ZEC 2:4 Parallel Verse View

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

_C2.htm#C2V4">2:8 Note: KJB: Zech.2.4

_C2.htm#C2V4">2:8 OSHB note: Marks a place where we agree with BHQ against BHS in reading L.

_C2.htm#C2V4">2:8 OSHB note: We have abandoned or added a ketib/qere relative to BHS. In doing this we agree with L against BHS.

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 (ZEC 2:8) καὶ εἶπε πρὸς αὐτὸν, λέγων, δράμε, καὶ λάλησον πρὸς τὸν νεανίαν ἐκεῖνον, λέγων,
¶ Κατακάρπως κατοικηθήσεται Ἱερουσαλὴμ ἀπὸ πλήθους ἀνθρώπων καὶ κτηνῶν ἐν μέσῳ αὐτῆς·
(kai eipe pros auton, legōn, drame, kai lalaʸson pros ton neanian ekeinon, legōn,
¶ Katakarpōs katoikaʸthaʸsetai Hierousalaʸm apo plaʸthous anthrōpōn kai ktaʸnōn en mesōi autaʸs;)

BrTr (ZEC 2:8) and spoke to him, saying, Run and speak to that young man, saying,
¶ Jerusalem shall be fully inhabited by reason of the abundance of men and cattle in the midst of her.

ULT And he said to him, “Run, speak to that young man, saying,
⇔ ‘Jerusalem will be inhabited, as open areas because of the multitude of man and beast in her midst.

UST The second angel said to him, “Run and tell that young man this: ‘Someday so many people and animals will live in Jerusalem that they will not all fit inside the city walls. Many of them will live outside the walls.

BSB & MSB and said to him, “Run and tell that young man: ‘Jerusalem will be a city without walls because of the multitude of men and livestock within it.

OEB and said to him, ‘Run and tell to that young man that Jerusalem will be inhabited like a village without walls, because so many people and cattle will live there.

WEBBE & WMBB and said to him, “Run, speak to this young man, saying, ‘Jerusalem will be inhabited as villages without walls, because of the multitude of men and livestock in it.

NET and said to him, “Hurry, speak to this young man as follows: ‘Jerusalem will no longer be enclosed by walls because of the multitude of people and animals there.

LSV and he says to him, “Run, speak to this young man, saying,
Jerusalem is inhabited [as] open places,
From the abundance of man and beast in her midst.

FBV and told him, “Run, and tell the young man[fn] that Jerusalem will have so many people and farm animals that it will be too big to have walls.”

2:4 Referring to the man with the measuring line mentioned in 2:1.

T4T That other angel said to him, “Run and tell that young man that some day there will be very many people and livestock in Jerusalem, with the result that there will be too many to live inside the city walls; many will live outside the walls.

LEB And he said to him, “Run, say to that young man, ‘Jerusalem shall be inhabited _⌊like villages without walls_⌋[fn] because of the multitude of people and animals in its midst.

2:4 Literally “like open regions”

BBE Said to him, Go quickly and say to this young man, Jerusalem will be an unwalled town, because of the great number of men and cattle in her.

Moff and said to him, “Run and tell that young man, Jerusalem shall lie open, like villages unwalled, so numerous its citizens and cattle are to be.

JPS (ZEC 2:8) (2-12) For thus saith the LORD of hosts who sent me after glory unto the nations which spoiled you: 'Surely, he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye.

ASV and said unto him, Run, speak to this young man, saying, Jerusalem shall be inhabited as villages without walls, by reason of the multitude of men and cattle therein.

DRA And he said to him: Run, speak to this young man, saying: Jerusalem shall be inhabited without walls, by reason of the multitude of men, and of the beasts in the midst thereof.

YLT and he saith unto him, 'Run, speak unto this young man, saying: Unwalled villages inhabit doth Jerusalem, From the abundance of man and beast in her midst.

Drby and said unto him, Run, speak to this young man, saying, Jerusalem shall be inhabited as towns without walls for the multitude of men and cattle therein;

RV and said unto him, Run, speak to this young man, saying, Jerusalem shall be inhabited as villages without walls, by reason of the multitude of men and cattle therein.
(and said unto him, Run, speak to this young man, saying, Yerusalem shall be inhabited as villages without walls, by reason of the multitude of men and cattle therein.)

SLT And he will say to him, Run, speak to this youth, saying, Jerusalem shall be inhabited an open country from the multitude of men and cattle in the midst of her.

Wbstr And said to him, Run, speak to this young man, saying, Jerusalem shall be inhabited as towns without walls for the multitude of men and cattle in it.

KJB-1769 And said unto him, Run, speak to this young man, saying, Jerusalem shall be inhabited as towns without walls for the multitude of men and cattle therein:
(And said unto him, Run, speak to this young man, saying, Yerusalem shall be inhabited as towns without walls for the multitude of men and cattle therein:)

KJB-1611 And said vnto him, Run, speake to this young man, saying; Ierusalem shall be inhabited as townes without walles, for the multitude of men and cattell therein.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps And saide vnto him, Runne, speake to this young man, and say: Hierusalem shalbe inhabited without any wall for the very multitude of people and cattaile that shalbe therein.
(And said unto him, Run, speak to this young man, and say: Yerusalem shall be inhabited without any wall for the very multitude of people and cattle that shall be therein.)

Gnva And saide vnto him, Runne, speake to this yong man, and say, Ierusalem shalbe inhabited without walles, for the multitude of men and cattell therein.
(And said unto him, Run, speak to this young man, and say, Yerusalem shall be inhabited without walls, for the multitude of men and cattle therein.)

Cvdl & sayde vnto him: Runne, speake to this yonge man, & saye: Ierusalem shal be inhabited without eny wal, for ye very multitude of people & catell, yt shal be therin.
(and said unto him: Run, speak to this young man, and say: Yerusalem shall be inhabited without any wall, for ye/you_all very multitude of people and cattle, it shall be therein.)

Wycl Renne thou, speke to this child, and seie thou, Jerusalem shal be enhabitid with out wal, for the multitude of men and of beestis in the myddil therof.
(Run thou/you, speak to this child, and say thou/you, Yerusalem shall be inhabited with out wall, for the multitude of men and of beasts/animals in the middle thereof.)

Luth (ZEC 2:8) und sprach zu ihm: Lauf hin und sage diesem Knaben und sprich: Jerusalem wird bewohnet werden ohne Mauern vor großer Menge der Menschen und Viehes, so drinnen sein wird.
(and spoke to/for him: run(n) there/therefore and said this_one boys/lads and say: Jerusalem becomes inhabited become without walls before/in_front_of large crowd(n) the/of_the people and cattle, so inside be becomes.)

ClVg et dixit ad eum: Curre, loquere ad puerum istum, dicens: Absque muro habitabitur Jerusalem, præ multitudine hominum et jumentorum in medio ejus.
(and he/she_said to him: Run, speak to boy that, saying: Without wall will_be_inhabited Yerusalem, before multitude of_men and of_cattle in/into/on in_the_middle his/her.)

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-pronouns

וַ⁠יֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלָ֔⁠ו

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said to,him run say to/towards the_young,man that to=say without_walls inhabited Yerushalayim from_[the],multitude_of humankind and,livestock in,the_midst_of,of_it )

Here, he refers to the second angel, and him refers to the angel who had been speaking with Zechariah. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state that more clearly. Alternate translation: [And the second angel said to the first angel]

Note 2 topic: writing-pronouns

הַ⁠נַּ֥עַר הַלָּ֖ז

The phrase that young man likely refers to the man with the measuring line from verse 1. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state that more clearly. Alternate translation: [the young man who was going to measure Jerusalem]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / merism

אָדָ֛ם וּ⁠בְהֵמָ֖ה

humankind and,livestock

The second angel is referring to all living creatures by naming two broad categories, man and beast. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or plain language. Alternate translation: [people and animals of every kind]

Note 4 topic: writing-quotations

לֵ⁠אמֹ֑ר

to=say

The word saying introduces a quotation. Use a natural form for introducing a quotation in your language.

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

פְּרָזוֹת֙ תֵּשֵׁ֣ב יְרוּשָׁלִַ֔ם

The second angel is speaking of Jerusalem as if it would be like open areas without walls, meaning the city will have so many inhabitants that people will overflow beyond its walls. If this image does not communicate well in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [Jerusalem will be like an unwalled city]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

מֵ⁠רֹ֥ב אָדָ֛ם וּ⁠בְהֵמָ֖ה

from_[the],multitude_of humankind and,livestock

If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the idea behind the abstract noun multitude in another way. Alternate translation: [the many people and animals]

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / quotesinquotes

רֻ֗ץ דַּבֵּ֛ר אֶל־הַ⁠נַּ֥עַר הַלָּ֖ז לֵ⁠אמֹ֑ר

run (Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said to,him run say to/towards the_young,man that to=say without_walls inhabited Yerushalayim from_[the],multitude_of humankind and,livestock in,the_midst_of,of_it )

If it would be helpful in your language, you could translate this so that there is not a quotation within a quotation. For example, you could express the inner quotation as an indirect quotation.

Parallel ZEC 2:4