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OET-LV Like_swallow a_crane so I_chirp I_moan like_a_dove they_are_low eyes_my to_the_upward my_master oppression to/for_me security_my.
UHB כְּס֤וּס עָגוּר֙ כֵּ֣ן אֲצַפְצֵ֔ף אֶהְגֶּ֖ה כַּיּוֹנָ֑ה דַּלּ֤וּ עֵינַי֙ לַמָּר֔וֹם אֲדֹנָ֖י עָֽשְׁקָה־לִּ֥י עָרְבֵֽנִי׃ ‡
(kəşūş ˊāgūr kēn ʼₐʦafʦēf ʼehgeh kayyōnāh dallū ˊēynay lammārōm ʼₐdonāy ˊāshəqāh-liy ˊārəⱱēnī.)
Key: khaki:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
ULT Like a swallow, thus I chirp;
⇔ I coo like a dove;
⇔ my eyes grow tired with looking upward.
⇔ Lord, I am oppressed; lend me support.”
UST I was delirious; I chirped like a swift or a swallow
⇔ and moaned like a dove.
⇔ My eyes became tired looking up toward heaven for help.
⇔ I cried out, ‘Yahweh, help me, because I am distressed!’
BSB I chirp like a swallow or crane;
⇔ I moan like a dove.
⇔ My eyes grow weak as I look upward.
⇔ O Lord, I am oppressed; be my security.”
OEB ⇔ I scream as screams a swift,
⇔ like a dove do I moan;
⇔ my eyes look tearfully heavenward:
⇔ O think on me, Lord, be my surety.
WEB I chattered like a swallow or a crane.
⇔ I moaned like a dove.
⇔ My eyes weaken looking upward.
⇔ Lord, I am oppressed.
⇔ Be my security.”
WMB (Same as above)
NET Like a swallow or a thrush I chirp,
⇔ I coo like a dove;
⇔ my eyes grow tired from looking up to the sky.
⇔ O sovereign master, I am oppressed;
⇔ help me!
LSV As a crane—a swallow—so I chatter,
I mourn as a dove,
My eyes have been drawn up on high,
O YHWH, oppression [is] on me, be my guarantor.
FBV I scream like a swift or a songbird,[fn] I moan like a dove. My eyes grow dim as I look heavenwards. I'm being attacked, Lord, please come and support me!
38:14 “Songbird”: some have suggested “thrush,” but the meaning is uncertain. It was certainly meant to reflect a plaintive, sad cry, and therefore the common translation of “crane” is certainly incorrect.
T4T I was delirious, and I chirped like a swift or a swallow,
⇔ and moaned like a dove.
⇔ My eyes became tired looking up toward heaven for help.
⇔ I cried out, Lord, help me, because I am distressed!’
LEB • I moan like a dove. • My eyes are weak toward the height. • Lord, I have oppression; lend me support!
BBE I make cries like a bird; I give out sounds of grief like a dove: my eyes are looking up with desire; O Lord, I am crushed, take up my cause.
MOF No MOF ISA book available
JPS Like a swallow or a crane, so do I chatter, I do moan as a dove; mine eyes fail with looking upward. O LORD, I am oppressed, be Thou my surety.
ASV Like a swallow or a crane, so did I chatter;
⇔ I did moan as a dove; mine eyes fail with looking upward:
⇔ O Lord, I am oppressed, be thou my surety.
DRA I will cry like a young swallow, I will meditate like a dove: my eyes are weakened looking upward: Lord, I suffer violence, answer thou for me.
YLT As a crane — a swallow — so I chatter, I mourn as a dove, Drawn up have been mine eyes on high, O Jehovah, oppression [is] on me, be my surety.
DBY Like a swallow [or] a crane, so did I chatter; I mourned as a dove; mine eyes failed [with looking] upward: Lord, I am oppressed; undertake for me.
RV Like a swallow or a crane, so did I chatter; I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail with looking upward; O LORD, I am oppressed, be thou my surety.
WBS Like a crane or a swallow, so I chattered: I mourned as a dove: my eyes fail with looking upward: O LORD, I am oppressed; undertake for me.
KJB-1769 Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail with looking upward: O LORD, I am oppressed; undertake for me.[fn]
38.14 undertake…: or, ease me
KJB-1611 No KJB-1611 ISA book available
BB Then chattered I lyke a swallowe, and lyke a crane, and mourned lyke a doue, I lift vp mine eyes into the heyght: O Lorde sayde my sicknesse kepeth me downe, ease thou me.
(Then chattered I like a swallowe, and like a crane, and mourned like a dove, I lift up mine eyes into the heyght: O Lord said my sickness keepeth/keeps me down, ease thou/you me.)
GNV Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourne as a doue: mine eies were lift vp on high: O Lord, it hath oppressed me, comfort me.
(Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eies were lift up on high: O Lord, it hath/has oppressed me, comfort me. )
CB Then chatred I like a swalowe, and like a Crane, and mourned as a doue. I lift vp myne eyes in to ye hight: O LORDE, (sayde I) violence is done vnto me, be thou suertie for me.
(Then chatred I like a swalowe, and like a Crane, and mourned as a dove. I lift up mine eyes in to ye/you_all hight: O LORD, (sayde I) violence is done unto me, be thou/you suertie for me.)
WYC Y schal bithenke as a culuer. Myn iyen biholdynge an hiy, ben maad feble. Lord, Y suffre violence, answere thou for me; what schal Y seie,
(I shall bithenke as a culuer. Myn iyen biholdynge an hiy, been made feble. Lord, I suffer violence, answer thou/you for me; what shall I say,)
LUT Ich winselte wie ein Kranich und wie eine Schwalbe und girrete wie eine Taube; meine Augen wollten mir brechen: HErr, ich leide Not; lindre mir‘s!
(I winselte like a Kranich and like one Schwalbe and girrete like one Taube; my Augen wantedn to_me brechen: HErr, I leide Not; lindre mir‘s!)
CLV Sicut pullus hirundinis, sic clamabo; meditabor ut columba. Attenuati sunt oculi mei, suspicientes in excelsum. Domine, vim patior: responde pro me.
(Sicut pullus hirundinis, so clamabo; meditabor as columba. Attenuati are oculi mei, suspicientes in excelsum. Domine, vim patior: responde pro me. )
BRN As a swallow, so will I cry, and as a dove, so do I mourn: for mine eyes have failed with looking to the height of heaven to the Lord, who has delivered me,
BrLXX Ὡς χελιδὼν, οὕτω φωνήσω, καὶ ὡς περιστερὰ, οὕτω μελετῶ· ἐξέλιπον γάρ μου οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ τοῦ βλέπειν εἰς τὸ ὕψος τοῦ οὐρανοῦ πρὸς τὸν Κύριον, ὃς ἐξείλατό με,
(Hōs ⱪelidōn, houtō fōnaʸsō, kai hōs peristera, houtō meletō; exelipon gar mou hoi ofthalmoi tou blepein eis to hupsos tou ouranou pros ton Kurion, hos exeilato me, )
38:9-20 Hezekiah’s poem contains both lament (38:9-14) and praise (38:15-20), although the praise is distinctly muted until the final verse.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism
(Occurrence 0) Like a swallow I chirp; I coo like a dove
(Some words not found in UHB: like,swallow crane yes/correct/thus/so chirp moan like_a,dove weary_with_looking eyes,my to_the,upward my=master oppressed to/for=me security,my )
Both of these clauses mean the same thing and they emphasize how sad and pitiful Hezekiah’s cries were. A swallow and a dove are types of birds. Alternate translation: “My cries are pitiful--they sound like the chirp of a swallow and the coo of a dove” (See also: figs-simile)
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche
(Occurrence 0) my eyes
(Some words not found in UHB: like,swallow crane yes/correct/thus/so chirp moan like_a,dove weary_with_looking eyes,my to_the,upward my=master oppressed to/for=me security,my )
Here Hezekiah refers to himself my his “eyes” to emphasize that he is looking for something. Alternate translation: “I”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
(Occurrence 0) with looking upward
(Some words not found in UHB: like,swallow crane yes/correct/thus/so chirp moan like_a,dove weary_with_looking eyes,my to_the,upward my=master oppressed to/for=me security,my )
This refers to Hezekiah looking to heaven for God to help him. The full meaning of this statement can be made clear. Alternate translation: “of waiting for help to come from heaven” or “of waiting for you to help me”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
(Occurrence 0) I am oppressed
(Some words not found in UHB: like,swallow crane yes/correct/thus/so chirp moan like_a,dove weary_with_looking eyes,my to_the,upward my=master oppressed to/for=me security,my )
If your language does not use the passive form in this way, you can state this in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “My sickness oppresses me”