1SA 6:20 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, 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 εἶπαν οἱ ἄνδρες οἱ ἐκ Βαιθσαμὺς, τίς δυνήσεται διελθεῖν ἐνώπιον Κυρίου τοῦ Θεοῦ τοῦ ἁγίου τούτου; καὶ πρὸς τίνα ἀναβήσεται κιβωτὸς Κυρίου ἀφʼ ἡμῶν;
(Kai eipan hoi andres hoi ek Baithsamus, tis dunaʸsetai dielthein enōpion Kuriou tou Theou tou hagiou toutou; kai pros tina anabaʸsetai kibōtos Kuriou afʼ haʸmōn; )

BrTr And the men of Bæthsamys said, Who shall be able to pass before this holy Lord God? and to whom shall the ark of the Lord go up from us?

ULT And the men of Beth Shemesh said, “Who is able to stand to the face of Yahweh, this holy God? And to whom will he go up from upon us?”

UST Then the people who lived in Beth Shemesh said, “Since Yahweh is such a holy God, he will eventually kill all of us to punish us for being sinful if his sacred chest remains here! We must send his sacred chest to the people who live in some other place!”

BSB § The men of Beth-shemesh asked, “Who can stand in the presence of the LORD, this holy God? To whom should the ark go up from here?”

OEB The people of Beth-shemesh said, ‘Who is able to stand before the Lord, this holy God? To whom can we send him to be rid of him?’

WEBBE The men of Beth Shemesh said, “Who is able to stand before the LORD, this holy God? To whom shall he go up from us?”

WMBB (Same as above)

NET The residents of Beth Shemesh asked, “Who is able to stand before the Lord, this holy God? To whom will the ark go up from here?”

LSV And the men of Beth-Shemesh say, “Who is able to stand before YHWH, this holy God? And to whom does He go up from us?”

FBV The people of Beth-shemesh asked, “Who can stand before the Lord, this holy God? Where should the Ark go from here?”

T4T They said, “No one [RHQ] can ◄resist the power of/stand in the presence of► Yahweh, our holy God, and remain alive! Where can we send the sacred chest?”

LEB Then the men of Beth Shemesh asked, “Who is able to stand before Yahweh, this holy God? And to whom shall it[fn] go up from us?”

6:20 That is, the ark of the covenant (alternatively read as “he,” referring to Yahweh)

BBE And the men of Beth-shemesh said, Who is able to keep his place before the Lord, this holy God? and to whom may he go from us?

Moff No Moff 1SA book available

JPS And the men of Beth-shemesh said: 'Who is able to stand before the LORD, this holy God? and to whom shall it go up from us?'

ASV And the men of Beth-shemesh said, Who is able to stand before Jehovah, this holy God? and to whom shall he go up from us?

DRA And the men of Bethsames said: Who shall be able to stand before the Lord this holy God? and to whom shall he go up from us?

YLT And the men of Beth-Shemesh say, 'Who is able to stand before Jehovah, this holy God? and unto whom doth He go up from us?'

Drby And the men of Beth-shemesh said, Who is able to stand before Jehovah, this holy [fn]God? and to whom shall he go up from us?

6.20 Elohim

RV And the men of Beth-shemesh said, Who is able to stand before the LORD, this holy God? and to whom shall he go up from us?

Wbstr And the men of Beth-shemesh said, Who is able to stand before this holy LORD God? and to whom shall he go up from us?

KJB-1769 And the men of Beth-shemesh said, Who is able to stand before this holy LORD God? and to whom shall he go up from us?

KJB-1611 And the men of Bethshemesh said, Who is able to stand before this holy LORD God? and to whom shal he goe vp from vs?
(And the men of Bethshemesh said, Who is able to stand before this holy LORD God? and to whom shall he go up from us?)

Bshps Wherfore the men of Bethsames said: Who is able to stand before this holie Lorde God? And to whom shall he go from vs?
(Wherefore the men of Bethsames said: Who is able to stand before this holy Lord God? And to whom shall he go from us?)

Gnva Wherefore the men of Beth-shemesh said, Who is able to stand before this holy Lord God? and to whom shall he go from vs?
(Wherefore the men of Beth-shemesh said, Who is able to stand before this holy Lord God? and to whom shall he go from us? )

Cvdl And the men at BethSemes sayde: Who maye stode before the LORDE so holy a God? And to who shal he go fro vs?
(And the men at BethSemes said: Who may stood before the LORD so holy a God? And to who shall he go from us?)

Wycl And men of Bethsames seiden, Who schal now stonde in the siyt of the Lord God of this hooli thing, and to whom schal it stie fro vs?
(And men of Bethsames said, Who shall now stand in the sight of the Lord God of this holy thing, and to whom shall it ascend/descend from us?)

Luth Und die Leute zu Beth-Semes sprachen: Wer kann stehen vor dem HErr’s, solchem heiligen GOtt? und zu wem soll er von uns ziehen?
(And the people/folk to Beth-Semes said: Who can stand before/in_front_of to_him LORD’s, solchem holy God? and to wem should he from us/to_us/ourselves pull?)

ClVg Et dixerunt viri Bethsamitæ: Quis poterit stare in conspectu Domini Dei sancti hujus? et ad quem ascendet a nobis?
(And they_said men Bethsamitæ: Who poterit to_stand in/into/on in_sight Master of_God sancti huyus? and to which ascendet from us? )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

מִ֚י יוּכַ֣ל לַ⁠עֲמֹ֔ד לִ⁠פְנֵ֨י יְהוָ֧ה הָ⁠אֱלֹהִ֛ים הַ⁠קָּד֖וֹשׁ הַ⁠זֶּ֑ה וְ⁠אֶל־מִ֖י יַעֲלֶ֥ה מֵ⁠עָלֵֽי⁠נוּ

who? he/it_would_be_able to=stand to=(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before YHWH the=ʼElohīm the,holy the=this and=near/to who? it_will_ascend from,with,us

The people of Beth Shemesh are using the question form for emphasis. If a speaker of your language would not use that form for that purpose, you could translate these questions as statements or as exclamations. Alternate translation: [No one is able to stand to the face of Yahweh, this holy God! He must go up from us to someone else!]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

מִ֚י יוּכַ֣ל לַ⁠עֲמֹ֔ד לִ⁠פְנֵ֨י יְהוָ֧ה

who? he/it_would_be_able to=stand to=(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before YHWH

See how you translated the similar expression in [1:12](../01/12.md). Alternate translation: [Who is able to stand in the presence of Yahweh]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

לַ⁠עֲמֹ֔ד

to=stand

The context shows that here the term stand means “remain alive.” You could indicate this explicitly in your translation if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: [to remain alive]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

וְ⁠אֶל־מִ֖י יַעֲלֶ֥ה מֵ⁠עָלֵֽי⁠נוּ

and=near/to who? it_will_ascend from,with,us

The people of Beth Shemesh are using the pronoun he, meaning Yahweh, by association to mean the Box of Yahweh, in which they recognize him to be present in a special way. From their perspective, if they send the Box away, that will be like Yahweh leaving them. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or plain language. Alternate translation: [And to whom can we send Yahweh’s Box from here]

Parallel 1SA 6:20