PSA 10:15 Parallel Verse View

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ULT Break the arm of wicked and evil people.
⇔ May it seek his wickedness, but not find it.

UST Cause people who are always doing very evil things to become powerless!
⇔ When someone tries to oppress other people may he discover he cannot do it.

BSB Break the arm of the wicked and evildoer;
⇔ call him to account for his wickedness
⇔ until none is left to be found.

OEB ⇔ Break the arm of the wicked and evil:
⇔ search out their sin, till no more be found.

WEBBE Break the arm of the wicked.
⇔ As for the evil man, seek out his wickedness until you find none.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Break the arm of the wicked and evil man!
⇔ Hold him accountable for his wicked deeds,
⇔ which he thought you would not discover.

LSV Break the arm of the wicked and the evil,
Seek out his wickedness, find none;

FBV Destroy the power of the wicked, those evil people! Call each of them to account until there are none left!

T4T ◄Break the arms/Destroy the power► of wicked [DOU] people!
⇔ Continue to pursue and punish them for the wicked things that they do, until they stop doing those things.

LEB • Break the arm of the wicked, and as for the evil man—
• seek out his wickedness until you find none.

BBE Let the arm of the sinner and the evil-doer be broken; go on searching for his sin till there is no more.

Moff Shatter the ungodly’s power,
⇔ punish his evil till there is no more.

JPS Break Thou the arm of the wicked; and as for the evil man, search out his wickedness, till none be found.

ASV Break thou the arm of the wicked;
⇔ And as for the evil man, seek out his wickedness till thou find none.

DRA No DRA PSA 10:15 verse available

YLT Break the arm of the wicked and the evil, Seek out his wickedness, find none;

Drby Break thou the arm of the wicked, and as for the evil man, seek out his wickedness [till] thou find none.

RV Break thou the arm of the wicked; and as for the evil man, seek out his wickedness till thou find none.

Wbstr Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man : seek out his wickedness till thou shalt find none.

KJB-1769 Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his wickedness till thou find none.
(Break thou/you the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his wickedness till thou/you find none. )

KJB-1611 Breake thou the arme of the wicked, and the euill man: seeke out his wickednes, till thou finde none.
(Breake thou/you the arm of the wicked, and the evil man: seek out his wickednes, till thou/you find none.)

Bshps Breake thou the power of the vngodly and malitious: searche thou out his vngodlynes, and thou shalt finde none afterwarde in him.
(Breake thou/you the power of the ungodly and malitious: search thou/you out his ungodlynes, and thou/you shalt find none afterward in him.)

Gnva Breake thou the arme of the wicked and malicious: searche his wickednes, and thou shalt finde none.
(Breake thou/you the arm of the wicked and malicious: search his wickednes, and thou/you shalt find none. )

Cvdl Breake thou ye arme off the vngodly and malycious, search out the wickednesse which he hath done, that he maye perish.
(Breake thou/you ye/you_all arm off the ungodly and malycious, search out the wickedness which he hath/has done, that he may perish.)

Wycl No Wycl PSA 10:15 verse available

Luth Zerbrich den Arm des GOttlosen und suche das Böse, so wird man sein gottlos Wesen nimmer finden.
(Zerbrich the Arm the Godlosen and suche the Böse, so becomes man his gottlos Wesen nimmer finden.)

ClVg No ClVg PSA 10:15 verse available

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

שְׁ֭בֹר זְר֣וֹעַ רָשָׁ֑ע וָ֝⁠רָ֗ע

break arm_of wicked and=bad/evil

Here arm represents power. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression from your language or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “Destroy the power of wicked and evil people” or “Make wicked and evil people weak”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / doublet

wicked and evil

(Some words not found in UHB: break arm_of wicked and=bad/evil seek_out wickedness_of,his none find )

The terms wicked and evil mean similar things. The author 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: “very wicked” or “very evil”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / personification

תִּֽדְרוֹשׁ־רִשְׁע֥⁠וֹ בַל־תִּמְצָֽא

seek_out wickedness_of,his none find

There is significant debate about who or what is seeking and finding. The interpretation suggested here is that the wicked and evil people’s arm (power for harm) is personified as looking to do the evil they have planned but is unable to because Yahweh has broken the arm (power). For more information see the Psalms layer by layer exegetical discussion. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “May the wicked, evil person try to use his power for harm but discover you have destroyed it.” Another common interpretation is that Yahweh will seek out (hunt down, punish) the wicked, evil person’s wickedness until he can no longer find it (because it is eradicated). Alternate translation: “Hunt down his wickedness until no more can be found” You may wish to follow the interpretation of a translation commonly used in your region.

Parallel PSA 10:15