Verse List for PSA 17:11

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OET (OET-RV) They have closed in on me. ⇔ They have decided to throw me to the ground.

OET-LV Likeness _of_his is_like_a _lion which_it _longs to_tear _to _pieces and_like_a _young _lion which_sits in_secret _places.

SLBL They have tracked me down; now they surround me. They fix their eyes to scan over the land. ‡

ULT They have surrounded me now, in our steps. Their eyes they have set, crouching down to the earth.

UST They have searched for me and found me. ⇔  They surround me, watching for an opportunity to attack and kill me.

BSB & MSB They have tracked us down, and now surround us; ⇔  their eyes are set to cast [us] to the ground,

OEB Now they dog us at every step, ⇔  keenly watching, to hurl us to the ground,

WEBBE & WMBB They have now surrounded us in our steps. ⇔  They set their eyes to cast us down to the earth.

NET They attack me, now they surround me; ⇔ they intend to throw me to the ground.

LSV “Our steps have now surrounded [him]”; They set their eyes to turn aside in the land.

FBV They hunt me down and surround me, looking for the chance to knock me down in the dust.

T4T They have hunted/searched for me and found me. ⇔  They surround me, watching for an opportunity to throw me to the ground.

LEB • Now they surround us at our every step.
• They intend[fn]
• to pin[fn] me to the ground.

BBE They have made a circle round our steps: their eyes are fixed on us, forcing us down to the earth;

Moff at every step they dog us, ⇔ alert to pull us down,

JPS At our every step they have now encompassed us; they set their eyes to cast us down to the earth.

ASV They have now compassed us in our steps; ⇔ They set their eyes to cast us down to the earth.

DRA And he ascended upon the cherubim, and he flew; he flew upon the wings of the winds.

YLT 'Our steps now have compassed [him];' Their eyes they set to turn aside in the land.

Drby They have now encompassed us in our steps; their eyes have they set, bowing down to the earth.

RV They have now compassed us in our steps: they set their eyes to cast us down to the earth.
(They have now compassed/surrounded us in our steps: they set their eyes to cast us down to the earth.)

SLT We went straight, now they surrounded us: their eyes they will set to incline to the earth;

Wbstr They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth;

KJB-1769 They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth;
(They have now compassed/surrounded us in our steps: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth;)

KJB-1611 They haue now compassed vs in our steps: they haue set their eyes bowing downe to the earth:
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps His doynges be lyke a lions that is greedy to take a pray: and as a lions whelpe lurkyng in secrete places.
(His doings be like a lions that is greedy to take a pray: and as a lions whelp/pup_or_cub lurking in secret places.)

Gnva They haue compassed vs now in our steps: they haue set their eyes to bring downe to the ground:
(They have compassed/surrounded us now in our steps: they have set their eyes to bring down to the ground:)

Cvdl They lye waytinge in or waye on euery syde, turnynge their eyes downe to the grounde.
(They lie waiting in or way on every side, turning their eyes down to the ground.)

Wycl And he stiede on cherubym, and flei; he fley ouer the pennes of wyndis.
(And he stayed on cherubym, and flei; he fly over the pennes of winds.)

Luth Wo wir gehen so umgeben sie uns; ihre Augen richten sie dahin, daß sie uns zur Erde stürzen,
(Where we/us go so surrounded they/she/them us/to_us/ourselves; their/her eyes direct they/she/them gone, that they/she/them us/to_us/ourselves to/for earth/land/ground fall/plunge,)

ClVg Et ascendit super cherubim, et volavit; volavit super pennas ventorum.[fn]
(And went_up over cherubim/winged_creature, and volavit; volavit over wings of_the_winds.)

UHB אַ֭שֻּׁרֵי⁠נוּ עַתָּ֣ה סבבו⁠ני [fn] עֵינֵי⁠הֶ֥ם יָ֝שִׁ֗יתוּ לִ⁠נְט֥וֹת בָּ⁠אָֽרֶץ׃ ‡

BrLXX Καὶ ἐπέβη ἐπὶ χερουβὶμ καὶ ἐπετάσθη, ἐπετάσθη ἐπὶ πτερύγων ἀνέμων.

BrTr And he mounted on cherubs and flew: he flew on the wings of winds.