PSA 118:10 Parallel Verse View

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Key: khaki:verbs, green:YHWH.
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BrLXX Ἐν ὅλῃ καρδίᾳ μου ἐξεζήτησά σε, μὴ ἀπώσῃ με ἀπὸ τῶν ἐντολῶν σου.
(En holaʸ kardia mou exezaʸtaʸsa se, maʸ apōsaʸ me apo tōn entolōn sou. )

BrTr With my whole heart have I diligently sought thee: cast me not away from thy commandments.

UST Armies of many nations surrounded us,
⇔ but Yahweh enabled us to defeat them by his power.

BSB ⇔ All the nations surrounded me,
⇔ but in the name of the LORD I cut them off.

OEB Everywhere heathen swarmed round me;
⇔ in the name of the Lord I cut them down.

WEBBE All the nations surrounded me,
⇔ but in the LORD’s name I cut them off.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET All the nations surrounded me.
⇔ Indeed, in the name of the Lord I pushed them away.

LSV All nations have surrounded me,
In the Name of YHWH I surely cut them off.

FBV Even though all the heathen nations surrounded me,[fn] I defeated them with the help of the Lord.[fn]

118:10 Probably referring to Israel's king.

118:10 “With the help of the Lord”: literally, “in the name of the Lord.”

T4T ⇔ Armies of [MTY] many nations surrounded me,
⇔ but Yahweh enabled me to defeat them by his power [MTY].

LEB • In the name of Yahweh I opposed them indeed.

BBE All the nations have come round me; but in the name of the Lord I will have them cut down.

Moff The pagans all swarmed around me;
⇔ I routed them, relying on the Eternal.

JPS All nations compass me about; verily, in the name of the LORD I will cut them off.

ASV All nations compassed me about:
⇔ In the name of Jehovah I will cut them off.

DRA With my whole heart have I sought after thee: let me not stray from thy commandments.

YLT All nations have compassed me about, In the name of Jehovah I surely cut them off.

Drby All nations encompassed me; but in the name of Jehovah have I destroyed them.

RV All nations compassed me about: in the name of the LORD I will cut them off.

Wbstr All nations encompassed me: but in the name of the LORD will I destroy them.

KJB-1769 All nations compassed me about: but in the name of the LORD will I destroy them.[fn]
(All nations compassd me about: but in the name of the LORD will I destroy them. )

118.10 destroy…: Heb. cut them off

KJB-1611 All nations compassed me about: but in the Name of the LORD, will I [fn]destroy them.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation and footnotes)

118:10 Hebr. cut them off.

Bshps All nations compassed me rounde about: but I trusted in the name of God that I shoulde destroy them.
(All nations compassd me round about: but I trusted in the name of God that I should destroy them.)

Gnva All nations haue compassed me: but in the Name of the Lord shall I destroy them.
(All nations have compassd me: but in the Name of the Lord shall I destroy them. )

Cvdl All Heithen compased me rounde aboute, but in the name of the LORDE wil I destroye the.
(All Heithen compased me round about, but in the name of the LORD will I destroy them.)

Wycl In al myn herte Y souyte thee; putte thou me not awei fro thin heestis.
(In all mine heart I souyte thee/you; putte thou/you me not away from thin heestis.)

Luth Alle Heiden umgeben mich; aber im Namen des HErr’s will ich sie zerhauen.
(Alle heathens umgeben mich; but in_the name(s) the LORD’s will I they/she/them zerhauen.)

ClVg In toto corde meo exquisivi te; ne repellas me a mandatis tuis.
(In toto corde mine exquisivi te; not repellas me from mandatis tuis. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

All the nations

(Some words not found in UHB: all/each/any/every nations surrounded,me in/on=name_of YHWH that/for/because/then/when cut_~_off,them )

Here the word “nations” represents the armies of those nations. The writer uses hyperbole to emphasize the great number of armies that surrounded him. Alternate translation: “The armies of many nations” (See also: figs-hyperbole)

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

in Yahweh’s name

(Some words not found in UHB: all/each/any/every nations surrounded,me in/on=name_of YHWH that/for/because/then/when cut_~_off,them )

Here the word “name” represents Yahweh’s power. Alternate translation: “by Yahweh’s power”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

I cut them off

(Some words not found in UHB: all/each/any/every nations surrounded,me in/on=name_of YHWH that/for/because/then/when cut_~_off,them )

The writer speaks of defeating the enemy armies as if he were cutting them off like a person would cut a branch off of a plant. Alternate translation: “I defeated them”

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