1:13

Notice that the parallel lines are similar in meaning:

13a
We will find all manner of precious goods;

13b
we will fill our houses with plunder.

1:13a

We will find all manner of precious goods: It is implied that the criminals will find all manner of precious goods (both money and possessions) from those they have murdered. That will cause them to become rich. Some other ways to translate this clause are:

We’ll take their valuables (Contemporary English Version)
-or-
We’ll find all kinds of riches (Good News Translation)

1:13b

we will fill our houses: The phrase fill our houses does not mean to fill the houses until they are literally “full.” It means that the criminals will put many things in their houses.

with plunder: The Hebrew word that the Berean Standard Bible translates as plunder refers to valuable things that are taken by force. For example:

with stolen goods (New Century Version)

General Comment on 1:13a–b

In this kind of parallelism, the second line often has a stronger or more specific meaning than the first line. For example, “fill our houses” has a stronger meaning than “find,” and “plunder” is more specific than “all manner of precious goods.” In some languages, it may be possible to use parallel lines like this.

In other languages, it may be more natural to combine and/or reorder the parallel parts in 1:13a–b. For example:

We will rob them and fill our houses with the valuable things we have taken.
-or-
We will take their valuable possessions and fill our houses with what we have stolen.

Express the meaning clearly and naturally in your language.

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