Genesis 32:32
ContextNET © | That is why to this day 1 the Israelites do not eat the sinew which is attached to the socket of the hip, because he struck 2 the socket of Jacob’s hip near the attached sinew. |
NIV © | Therefore to this day the Israelites do not eat the tendon attached to the socket of the hip, because the socket of Jacob’s hip was touched near the tendon. |
NASB © | Therefore, to this day the sons of Israel do not eat the sinew of the hip which is on the socket of the thigh, because he touched the socket of Jacob’s thigh in the sinew of the hip. |
NLT © | That is why even today the people of Israel don’t eat meat from near the hip, in memory of what happened that night. |
MSG © | (This is why Israelites to this day don't eat the hip muscle; because Jacob's hip was thrown out of joint.) |
BBE © | For this reason the children of Israel, even today, never take that muscle in the hollow of the leg as food, because the hollow of Jacob’s leg was touched. |
NRSV © | Therefore to this day the Israelites do not eat the thigh muscle that is on the hip socket, because he struck Jacob on the hip socket at the thigh muscle. |
NKJV © | Therefore to this day the children of Israel do not eat the muscle that shrank, which is on the hip socket, because He touched the socket of Jacob’s hip in the muscle that shrank. |
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LXXM | enarkhsen {V-AAI-3S} |
NET © [draft] ITL | That is why <03651> to this <02088> day <03117> the Israelites <03478> do not <03808> eat <0398> the <0853> sinew <05384> which <0834> is attached <05921> to the <05921> socket <03709> of the hip <03409> , because <03588> he struck <05060> the socket <03709> of Jacob’s <03290> hip <03409> near the attached sinew .<05384> |
NET © | That is why to this day 1 the Israelites do not eat the sinew which is attached to the socket of the hip, because he struck 2 the socket of Jacob’s hip near the attached sinew. |
NET © Notes |
1 sn On the use of the expression to this day, see B. S. Childs, “A Study of the Formula ‘Until This Day’,” JBL 82 (1963): 279-92. 2 tn Or “because the socket of Jacob’s hip was struck.” Some translations render this as an impersonal passive. On the translation of the word “struck” see the note on this term in v. 25. |