ZEP 3:6 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) ⇔ I’ve destroyed nations—broken down their walls.
⇔ ≈I’ve destroyed their streets and now they’re deserted.
⇔ Their cities are ruined, lifeless,
⇔ ≈without anyone living in them.

Key: khaki:verbs, red:negative.
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 Ἐν διαφθορᾷ κατέσπασα ὑπερηφάνους, ἠφανίσθησαν γωνίαι αὐτῶν· ἐξερημώσω τὰς ὁδοὺς αὐτῶν τοπαράπαν, τοῦ μὴ διοδεύειν· ἐξέλιπον αἱ πόλεις αὐτῶν, παρὰ τὸ μηδένα ὑπάρχειν, μηδὲ κατοικεῖν.
(En diafthora katespasa huperaʸfanous, aʸfanisthaʸsan gōniai autōn; exeraʸmōsō tas hodous autōn toparapan, tou maʸ diodeuein; exelipon hai poleis autōn, para to maʸdena huparⱪein, maʸde katoikein. )

BrTr I have brought down the proud with destruction; their corners are destroyed: I will make their ways completely waste, so that none shall go through: their cities are come to an end, by reason of no man living or dwelling in them.

ULT “I have cut off nations, their corners have been demolished;
⇔ I have destroyed their streets, without one passing over them.
⇔ Their cities are ruined, without a man,
⇔ with no one dwelling.

UST So Yahweh says this:
⇔ “I have destroyed many nations.
⇔ I have destroyed their strong city walls and towers.
⇔ I have destroyed the streets in those cities. No one walks on them anymore.
⇔ Those cities are in ruins. All the people who used to live in them are now dead.

BSB “I have cut off the nations; their corner towers are destroyed. I have made their streets {deserted} with no one to pass through. Their cities are laid waste, with no man, no inhabitant.
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OEB ⇔ ‘I have cut off nations,
⇔ their turrets are destroyed;
⇔ I have laid waste their broad streets,
⇔ so that none passes over them.
⇔ Desolate are their cities without people,
⇔ without inhabitants.’

WEBBE I have cut off nations. Their battlements are desolate. I have made their streets waste, so that no one passes by. Their cities are destroyed, so that there is no man, so that there is no inhabitant.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET “I destroyed nations;
⇔ their walled cities are in ruins.
⇔ I turned their streets into ruins;
⇔ no one passes through them.
⇔ Their cities are desolate;
⇔ no one lives there.

LSV “I have cut off nations,
Desolated have been their chief ones,
I have laid waste their out-places without any passing by,
Destroyed have been their cities,
Without man, without inhabitant.

FBV I have destroyed nations. Their fortresses are deserted; their streets are empty; their cities are destroyed—there are no survivors, not one.

T4T Yahweh says this:
⇔ “I have destroyed many nations;
⇔ I have destroyed their strong/high city walls and towers.
⇔ Now I have caused the streets in those cities to be completely deserted [DOU];
⇔ the cities are ruined.
⇔ There are no people still alive in the cities;
⇔ they are all dead [LIT].

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BBE I have had the nations cut off, their towers are broken down; I have made their streets a waste so that no one goes through them: destruction has overtaken their towns, so that there is no man living in them.

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JPS I have cut off nations, their corners are desolate; I have made their streets waste, so that none passeth by; their cities are destroyed, so that there is no man, so that there is no inhabitant.

ASV I have cut off nations; their battlements are desolate; I have made their streets waste, so that none passeth by; their cities are destroyed, so that there is no man, so that there is no inhabitant.

DRA I have destroyed the nations, and their towers are beaten down: I have made their ways desert, so that there is none that passeth by: their cities are desolate, there is not a man remaining, nor any inhabitant.

YLT I have cut off nations, Desolated have been their chief ones, I have laid waste their out-places without any passing by, Destroyed have been their cities, Without man, without inhabitant.

Drby I have cut off nations: their battlements are desolate; I made their streets waste, that none passeth by; their cities are destroyed, so that there is no man, so that there is no inhabitant.

RV I have cut off nations, their battlements are desolate; I have made their streets waste, that none passeth by: their cities are destroyed, so that there is no man, that there is none inhabitant.
(I have cut off nations, their battlements are desolate; I have made their streets waste, that none passeth/passes by: their cities are destroyed, so that there is no man, that there is none inhabitant. )

SLT I cut off the nations: their pinnacles were desolate: I laid waste their streets from none passing by; their cities were destroyed from not a man, from not an inhabitant.

Wbstr I have cut off the nations: their towers are desolate; I made their streets waste, that none passeth by: their cities are destroyed, so that there is no man, that there is no inhabitant.

KJB-1769 I have cut off the nations: their towers are desolate; I made their streets waste, that none passeth by: their cities are destroyed, so that there is no man, that there is none inhabitant.[fn]
(I have cut off the nations: their towers are desolate; I made their streets waste, that none passeth/passes by: their cities are destroyed, so that there is no man, that there is none inhabitant. )

3.6 towers: or, corners

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Gnva I haue cut off the nations: their towres are desolate: I haue made their streetes waste, that none shall passe by: their cities are destroyed without man and without inhabitant.
(I have cut off the nations: their towers are desolate: I have made their streets waste, that none shall pass by: their cities are destroyed without man and without inhabitant. )

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ClVg Disperdidi gentes, et dissipati sunt anguli earum; desertas feci vias eorum, dum non est qui transeat; desolatæ sunt civitates eorum, non remanente viro, neque ullo habitatore.
(Disperdidi people/nations, and dissipati are anguli of_them; deserteds I_did ways/roads their, while not/no it_is who let_it_pass; desolatæ are cities their, not/no remanente viro, nor ullo he_livesore. )

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UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-quotations

הִכְרַ֣תִּי גוֹיִ֗ם נָשַׁ֨מּוּ֙ פִּנּוֹתָ֔⁠ם הֶחֱרַ֥בְתִּי חֽוּצוֹתָ֖⁠ם

cut_off nations in_ruins strongholds_of,their laid_waste streets_of,their

This is the beginning of a direct quotation from Yahweh that continues through verse 13. You may wish to indicate that in your translation by using a natural way of introducing direct quotations in your language. Alternate translation: [Yahweh has said, ‘I have cut off nations, their corners have been demolished; I have destroyed their streets’]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

הִכְרַ֣תִּי גוֹיִ֗ם נָשַׁ֨מּוּ֙ פִּנּוֹתָ֔⁠ם הֶחֱרַ֥בְתִּי חֽוּצוֹתָ֖⁠ם

cut_off nations in_ruins strongholds_of,their laid_waste streets_of,their

Yahweh is speaking as if he has done these things personally, but he means that the enemy army he has been describing throughout the book has done them. You could indicate that in your translation if it would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: [I have caused an enemy army to cut off nations, their corners have been demolished; that army has destroyed their streets]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

הִכְרַ֣תִּי

cut_off

See how you translated the expression “cut off” in [1:3](../01/03.md). Alternate translation: [I have destroyed] or [I have caused an enemy army to destroy]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

נָשַׁ֨מּוּ֙ פִּנּוֹתָ֔⁠ם

in_ruins strongholds_of,their

If your language does not use this passive form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: [I have demolished their corners] or [it has demolished their corners]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

פִּנּוֹתָ֔⁠ם

strongholds_of,their

See how you translated the word corners in [1:16](../01/16.md). Alternate translation: [the high towers at the corners of their walls]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

נִצְדּ֧וּ עָרֵי⁠הֶ֛ם

destroyed cities_of,their

If your language does not use this passive form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: [Their cities are in ruins]

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / doublet

מִ⁠בְּלִי־אִ֖ישׁ מֵ⁠אֵ֥ין יוֹשֵֽׁב

from,no_of (a)_man from,no-one inhabitant

These two phrases mean similar things. Yahweh is using them together for emphasis. If it would be clearer for your readers, you could express the emphasis with a single phrase. Alternate translation: [without a single person living there]

Parallel ZEP 3:6