LAM 3:24 Parallel Verse View

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

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 “Yahweh is my portion,” my soul said;
⇔ therefore I will hope in him.

UST I said to myself, “Yahweh is all that I need;
⇔ so I will confidently wait for him.”

BSB “The LORD is my portion,” says my soul,
⇔ “therefore I will hope in Him.”

MSB (Same as BSB above)

OEB No OEB LAM book available

WEBBE “The LORD is my portion,” says my soul.
⇔ “Therefore I will hope in him.”

WMBB (Same as above)

MSG ^(22-24)God’s loyal love couldn’t have run out,
  his merciful love couldn’t have dried up.
They’re created new every morning.
  How great your faithfulness!
I’m sticking with God (I say it over and over).
  He’s all I’ve got left.

NET “My portion is the Lord,” I have said to myself,
⇔ so I will put my hope in him.

LSV My portion [is] YHWH, my soul has said,
Therefore I hope for Him.

FBV The Lord is all I need,” I tell myself, “so I will put my hope in him.”

T4T So I say to myself, “Yahweh is all that I need;
⇔ so I will confidently wait for him to do good things for me.”

LEB • “Yahweh is my portion,”
• says my soul,
• “Thus I will hope on him.”

BBE I said to myself, The Lord is my heritage; and because of this I will have hope in him.

Moff The Eternal is my allotted share, I say;
⇔ therefore I will hope in him.

JPS 'The LORD is my portion', saith my soul; 'Therefore will I hope in Him.'

ASV Jehovah is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.

DRA Heth. The Lord is my portion, said my soul: therefore will I wait for him.

YLT My portion [is] Jehovah, hath my soul said, Therefore I hope for Him.

Drby Jehovah is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.

RV The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.
(The LORD is my portion, saith/says my soul; therefore will I hope in him.)

SLT Jehovah my portion, said my soul; for this I will hope toward him.

Wbstr The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.

KJB-1769 The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.
(The LORD is my portion, saith/says my soul; therefore will I hope in him.)

KJB-1611 The LORD is my portion, sayth my soule, therefore will I hope in him.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps The Lorde is my portion saith my soule therefore wyll I hope in hym.
(The Lord is my portion saith/says my soul therefore will I hope in him.)

Gnva The Lord is my portion, sayth my soule: therefore wil I hope in him.
(The Lord is my portion, saith/says my soul: therefore will I hope in him.)

Cvdl The LORDE is my porcion (saieth my soule) therfore wil I hope in him.
(The LORD is my portion (saith/says my soul) therefore will I hope in him.)

Wycl Heth. My soule seide, The Lord is my part; therfor Y schal abide hym.
(Heth. My soul said, The Lord is my part; therefore I shall abide him.)

Luth Der HErr ist mein Teil, spricht meine SeeLE, darum will ich auf ihn hoffen.
(The LORD is my part/portion, speaks/says my soul, therefore will I on/in/to him/it hope(v).)

ClVg Heth Pars mea Dominus, dixit anima mea; propterea exspectabo eum.
(Heth Part my Master, he/she_said the_soul my; therefore I_will_wait him.)

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / quotations

חֶלְקִ֤⁠י יְהוָה֙ אָמְרָ֣ה נַפְשִׁ֔⁠י

portion_of,[is]_my YHWH says (Some words not found in UHB: portion_of,[is]_my YHWH says self_of,my on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in yes/correct/thus/so hope to=him/it )

If it would be helpful to your readers, you could translate this so that there is not a direct quotation but an indirect one. Alternate translation: [I realized that Yahweh is all I need]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

חֶלְקִ֤⁠י יְהוָה֙

portion_of,[is]_my YHWH

Here the writer is speaking of Yahweh as if he were an inherited portion of land. Your language may have a comparable expression that you can use in your translation, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [Yahweh is like my inheritance]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

אָמְרָ֣ה נַפְשִׁ֔⁠י

says (Some words not found in UHB: portion_of,[is]_my YHWH says self_of,my on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in yes/correct/thus/so hope to=him/it )

Here, my soul represents the writer himself from the perspective of his inner being. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or plain language. Alternate translation: [I said to myself]

Note 4 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

עַל־כֵּ֖ן אוֹחִ֥יל לֽ⁠וֹ

on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in (Some words not found in UHB: portion_of,[is]_my YHWH says self_of,my on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in yes/correct/thus/so hope to=him/it )

The word therefore here indicates that what follows is a result of Yahweh being his portion. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a word or phrase that makes this relationship clear. Alternate translation: [and so I will hope in him]

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