PSA 116:16 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).

ULT Yahweh, indeed, I am your servant;
⇔ I am your servant, the son of your servant woman;
⇔ you have taken away my bonds.

UST I am one of those who serves Yahweh;
⇔ I serve him like my mother did.
⇔ He has ended my troubles.

BSB Truly, O LORD, I am Your servant;
⇔ I am Your servant, the son of Your maidservant;
⇔ You have broken my bonds.

OEB Ah, Lord! I am your servant,
⇔ your servant, child of your handmaid.
⇔ You have loosened my bonds.

WEBBE LORD, truly I am your servant.
⇔ I am your servant, the son of your servant girl.
⇔ You have freed me from my chains.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Yes, Lord! I am indeed your servant;
⇔ I am your lowest slave.
⇔ You saved me from death.

LSV Ah, now, O YHWH, for I [am] Your servant; I [am] Your servant, son of Your handmaid; You have opened my bonds.

FBV Lord, I really am your slave, serving you as my mother served you before me, yet you have set me free.

T4T I am one of those who serve Yahweh;
⇔ I serve him like my mother did.
⇔ He has freed/saved me from dying (OR, from being fastened by chains).

LEB • am indeed your servant; I am your servant, the child of your maidservant. • You have loosed my bonds.

BBE O Lord, truly I am your servant; I am your servant, the son of her who is your servant; by you have my cords been broken.

Moff Eternal One, I am indeed thy servant,
⇔ thy servant, thy retainer;
⇔ thou hast delivered me.

JPS I beseech Thee, O LORD, for I am Thy servant; I am Thy servant, the son of Thy handmaid; Thou hast loosed my bands.

ASV O Jehovah, truly I am thy servant:
⇔ I am thy servant, the son of thy handmaid;
⇔ Thou hast loosed my bonds.

DRA No DRA PSA 116:16 verse available

YLT Cause [it] to come, O Jehovah, for I [am] Thy servant. I [am] Thy servant, son of Thy handmaid, Thou hast opened my bonds.

Drby Yea, Jehovah! for I am thy servant; I am thy servant, the son of thy handmaid: thou hast loosed my bonds.

RV O LORD, truly I am thy servant: I am thy servant, the son of thine handmaid; thou hast loosed my bonds.

Wbstr O LORD, truly I am thy servant; I am thy servant, the son of thy handmaid: thou hast loosed my bonds.

KJB-1769 O LORD, truly I am thy servant; I am thy servant, and the son of thine handmaid: thou hast loosed my bonds.
(O LORD, truly I am thy/your servant; I am thy/your servant, and the son of thine/your handmaid: thou/you hast loosed my bonds. )

KJB-1611 Oh LORD, truely I am thy seruant, I am thy seruant, and the sonne of thy handmayde: thou hast loosed my bonds.
(Oh LORD, truly I am thy/your servant, I am thy/your servant, and the son of thy/your handmaid: thou/you hast loosed my bonds.)

Bshps It is euen so O God, for I am thy seruaunt and the sonne of thy handemayde: thou hast loosed my bondes in sunder.
(It is even so O God, for I am thy/your servant and the son of thy/your handemayde: thou/you hast loosed my bondes in sunder.)

Gnva Beholde, Lord: for I am thy seruant, I am thy seruant, and the sonne of thine handmaide: thou hast broken my bondes.
(Behold, Lord: for I am thy/your servant, I am thy/your servant, and the son of thine/your handmaid: thou/you hast broken my bondes. )

Cvdl and the sonne of thy handmayden, thou hast broken my bondes in sonder.
(and the son of thy/your handmaidn, thou/you hast broken my bondes in sonder.)

Wycl No Wycl PSA 116:16 verse available

Luth O HErr, ich bin dein Knecht; ich bin dein Knecht, deiner Magd Sohn. Du hast meine Bande zerrissen.
(O LORD, I am your Knecht; I am your Knecht, deiner Magd son. You have my Bande zerrissen.)

ClVg No ClVg PSA 116:16 verse available

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

the son of your servant woman

(Some words not found in UHB: o YHWH that/for/because/then/when I servant,your I servant,your son_of your(ms)=female_slave untied/released from,bonds,my )

This is likely a reference to the writer’s mother and indicates that she faithfully worshiped Yahweh. The full meaning of this can be made clear. Alternate translation: “as my mother was”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

you have taken away my bonds

(Some words not found in UHB: o YHWH that/for/because/then/when I servant,your I servant,your son_of your(ms)=female_slave untied/released from,bonds,my )

The writer speaks of being in danger of dying as if he had been chained in prison. Alternate translation: “you have saved me from death”

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