translations with a Hebraic voice (Genesis 1:1)

Some translations specifically reproduce the voice of the Hebrew text of the Old Testament / Hebrew Bible.

English:
At the beginnings of God’s creating of the heavens and the earth,

Source: Everett Fox 1995

German:
Im Anfang schuf Gott den Himmel und die Erde.

Source: Buber / Rosenzweig 1976

French:
Entête Elohîms créait les ciels et la terre,

Source: Chouraqui 1985

For other verses or sections translated with a Hebraic voice, see here.

translations with a Hebraic voice (Exodus 2:10)

Some translations specifically reproduce the voice of the Hebrew text of the Old Testament / Hebrew Bible.

English:
The child grew, she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter,
and he became her son.
She called his name: Moshe/He-Who-Pulls-Out;
she said: For out of the water
meshitihu/I-pulled-him.

Source: Everett Fox 1995

German:
Das Kind wurde groß, sie brachte es zu Pharaos Tochter,
es wurde ihr zum Sohn.
Sie rief seinen Namen: Mosche, Der hervortauchen läßt.
Sie sprach: Denn aus dem Wasser habe ich ihn hervortauchen lassen.

Source: Buber / Rosenzweig 1976

French:
L’enfant grandit et elle le fait venir à la fille de Pharaon.
C’est pour elle un fils. Elle crie son nom: « Moshè. »
Elle dit: « Oui, je l’ai retiré de l’eau. »

Source: Chouraqui 1985

For other verses or sections translated with a Hebraic voice, see here.

translations with a Hebraic voice (Judges 6:36-40)

Some translations specifically reproduce the voice of the Hebrew text of the Old Testament / Hebrew Bible.

English:
Gid’on said to God:
If you wish to deliver Israel by my hand, as you have spoken,
here: I am setting a clipping of wool on the threshing-floor;
if dew is on the clipping alone, but on all the ground [it is] dry, then I will know
that you will deliver Israel by my hand, as you have spoken.
And it was so.
He started-early on the morrow;
he wrung out the clipping
and drained the dew from the clipping —
a bowl full of water.
Then Gid’on said to God:
Do not let your anger flare up against me,
but let me speak just one [more] time:
pray let me make a test only one [more] time with the clipping;
pray let there be dryness on the clipping alone,
but on all the ground let there be dew.
And God did so on that night:
here was dryness on the clipping alone,
but on all the ground there was dew.

Source: Everett Fox 2014

German:
Gidon sprach zu Gott:
Willst du wirklich Befreier für Jissrael werden durch meine Hand, wie du geredet hast:
da breite ich die Wollschur in der Tenne —
wird Tau einzig auf der Schur sein und auf der Erde allumher Trockenheit,
dann werde ich wissen, daß du durch meine Hand Jissrael befreist, wie du geredet hast..
Es geschah, er war anderntags früh auf und rang die Schur aus:
er preßte Tau aus der Schur, eine Schale voll Wassers.
Gidon sprach zu Gott:
Entflamme doch nimmer deinen Zorn wider mich, daß ich nur diesmal noch rede:
ich möchts bloß diesmal noch mit der Schur erproben,
es sei doch Trockenheit einzig an der Schur, und auf der Erde allumher sei Tau!
Gott tat so in jener Nacht,
einzig an der Schur war Trockenheit, und auf der Erde allumher war Tau.

Source: Buber / Rosenzweig 1976

French:
Guid‘ôn dit à l’Elohîms:
« Si tu vas sauver Israël par ma main, comme tu l’as parlé,
eh bien, j’expose moi-même la toison de laine dans l’aire:
si la rosée se trouve sur la toison seule, toute la terre étant sèche,
je saurai que tu sauveras par ma main Israël, comme tu l’as parlé. »
Et c’est ainsi. Il se lève le lendemain de grand matin.
Il presse la toison et exprime la rosée de la toison, un plein bol d’eau.
Guid‘ôn dit à l’Elohîms: « Que ta narine ne brûle pas contre moi !
Je parlerai une seule fois, j’éprouverai donc cette seule fois
avec la toison que le sec soit sur la toison seule,
et que sur toute la terre il y ait de la rosée. »
Elohîms fait ainsi cette nuit-là.
Le sec est sur la toison seule.
Sur toute la terre, c’était la rosée.

Source: Chouraqui 1985

For other verses or sections translated with a Hebraic voice, see here.

complete verse (Deuteronomy 11:18)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Deuteronomy 11:18:

  • Kupsabiny: “Stick these words in the head and fix them in your stomachs. Tie (them) to your hands/arms and the foreheads so that (they) can remind you of those laws.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “So keep my word in your hearts and minds and bind [them] as a sign on your hands and foreheads.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Therefore truly plant these words of mine in your (plur.) heart and mind. You (plur.) tie them in your (plur.) shoulders or place in your (plur.) foreheads as a reminder for you (plur.).” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • German: “Place my orations [Reden] on your heart and on your soul, knot them as a sign onto your hand, they shall be a bundle [Gebind] between your eyes.” (Source: Buber / Rosenzweig 1976)
  • English: “So, keep thinking about these commands. Write them on tiny scrolls and fasten them to your arms/wrists, and write them on bands that you fasten to your foreheads to help you to remember them.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Ezekiel 37:5)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 37:5:

  • Kupsabiny: “The God of power is saying: I shall breathe breath to you (plur.) for you to come alive.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “For I, the Lord GOD, say to them, ‘I will-cause- you to-breathe, and you will-live.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • German: “And the Lord, He, spoke to these bones: Here, I will have spirit-wind (Geist-braus) come in you, and you shall live.” (Source: Buber / Rosenzweig 1976)
  • English: “This is what Yahweh the Lord says to you bones: I will put my breath into each of you, and you will become alive again.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

translations with a Hebraic voice (Numbers 6:24-26)

Some translations specifically reproduce the voice of the Hebrew text of the Old Testament / Hebrew Bible.

English:
May Yhwh bless you and keep you!
May Yhwh shine his face upon you and favor you!
May Yhwh lift up his face toward you and grant you
shalom!

Source: Everett Fox 1995

German:
Segne dich Er und bewahre dich,
lichte Er sein Antlitz dir zu und sei dir günstig,
hebe Er sein Antlitz dir zu und setze dir Frieden.

Source: Buber / Rosenzweig 1976

French:
IHVH-Adonaï te bénit, il te garde.
IHVH-Adonaï illumine ses faces vers toi, il te gracie.
IHVH-Adonaï porte ses faces vers toi, il met en toi la paix.

Source: Chouraqui 1985

For other verses or sections translated with a Hebraic voice, see here.