ZEC 13:5 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) and they’ll each say, ‘I’m not a prophet. I’m a man who works the soil—I’ve been doing that since I was young.’

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 ἐρεῖ, οὐκ εἰμὶ προφήτης ἐγὼ, διότι ἄνθρωπος ἐργαζόμενος τὴν γῆν ἐγώ εἰμι, ὅτι ἄνθρωπος ἐγέννησέ με ἐκ νεότητός μου.
(Kai erei, ouk eimi profaʸtaʸs egō, dioti anthrōpos ergazomenos taʸn gaʸn egō eimi, hoti anthrōpos egennaʸse me ek neotaʸtos mou.)

BrTr And one shall say, I am not a prophet, for I am a tiller of the ground, for a man brought me up thus from my youth.

ULT And he will say, ‘I am not a prophet. I am a man working the ground, for a man acquired me from my youth.’

UST Instead, each of them will say, ‘I am not a prophet. I am a farmer. Someone put me to work on the land ever since I was young.’

BSB He will say, ‘I am not a prophet; I work the land, for I was purchased as a servant in my youth.[fn]’

13:5 Or I am a farmer, for the land has been my livelihood since my youth.

MSB (Same as BSB above including footnotes)

OEB Each will say, ‘I am not a prophet,
⇔ a tiller of the ground am I, for the ground is my possession from my youth.’

WEBBE but he will say, ‘I am no prophet, I am a tiller of the ground; for I have been made a bondservant from my youth.’

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Instead he will say, ‘I am no prophet – indeed, I am a farmer, for a man has made me his indentured servant since my youth.’

LSV And [one] has said, I am not a prophet,
A man—I am a tiller of ground,
For ground [is] my possession from my youth.

FBV They will say, “I'm not a prophet, I'm a farmer. I've worked on the land since I was a child.”

T4T So each of them will say, ‘I am not really a prophet; I am a farmer, and I have been a farmer on my land ever since I was a boy!’

LEB but he will say, “I am not a prophet; I am a tiller of the soil, for a man has acquired me since my youth.”[fn]

13:5 Other translations read “for the land has been my possession since my youth”

BBE But he will say, I am no prophet, but a worker on the land; for I have been an owner of land from the time when I was young.

Moff he will say, “I am no prophet, I am a peasant, the land has been my business from my youth.”

JPS but he shall say: 'I am no prophet, I am a tiller of the ground; for I have been made a bondman from my youth.'

ASV but he shall say, I am no prophet, I am a tiller of the ground; for I have been made a bondman from my youth.

DRA But he shall say: I am no prophet, I am a husbandman: for Adam is my example from my youth.

YLT And [one] hath said, 'I am not a prophet, A man, a tiller of ground I am, For ground [is] my possession from my youth.'

Drby And he shall say, I am no prophet, I am a tiller of the ground; for man acquired me [as bondman] from my youth.

RV but he shall say, I am no prophet, I am a tiller of the ground; for I have been made a bondman from my youth.

SLT And saying, I am not a prophet; I a man working the land; for man sold me from my youth.

Wbstr But he shall say, I am no prophet, I am a husbandman; for man taught me to keep cattle from my youth.

KJB-1769 But he shall say, I am no prophet, I am an husbandman; for man taught me to keep cattle from my youth.

KJB-1611 But he shal say, I am no prophet, I am an husbandman: for man taught me to keepe cattell from my youth.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps But he shalbe fayne to say, I am no prophete, I am an husbandman: for so am I taught by man from my youth vp.
(But he shall be gladly to say, I am no prophet, I am an husbandman: for so am I taught by man from my youth up.)

Gnva But he shall say, I am no Prophet: I am an husbandman: for man taught me to be an heardman from my youth vp.
(But he shall say, I am no Prophet: I am an husbandman: for man taught me to be an herdsman from my youth up.)

Cvdl But he shall be fayne to saye: I am no prophet: I am an husbonde man, for so am I taught by Adam fro my youth vp.
(But he shall be gladly to say: I am no prophet: I am an husbonde man, for so am I taught by Adam from my youth up.)

Wycl but `thei schulen seie, Y am not a profete; Y am a man `erthe tiliere, for Adam is myn ensaumple fro my yongthe.
(but they should say, I am not a prophet; I am a man earth tiliere, for Adam is mine ensample/example from my youth.)

Luth sondern wird müssen sagen: Ich bin kein Prophet, sondern ein Ackermann, denn ich habe Menschen gedienet von meiner Jugend auf.
(rather becomes must say: I am no/not Prophet, rather a farmer, because/than I have people served from mine youth on/in/to.)

ClVg sed dicet: Non sum propheta: homo agricola ego sum, quoniam Adam exemplum meum ab adolescentia mea.
(but he_will_say: Not/No I_am a_prophet: human farmer I I_am, since/because Adam exemplum mine away adolescence my.)

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-pronouns

וְ⁠אָמַ֕ר

and=saying(ms)

The pronoun he refers to the false prophet described in the previous verse. It may be helpful to clarify this for your readers. Alternate translation: [And the false prophet will say]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

מִ⁠נְּעוּרָֽ⁠י

since,youth(s)_of,my

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of youth, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [when I was young]

Note 3 topic: grammar-connect-logic-reason

וְ⁠אָמַ֕ר לֹ֥א נָבִ֖יא אָנֹ֑כִי אִישׁ־עֹבֵ֤ד אֲדָמָה֙ אָנֹ֔כִי כִּ֥י אָדָ֖ם הִקְנַ֥⁠נִי מִ⁠נְּעוּרָֽ⁠י

and=saying(ms) not prophet I (a)_man tilling_of soil/ground I that/for/because/then/when humankind he,sold_me since,youth(s)_of,my

The word translated as for indicates that what follows is a reason for what came before. Use a connector in your language that makes it clear that what follows is a reason for what came before. Alternate translation: [And he will say, ‘I am not a prophet. I am a man working the ground. The reason is that a man acquired me from my youth.’]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / quotesinquotes

נָבִ֖יא אָנֹ֑כִי אִישׁ־עֹבֵ֤ד אֲדָמָה֙ & כִּ֥י אָדָ֖ם הִקְנַ֥⁠נִי מִ⁠נְּעוּרָֽ⁠י

prophet I (a)_man tilling_of soil/ground & that/for/because/then/when humankind he,sold_me since,youth(s)_of,my

If it would be clearer in your language, you could translate this so that there is not a quotation within a quotation. Alternate translation: [he is not a prophet but a man working the ground, for a man acquired him from his youth]

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