Language-specific Insights

translations with a Hebraic voice (Exodus 3:14)

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

English:
God said to Moshe:
Ehyeh Asher Ehyeh/I will be-there howsoever I will be-there.
And he said:
Thus shall you say to the Children of Israel:
Ehyeh/I-Will-Be-There sends me to you.

Source: Everett Fox 1995

German:
Gott sprach zu Mosche:
Ich werde dasein, als der ich dasein werde.
Und er sprach:
So sollst du zu den Söhnen Jissraels sprechen:
Ich bin da schickt mich zu euch.

Source: Buber / Rosenzweig 1976

French:
Elohîms dit à Moshè: « Èhiè ashèr èhiè ! ­ Je serai qui je serai »
Il dit: « Ainsi diras-tu aux Benéi Israël:
‹ Je serai, Èhiè, m’a envoyé vers vous ›. »

Source: Chouraqui 1985

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

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 (Genesis 1:26)

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

English:
God said: Let us make humankind, in our image, according to our likeness!
Let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, the fowl of the heavens, animals, all the earth, and all crawling things that crawl about upon the earth!

Source: Everett Fox 1995

German:
Gott sprach: Machen wir den Menschen in unserem Bild nach unserem Gleichnis!
Sie sollen schalten über das Fischvolk des Meeres, den Vogel des Himmels, das Getier, die Erde all, und alles Gerege, das auf Erden sich regt.

Source: Buber / Rosenzweig 1976

French:
Elohîms dit: « Nous ferons Adâm le Glébeux
à notre réplique, selon notre ressemblance.
Ils assujettiront le poisson de la mer, le volatile des ciels,
la bête, toute la terre, tout reptile qui rampe sur la terre. »

Source: Chouraqui 1985

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

translations with a Hebraic voice (Genesis 1:27)

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.

translations with a Hebraic voice (Genesis 3:20)

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

English:
The human called his wife’s name: Havva/Life-giver!
For she became the mother of all the living.

Source: Everett Fox 1995

German:
Der Mensch rief den Namen seines Weibes: Chawwa, Leben!
Denn sie wurde Mutter alles Lebendigen.

Source: Buber / Rosenzweig 1976

French:
Le glébeux crie le nom de sa femme: Hava-Vivante.
Oui, elle est la mère de tout vivant.

Source: Chouraqui 1985

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

translations with a Hebraic voice (Genesis 3:24)

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

English:
He drove the human out
and caused to dwell, eastward of the garden of Eden,
the winged-sphinxes and the flashing, ever-turning sword
to watch over the way to the Tree of Life.

Source: Everett Fox 1995

German:
Er vertrieb den Menschen
und ließ vor dem Garten von Eden ostwärts die Cheruben wohnen
und das Lodern des kreisenden Schwerts,
den Weg zum Baum des Lebens zu hüten.

Source: Buber / Rosenzweig 1976

French:
Il expulse le glébeux
et fait demeurer au levant du jardin d’‘Édèn les Keroubîm
et la flamme de l’épée tournoyante
pour garder la route de l’arbre de vie.

Source: Chouraqui 1985

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

translations with a Hebraic voice (Genesis 11:1)

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

English:
Now all the earth was of one language and one set-of-words

Source: Everett Fox 1995

German:
Über die Erde allhin war eine Mundart und einerlei Rede.

Source: Buber / Rosenzweig 1976

French:
Et c’est toute la terre, une seule lèvre, des paroles unies.

Source: Chouraqui 1985

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

translations with a Hebraic voice (Genesis 11:9)

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

English:
Therefore its name was called Bavel/Babble,
for there Yhwh baffled the language of all the earth-folk,
and from there, Yhwh scattered them over the face of all the earth.

Source: Everett Fox 1995

German:
Darum ruft man ihren Namen Babel, Gemenge,
denn vermengt hat Er dort die Mundart aller Erde,
und zerstreut von dort hat Er sie übers Antlitz aller Erde.

Source: Buber / Rosenzweig 1976

French:
Sur quoi, il crie son nom: Babèl,
oui, là, IHVH-Adonaï a mêlé la lèvre de toute la terre,
et de là IHVH-Adonaï les a dispersés sur les faces de toute la terre.

Source: Chouraqui 1985

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