PSA 10:3 Parallel Verse View

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

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 Ὅτι ἃ κατηρτίσω καθεῖλον, ὁ δὲ δίκαιος τί ἐποίησε;
(Hoti ha kataʸrtisō katheilon, ho de dikaios ti epoiaʸse; )

BrTr For they have pulled down what thou didst frame, but what has the righteous done?

ULT For the wicked person boasts of his deepest desires;
⇔ he blesses the greedy and insults Yahweh.

UST The wicked person boasts about the evil things he wants to do.
⇔ He desires to own the things that others have, and he does not want them to own more things than he has.
⇔ He boasts about all the things he owns, while he curses you, Yahweh.

BSB ⇔ For the wicked man boasts in the cravings of his heart;
⇔ he blesses the greedy and reviles the LORD.

OEB ⇔ For the wicked boasts of their wanton greed;
⇔ the robber despises the Lord, and curses him,

WEBBE For the wicked boasts of his heart’s cravings.
⇔ He blesses the greedy and condemns the LORD.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Yes, the wicked man boasts because he gets what he wants;
⇔ the one who robs others curses and rejects the Lord.

LSV Because the wicked has boasted
Of the desire of his soul,
And he has blessed a dishonest gainer,
He has despised YHWH.

FBV For the wicked boast about what they want to do. They praise the greedy, but treat the Lord with contempt.

T4T They brag about the evil things that they want to do.
⇔ They praise people who seize from others things that do not belong to them, and they curse you, Yahweh.

LEB • the wicked boasts about the desire of his[fn] and the one greedy for gain curses and treats Yahweh with contempt.

10:? Literally “soul”

BBE For the evil-doer is lifted up because of the purpose of his heart, and he whose mind is fixed on wealth is turned away from the Lord, saying evil against him.

Moff The ungodly boasts of his rapacity;
⇔ the plunderer disowns, despises the Eternal;

JPS For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and the covetous vaunteth himself, though he contemn the LORD.

ASV For the wicked boasteth of his heart’s desire,
⇔ And the covetous renounceth, yea, contemneth Jehovah.

DRA For, lo, the wicked have bent their bow; they have prepared their arrows in the quiver; to shoot in the dark the upright of heart.

YLT Because the wicked hath boasted Of the desire of his soul, And a dishonest gainer he hath blessed, He hath despised Jehovah.

Drby For the wicked boasteth of his soul's desire, and he blesseth the covetous; he contemneth Jehovah.

RV For the wicked boasteth of his heart’s desire, and the covetous renounceth, yea, contemneth the LORD.

Wbstr For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.

KJB-1769 For the wicked boasteth of his heart’s desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.[fn][fn]

10.3 heart’s: Heb. soul’s

10.3 blesseth…: or, the covetous blesseth himself, he abhorreth the LORD

KJB-1611 [fn][fn]For the wicked boasteth of his hearts desire, and blesseth the couetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.

10:3 Heb. soules

10:3 Or, the covetous blesseth himself, he abhorreth the LORD.

Bshps For the vngodly prayseth according to his owne heartes desire: and blessing the couetous, he blasphemeth God.
(For the ungodly prayseth according to his own hearts desire: and blessing the couetous, he blasphemeth God.)

Gnva For the wicked hath made boast of his owne heartes desire, and the couetous blesseth himselfe: he contemneth the Lord.
(For the wicked hath/has made boast of his own hearts desire, and the couetous blesseth himself: he contemneth the Lord. )

Cvdl For the vngodly maketh boost of his owne hertes desyre, the cuvetous blesseth him self, and blasphemeth the LORDE.
(For the ungodly maketh boost of his own hearts desyre, the cuvetous blesseth him self, and blasphemeth the LORD.)

Wycl For lo! synneris han bent a bouwe; thei han maad redi her arowis in an arowe caas; `for to schete in derknesse riytful men in herte.
(For lo! sinners have bent a bouwe; they have made ready her arowis in an arrow caas; `for to schete in derknesse rightful men in heart.)

Luth Denn der GOttlose rühmet sich seines Mutwillens, und der Geizige segnet sich und lästert den HErr’s.
(Because the/of_the Godlose rühmet itself/yourself/themselves his Mutwillens, and the/of_the Geizige blesses itself/yourself/themselves and lästert the LORD’s.)

ClVg Quoniam ecce peccatores intenderunt arcum; paraverunt sagittas suas in pharetra, ut sagittent in obscuro rectos corde:[fn]
(Quoniam behold peccatores intenderunt arcum; paraverunt sagittas their_own in pharetra, as sagittent in obscuro rectos corde: )

10.3 In obscuro. CASS. In simplici sensu degentes, vel in suis ambiguis sententiis, non quod Scriptura ad hoc valeat, sed quia:

10.3 In obscuro. CASS. In simplici sensu degentes, or in to_his_own ambiguis sententiis, not/no that Scriptura to this valeat, but quia:

UTN uW Translation Notes:

כִּֽי

that/for/because/then/when

Alternate translation: “For”

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

תַּאֲוַ֣ת נַפְשׁ֑⁠וֹ

cravings heart,his

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of desires, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: “what his soul longs to do”

וּ⁠בֹצֵ֥עַ בֵּ֝רֵ֗ךְ נִ֘אֵ֥ץ ׀ יְהוָֽה

and,greedy curses renounce YHWH

It is difficult to discern who is the subject and object of both verbs in the second half of this verse. Additionally, some believe that blesses is an euphemism for “curses” here. The ULT seeks to offer a reasonable translation where the wicked is the subject throughout (occurrences of he in the ULT refer to the wicked). You may wish to follow the rendering of a translation in your region that you are familiar with. Alternate translation: “and the robber curses and disrespects Yahweh” or “and he blesses the robber who Yahweh despises”

וּ⁠בֹצֵ֥עַ

and,greedy

Alternate translation: “the greedy”

נִ֘אֵ֥ץ

renounce

Alternate translation: “he spurns” or “he rejects”

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