PSA 109:15 Parallel Verse View

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

OET (OET-RV) May their guilt always be on Yahweh’s mind.
⇔ May Yahweh cause their history to be totally forgotten.

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 May their guilt always be before Yahweh;
⇔ may Yahweh cut off their memory from the earth.

UST Please think about their sins always,
⇔ but cause everyone on earth to completely forget who they were.

BSB May [their sins] always remain before the LORD,
⇔ that He may cut off their memory from the earth.

MSB (Same as BSB above)

OEB on record always before the Lord,
⇔ and his memory root from the earth;

WEBBE Let them be before the LORD continually,
⇔ that he may cut off their memory from the earth;

WMBB (Same as above)

NET May the Lord be constantly aware of them,
⇔ and cut off the memory of his children from the earth!

LSV They are continually before YHWH,
And He cuts off their memorial from earth.

FBV May their sins be constantly before the Lord; may his name be totally forgotten by people.

T4T think about his sins continually,
⇔ and cause that his name will be completely forgotten.

LEB • Let them be before Yahweh continually,
• that he may cut off their[fn] memory from the earth,

109:? That is, the family

BBE Let them be ever before the eyes of the Lord, so that the memory of them may be cut off from the earth.

Moff (The Eternal ever keep them in his mind,
⇔ to root them from the earth!)

JPS Let them be before the LORD continually, that He may cut off the memory of them from the earth.

ASV Let them be before Jehovah continually,
⇔ That he may cut off the memory of them from the earth;

DRA No DRA PSA 109:15 verse available

YLT They are before Jehovah continually, And He cutteth off from earth their memorial.

Drby Let them be before Jehovah continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth:

RV Let them be before the LORD continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth.

SLT They shall be before Jehovah always, and their remembrance shall be cut off from the earth.

Wbstr Let them be before the LORD continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth.

KJB-1769 Let them be before the LORD continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth.

KJB-1611 Let them be before the LORD continually: that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth.
(Same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps Let them be alway before God: that he may roote out the memorial of them from the earth.
(Let them be always before God: that he may root out the memorial of them from the earth.)

Gnva But let them alway be before the Lord, that he may cut off their memorial from ye earth.
(But let them always be before the Lord, that he may cut off their memorial from ye/you_all earth.)

Cvdl And that because his mynde was not to do good, but persecuted the poore helplesse, and him that was vexed at the herte, to slaye him.
(And that because his mind was not to do good, but persecuted the poor helpless, and him that was vexed at the heart, to slay/kill him.)

Wycl No Wycl PSA 109:15 verse available

Luth Der HErr müsse sie nimmer aus den Augen lassen, und ihr Gedächtnis müsse ausgerottet werden auf Erden,
(The LORD must they/she/them never out_of the eyes let, and you(pl)/their/her memory must eradicated become on/in/to earth/land/ground,)

ClVg No ClVg PSA 109:15 verse available

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-pronouns

יִהְי֣וּ נֶֽגֶד־יְהוָ֣ה תָּמִ֑יד

be before YHWH (Some words not found in UHB: be before YHWH continually and,may_he_cut_off from_[the],earth remembrance_of,their )

The pronoun they refers to the sins of the enemy’s father and mother mentioned in the previous verse. It may be helpful to clarify this for your readers. Alternate translation: [May those sins be before Yahweh continually]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

יִהְי֣וּ נֶֽגֶד־יְהוָ֣ה תָּמִ֑יד

be before YHWH (Some words not found in UHB: be before YHWH continually and,may_he_cut_off from_[the],earth remembrance_of,their )

Here David is speaking of the sins as if they were objects that could be continually placed before Yahweh for him to see. He means he wants Yahweh to notice those sins. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [May Yahweh continually consider them]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

וְ⁠יַכְרֵ֖ת & זִכְרָֽ⁠ם

and,may_he_cut_off & remembrance_of,their

David is using cut off their remembrance as a common expression of his culture to mean “destroy anything that would cause people to remember them.” If this phrase does not have that meaning for your readers, you could use a comparable expression from your language that does have that meaning, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [and may he destroy anything that would cause people to remember them]

Note 4 topic: writing-pronouns

וְ⁠יַכְרֵ֖ת & זִכְרָֽ⁠ם

and,may_he_cut_off & remembrance_of,their

The pronoun he refers to Yahweh, while the pronoun their refers to David’s enemies. It may be helpful to clarify this for your readers. Alternate translation: [and may he cut off any remembrance of those people]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

מֵ⁠אֶ֣רֶץ

from_[the],earth

Here, the earth represents any people living on earth. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or plain language. Alternate translation: [from any people living on earth]

Parallel PSA 109:15