ZEP 1:2 Parallel Verse View

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Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance=normal (All still tentative.)

Key: khaki:verbs, green:YHWH.
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 Ἐκλείψει ἐκλιπέτω ἀπὸ προσώπου τῆς γῆς, λέγει Κύριος.
(Ekleipsei eklipetō apo prosōpou taʸs gaʸs, legei Kurios. )

BrTr Let there be an utter cutting off from the face of the land, saith the Lord.

ULT “I will utterly take away everything from upon the face of the earth—the declaration of Yahweh.

BSB ⇔ “I will completely sweep away
⇔ everything from the face of the earth,”
⇔ declares the LORD.

OEB I will utterly destroy everything
⇔ from off the face of the earth,
⇔ says the Lord.

WEBBE I will utterly sweep away everything from the surface of the earth, says the LORD.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET “I will destroy everything from the face of the earth,” says the Lord.

LSV “I utterly consume all from off the face of the ground,”
A declaration of YHWH.

FBV I will completely sweep away everything from the face of the earth, declares the Lord.

T4T Yahweh says,
⇔ “I will ◄sweep away/destroy► everything [HYP] that is on the earth.

LEB

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from the face of the earth”—a declaration of Yahweh.

BBE I will take away everything from the face of the earth, says the Lord.

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JPS I will utterly consume all things from off the face of the earth, saith the LORD.

ASV I will utterly consume all things from off the face of the ground, saith Jehovah.

DRA Gathering, I will gather together all things from off the face of the land, saith the Lord:

YLT I utterly consume all from off the face of the ground, An affirmation of Jehovah.

Drby I will utterly take away everything from off the face of the ground, saith Jehovah:

RV I will utterly consume all things from off the face of the ground, saith the LORD.

Wbstr I will utterly consume all things from off the land, saith the LORD.

KJB-1769 I will utterly consume all things from off the land, saith the LORD.[fn][fn]
(I will utterly consume all things from off the land, saith/says the LORD. )

1.2 I will…: Heb. By taking away I will make an end

1.2 the land: Heb. the face of the land

KJB-1611 I [fn]will vtterly consume all things from off [fn]the land, saith the LORD.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above apart from footnotes)

1:2 Heb. by taking away I will make an end.

1:2 Heb. the face of the land.

Bshps I will surely destroy all thinges in the land, sayth the Lorde.
(I will surely destroy all things in the land, saith/says the Lord.)

Gnva I will surely destroy all things from off the land, saith the Lord.
(I will surely destroy all things from off the land, saith/says the Lord. )

Cvdl I will gather vp all thinges in the londe (saieth the LORDE)
(I will gather up all things in the land (saieth the LORD))

Wycl Y gaderinge schal gadere alle thingis fro the face of erthe, seith the Lord;
(I gaderinge shall gather all things from the face of earth, saith/says the Lord;)

Luth Ich will alles aus dem Lande wegnehmen, spricht der HErr.
(I will all/everything out_of to_him land wegnehmen, says the/of_the LORD.)

ClVg [Congregans congregabo omnia a facie terræ, dicit Dominus:
([Congregans congregabo everything from face terræ, dicit Master: )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-quotations

אָסֹ֨ף אָסֵ֜ף כֹּ֗ל מֵ⁠עַ֛ל פְּנֵ֥י הָ⁠אֲדָמָ֖ה נְאֻם־יְהוָֽה

to_sweep_away surely_destroy all from=under face/surface_of the=soil declares YHWH

Zephaniah is using the phrase the declaration of Yahweh to indicate that he is quoting the message that Yahweh has given him for the people of Judah. Consider natural ways of identifying direct quotations in your language. It may be more natural for you to put this attribution of the saying to Yahweh before the saying itself, as the UST does. Alternate translation: “This is what Yahweh declares: ‘Removing, I will exterminate everything from upon the face of the ground’”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / hyperbole

אָסֹ֨ף אָסֵ֜ף כֹּ֗ל מֵ⁠עַ֛ל פְּנֵ֥י הָ⁠אֲדָמָ֖ה

to_sweep_away surely_destroy all from=under face/surface_of the=soil

When Yahweh says that he is going to destroy everything on the surface of the earth, he is probably making an overstatement for emphasis. He wants to express how angry he is at the sinful disobedience of people. If it would be clearer in your language, you could show the emphasis in a different way. Alternate translation: “I will cause very great destruction on the earth”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / reduplication

אָסֹ֨ף אָסֵ֜ף כֹּ֗ל

to_sweep_away surely_destroy all

Yahweh is using one verb and a different verb of similar meaning together in order to intensify the idea that these verbs express. Ordinarily in this construction, the same verb would be used twice. But here two verbs of similar sound and meaning are used for poetic effect and emphasis. If your language can repeat verbs for intensification, it would be appropriate to do that here in your translation. If it has two verbs of similar sound and meaning that you can use, that would reflect the poetic effect here. Your language may also have another way of expressing the emphasis. Alternate translation: “I will totally exterminate everything”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

פְּנֵ֥י הָ⁠אֲדָמָ֖ה

face/surface_of the=soil

Yahweh is speaking as if the surface of the earth or ground were literally its face. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “the surface of the earth”

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