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Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance=normal (All still tentative.)

Key: khaki:verbs, green:YHWH.
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).

BrLXX Αἱ ἁμαρτίαι ἡμῶν ἀντέστησαν ἡμῖν· Κύριε ποίησον ἡμῖν ἕνεκέν σου, ὅτι πολλαὶ αἱ ἁμαρτίαι ἡμῶν ἐναντίον σου, ὅτι σοι ἡμάρτομεν.
(Hai hamartiai haʸmōn antestaʸsan haʸmin; Kurie poiaʸson haʸmin heneken sou, hoti pollai hai hamartiai haʸmōn enantion sou, hoti soi haʸmartomen. )

BrTr Our sins have risen up against us: O Lord, do thou for us for thine own sake; for our sins are many before thee; for we have sinned against thee.

ULT Even though our iniquities testify against us, Yahweh, act for the sake of your name.
⇔ For our faithless actions increase; we have sinned against you.

UST The people say, “Yahweh, if we have turned away from you and sinned many times,
⇔ we now know that we are being punished because of our sins!
⇔ Please help us
⇔ in order that everyone can see that you are very great and keep your promises.

BSB ⇔ Although our iniquities testify against us, O LORD,
⇔ act for the sake of Your name.
⇔ Indeed, our rebellions are many;
⇔ we have sinned against You.

OEB And yet though our sins rise in witness against us,
⇔ Jehovah, O act, for Thine own name’s sake;
⇔ For many a time have we turned from Thee back,
⇔ And against Thee we have sinned.

WEBBE Though our iniquities testify against us,
⇔ work for your name’s sake, LORD;
⇔ for our rebellions are many.
⇔ We have sinned against you.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Then I said,
⇔ “O Lord, intervene for the honor of your name
⇔ even though our sins speak out against us.
⇔ Indeed, we have turned away from you many times.
⇔ We have sinned against you.

LSV Surely our iniquities have testified against us,
O YHWH, work for Your Name’s sake,
For our backslidings have been many,
We have sinned against You.

FBV Even though our sins give evidence against us, Lord, please do something for us because of your good nature. Yes, we have rebelled against you so often; we have sinned against you.

T4T ⇔ The people say, “Yahweh, we have turned away from you and sinned many times,
⇔ and now we know that we are being punished because of our sins,
⇔ but please help us
⇔ in order that everyone can see that you are very great [MTY].

LEB • O Yahweh, act for the sake of your name. • Yes, our apostasies are many; • we have sinned against you.

BBE Though our sins give witness against us, do something, O Lord, for the honour of your name: for again and again we have been turned away from you, we have done evil against you.

Moff No Moff JER book available

JPS Though our iniquities testify against us, O LORD, work Thou for Thy name's sake; for our backslidings are many, we have sinned against Thee.

ASV Though our iniquities testify against us, work thou for thy name’s sake, O Jehovah; for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against thee.

DRA If our iniquities have testified against us, O Lord, do thou it for thy name’s sake, for our rebellions are many, we have sinned against thee.

YLT Surely our iniquities have testified against us, O Jehovah, work for Thy name's sake, For many have been our backslidings, Against Thee we have sinned.

Drby Jehovah, though our iniquities testify against us, do thou act for thy name's sake; for our backslidings are many — we have sinned against thee.

RV Though our iniquities testify against us, work thou for thy name’s sake, O LORD: for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against thee.

Wbstr O LORD, though our iniquities testify against us, do thou it for thy name's sake: for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against thee.

KJB-1769 ¶ O LORD, though our iniquities testify against us, do thou it for thy name’s sake: for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against thee.
(¶ O LORD, though our iniquitys testify against us, do thou/you it for thy/your name’s sake: for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against thee/you. )

KJB-1611 ¶ O LORD, though our iniquities testifie against vs, doe thou it for thy Names sake: for our back-slidings are many, we haue sinned against thee.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation)

Bshps Doubtlesse our owne wickednesse doth rewarde vs: but Lorde do thou accordyng to thy name, though our transgression and sinnes be many, and agaynst thee haue we sinned.
(Doubtlesse our own wickedness doth reward us: but Lord do thou/you accordyng to thy/your name, though our transgression and sins be many, and against thee/you have we sinned.)

Gnva O Lord, though our iniquities testifie against vs, deale with vs according to thy name: for our rebellions are many, we sinned against thee.
(O Lord, though our iniquitys testify against us, deale with us according to thy/your name: for our rebellions are many, we sinned against thee/you. )

Cvdl Doutles oure owne wickednesse rewarde vs: But LORDE do thou acordinge to yi name, though oure transgressions and synnes be many.
(Doutles our own wickedness reward us: But LORD do thou/you according to yi name, though our transgressions and sins be many.)

Wycl If oure wickidnessis answeren to vs, Lord, do thou for thi name, for oure turnyngis awei ben manye; we han synned ayens thee.
(If our wickednessis answeren to us, Lord, do thou/you for thy/your name, for our turnyngis away been manye; we have sinned against thee/you.)

Luth Ach, HErr, unsere Missetaten haben‘s ja verdienet; aber hilf doch um deines Namens willen; denn unser Ungehorsam ist groß, damit wir wider dich gesündiget haben.
(Ach, LORD, unsere Missetaten have‘s ja verdienet; but hilf though/but around/by/for yours Namens willen; because unser Ungehorsam is groß, with_it/so_that we/us against you/yourself gesündiget have.)

ClVg Si iniquitates nostræ responderint nobis, Domine, fac propter nomen tuum: quoniam multæ sunt aversiones nostræ: tibi peccavimus.
(When/But_if iniquitates nostræ responderint nobis, Domine, fac propter nomen tuum: quoniam many are aversiones nostræ: to_you peccavimus. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

General Information:

Yahweh, through the prophet Jeremiah, has just told the people about the drought.

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / personification

(Occurrence 0) our iniquities testify against us

(Some words not found in UHB: if iniquities,our testify in/on/at/with,us YHWH make/work/create/deal for_~_sake your(ms)=name that/for/because/then/when many apostasies,our to/for=yourself(m) sinned )

Here their “iniquities” are spoken of as if they were people who testified against them about their wrong doing. Alternate translation: “our iniquities give evidence of our wrongdoing”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

(Occurrence 0) for the sake of your name

(Some words not found in UHB: if iniquities,our testify in/on/at/with,us YHWH make/work/create/deal for_~_sake your(ms)=name that/for/because/then/when many apostasies,our to/for=yourself(m) sinned )

Here Yahweh’s “name” refers to his reputation. Alternate translation: “for the sake of your reputation” or “in order that everyone can see that you are very great and keep your promises”

Parallel JER 14:7

General Information: