ZEC 9:17 Parallel Verse View

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BrLXX Ὅτι εἴ τι ἀγαθὸν αὐτοῦ, καὶ εἴ τι καλὸν αὐτοῦ, σῖτος νεανίσκοις, καὶ οἶνος εὐωδιάζων εἰς παρθένους.
(Hoti ei ti agathon autou, kai ei ti kalon autou, sitos neaniskois, kai oinos euōdiazōn eis parthenous. )

BrTr For if he has anything good, and if he has anything fair, the young men shall have corn, and there shall be fragrant wine to the virgins.

ULT How good and how beautiful they will be! The young men will flourish on grain and the virgins on sweet wine!

UST They will be delightful and beautiful. The young men will become strong from eating grain, and the young women will become strong from drinking new wine.

BSB How lovely they will be,
⇔ and how beautiful!
⇔ Grain will make the young men flourish,
⇔ and new wine, the young women.

OEB How good and how beautiful will it be!
⇔ Corn will make the young men flourish
⇔ and new wine the young women!

WEBBE For how great is his goodness,
⇔ and how great is his beauty!
⇔ Grain will make the young men flourish,
⇔ and new wine the virgins.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET How precious and fair! Grain will make the young men flourish and new wine the young women.

LSV For what His goodness! And what His beauty! Grain the young men,
And new wine the virgins—make fruitful!

FBV How lovely and beautiful they[fn] will be! Young men will grow strong on grain, and young women flourish on the new wine.

9:17 Some believe these words are applied to the Lord, but the context suggests they refer back to the jewels, the people of God.

T4T They will be delightful and beautiful.
⇔ The young men will become strong from eating grain,
⇔ and the young women will become strong from drinking new wine.

LEB • great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! Grain will make the young men thrive, • and new wine the young women.

BBE For how good it is and how beautiful! grain will make the young men strong and new wine the virgins.

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JPS For how great is their goodness, and how great is their beauty! Corn shall make the young men flourish, and new wine the maids.

ASV For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! grain shall make the young men flourish, and new wine the virgins.

DRA For what is the good thing of him, and what is his beautiful thing, but the corn of the elect, and wine springing forth virgins?

YLT For what His goodness! and what His beauty! Corn the young men, And new wine the virgins — make fruitful!

Drby For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! Corn shall make the young men flourish, and new wine the maidens.

RV For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! corn shall make the young men flourish, and new wine the maids.

Wbstr For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! corn shall make the young men cheerful, and new wine the maids.

KJB-1769 For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! corn shall make the young men cheerful, and new wine the maids.[fn]

9.17 cheerful: or, grow, or, speak

KJB-1611 [fn]For how great is his goodnesse, and how great is his beautie? corne shal make the yong men cheerefull, and new wine the maides.
(For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beautie? corn shall make the young men cheerefull, and new wine the maids.)

9:17 Or, grow, or speake.

Bshps O how prosperous and goodly a thing shall that be? For the corne shall make the young men cheareful, and the newe wine the maydens.
(O how prosperous and goodly a thing shall that be? For the corn shall make the young men cheareful, and the new wine the maidens.)

Gnva For howe great is his goodnesse! and howe great is his beautie! corne shall make the yong men cherefull, and newe wine the maides.
(For how great is his goodness! and how great is his beautie! corn shall make the young men cherefull, and new wine the maids. )

Cvdl O how prosperous and goodly a thynge shall that be? The corne shall make the yongemen chearefull, and the new wyne the maydens.
(O how prosperous and goodly a thinge shall that be? The corn shall make the yongemen chearefull, and the new wine the maidens.)

Wycl For what is the good of hym, and what is the faire of hym, no but whete of chosun men, and wyn buriownynge virgyns?
(For what is the good of him, and what is the fair of him, no but whete of chosen men, and wyn buriownynge virgins?)

Luth Denn was haben sie Gutes vor andern und was haben sie Schönes vor andern? Korn, das Jünglinge, und Most, der Jungfrauen zeuget.
(Because what/which have they/she/them Goodness before/in_front_of change and what/which have they/she/them Schönes before/in_front_of andern? Korn, the Yünglinge, and Most, the/of_the Yungfrauen zeuget.)

ClVg Quid enim bonum ejus est, et quid pulchrum ejus, nisi frumentum electorum, et vinum germinans virgines?]
(What because bonum his it_is, and quid pulchrum his, nisi frumentum electorum, and vinum germinans virgines?] )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / exclamations

(Occurrence 0) How good and how beautiful they will be!

(Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when what? goodness,his and,how beauty,his grain young_men and,new_wine make_~_flourish young_women )

This is an exclamation, and not a question. Alternate translation: “They will be very good and beautiful!”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

(Occurrence 0) The young men will flourish on grain and the virgins on sweet wine!

(Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when what? goodness,his and,how beauty,his grain young_men and,new_wine make_~_flourish young_women )

This sentence uses a parallel structure to express that everyone will have plenty to eat and drink. If your readers might think that only the men ate and only the women drank, you may want to adjust the wording. Alternate translation: “All of the people, both men and women, will have plenty of grain to eat and sweet wine to drink!”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

(Occurrence 0) The young men … the virgins

(Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when what? goodness,his and,how beauty,his grain young_men and,new_wine make_~_flourish young_women )

These two phrases are parallel.

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

(Occurrence 0) grain … sweet wine

(Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when what? goodness,his and,how beauty,his grain young_men and,new_wine make_~_flourish young_women )

These two phrases are parallel.

Parallel ZEC 9:17