LAM 3:40 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).

BrLXX ΝΟΥΝ. Ἐξηρευνήθη ἡ ὁδὸς ἡμῶν καὶ ἠτάσθη, καὶ ἐπιστρέψομεν ἕως Κυρίου.
(NOUN. Exaʸreunaʸthaʸ haʸ hodos haʸmōn kai aʸtasthaʸ, kai epistrepsomen heōs Kuriou.)

BrTr Nun. Our way has been searched out and examined, and we will turn to the Lord.

ULT Let us search our ways and examine them,
⇔ and let us return to Yahweh.

UST Instead, we should carefully examine how we have been living,
⇔ and we should turn back to Yahweh.

BSB Let us examine and test our ways,
⇔ and turn back to the LORD.

MSB (Same as BSB above)

OEB No OEB LAM book available

WEBBE ⇔ Let us search and try our ways,
⇔ and turn again to the LORD.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Let us carefully examine our ways,
⇔ and let us return to the Lord.

LSV We search our ways, and investigate,
And turn back to YHWH.

FBV We should look at ourselves, examine what we're doing, and return to the Lord.

T4T ⇔ Instead, we should ◄examine/think carefully about► our behavior;
⇔ we should turn back to Yahweh.

LEB • Let us test and examine our ways;
• let us return to Yahweh.

BBE Let us make search and put our ways to the test, turning again to the Lord;

Moff Let us scan and search our lives,
⇔ let us return to the Eternal,

JPS Let us search and try our ways, and return to the LORD.

ASV ⇔ Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to Jehovah.

DRA Nun. Let us search our ways, and seek, and return to the Lord.

YLT We search our ways, and investigate, And turn back unto Jehovah.

Drby Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to Jehovah.

RV Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD.

SLT We will search out our ways, and examine and turn back even to Jehovah.

Wbstr Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD.

KJB-1769 Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD.

KJB-1611 Let vs search and try our waies, and turne againe to the LORD.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps Let vs looke well vpon our wayes, and remember our selues, and turne agayne to the Lorde.
(Let us look well upon our ways, and remember ourselves, and turn again to the Lord.)

Gnva Let vs search and try our wayes, and turne againe to the Lord.
(Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the Lord.)

Cvdl Let vs loke well vpon oure owne waies, & remembre oure selues, and turne agayne to ye LORDE.
(Let us look well upon our own ways, and remember ourselves, and turn again to ye/you_all LORD.)

Wycl Nun. Serche we oure weies, and seke we, and turne we ayen to the Lord.
(Nun. Search we our ways, and seek we, and turn we again to the Lord.)

Luth Und laßt uns forschen und suchen unser Wesen und uns zum HErr’s bekehren.
(And let us/to_us/ourselves search(v) and search_for our beings and us/to_us/ourselves for_the LORD’s convert.)

ClVg Nun Scrutemur vias nostras, et quæramus, et revertamur ad Dominum.
(Nun Let_us_examine ways/roads ours, and let_us_seek, and let's_go_back to the_Master.)

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

נַחְפְּשָׂ֤ה דְרָכֵ֨י⁠נוּ֙ וְֽ⁠נַחְקֹ֔רָה

(Some words not found in UHB: examine ways_of,our and,let_us_examine and,let_us_return until YHWH )

Here the writer is speaking of examining conduct and behavior as if it were ways or paths that a person could search. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [Let us carefully examine our conduct]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / exclusive

נַחְפְּשָׂ֤ה דְרָכֵ֨י⁠נוּ֙

(Some words not found in UHB: examine ways_of,our and,let_us_examine and,let_us_return until YHWH )

Here the pronouns us and our do not include God, whom the community is addressing. The writer is speaking on behalf of himself and the people but not God, so use the exclusive form of the word if your language marks that distinction.

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / doublet

נַחְפְּשָׂ֤ה דְרָכֵ֨י⁠נוּ֙ וְֽ⁠נַחְקֹ֔רָה

(Some words not found in UHB: examine ways_of,our and,let_us_examine and,let_us_return until YHWH )

The terms search and examine mean similar things. Jeremiah is using the two terms together for emphasis. If it would be clearer for your readers, you could express the emphasis with a single phrase. Alternate translation: [Let us carefully examine our conduct]

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