38 Heb “and he lifted his hand to [or “concerning”] them.” The idiom “to lift a hand” here refers to swearing an oath. One would sometimes solemnly lift one’s hand when making such a vow (see Ezek 20:5–6, 15).
39 Heb “to cause them to fall.”
40 Or “offspring”; Heb “seed.”
41 Heb “and to cause their offspring to fall.” Some emend the verb to “scatter” to form tighter parallelism with the following line (cf. “disperse”).
42 Heb “among the lands.” The word “foreign” is supplied in the translation for clarification.

In other versions

Therefore he raised his hand and swore to them

that he would make them fall in the wilderness,

and would make their offspring fall among the nations,

scattering them among the lands.

So he swore to them with uplifted hand

that he would make them fall in the wilderness,

make their descendants fall among the nations

and scatter them throughout the lands.

So he raised his hand against them with an oath

that he would make them fall in the desert

and would disperse their descendants

among the nations,

scattering them throughout the lands.

Therefore, he solemnly swore

that he would kill them in the wilderness,

that he would scatter their descendants among the nations,

exiling them to distant lands.

So he made an oath against them,

to make them drop in the wilderness,

and to disperse their descendants among the nations

and to scatter them among the lands.

Therefore he lifted up his hand against them,

To overthrow them in the wilderness:

To overthrow their seed also among the nations,

And to scatter them in the lands.

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