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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 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.

UST Instead, we should think carefully about how we behave;
⇔ we should turn back to Yahweh.

OEB Let us search and examine our ways
⇔ And return to the Lord.

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 return to Yahweh.

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

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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.

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.
(Let us search and try our waies, and turn again to the LORD.)

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 our selves, 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 waies, and remember our selves, 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. Serche 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 laßt us/to_us/ourselves forschen and suchen unser Wesen and us/to_us/ourselves for_the LORD’s bekehren.)

ClVg Nun Scrutemur vias nostras, et quæramus, et revertamur ad Dominum.
(Nun Scrutemur vias nostras, and quæramus, and revertamur to Dominum. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

General Information:

The writer speaks again about the suffering that God has caused to Jerusalem, but here he speaks of “we” and “us,” not “I” and “me.” In verse 42 the author starts a prayer that he and the people of Israel should pray.

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

(Occurrence 0) let us return to Yahweh

(Some words not found in UHB: examine ways,our and,examine and,return until YHWH )

Here “return to Yahweh” represents submitting to him again. Alternate translation: “let us submit to Yahweh again”

Parallel LAM 3:40

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