EZRA 9:6 Parallel View

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ULT And I said, “My God, I am ashamed and humiliated to raise my face to you, my God. For our iniquities have multiplied to above the head, and our guilt has grown up as far as to the heavens.

UST and this is what I prayed: ‘God, I belong to you. Yet I am very ashamed even to approach you in prayer. This is because the sins that we Israelites have committed are very bad. It is as though our sins are so many that they have risen up in a heap that is higher than our heads. We are so guilty for committing those sins that it is as though the heap of them has risen all the way up to you in heaven.

BSB and said:
¶ “O my God, I am ashamed and embarrassed to lift up my face to You, my God, because our iniquities are higher than our heads, and our guilt has reached the heavens.

OEB No OEB EZRA book available

WEB and I said, “My God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to you, my God, for our iniquities have increased over our head, and our guiltiness has grown up to the heavens.

NET I prayed,
¶ “O my God, I am ashamed and embarrassed to lift my face to you, my God! For our iniquities have climbed higher than our heads, and our guilt extends to the heavens.

LSV and say, “O my God, I have been ashamed, and have blushed to lift up, O my God, my face to You, for our iniquities have increased over the head, and our guilt has become great to the heavens.

FBV I prayed, “My God, I am so ashamed and embarrassed to come and pray to you,[fn] my God, because we are in over our heads in sin, and our guilt has risen to the heavens.

9:6 “To come and pray to you”: literally, “to lift up my face to you.”

T4T and this is what I prayed:
 ¶ “Yahweh my God, I am very ashamed to raise my head in front of you. The sins that we Israelis have committed are very great; it is as though they have risen up higher than our heads, and our guilt for committing those sins, it is as though it rises up to the heavens.

LEB and said, “My God, I am ashamed and embarrassed to lift my face to you, my God. For our sins have risen above our heads and our guilt has grown up to the heavens.

BBE I said, O my God, shame keeps me from lifting up my face to you, my God: for our sins are increased higher than our heads and our evil-doing has come up to heaven.

MOF No MOF EZRA book available

JPS and I said: 'O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to Thee, my God; for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our guiltiness is grown up unto the heavens.

ASV and I said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God; for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our guiltiness is grown up unto the heavens.

DRA And said: My God I am confounded and ashamed to lift up my face to thee: for our iniquities are multiplied over our heads, and our sins are grown up even unto heaven,

YLT and say, 'O my God, I have been ashamed, and have blushed to lift up, O my God, my face unto Thee, for our iniquities have increased over the head, and our guilt hath become great unto the heavens.

DBY and said: O my [fn]God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my [fn]God; for our iniquities are increased over [our] head, and our trespass is grown up to the heavens.

9.6 Elohim

RV and I said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God: for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our guiltiness is grown up unto the heavens.

WBS And said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God: for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our trespass is grown up to the heavens.

KJB And said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God: for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our trespass is grown up unto the heavens.[fn]
(And said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God: for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our trespass is grown up unto the heavens.)

9.6 trespass: or, guiltiness

BB And sayde: My God, I am ashamed, and dare not lift vp myne eyes vnto thee my God: for our wickednesses are growen ouer our head, and our trespasse is waxed great vnto the heauen.
(And said: My God, I am ashamed, and dare not lift up mine eyes unto thee my God: for our wickednesss are growen over our head, and our trespasse is waxed great unto the heaven.)

GNV And said, O my God, I am confounded and ashamed, to lift vp mine eyes vnto thee my God: for our iniquities are increased ouer our head, and our trespasse is growen vp vnto the heauen.
(And said, O my God, I am confounded and ashamed, to lift up mine eyes unto thee my God: for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our trespasse is growen up unto the heaven. )

CB and sayde: My God, I am ashamed, and darre not lifte vp mine eies vnto the my God: for oure wickednesses are growne ouer oure heade, & oure trespaces are waxen greate vnto ye heaue.
(and said: My God, I am ashamed, and darre not lifte up mine eies unto the my God: for our wickednesss are grown over our heade, and our trespaces are waxen great unto ye/you_all heaue.)

WYC and Y seide, My God, Y am confoundid and aschamed to reise my face to thee, for oure wickidnessis ben multiplied `on myn heed, and oure trespassis encreessiden `til to heuene,
(and I said, My God, I am confoundid and aschamed to raise my face to thee, for our wickednessis been multiplied `on mine heed, and our trespassis encreessiden `til to heaven,)

LUT und sprach: Mein GOtt, ich schäme mich und scheue mich, meine Augen aufzuheben zu dir, mein GOtt; denn unsere Missetat ist über unser Haupt gewachsen, und unsere Schuld ist groß bis in den Himmel.
(and spoke: My God, I schäme me and scheue mich, my Augen aufzuheben to dir, my God; because unsere Missetat is above unser Haupt gewachsen, and unsere Schuld is large until in the heaven.)

CLV Et dixi: Deus meus, confundor et erubesco levare faciem meam ad te: quoniam iniquitates nostræ multiplicatæ sunt super caput nostrum, et delicta nostra creverunt usque ad cælum,
(And dixi: God mine, confundor and erubesco levare faciem meam to te: quoniam iniquitates nostræ multiplicatæ are super caput nostrum, and delicta nostra creverunt usque to the_sky, )

BRN and I said, O Lord, I am ashamed and confounded, O my God, to lift up my face to thee: for our transgressions have abounded over our head, and our trespasses have increased even to heaven.

BrLXX καὶ εἶπα, Κύριε, ἠσχύνθην καὶ ἐνετράπην τοῦ ὑψῶσαι, Θεέ μου, τὸ πρόσωπόν μου πρὸς σὲ, ὅτι αἱ ἀνομίαι ἡμῶν ἐπληθύνθησαν ὑπὲρ κεφαλῆς ἡμῶν, καὶ αἱ πλημμέλειαι ἡμῶν ἐμεγαλύνθησαν ἕως εἰς τὸν οὐρανόν.
(kai eipa, Kurie, aʸsⱪunthaʸn kai enetrapaʸn tou hupsōsai, Theʼe mou, to prosōpon mou pros se, hoti hai anomiai haʸmōn eplaʸthunthaʸsan huper kefalaʸs haʸmōn, kai hai plaʸmmeleiai haʸmōn emegalunthaʸsan heōs eis ton ouranon. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / quotemarks

וָ⁠אֹמְרָ֗⁠ה

and,said,

After this phrase Ezra begins to quote what he said out loud in prayer on this occasion. The quotation continues through 9:15. It may be helpful to your readers to indicate this with an opening quotation mark or with whatever other punctuation or convention your language uses to indicate the beginning of a quotation.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

אֱלֹהַ⁠י֙ & אֱלֹהַ֛⁠י

God,my & God,my

Here, My God means that Ezra belongs to God, not that God belongs to Ezra. If that is not clear in your language, then use a different phrase. Alternate translation: “O God, to whom I belong” or “God, whom I worship”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / doublet

בֹּ֣שְׁתִּי וְ⁠נִכְלַ֔מְתִּי

ashamed and,embarrassed

Ashamed and humiliated mean very similar things. Ezra uses them together to emphasize how disgraced he feels by what the Israelites have done. If it would be helpful in your language, you could combine these terms into a single expression. Alternate translation: “I am deeply disgraced”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

לְ⁠הָרִ֧ים & פָּנַ֖⁠י אֵלֶ֑י⁠ךָ

to,lift & face,my to,you

This means “to look at you directly” or “to look at you face to face,” and since Ezra could not do that literally with God, it is a figurative way of saying “*to address you.” Alternate translation: “even to speak to you.”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

כִּ֣י עֲוֺנֹתֵ֤י⁠נוּ רָבוּ֙ לְ⁠מַ֣עְלָ⁠ה רֹּ֔אשׁ וְ⁠אַשְׁמָתֵ֥⁠נוּ גָדְלָ֖ה עַ֥ד לַ⁠שָּׁמָֽיִם

that/for/because/then/when iniquities,our risen to,than, heads and,guilt,our grown until to_the,heavens

These two phrases mean similar things. Ezra uses the repetition to emphasize how guilty the people of Israel are. If repeating the same thing twice would be confusing for your readers, you could combine the phrases into one and show the emphasis in another way. Alternate translation: “We have committed such great sins that our guilt because of them is completely overwhelming us” However, there is a slight difference in meaning, and you could also choose to bring that out in your translation. The first phrase speaks of the effects of these sins on the Israelites, while the second phrase speaks of their effects on their standing with God. Alternate translation: “We have committed such great sins that they are overwhelming us, and we know that they are making us guilty before you”

Note 6 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

כִּ֣י עֲוֺנֹתֵ֤י⁠נוּ רָבוּ֙ לְ⁠מַ֣עְלָ⁠ה רֹּ֔אשׁ וְ⁠אַשְׁמָתֵ֥⁠נוּ גָדְלָ֖ה עַ֥ד לַ⁠שָּׁמָֽיִם

that/for/because/then/when iniquities,our risen to,than, heads and,guilt,our grown until to_the,heavens

If it would be helpful in your language, you could put this sentence first in the prayer (after My God), since it gives the reason for the result of Ezra feeling ashamed. You could show the connection by using a word like “so” after this phrase. Alternate translation: “we have committed such great sins that we are completely guilty, and we know that we are very guilty before you. And so”

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

עֲוֺנֹתֵ֤י⁠נוּ רָבוּ֙ לְ⁠מַ֣עְלָ⁠ה רֹּ֔אשׁ

iniquities,our risen to,than, heads

Here, multiplied means to become much greater in number. Ezra uses that expression to describe how serious the sins of the Israelites are. Alternate translation: “we have committed so many sins that it is like they have piled up higher than our heads”

Note 8 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

עֲוֺנֹתֵ֤י⁠נוּ רָבוּ֙

iniquities,our risen

If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the idea behind the abstract noun iniquities with a phrase such as “sins that we have committed.” Alternate translation: “the great sins that we have committed”

Note 9 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

לְ⁠מַ֣עְלָ⁠ה רֹּ֔אשׁ

to,than, heads

Ezra uses a spatial metaphor to describe the degree to which the sins have become greater in number. Alternate translation: “to the point that they are obvious to everyone”

Note 10 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

וְ⁠אַשְׁמָתֵ֥⁠נוּ גָדְלָ֖ה

and,guilt,our grown

If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the idea behind the abstract noun guilt with a phrase such as “make guilty.” Alternate translation: “and our sins are making us guilty”

Note 11 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

וְ⁠אַשְׁמָתֵ֥⁠נוּ גָדְלָ֖ה עַ֥ד לַ⁠שָּׁמָֽיִם

and,guilt,our grown until to_the,heavens

Here, Ezra speaks of God by reference to something associated with him, the heavens, which was considered to be the place where God lived. The expression and our guilt has grown up as far as to the heavens means that the sins have become so numerous that the pile of them has reached to God in heaven. In other words, their sin is against God himself. Alternate translation: “and our many sins have made us very guilty before you”

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