ZEP 3:2 Parallel Verse View

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

Key: khaki:verbs, red:negative, blue:Elohim, 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 ἡ περιστερὰ οὐκ εἰσήκουσε φωνῆς· οὐκ ἐδέξατο παιδείαν, ἐπὶ τῷ Κυρίῳ οὐκ ἐπεποίθει, καὶ πρὸς τὸν Θεὸν αὐτῆς οὐκ ἤγγισεν.
(haʸ peristera ouk eisaʸkouse fōnaʸs; ouk edexato paideian, epi tōi Kuriōi ouk epepoithei, kai pros ton Theon autaʸs ouk aʸngisen. )

BrTr The dove hearkened not to the voice; she received not correction; she trusted not in the Lord, and she drew not near to her God.

ULT She does not listen to any voice, she does not accept correction.
⇔ She does not trust in Yahweh, she does not draw near to her God.

UST The people there pay no attention to the prophets whom Yahweh has sent to tell them the wrong things that they are doing
⇔ and try to correct them.
⇔ The people in Jerusalem do not trust in their God or worship him.

BSB She heeded no voice;
⇔ she accepted no correction.
⇔ She does not trust in the LORD;
⇔ she has not drawn near to her God.

OEB She has not obeyed the voice,
⇔ she has not accepted instruction,
⇔ In the Lord she has not trusted,
⇔ to her God she has not drawn near.

WEBBE She didn’t obey the voice. She didn’t receive correction. She didn’t trust in the LORD. She didn’t draw near to her God.

WMBB (Same as above)

MSG ^(1-5)Doom to the rebellious city,
  the home of oppressors—Sewer City!
The city that wouldn’t take advice,
  wouldn’t accept correction,
Wouldn’t trust God,
  wouldn’t even get close to her own god!
Her very own leaders
  are rapacious lions,
Her judges are rapacious timber wolves
  out every morning prowling for a fresh kill.
Her prophets are out for what they can get.
  They’re opportunists—you can’t trust them.
Her priests desecrate the Sanctuary.
  They use God’s law as a weapon to maim and kill souls.
Yet God remains righteous in her midst,
  untouched by the evil.
He stays at it, day after day, meting out justice.
  At evening he’s still at it, strong as ever.
But evil men and women, without conscience
  and without shame, persist in evil.
    * * *

NET She is disobedient;
⇔ she refuses correction.
⇔ She does not trust the Lord;
⇔ she does not seek the advice of her God.

LSV She has not listened to the voice,
She has not accepted instruction,
In YHWH she has not trusted,
She has not drawn near to her God.

FBV You [fn] don't listen to anybody, you don't accept correction, you don't trust in the Lord, you don't ask for God's help.[fn]

3:2 Literally, “she,” but using the second person pronoun makes the warning more vivid.

3:2 Literally, “you don't draw near to God.”

T4T The people there do not pay attention to people who tell them the wrong things that they are doing
⇔ and try to ◄correct them/cause them to quit doing those things►.
⇔ The people in Jerusalem do not trust in Yahweh
⇔ or draw near to ask help from their God.

LEB • she does not accept correction. • In Yahweh she does not trust; • to her God she does not draw near.

BBE She gave no attention to the voice, she had no use for teaching, she put no faith in the Lord, she did not come near to her God.

Moff No Moff ZEP book available

JPS She hearkened not to the voice, she received not correction; she trusted not in the LORD, she drew not near to her God.

ASV She obeyed not the voice; she received not correction; she trusted not in Jehovah; she drew not near to her God.

DRA She hath not hearkened to the voice, neither hath she received discipline: she hath not trusted in the Lord, she drew not near to her God.

YLT She hath not hearkened to the voice, She hath not accepted instruction, In Jehovah she hath not trusted, Unto her God she hath not drawn near.

Drby She hearkened not to the voice; she received not correction; she confided not in Jehovah; she drew not near her [fn]God.

3.2 Elohim

RV She obeyed not the voice; she received not correction; she trusted not in the LORD; she drew not near to her God.

Wbstr She obeyed not the voice; she received not correction; she trusted not in the LORD; she drew not near to her God.

KJB-1769 She obeyed not the voice; she received not correction; she trusted not in the LORD; she drew not near to her God.[fn]

3.2 correction: or, instruction

KJB-1611 [fn]She obeyed not the voice: she receiued not correction: she trusted not in the LORD: she drew not neere to her God.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)

3:2 Or, instruction.

Bshps She hearde not the voyce, she receaued not correction, she trusted not in the Lorde, she drewe not neare to her God.
(She heard not the voice, she received not correction, she trusted not in the Lord, she drew not near to her God.)

Gnva She heard not the voyce: she receiued not correction: she trusted not in the Lord: she drew not neere to her God.
(She heard not the voice: she received not correction: she trusted not in the Lord: she drew not near to her God. )

Cvdl which wil not heare, ner be refourmed. Hir trust is not in the LORDE, nether wil she holde her to hir God.
(which will not hear, nor be refourmed. Hir trust is not in the LORD, neither will she hold her to her God.)

Wycl It herde not the vois of the Lord, and resseyuede not techyng, ether chastisyng; it tristenyde not in the Lord, it neiyide not to her God.
(It heard not the voice of the Lord, and received not teaching, ether chastisyng; it tristenyde not in the Lord, it neiyide not to her God.)

Luth Sie will nicht gehorchen noch sich züchtigen lassen; sie will auf den HErr’s nicht trauen noch sich zu ihrem GOtt halten.
(They/She will not gehorchen still itself/yourself/themselves züchtigen lassen; they/she/them will on the LORD’s not trauen still itself/yourself/themselves to their God halten.)

ClVg non audivit vocem, et non suscepit disciplinam; in Domino non est confisa, ad Deum suum non appropinquavit.
(non audivit vocem, and not/no suscepit disciplinam; in Master not/no it_is confisa, to God his_own not/no appropinquavit. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

לֹ֤א שָֽׁמְעָה֙ בְּ⁠ק֔וֹל

not listens in/on/at/with,voice

Zephaniah is using the term heard in a specific sense to mean “obeyed.” If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “She does not obey the voice”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

לֹ֤א שָֽׁמְעָה֙ בְּ⁠ק֔וֹל

not listens in/on/at/with,voice

The term voice could mean: (1) the voice of Yahweh, that is, the message Yahweh has been sending to the people of Jerusalem through his prophets telling the people to repent. Alternate translation: “She has not obeyed Yahweh’s command to repent” (2) the voice of anyone who has been warning the people of the city that their wicked behavior will have destructive consequences. Alternate translation: “She does not listen to anyone who tries to warn her”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

אֶל־אֱלֹהֶ֖י⁠הָ לֹ֥א קָרֵֽבָה

to/towards God,her not draw_near

Zephaniah is speaking as if the city of Jerusalem, meaning its people, could literally have drawn near to God, that is, moved closer to a place where God was. He means that they could have and should have worshiped God sincerely. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “she does not worship her God sincerely”

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