1 SAM 7:3 Parallel Verse View

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Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=Narrator,Shemuel (All still tentative.)

Key: khaki:verbs.
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 εἶπε Σαμουὴλ πρὸς πάντα οἶκον Ἰσραὴλ, λέγων, εἰ ἐν ὅλῃ καρδίᾳ ὑμῶν ὑμεῖς ἐπιστρέφετε πρὸς Κύριον, περιέλετε θεοὺς ἀλλοτρίους ἐκ μέσου ὑμῶν, καὶ τὰ ἄλση, καὶ ἑτοιμάσατε τὰς καρδίας ὑμῶν πρὸς Κύριον, καὶ δουλεύσατε αὐτῷ μόνῳ, καὶ ἐξελεῖται ὑμᾶς ἐκ χειρὸς ἀλλοφύλων.
(Kai eipe Samouaʸl pros panta oikon Israaʸl, legōn, ei en holaʸ kardia humōn humeis epistrefete pros Kurion, perielete theous allotrious ek mesou humōn, kai ta alsaʸ, kai hetoimasate tas kardias humōn pros Kurion, kai douleusate autōi monōi, kai exeleitai humas ek ⱪeiros allofulōn.)

BrTr And Samuel spoke to all the house of Israel, saying, If ye do with all your heart return to the Lord, take away the strange gods from the midst of you, and the groves, and prepare your hearts to serve the Lord, and serve him only; and he shall deliver you from the hand of the Philistines.

ULT And Samuel spoke to all of the house of Israel, saying “If with all of your heart you are returning to Yahweh, remove the gods of the foreigner and the Ashtoreths from your midst and direct your heart toward Yahweh and serve him alone, and he will deliver you from the hand of the Philistines.”

UST Then Samuel said to all the Israelite people, “If you truly want Yahweh to be your God again, you must get rid of the idols you have that represent foreign gods. You must also get rid of the statues you have that represent the goddess Ashtoreth. You must resolve to worship only Yahweh. If you do that, he will enable you to stop the Philistines from oppressing you.”

BSB & MSB Then Samuel said to all the house of Israel, “If you are returning to the LORD with all your hearts, then put away the foreign gods and Ashtoreths among you, prepare your hearts for the LORD, and serve Him only. And He will deliver you from the hand of the Philistines.”

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WEBBE & WMBB Samuel spoke to all the house of Israel, saying, “If you are returning to the LORD with all your heart, then put away the foreign gods and the Ashtaroth from amongst you, and direct your hearts to the LORD, and serve him only; and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.”

NET Samuel said to all the people of Israel, “If you are really turning to the Lord with all your hearts, remove from among you the foreign gods and the images of Ashtoreth. Give your hearts to the Lord and serve only him. Then he will deliver you from the hand of the Philistines.”

LSV And Samuel speaks to all the house of Israel, saying, “If you are turning back to YHWH with all your heart—turn aside the gods of the stranger from your midst, and Ashtaroth; and prepare your heart for YHWH, and serve Him only, and He delivers you out of the hand of the Philistines.”

FBV Then Samuel said to all of Israel, “If you sincerely wish to come back to the Lord, then get rid of the foreign gods and the Ashtoreth images you have, and commit yourselves to the Lord and only worship him, and he will save you from the Philistines.”

T4T Then Samuel said to all the Israeli people, “If you truly [IDM] want to act like Yahweh’s people should, you must get rid of your statues of the goddess Astarte and the idols/statues of all the other foreign gods. You must decide to serve/worship only Yahweh. If you do that, he will rescue you from the power of [MTY] the Philistia people.”

LEB And Samuel spoke to all the house of Israel, saying, “If with all your heart you are turning to Yahweh, remove the foreign gods and Ashtoreths[fn] from your midst. Commit your hearts to Yahweh and serve him alone. Then he will deliver you from the hand of the Philistines.”

7:3 Hebrew plural “Ashtaroth” (Ashtoreth was the female consort of Ba’al)

BBE Then Samuel said to all Israel, If with all your hearts you would come back to the Lord, then put away all the strange gods and the Astartes from among you, and let your hearts be turned to the Lord, and be servants to him only: and he will make you safe from the hands of the Philistines.

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JPS And Samuel spoke unto all the house of Israel, saying: 'If ye do return unto the LORD with all your heart, then put away the foreign gods and the Ashtaroth from among you, and direct your hearts unto the LORD, and serve Him only; and He will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.'

ASV And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye do return unto Jehovah with all your heart, then put away the foreign gods and the Ashtaroth from among you, and direct your hearts unto Jehovah, and serve him only; and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.

DRA And Samuel spoke to all the house of Israel, saying: If you turn to the Lord with all your heart, put away the strange gods from among you, Baalim and Astaroth: and prepare your hearts unto the Lord, and serve him only, and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.

YLT And Samuel speaketh unto all the house of Israel, saying, 'If with all your heart ye are turning back unto Jehovah — turn aside the gods of the stranger from your midst, and Ashtaroth; and prepare your heart unto Jehovah, and serve Him only, and He doth deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.'

Drby And Samuel spoke to all the house of Israel, saying, If ye return to Jehovah with all your heart, put away the strange [fn]gods and the Ashtoreths from among you, and apply your hearts unto Jehovah, and serve him only; and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.

7.3 Elohim

RV And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye do return unto the LORD with all your heart, then put away the strange gods and the Ashtaroth from among you, and prepare your hearts unto the LORD, and serve him only: and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.
(And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye/you_all do return unto the LORD with all your heart, then put away the strange gods and the Ashtaroth from among you, and prepare your hearts unto the LORD, and serve him only: and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.)

SLT And Samuel will say to all the house of Israel, saying, If with all your heart ye turn back to Jehovah, remove the strange gods out of the midst of you, and Ashtaroth, and prepare your hearts to Jehovah, and serve him alone, and he will deliver you from the hand of Philisteim.

Wbstr And Samuel spoke to all the house of Israel, saying, If ye do return to the LORD with all your hearts, then put away the strange gods, and Ashtaroth, from among you, and prepare your hearts to the LORD, and serve him only: and he will deliver you from the hand of the Philistines.

KJB-1769 ¶ And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye do return unto the LORD with all your hearts, then put away the strange gods and Ashtaroth from among you, and prepare your hearts unto the LORD, and serve him only: and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.
(¶ And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye/you_all do return unto the LORD with all your hearts, then put away the strange gods and Ashtaroth from among you, and prepare your hearts unto the LORD, and serve him only: and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.)

KJB-1611 ¶ And Samuel spake vnto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye doe returne vnto the LORD with all your hearts, then put away the strange gods, and Ashtaroth from among you, and prepare your hearts vnto the LORD, and serue him onely: & he will deliuer you out of the hand of the Philistines.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps And Samnel spake vnto al the house of Israel, saying: If ye be come agayne vnto the Lorde with all your heartes, then put away the straunge gods and Astaroth from among you, and prepare your heartes vnto the Lord, and serue him onely: For he shall ryd you out of the hand of the Philistines.
(And Samnel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying: If ye/you_all be come again unto the Lord with all your hearts, then put away the strange gods and Astaroth from among you, and prepare your hearts unto the Lord, and serve him only: For he shall rid you out of the hand of the Philistines.)

Gnva Then Samuel spake vnto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye be come againe vnto the Lord with all your heart, put away the strange gods from among you, and Ashtaroth, and direct your hearts vnto the Lord, and serue him only, and he shall deliuer you out of the hand of ye Philistims.
(Then Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye/you_all be come again unto the Lord with all your heart, put away the strange gods from among you, and Ashtaroth, and direct your hearts unto the Lord, and serve him only, and he shall deliver you out of the hand of ye/you_all Philistines.)

Cvdl But Samuel sayde vnto all the house of Israel: Yf ye turne you withall youre hert vnto the LORDE, then put awaye from you the straunge goddes and Astaroth, and directe youre hert vnto the LORDE and serue him onely, so shall he delyuer you out of the hande of the Philistynes.
(But Samuel said unto all the house of Israel: If ye/you_all turn you also/fully your(pl) heart unto the LORD, then put away from you the strange gods and Astaroth, and direct your(pl) heart unto the LORD and serve him only, so shall he deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.)

Wycl Forsothe Samuel spak to al the hows of Israel, and seide, If in al youre herte ye turnen ayen to the Lord, do ye awei alien goddis, Balym and Astaroth, fro the myddis of you; and make ye redi youre hertis to the Lord, and serue ye hym aloone; and he schal delyuere you fro the hond of Filisteis.
(For_certain/Truly Samuel spake to all the house of Israel, and said, If in all your(pl) heart ye/you_all turn again to the Lord, do ye/you_all away alien/foreign(er) gods, Balym and Astaroth, from the midst of you; and make ye/you_all ready your(pl) hearts to the Lord, and serve ye/you_all him alone; and he shall deliver you from the hand of Philistines.)

Luth Samuel aber sprach zu dem ganzen Hause Israel: So ihr euch mit ganzem Herzen bekehret zu dem HErr’s, so tut von euch die fremden Götter und Astharoth und richtet euer Herz zu dem HErr’s und dienet ihm allein, so wird er euch erretten aus der Philister Hand.
(Samuel but spoke to/for to_him entire house(n) Israel: So you(pl)/their/her you with whole heart(s) converted to/for to_him LORD’s, so does from you the strangers gods and Ashtaroth and directed your(pl) heart to/for to_him LORD’s and serves him alone/only, so becomes he you save/rescue out_of the/of_the Philistines Hand.)

ClVg Ait autem Samuel ad universam domum Israël, dicens: Si in toto corde vestro revertimini ad Dominum, auferte deos alienos de medio vestri, Baalim et Astaroth: et præparate corda vestra Domino, et servite ei soli, et eruet vos de manu Philisthiim.
(He_said however Samuel to the_whole house/home Israel, saying: When/But_if in/into/on throughout heart your return to the_Master, take_away the_gods strangers from/about in_the_middle yours, Baalim and Astaroth: and prepare hearts your Master, and serve to_him alone, and will_rescue you(pl) from/about by_hand Philistines.)

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

וַ⁠יֹּ֣אמֶר שְׁמוּאֵ֗ל

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said Shəmū^ʼēl/(Samuel) to/towards all/each/any/every house_of Yisrael to=say if in=all heart_of,your(pl) you(pl) returning to/towards YHWH remove DOM gods_of of_(the),foreignness from,among_of,you(pl) and,the,Ashtaroth and,direct heart_of,your(pl) to/towards YHWH and,serve,him for=him/it=being_alone so,that_he_may_deliver ,you(pl) from,the_hand_of Pelishtim )

The author assumes that his readers will know that Samuel spoke these things as he traveled around the country, as [7:16](../07/16.md) describes. You could indicate this explicitly in your translation if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: [And as Samuel traveled around the country, he spoke]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

כָּל־בֵּ֣ית יִשְׂרָאֵל֮

See how you translated the same expression in [7:2](../07/02.md). Alternate translation: [all of the Israelites] or [people throughout Israel]

Note 3 topic: grammar-collectivenouns

בְּ⁠כָל־לְבַבְ⁠כֶ֗ם & לְבַבְ⁠כֶ֤ם

Since Samuel is referring to a group of people, it might be more natural in your language to use the plural form of heart. Alternate translation: [with all of your hearts … your hearts]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

בְּ⁠כָל־לְבַבְ⁠כֶ֗ם אַתֶּ֤ם שָׁבִים֙ אֶל־יְהוָ֔ה

Samuel is speaking as if returning to Yahweh were traveling to a physical location. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [you are sincerely recommitting yourselves to worshiping and obeying Yahweh]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun

אֶת־אֱלֹהֵ֧י הַ⁠נֵּכָ֛ר

DOM gods_of (Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said Shəmū^ʼēl/(Samuel) to/towards all/each/any/every house_of Yisrael to=say if in=all heart_of,your(pl) you(pl) returning to/towards YHWH remove DOM gods_of of_(the),foreignness from,among_of,you(pl) and,the,Ashtaroth and,direct heart_of,your(pl) to/towards YHWH and,serve,him for=him/it=being_alone so,that_he_may_deliver ,you(pl) from,the_hand_of Pelishtim )

Samuel is not referring to a specific foreigner. He means foreigners in general. It may be more natural in your language to express this meaning by using a plural form. Alternate translation: [the gods of foreigners] or [the gods that foreigners worship]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

וְ⁠הָכִ֨ינוּ לְבַבְ⁠כֶ֤ם אֶל־יְהוָה֙

and,direct heart_of,your(pl) to/towards YHWH

Samuel is speaking as if the heart of a person were something that he could direct toward something. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [and commit yourselves to worshiping and obeying Yahweh]

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

מִ⁠יַּ֥ד פְּלִשְׁתִּֽים

The author is using the term hand to represent power. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or plain language. Alternate translation: [from the power of the Philistines]

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Samuel Leads Israel to Victory

1 Samuel 7:3-14

Sometime after the ark of the covenant was returned to Israel from Philistia (1 Samuel 4-6; see “The Ark of the Covenant Is Captured And Returned” map), Samuel called upon the Israelites to put away their foreign idols and worship the Lord alone. He called the people to a dedication ceremony at Mizpah, and he set up his court there to perform his role as judge. When the Philistines heard that the Israelites were gathered at Mizpah, the Philistines prepared to attack them, and the Israelites became afraid. So they asked Samuel to pray for them. After Samuel prayed for them and offered a sacrifice to the Lord, the Lord thundered with a mighty voice and threw the Philistines into confusion. The Israelites chased the Philistines from Mizpah and struck them down as far as Beth-car. Then Samuel set up a stone monument between Mizpah and Jeshanah and named it Ebenezer, meaning, “stone of help.” The name Beth-car is mentioned nowhere else in scripture, but the context of the story and the spelling of the word make it likely that the town intended was actually the same as Beth-horon (technically pronounced more like “Beth-choron”), and the Greek translation of the Old Testament also reads “Bethchor.” Beth-horon was a town–actually twin towns–that stood along a key route leading westward from Gibeah and Gibeon to the land of Philistia. Similarly, the term Jeshanah, near which Samuel erected a stone monument, is mentioned only one other place in scripture (2 Chronicles 13:19; see “Abijah Attacks Jeroboam”), making it difficult to pinpoint the location intended. Virtually all scholars today identify modern Burj el Isaneh as Jeshanah, primarily based on the similarity of the spelling between the modern and ancient names. But this author regards this identification as very unlikely, because Burj el Isaneh seems too far removed to fit the setting of either story very well. In the case of Samuel’s monument, it seems unlikely that the author would use two locations so far apart to indicate where Samuel set up his monument, especially since the span between these two points also passed by Bethel–one of the most noteworthy and enduring locations in the Old Testament. Why wouldn’t the biblical writer have used Bethel instead to indicate to the reader where the monument was located? Rather than locating Jeshanah at Burj el Isaneh, however, this author has found that Khirbet Nisieh would be a much more fitting site for the location of Jeshanah. Khirbet Nisieh’s proximity to Mizpah fits the setting of the story well and makes it a much more helpful indicator to readers regarding where Samuel’s monument was erected. Likewise, the name Jeshanah is likely derived from the word for “crag,” which would be an apt description of the surroundings of Khirbet Nisieh. Finally, the spelling of the modern Arabic place name is similar to that of Jeshanah. Though the sounds that make up the two words are somewhat out of order from each other, such reordering was a common occurrence as place names were handed down from generation to generation throughout the centuries.

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