PSA 73:6 Parallel View

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ULT Pride adorns them like a necklace around their neck;
 ⇔ violence clothes them like a robe.

UST So they are proud, as proud as a woman with a beautiful necklace.
⇔ They are as proud of their violent actions as some people are proud of their beautiful robes.

BSB Therefore pride is their necklace;
⇔ a garment of violence covers them.

OEB So they wear their pride like a necklace,
⇔ they put on the garment of wrong,

WEB Therefore pride is like a chain around their neck.
⇔ Violence covers them like a garment.

NET Arrogance is their necklace,
 ⇔ and violence their clothing.

LSV Therefore pride has encircled them,
Violence covers them as a dress.

FBV They wear their pride like a necklace; they clothe themselves with violence.

T4T So they are proud, and their being proud is like a necklace that they show to others,
⇔ and they show off their violent actions like people show off their beautiful robes.

LEB • an outfit of violence covers them.

BBE For this reason pride is round them like a chain; they are clothed with violent behaviour as with a robe.

MOF So they vaunt them in their pride,
⇔ and flaunt them in rough insolence;

JPS Therefore pride is as a chain about their neck; violence covereth them as a garment.

ASV Therefore pride is as a chain about their neck;
 ⇔ Violence covereth them as a garment.

DRA They have cut down at once the gates thereof, with axe and hatchet they have brought it down.

YLT Therefore hath pride encircled them, Violence covereth them as a dress.

DBY Therefore pride encompasseth them as a neck-chain, violence covereth them [as] a garment;

RV Therefore pride is as a chain about their neck; violence covereth them as a garment.

WBS Therefore pride encompasseth them as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment.

KJB Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment.
(Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment. )

BB And this is the cause that pride compasse them rounde about: and crueltie couereth them as a garment.
(And this is the cause that pride compasse them round about: and crueltie couereth them as a garment.)

GNV Therefore pride is as a chayne vnto them, and crueltie couereth them as a garment.
(Therefore pride is as a chayne unto them, and crueltie couereth them as a garment. )

CB And this is the cause that they be so puft vp in pryde, & ouerwhelmed with cruelte and vnrigthuousnesse.
(And this is the cause that they be so puft up in pryde, and ouerwhelmed with cruelte and unrigthuousnesse.)

WYC As in a wode of trees thei heweden doun with axis the yatis therof in to it silf; thei castiden doun it with an ax, and a brood fallinge ax.
(As in a wode of trees they heweden down with axis the yatis therof in to itself; they cast/throw down it with an ax, and a brood fallinge ax.)

LUT Darum muß ihr Trotzen köstlich Ding sein, und ihr Frevel muß wohlgetan heißen.
(Therefore must her Trotzen köstlich Ding sein, and her Frevel must wohlgetan heißen.)

CLV exciderunt januas ejus in idipsum; in securi et ascia dejecerunt eam.
(exciderunt yanuas his in idipsum; in securi and ascia deyecerunt eam. )

BRN they cut down its doors at once with axes as in a wood of trees; they have broken it down with hatchet and stone cutter.

BrLXX τὰς θύρας αὐτῆς ἐπιτοαυτὸ, ἐν πελέκει καὶ λαξευτηρίῳ κατέῤῥαξαν αὐτήν.
(tas thuras autaʸs epitoauto, en pelekei kai laxeutaʸriōi kateῤɽaxan autaʸn. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

לָ֭⁠כֵן

for=so/thus/hence

Here, the word Therefore introduces the result of 73:4-5. You can use a natural word or phrase in your language to express this relationship. Alternate translation: “As a result”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

עֲנָקַ֣תְ⁠מוֹ גַאֲוָ֑ה

necklace,their pride

The author is speaking of pride as if it were a necklace that wicked people wear around their neck. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning with a simile or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “they wear pride like a necklace” or “pride is like a necklace which they flaunt”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

עֲנָקַ֣תְ⁠מוֹ גַאֲוָ֑ה

necklace,their pride

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of pride, you could express the same idea with an adverb or adjective or in some other way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “they act pridefully for all to see like someone who wears a necklace that they want everyone to see” or “they unashamedly act proud in front of everyone like a person wearing a necklace that they want everyone to see”

Note 4 topic: translate-unknown

עֲנָקַ֣תְ⁠מוֹ

necklace,their

A necklace is a type of jewelry worn around the neck in order to adorn the body and make a person look more attractive. If your readers would not be familiar with necklaces, you could use the name of something similar in your area worn around the neck for the purpose of looking nice or you could use a more general term. Alternately, if you are using footnotes, you could make a footnote explaining what a necklace is. Alternate translation: “a neck ornament for them”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

יַעֲטָף־שִׁ֝֗ית חָמָ֥ס לָֽ⁠מוֹ

covers garment violence/cruelty them,them

The author is speaking of violence as it were a garment that people wear. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning with a simile or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “violence covers them like a garment” or “violence covers them like clothing”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

יַעֲטָף־שִׁ֝֗ית חָמָ֥ס לָֽ⁠מוֹ

covers garment violence/cruelty them,them

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of violence, you could express the same idea with an adjective or in some other way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “they are proud of their violent actions and display them openly, like a person who wears a garment for all to see”

Parallel PSA 73:6