PSA 32:8 Parallel View

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UST Yahweh says to me, “I will instruct you about how you should conduct your life.
⇔ I will teach you and watch over you.

BSB I will instruct you and teach you the way you should go;
⇔ I will give you counsel and watch over you.

OEB  ⇔ ‘With my eye steadfastly upon you,
⇔ I will instruct and teach you
⇔ The way you should go.

WEB I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you shall go.
⇔ I will counsel you with my eye on you.

NET I will instruct and teach you about how you should live.
 ⇔ I will advise you as I look you in the eye.

LSV I cause you to act wisely,
And direct you in the way that you go,
I cause My eye to take counsel concerning you.

FBV “I[fn] will instruct you, teaching you the way to follow. I will advise you, watching out for you.

32:8 It is not clear from the text whether “I” refers to the Lord or to the psalmist. Here the verse is placed in quote marks assuming these are words of the Lord.

T4T  ⇔ Yahweh says, “I will teach you about how you should conduct your life.
⇔ I will instruct you and watch over you.

LEB • [fn] will instruct you and teach you in the way that you should go. • I will advise you with my eye upon you.

?:? Yahweh is speaking in vv. 8–9

BBE I will give you knowledge, teaching you the way to go; my eye will be your guide.

MOF  ⇔ “I will instruct you and teach you
⇔ what is the road to take;
 ⇔ I will give you counsel,
⇔ O humble soul.”

JPS 'I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go; I will give counsel, Mine eye being upon thee.'

ASV I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go:
 ⇔ I will counsel thee with mine eye upon thee.

DRA Let all the earth fear the Lord, and let all the inhabitants of the world be in awe of him.

YLT I cause thee to act wisely, And direct thee in the way that thou goest, I cause mine eye to take counsel concerning thee.

DBY I will instruct thee and teach thee the way in which thou shalt go; I will counsel [thee] with mine eye upon thee.

RV I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will counsel thee with mine eye upon thee.

WBS I will instruct thee, and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with my eye.

KJB I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.[fn]
(I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou/you shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.)

32.8 guide…: Heb. counsel thee, mine eye shall be upon thee

BB I will geue thee wise instructions, and teach thee in the way wherin thou shalt go: & I wil guyde thee with mine eye.
(I will give thee wise instructions, and teach thee in the way wherin thou/you shalt go: and I will guyde thee with mine eye.)

GNV I will instruct thee, and teache thee in the way that thou shalt goe, and I will guide thee with mine eye.
(I will instruct thee, and teach thee in the way that thou/you shalt goe, and I will guide thee with mine eye. )

CB Thou art my defence in the trouble that is come aboute me, O copasse thou me aboute also with the ioye of delyueraunce.
(Thou art my defence in the trouble that is come about me, O copasse thou/you me about also with the joy of deliverance.)

WYC Al erthe drede the Lord; sotheli alle men enhabitynge the world ben mouyd of hym.
(Al earth drede the Lord; truly all men enhabitynge the world been mouyd of him.)

LUT Ich will dich unterweisen und dir den Weg zeigen, den du wandeln sollst; ich will dich mit meinen Augen leiten.
(I will you/yourself unterweisen and you the path zeigen, the you wandeln sollst; I will you/yourself with my Augen leiten.)

CLV Timeat Dominum omnis terra; ab eo autem commoveantur omnes inhabitantes orbem.[fn]
(Timeat Dominum everyone terra; away eo however commoveantur everyone inhabitantes orbem.)

32.8 Timeat omnis terra. ID. Ecclesia de mari, etc., usque ad sed Dominum timeat terra. Timeat, imo commoveantur manu misericordiæ a similitudine dormientis. Ab eo, quia ipse creavit: et ideo utiliter administrat, quia et a diabolo aliquid commovetur, sed quod a Deo utiliter, ideo ab eo. Commoveantur. AUG. Non terroribus hominum, etc., usque ad potestatem non nisi a Deo.

32.8 Timeat everyone terra. ID. Ecclesia about mari, etc., usque to but Dominum timeat terra. Timeat, imo commoveantur by_hand misericordiæ a similitudine dormientis. Ab eo, because himself creavit: and ideo utiliter administrat, because and a diabolo aliquid commovetur, but that a Deo utiliter, ideo ab eo. Commoveantur. AUG. Non terroribus hominum, etc., usque to potestatem not/no nisi a Deo.

BRN Let all the earth fear the Lord; and let all that dwell in the world be moved because of him.

BrLXX Φόβηθήτω τὸν Κύριον πᾶσα ἡ γῆ, ἀπʼ αὐτοῦ δὲ σαλευθήτωσαν πάντες οἱ κατοικοῦντες τὴν οἰκουμένην.
(Fobaʸthaʸtō ton Kurion pasa haʸ gaʸ, apʼ autou de saleuthaʸtōsan pantes hoi katoikountes taʸn oikoumenaʸn. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / doublet

I will instruct you and teach you in the way

(Some words not found in UHB: instruct,you and,teach,you in/on/at/with,way that you(ms)_will_walk counsel upon,you eye,my )

The words “instruct” and “teach” mean basically the same thing and emphasize careful instruction. Alternate translation: “I will teach you everything about the way”

I will instruct

(Some words not found in UHB: instruct,you and,teach,you in/on/at/with,way that you(ms)_will_walk counsel upon,you eye,my )

Here the “I” is probably Yahweh who talks directly to David.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

in the way which you should go

(Some words not found in UHB: instruct,you and,teach,you in/on/at/with,way that you(ms)_will_walk counsel upon,you eye,my )

Living in the correct way is spoken of as if it were a path that the writer should walk. Alternate translation: “how you should live your life”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

with my eye upon you

(Some words not found in UHB: instruct,you and,teach,you in/on/at/with,way that you(ms)_will_walk counsel upon,you eye,my )

Here “my eye” refers to Yahweh’s attention. Alternate translation: “and direct my attention to you” or “and watch over you”

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