PSA 79:12 Parallel View

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ULT Pay back into the laps of our neighboring countries seven times as much
 ⇔ as the insults with which they have insulted you, Lord.

UST In return for their having often insulted you,
 ⇔ punish them seven times as much!

BSB Pay back into the laps of our neighbors
⇔ sevenfold the reproach they hurled at You, O Lord.

OEB Pay our neighbours back sevenfold
⇔ for the scorn they have heaped upon you, O Lord.

WEB Pay back to our neighbors seven times into their bosom
⇔ their reproach with which they have reproached you, Lord.

NET Pay back our neighbors in full!
 ⇔ May they be insulted the same way they insulted you, O Lord!

LSV And return to our neighbors,
Sevenfold to their bosom, their reproach,
With which they reproached You, O Lord.

FBV Pay each of these neighbors back seven times for the scorn and ridicule they directed against you, Lord.

T4T  ⇔ In return for their having often insulted you,
 ⇔ punish them seven times as much!

LEB • [fn] their taunts with which they taunted you, O Lord.

?:? Hebrew “into their bosom”

BBE And give punishment seven times over into the breast of our neighbours for the bitter words which they have said against you, O Lord.

MOF Pay back our neighbours, Lord,
⇔ punish them seven times over for the taunts
⇔ that they have heaped on thee.

JPS And render unto our neighbours sevenfold into their bosom their reproach, wherewith they have reproached Thee, O Lord.

ASV And render unto our neighbors sevenfold into their bosom
 ⇔ Their reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord.

DRA It stretched forth its branches unto the sea, and its boughs unto the river.

YLT And turn Thou back to our neighbours, Sevenfold unto their bosom, their reproach, Wherewith they reproached Thee, O Lord.

DBY And render unto our neighbours, sevenfold into their bosom, their reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord.

RV And render unto our neighbours sevenfold into their bosom their reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord.

WBS And render to our neighbors seven-fold into their bosom their reproach, with which they have reproached thee, O LORD.

KJB And render unto our neighbours sevenfold into their bosom their reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord.

BB And rewarde thou our neighbours seuen folde into their bosome: their blasphemie wherewith they haue blasphemed thee O God.
(And reward thou/you our neighbours seven folde into their bosome: their blasphemie wherewith they have blasphemed thee O God.)

GNV And render to our neighbours seuen folde into their bosome their reproche, wherewith they haue reproched thee, O Lord.
(And render to our neighbours seven folde into their bosom their reproche, wherewith they have reproched thee, O Lord. )

CB O let the soroufull sighinge of the presoners come before the, and acordinge vnto ye power of thine arme, preserue those yt are appoynted to dye.
(O let the soroufull sighinge of the prisoners come before them, and acordinge unto ye/you_all power of thine/your arme, preserve those it are appointed to dye.)

WYC It streiyte forth hise siouns til to the see, and the generacioun ther of `til to the flood.
(It streiyte forth his siouns til to the see, and the generation there of `til to the flood.)

LUT Und vergilt unsern Nachbarn siebenfältig in ihren Busen ihre Schmach, damit sie dich, HErr, geschmähet haben.
(And vergilt unsern Nachbarn siebenfältig in your Busen ihre Schmach, damit they/she/them dich, HErr, geschmähet have.)

CLV Extendit palmites suos usque ad mare, et usque ad flumen propagines ejus.
(Extendit palmites suos usque to mare, and usque to flumen propagines his. )

BRN It sent forth its branches to the sea, and its shoots to the river.

BrLXX Ἐξέτεινε τὰ κλήματα αὐτῆς ἕως θαλάσσης, καὶ ἕως ποταμοῦ τὰς παραφυάδας αὐτῆς.
(Exeteine ta klaʸmata autaʸs heōs thalassaʸs, kai heōs potamou tas parafuadas autaʸs. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

Pay back & the insults & Lord

(Some words not found in UHB: and,return to,neighbors,our seven_times to/towards bosom,their reproach,their which/who taunted,you my=master/master )

Asaph speaks of the evil deeds that the neighboring countries did against Israel as “insults,” and as if they were physical items. He asks the Lord to count those deeds, and for every one that the neighboring countries committed, he asks the Lord to have someone do seven evil deeds to the neighboring countries.

Pay back

(Some words not found in UHB: and,return to,neighbors,our seven_times to/towards bosom,their reproach,their which/who taunted,you my=master/master )

Alternate translation: “Return” or “Give back”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

into the laps

(Some words not found in UHB: and,return to,neighbors,our seven_times to/towards bosom,their reproach,their which/who taunted,you my=master/master )

onto their knees and thighs as they are sitting. This is a metaphor for “directly and personally.”

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