of the hand of these majestic gods? These [are] the gods who are striking the Egyptians with every plague in the wilderness.

FBV This is disaster for us! Who will save us from the power of these mighty gods? These are the gods who attacked the Egyptians with all kinds of plagues in the wilderness.

T4T ◄Who can/Can anyone► save us from their powerful gods [RHQ]? They are the gods who struck the people of Egypt with many plagues before the Israelis left Egypt and traveled through the desert.

LEB Woe to us! Who can deliver us from the hand of these mighty gods? These are the same gods who struck the Egyptians with all sorts of plagues in the desert.

BBE Trouble is ours! Who will give us salvation from the hands of these great gods? These are the gods who sent all sorts of blows on the Egyptians in the waste land.

Moff No Moff 1SA book available

JPS Woe unto us! who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty gods? these are the gods that smote the Egyptians with all manner of plagues and in the wilderness.

ASV Woe unto us! who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty gods? these are the gods that smote the Egyptians with all manner of plagues in the wilderness.

DRA Woe to us: for there was no such great joy yesterday and the day before: Woe to us. Who shall deliver us from the hand of these high gods? these are the gods that struck Egypt with all the plagues in the desert.

YLT Woe to us, who doth deliver us out of the hand of these honourable gods? these [are] the gods who are smiting the Egyptians with every plague in the wilderness.

Drby Woe unto us! who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty [fn]gods? these are the [fn]gods that smote the Egyptians with every plague in the wilderness.

4.8 Elohim

RV Woe unto us! who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty gods? these are the gods that smote the Egyptians with all manner of plagues in the wilderness.

Wbstr Woe to us! Who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty Gods? these are the Gods that smote the Egyptians with all the plagues in the wilderness.

KJB-1769 Woe unto us! who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty Gods? these are the Gods that smote the Egyptians with all the plagues in the wilderness.

KJB-1611 Woe vnto vs: who shall deliuer vs out of the hand of these mightie Gods? these are the Gods that smote the Egyptians with all the plagues in the wildernesse.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps Wo vnto vs, who shall deliuer vs out of the hand of these mightie goddes? these are the goddes that smote the Egyptians with many plagues in the wildernes.
(Woe unto us, who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty gods? these are the gods that smote the Egyptians with many plagues in the wilderness.)

Gnva Wo vnto vs, who shall deliuer vs out of the hande of these mightie Gods? these are the Gods that smote the Egyptians with all the plagues in the wildernes.
(Woe unto us, who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty Gods? these are the Gods that smote the Egyptians with all the plagues in the wilderness. )

Cvdl Wo vnto vs. Who wil delyuer vs fro the hande of these hye goddes? These are the goddes that smote Egipte wt all maner of plages in the wyldernesse.
(Woe unto us. Who will deliver us from the hand of these high gods? These are the gods that smote Egypt with all manner of plagues in the wilderness.)

Wycl for so greet ful ioiyng was not yistirdai, and the thridde day passid; wo to vs! who schal kepe vs fro the hond of `these hiye goddis? these ben the goddis, that smytiden Egipt with al veniaunce in deseert.
(for so great full joying/rejoicing was not yistirdai, and the third day passed; woe to us! who shall keep us from the hand of these high gods? these been the gods, that smytiden Egypt with all vengeance in desert.)

Luth Wehe uns! Wer will uns erretten von der Hand dieser mächtigen Götter? Das sind die Götter, die Ägypten schlugen mit allerlei Plage in der Wüste.
(Woe us/to_us/ourselves! Who will us/to_us/ourselves save/rescue from the/of_the hand this powerfulen gods? The are the gods, the Egypt hit/beat with allerlei Plage in the/of_the desert.)

ClVg Væ nobis: non enim fuit tanta exultatio heri et nudiustertius: væ nobis. Quis nos salvabit de manu deorum sublimium istorum? hi sunt dii, qui percusserunt Ægyptum omni plaga in deserto.[fn]
(Alas us: not/no because it_was tanta exultatio heri and nudiustertius: væ us. Who we will_save about by_hand of_the_gods sublimium istorum? hi are dii, who percusserunt Ægyptum all plaga in/into/on deserto. )

4.8 De manu. Judæi unum Deum colunt, sed gentes suo more loquuntur.

4.8 De manu. Yudæi one God colunt, but people/nations his_own more loquuntur.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

מִ֣י יַצִּילֵ֔⁠נוּ מִ⁠יַּ֛ד הָ⁠אֱלֹהִ֥ים הָ⁠אַדִּירִ֖ים הָ⁠אֵ֑לֶּה

who? deliver,us from,hand_of the=ʼElohīm the,mighty the=these

The Philistines are using the question form for emphasis. If a speaker of your language would not use the question form for that purpose, you could translate this as a statement or as an exclamation. Alternate translation: [We cannot imagine who could deliver us from the hand of these mighty gods!]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

מִ⁠יַּ֛ד

from,hand_of

See how you translated the similar expression in [4:3](../04/03.md). Alternate translation: [from the power of]

Note 3 topic: translate-plural

הָ⁠אֱלֹהִ֥ים הָ⁠אַדִּירִ֖ים הָ⁠אֵ֑לֶּה & הָ⁠אֱלֹהִ֗ים הַ⁠מַּכִּ֧ים

the=ʼElohīm the,mighty the=these & the=ʼElohīm the,struck

The word gods is plural in both instances, and the verb struck is also plural. This suggests that the author is showing that the Philistines were speaking here about multiple gods whom they mistakenly thought the Israelites worshiped. The Philistines apparently thought that one of these gods had come into the Israelite camp when the Box of the Covenant arrived. So it would be appropriate to use plural forms in your translation.

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicitinfo

אֵ֧לֶּה הֵ֣ם הָ⁠אֱלֹהִ֗ים הַ⁠מַּכִּ֧ים

these they the=ʼElohīm the,struck

It might seem that the expression word contains extra information that would not be natural to express in your language. If so, you can shorten it. Alternate translation: [These are the same gods who struck]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / hyperbole

בְּ⁠כָל־מַכָּ֖ה

in=all plagues

The Philistines are making an overstatement for emphasis. If it would be clearer in your language, you could express the emphasis in a different way. Alternate translation: [with many terrible plagues]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

בַּ⁠מִּדְבָּֽר

in/on/at/with,wilderness

See the discussion of this phrase in the Introduction to this chapter.

Parallel 1SA 4:8