PSA 119:111 Parallel Verse View

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

Key: khaki:verbs.
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ULT I claim your testimonies as my heritage forever,
⇔ for they are the joy of my heart.

UST I have your requirements forever;
⇔ because of them, I am joyful in my inner being.

BSB Your testimonies are my heritage forever,
⇔ for they are the joy of my heart.

OEB In your charges are my everlasting inheritance,
⇔ they are the joy of my heart.

WEBBE I have taken your testimonies as a heritage forever,
⇔ for they are the joy of my heart.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET I claim your rules as my permanent possession,
⇔ for they give me joy.

LSV I have inherited Your testimonies for all time,
For they [are] the joy of my heart.

FBV I will always hold on to what you say for your words make me really happy,

T4T ◄Your requirements/What you have instructed us to do► are my possession forever;
⇔ because of them [PRS], I am joyful.

LEB • I have taken as my own your testimonies forever, for they are the joy of my heart.

BBE I have taken your unchanging word as an eternal heritage; for it is the joy of my heart.

Moff I have a lasting heritage in thy commands, thy are my heart’s delight;

JPS Thy testimonies have I taken as a heritage for ever; for they are the rejoicing of my heart.

ASV Thy testimonies have I taken as a heritage for ever;
⇔ For they are the rejoicing of my heart.

DRA No DRA PSA 119:111 verse available

YLT I have inherited Thy testimonies to the age, For the joy of my heart [are] they.

Drby Thy testimonies have I taken as a heritage for ever; for they are the rejoicing of my heart.

RV Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever; for they are the rejoicing of my heart.

Wbstr Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they are the rejoicing of my heart.

KJB-1769 ⇔ Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they are the rejoicing of my heart.
( ⇔ Thy/Your testimonies have I taken as an heritage forever: for they are the rejoicing of my heart. )

KJB-1611 Thy Testimonies haue I taken as an heritage for euer: for they are the reioycing of my heart.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation)

Bshps I haue claymed thy testimonies as myne heritage for euer: for they are the very ioy of myne heart.
(I have claymed thy/your testimonies as mine heritage forever: for they are the very joy of mine heart.)

Gnva Thy testimonies haue I taken as an heritage for euer: for they are the ioy of mine heart.
(Thy/Your testimonies have I taken as an heritage forever: for they are the joy of mine heart. )

Cvdl Thy testimonies haue I claymed as myne heretage for euer: & why? they are the very ioye of my herte.
(Thy/Your testimonies have I claymed as mine heretage forever: and why? they are the very joy of my heart.)

Wycl No Wycl PSA 119:111 verse available

Luth Deine Zeugnisse sind mein ewiges Erbe; denn sie sind meines Herzens Wonne.
(Deine transcriptse are my ewiges Erbe; because they/she/them are my heartss Wonne.)

ClVg No ClVg PSA 119:111 verse available

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

I claim your covenant decrees as my heritage forever

(Some words not found in UHB: heritage testimonies_of,your to,forever that/for/because/then/when joy_of heart_of,my they(emph) )

The writer always cherishing and obeying God’s decrees is spoken of as if the decrees are land or a possession that the writer will inherit. Alternate translation: “Your laws will belong to me forever” or “Your covenant decrees are like a heritage I will keep forever”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

they are the joy of my heart

(Some words not found in UHB: heritage testimonies_of,your to,forever that/for/because/then/when joy_of heart_of,my they(emph) )

Here “heart” represents the whole person. Alternate translation: “they make me joyful” or “I delight in them”

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