ZEC 12:2 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) “Listen, I’m about to make Yerushalem into a cup causing all the nations surrounding her to stagger around. It will also be like that for Yehudah during the siege against Yerushalem.

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 ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ τίθημι τὴν Ἱερουσαλὴμ ὡς πρόθυρα σαλευόμενα πᾶσι τοῖς λαοῖς κύκλῳ, καὶ ἐν τῇ Ἰουδαίᾳ ἔσται περιοχὴ ἐπὶ Ἱερουσαλήμ.
(idou egō tithaʸmi taʸn Hierousalaʸm hōs prothura saleuomena pasi tois laois kuklōi, kai en taʸ Youdaia estai perioⱪaʸ epi Hierousalaʸm.)

BrTr Behold, I will make Jerusalem as trembling [fn]door-posts to all the nations round about, and in Judea there shall be a siege against Jerusalem.

ULT “Behold, I am making Jerusalem a cup of staggering for all of the peoples all around. And also against Judah it will be, in the siege against Jerusalem.

UST “Listen! I am about to cause the city of Jerusalem to be like an intoxicating drink that makes all the nations around it stagger helplessly when their armies besiege Jerusalem and region of Judah.

BSB “Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of drunkenness to all the surrounding peoples. Judah will be besieged, as well as Jerusalem.

MSB (Same as BSB above)

OEB Look! I am about to make Jerusalem
⇔ a cup of drunkenness for all the surrounding peoples.
⇔ There will be a siege of Jerusalem.

WEBBE “Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of reeling to all the surrounding peoples, and it will also be on Judah in the siege against Jerusalem.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET “I am about to make Jerusalem a cup that brings dizziness to all the surrounding nations; indeed, Judah will also be included when Jerusalem is besieged.

LSV “Behold, I am making Jerusalem a cup of reeling
To all the surrounding peoples,
And it is also against Judah,
In the siege against Jerusalem.

FBV Look! I am going to make Jerusalem like a cup containing alcoholic drink that will make all the surrounding nations stagger like drunks when they come to attack Judah and Jerusalem.

T4T “I will soon cause Jerusalem to be like [MET] a cup full of very strong alcoholic drink, and the people of other nations who drink it will stagger around. And they will come and attack Jerusalem and the other towns in Judah.

LEB ‘Look, I am going to make Jerusalem a cup of reeling for all the surrounding nations; it will also be against Judah in the siege against Jerusalem.

BBE See, I will make Jerusalem a cup of shaking fear to all the peoples round about, when Jerusalem is shut in.

Moff “I will make Jerusalem a cup that sends the nations reeling away from it. Jerusalem shall be besieged,

JPS Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of staggering unto all the peoples round about, and upon Judah also shall it fall to be in the siege against Jerusalem.

ASV Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of reeling unto all the peoples round about, and upon Judah also shall it be in the siege against Jerusalem.

DRA Behold I will make Jerusalem a lintel of surfeiting to all the people round about: and Juda also shall be in the siege against Jerusalem.

YLT Lo, I am making Jerusalem a cup of reeling To all the peoples round about, And also against Judah it is, In the siege against Jerusalem.

Drby Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of bewilderment unto all the peoples round about, and also against Judah shall it be in the siege against Jerusalem.

RV behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of reeling unto all the peoples round about, and upon Judah also shall it be in the siege against Jerusalem.
(behold, I will make Yerusalem a cup of reeling unto all the peoples round about, and upon Yudah also shall it be in the siege against Yerusalem.)

SLT Behold, I set Jerusalem a dish of reeling to all peoples round about, and against Judah shall he be in the straitness against Jerusalem.

Wbstr Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling to all the people around, when they shall be in the siege both against Judah and against Jerusalem.

KJB-1769 Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people round about, when they shall be in the siege both against Judah and against Jerusalem.[fn][fn]
(Behold, I will make Yerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people round about, when they shall be in the siege both against Yudah and against Yerusalem.)

12.2 trembling: or, slumber, or, poison

12.2 when…: or, and also against Judah shall he be which shall be in siege against Jerusalem

KJB-1611 [fn][fn]Behold, I will make Ierusalem a cup of trembling vnto all the people round about, when they shall be in the siege both against Iudah and against Ierusalem.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above apart from footnotes)

12:2 Or, slumber or poison.

12:2 Or, and also against Iudah shall he be which shal be in siege against Ierusalem.

Bshps Beholde, I wyll make Hierusalem a cuppe of surfet vnto all the people that are rounde about her: yea Iuda him selfe also shalbe in the siege against Hierusalem.
(Behold, I will make Yerusalem a cup of surfet unto all the people that are round about her: yea Yudah himself also shall be in the siege against Yerusalem.)

Gnva Beholde, I will make Ierusalem a cuppe of poyson vnto all the people round about: and also with Iudah will he be, in ye siege against Ierusalem.
(Behold, I will make Yerusalem a cup of poison unto all the people round about: and also with Yudah will he be, in ye/you_all siege against Yerusalem.)

Cvdl Beholde, I will make Ierusalem a cuppe of surfet, vnto all the people yt are rounde aboute her: Yee Iuda himself also shalbe in the sege agaynst Ierusalem.
(Behold, I will make Yerusalem a cup of surfet, unto all the people it are round about her: Ye/You_all Yudah himself also shall be in the siege against Yerusalem.)

Wycl Y schal putte Jerusalem a lyntel of glotonye to alle puplis in cumpas, but and Juda schal be in `a segyng ayens Jerusalem.
(I shall put Yerusalem a lintel of glotonye to all peoples in compass/all_around, but and Yudah shall be in a seging against Yerusalem.)

Luth Siehe, ich will Jerusalem zum Taumelbecher zurichten allen Völkern, die umher sind; denn es wird auch Juda gelten, wenn Jerusalem belagert wird.
(See/Look, I will Yerusalem for_the Taumelbecher prepare all/everyone peoples, the around/about are; because/than it becomes also Yuda apply, when Yerusalem besieged becomes.)

ClVg Ecce ego ponam Jerusalem superliminare crapulæ omnibus populis in circuitu: sed et Juda erit in obsidione contra Jerusalem.
(Behold I I_will_put Yerusalem superliminare crapulæ to_all of_the_peoples in/into/on around: but and Yuda will_be in/into/on siege on_the_contrary Yerusalem.)

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-quotations

הִנֵּ֣ה

see/lo/see!

This is the beginning of what Yahweh said. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could mark that this is a direct quote of Yahweh.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

סַף־רַ֛עַל לְ⁠כָל־הָ⁠עַמִּ֖ים סָבִ֑יב

cup_of reeling to/from=all/each/any/every the,peoples surrounding

Here Yahweh is speaking of Jerusalem as if it were a cup of staggering, that is, a cup of wine that would make the surrounding nations drunk so that they reel and cannot stand. Your language may have a comparable expression that you can use in your translation, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [a source of helpless reeling for all of the peoples all around]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

וְ⁠גַ֧ם עַל־יְהוּדָ֛ה יִֽהְיֶ֥ה בַ⁠מָּצ֖וֹר עַל־יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם

and=also on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in Yehuda will_belong in,siege on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in (Some words not found in UHB: see/lo/see! I make DOM Yerushalayim cup_of reeling to/from=all/each/any/every the,peoples surrounding and=also on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in Yehuda will_belong in,siege on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in Yərūshālam/(Jerusalem) )

This could mean: (1) Judah and Jerusalem are besieged. Alternate translation: [And just as Jerusalem is besieged, so is all of Judah.] (2) Judah is going to besiege Jerusalem. Alternate translation: [Judah joins the nations to besiege Jerusalem.]

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