Some translations specifically reproduce the voice of the Hebrew text of the Old Testament / Hebrew Bible.
English:
My God is my rock, in whom I seek-refuge,
my shield, the horn of my deliverance,
my secure-height, my place-of-retreat,
my deliverer — from treachery you deliver me!
Source: Everett Fox 2014
German:
mein Gott, mein Fels, an den ich mich schmiege,
mein Schild, Horn meiner Freiheit,
mein Horst, meine Zuflucht,
mein Befreier,
von der Unbill befreist du mich.
Source: Buber / Rosenzweig 1976
French:
Elohîms de mon roc, je m’abrite en lui.
Mon bouclier, la corne de mon salut,
ma culmination, ma fuite, mon sauveur,
tu me sauves de la violence.
Source: Chouraqui 1985
For other verses or sections translated with a Hebraic voice, see here.
Some translations specifically reproduce the voice of the Hebrew text of the Old Testament / Hebrew Bible.
English:
So God created humankind in his image,
in the image of God did he create it,
male and female he created them.
Source: Everett Fox 1995
German:
Gott schuf den Menschen in seinem Bilde,
im Bilde Gottes schuf er ihn,
männlich, weiblich schuf er sie.
Source: Buber / Rosenzweig 1976
French:
Elohîms crée le glébeux à sa réplique,
à la réplique d’Elohîms, il le crée,
mâle et femelle, il les crée.
Source: Chouraqui 1985
For other verses or sections translated with a Hebraic voice, see here.
Some translations specifically reproduce the voice of the Hebrew text of the Old Testament / Hebrew Bible.
English:
Uriyya said to David:
The Coffer and Israel and Judah are staying at Sukkot,
my lord Yoav and my lord’s servants are camping on the surface of the open-field —
and I, I should come into my house
to eat and to drink and to lie with my wife?
By your life and by your [very] self: If I were to do this thing . . . !
Source: Everett Fox 2014
German:
Urija sprach zu Dawid:
In Hütten weilen der Schrein und Jissrael und Jehuda,
auf der Fläche des Feldes sind mein Herr Joab und meines Herrn Diener gebettet,
und ich, ich sollte in mein Haus kommen, zu essen, zu trinken, bei meinem Weib zu liegen!
sowahr du lebst, sowahr deine Seele lebt: täte ich diese Sache, . . .!
Source: Buber / Rosenzweig 1976
French:
Ouryah dit à David:
« Le coffre, Israël et Iehouda habitent des cabanes.
Mon Adôn, Ioab, et les serviteurs de mon Adôn
campent sur les faces du champ. Et moi, je viendrais dans ma maison,
pour boire, pour manger et pour coucher avec ma femme ?
Par ta vie, par la vie de ton être, je ne ferai pas un tel propos. »
Source: Chouraqui 1985
For other verses or sections translated with a Hebraic voice, see here.
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)
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)
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.
