ZEC 9:13 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) because I’ve bent Yehudah as my bow.
⇔ ≈I have filled my quiver with Efrayim.
⇔ Tsiyyon (Zion), I’ve roused your sons, against your sons, Greece,
⇔ and Tsiyyon, I’ve made you like a warrior’s sword.”

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 διότι ἐνέτεινά σε Ἰούδα ἐμαυτῷ τόξον, ἔπλησα τὸν Ἐφραὶμ, καὶ ἐξεγερῶ τὰ τέκνα σου Σιὼν ἐπὶ τὰ τέκνα τῶν Ἑλλήνων, καὶ ψηλαφήσω σε ὡς ῥομφαίαν μαχητοῦ,
(dioti eneteina se Youda emautōi toxon, eplaʸsa ton Efraim, kai exegerō ta tekna sou Siōn epi ta tekna tōn Hellaʸnōn, kai psaʸlafaʸsō se hōs ɽomfaian maⱪaʸtou, )

BrTr For I have bent thee, O Juda, for myself as a bow, I have filled [fn]Ephraim; and I will raise up thy children, O Sion, against the children of the Greeks, and I will handle thee as the sword of a warrior.

ULT for I have bent Judah as my bow. I have filled my quiver with Ephraim. I have roused your sons, Zion, against your sons, Greece, and have made you, Zion, like a warrior’s sword!”

UST I will cause Judah to be like my bow, and I will cause Israel to be like my arrow. I will enable you young men of Jerusalem to fight against the soldiers of Greece; you will be like a warrior’s sword.”

BSB For I will bend Judah as My bow and fit it with Ephraim. I will rouse your sons, O Zion, against the sons of Greece.[fn] I will make you like the sword of a mighty man.
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MSB For I will bend Judah as My bow and fit it with Ephraim. I will rouse your sons, O Zion, against the sons of Greece.[fn] I will make you like the sword of a mighty man.
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OEB ⇔ For I have bent Judah to me,
⇔ like a bow which I have filled with Ephraim like an arrow.
⇔ I will urge your sons, Zion, against the sons of Greece,
⇔ I will make you like the sword of a hero.

WEBBE For indeed I bend Judah as a bow for me.
⇔ I have loaded the bow with Ephraim.
⇔ I will stir up your sons, Zion,
⇔ against your sons, Greece,
⇔ and will make you like the sword of a mighty man.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET I will bend Judah as my bow; I will load the bow with Ephraim, my arrow! I will stir up your sons, Zion, against yours, Greece, and I will make you, Zion, like a warrior’s sword.

LSV For I have trodden for Myself with Judah,
I have filled a bow [with] Ephraim,
And I have stirred up your sons, O Zion,
Against your sons, O Javan,
And I have set you as the sword of a hero.”

FBV I will use Judah as my bow, and I will load it with Ephraim my arrow. I will call up you men of Zion to fight against you men of Greece, wielding you like a warrior's sword.

T4T I will cause Judah to be like [MET] my bow,
⇔ and I will cause Israel to be like [MET] my arrow.
⇔ I will enable you young men of Jerusalem to fight against the soldiers of Greece;
⇔ you will be like [SIM] a warrior’s sword.”

LEB No LEB ZEC book available

BBE For I have made Judah a bow bent for my use, I have made Ephraim the arrows of the bow; I will make your sons, O Zion, take up arms against your sons, O Greece, and will make you like the sword of a man of war.

Moff No Moff ZEC book available

JPS For I bend Judah for Me, I fill the bow with Ephraim; and I will stir up thy sons, O Zion, against thy sons, O Javan, and will make thee as the sword of a mighty man.

ASV For I have bent Judah for me, I have filled the bow with Ephraim; and I will stir up thy sons, O Zion, against thy sons, O Greece, and will make thee as the sword of a mighty man.

DRA Because I have bent Juda for me as a bow, I have filled Ephraim: and I will raise up thy sons, O Sion, above thy sons, O Greece, and I will make thee as the sword of the mighty.

YLT For I have trodden for Me Judah, A bow I have filled [with] Ephraim, And I have stirred up thy sons, O Zion, Against thy sons, O Javan, And I have set thee as the sword of a hero.

Drby For I have bent Judah for me, I have filled the bow with Ephraim; and I will raise up thy sons, O Zion, against thy sons, O Greece, and make thee like the sword of a mighty man.

RV For I have bent Judah for me, I have filled the bow with Ephraim; and I will stir up thy sons, O Zion, against thy sons, O Greece, and will make thee as the sword of a mighty man.
(For I have bent Yudah for me, I have filled the bow with Ephraim; and I will stir up thy/your sons, Oh Zion, against thy/your sons, Oh Greece, and will make thee/you as the sword of a mighty man. )

SLT For I tread out Judah to me, I filled the bow with Ephraim, and I raised up thy sons, O Zion, against thy sons, O Greece, and I set thee as the sword of the strong one.

Wbstr When I have bent Judah for me, filled the bow with Ephraim, and raised up thy sons, O Zion, against thy sons, O Greece, and made thee as the sword of a mighty man.

KJB-1769 When I have bent Judah for me, filled the bow with Ephraim, and raised up thy sons, O Zion, against thy sons, O Greece, and made thee as the sword of a mighty man.
(When I have bent Yudah for me, filled the bow with Ephraim, and raised up thy/your sons, Oh Zion, against thy/your sons, Oh Greece, and made thee/you as the sword of a mighty man. )

KJB-1611 When I haue bent Iudah for me, filled the bow with Ephraim, and raised vp thy sonnes O Zion, against thy sonnes, O Greece, and made thee as the sword of a mightie man.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps No Bshps ZEC book available

Gnva For Iudah haue I bent as a bowe for me: Ephraims hand haue I filled, and I haue raised vp thy sonnes, O Zion, against thy sonnes, O Grecia, and haue made thee as a gyants sword.
(For Yudah have I bent as a bow for me: Ephraims hand have I filled, and I have raised up thy/your sons, Oh Zion, against thy/your sons, Oh Grecia, and have made thee/you as a giants sword. )

Cvdl No Cvdl ZEC book available

Wycl No Wycl ZEC book available

Luth No Luth ZEC book available

ClVg Quoniam extendi mihi Judam quasi arcum: implevi Ephraim: et suscitabo filios tuos, Sion, super filios tuos, Græcia: et ponam te quasi gladium fortium.
(Since extendi to_me Yudam as_if bow(n): implevi Ephraim: and I_will_wake_up children yours, Sion, over children yours, Græcia: and I_will_put you(sg) as_if a_sword braveum. )

RP-GNT No RP-GNT ZEC book available

UTN uW Translation Notes:

(Occurrence 0) Zion

(Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when bent_~_bow to=me Yehuda bow fill ʼEfrayim and,rouse sons_of,your Tsiyyōn/(Zion) on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in sons_of,your Yavan and,make,you like,sword_of mighty )

This refers to the city of Jerusalem, also called “Zion.”

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

(Occurrence 0) I have bent Judah as my bow

The people of Judah are referred to as if they were a bow carried by God into battle. Alternate translation: “I will cause the people of Judah to be like my bow”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

(Occurrence 0) filled my quiver with Ephraim

Yahweh speaks of the people of Israel, the northern kingdom, as if they were arrows that he would shoot at his enemies. A quiver is a bag that holds a soldier’s arrows.

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

(Occurrence 0) I have roused your sons, Zion, against your sons, Greece

God is speaking to the people of two different nations at the same time.

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