complete verse (1 Chronicles 8:30)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 1 Chronicles 8:30:

  • Kupsabiny: “He had his firstborn who was called Abdon. And his other sons were/are Zur, Kish, Baal, Ner, Nadab,” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “His eldest son’s name was Abdon. His other sons were Zur, Kish, Baal, Ner, Nadab,” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “His male children from the oldest to the youngest were Abdon, Zur, Kish, Baal, Ner, Nadab,” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “His oldest son was Abdon. His other sons were Zur, Kish, Baal, Ner, Nadab,” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Translation commentary on 1 Chronicles 8:30

His first-born son: The pronoun His refers to Jeiel. His sons are listed in verses 30-32. Following the Septuagint, Knoppers says “Her firstborn son.”

Many translations add the name “Ner” between the names Baal and Nadab on the basis of the parallel text in 1 Chr 9.36 (so Good News Translation, Contemporary English Version, New International Version, New Living Translation, New Century Version, New Jerusalem Bible, New American Bible, An American Translation, Moffatt, Bible en français courant, La Bible Pléiade, Die Bibel im heutigen Deutsch, El libro del Pueblo de Dios, Parola Del Signore: La Bibbia in Lingua Corrente, Nova Tradução na Linguagem de Hoje, Osty-Trinquet, Luther, Peregrino. Others provide information about the name of Ner in a footnote. The name is also found in some manuscripts of the Septuagint. Since Ner is mentioned in verse 33, this suggests that the name has been omitted accidentally from the Hebrew manuscript here. Critique Textuelle de l’Ancien Testament suggests that the original text probably had the name “Ner” here, but since the manuscript evidence is so limited, Critique Textuelle de l’Ancien Testament gives only a {D} rating to the corrected text.

Quoted with permission from Omanson, Roger L. and Ellington, John E. A Handbook on 1-2 Chronicles, Volume 1. (UBS Helps for Translators). Miami: UBS, 2014. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .

SIL Translator’s Notes on 1 Chronicles 8:30

8:30 and Abdon was his firstborn son, then Zur, Kish, Baal, Nadab,

Their first son was Abdon. ⌊Their other sons were⌋ Zur, Kish, Baal, Ner, Nadab,
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⌊were the parents of⌋ Abdon who was their eldest son. ⌊Jeiel and Maacah were also the parents of⌋ Zur and Kish and Baal and Ner and Nadab

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