PSA 11:3 Parallel Verse View

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Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=Narrator (All still tentative.)

Key: khaki:verbs.
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 (PSA 10:3) Ὅτι ἃ κατηρτίσω καθεῖλον, ὁ δὲ δίκαιος τί ἐποίησε;
(Hoti ha kataʸrtisō katheilon, ho de dikaios ti epoiaʸse;)

BrTr (PSA 10:3) For they have pulled down what thou didst frame, but what has the righteous done?

SLBL For the foundations are about to be destroyed.
What has the righteous person done?" ‡

ULT If the foundations are destroyed,
⇔ what can the righteous do”?

UST When people are not punished for doing wrong things,
⇔ there is nothing righteous people can do.”

BSB & MSB If the foundations are destroyed,
⇔ what can the righteous do?”

OEB In this tearing down of foundations
⇔ what good can a good person do?’

WEBBE & WMBB If the foundations are destroyed,
⇔ what can the righteous do?

NET When the foundations are destroyed,
⇔ what can the godly accomplish?”

LSV When the foundations are destroyed,
The righteous—what has he done?

FBV When the foundations of society are destroyed, what can those who live right do?

T4T When people are not punished for disobeying the laws,
⇔ ◄what can righteous people do?/there is not much that righteous people can do.►” [RHQ]

LEB • When the foundations are destroyed
• what can the righteous do?[fn]

11:? Or “what has the righteous done”

BBE If the bases are broken down, what is the upright man to do?

Moff The pillars of the State are falling:
⇔ what good can a just man do?”

JPS When the foundations are destroyed, what hath the righteous wrought?

ASV If the foundations be destroyed,
⇔ What can the righteous do?

DRA (PSA 10:4) For they have destroyed the things which thou hast made: but what has the just man done?

YLT When the foundations are destroyed, The righteous — what hath he done?

Drby If the foundations be destroyed, what shall the righteous do?

RV If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?

SLT If the pillars shall be pulled down, what did the just one?

Wbstr If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?

KJB-1769 If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?

KJB-1611 If the foundations bee destroyed: what can the righteous doe?
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps For if the foundations shalbe caste downe: what must the righteous do?
(For if the foundations shall be cast/threw down: what must the righteous do?)

Gnva For the foundations are cast downe: what hath the righteous done?
(For the foundations are cast down: what hath/has the righteous done?)

Cvdl The very foundacion haue they cast downe, what ca the rightuous the do withall?
(The very foundation have they cast down, what can the righteous the do also/fully?)

Wycl (PSA 10:4) For thei han distryed, whom thou hast maad perfit; but what dide the riytful man?
(For they have destroyed, whom thou/you hast made perfect; but what did the rightful man?)

Luth Denn sie reißen den Grund um; was soll der Gerechte ausrichten?
(Because they/she/them tear/snatch the reason(n) um; what/which should the/of_the righteous_(one) align/organise?)

ClVg (PSA 10:4) quoniam quæ perfecisti destruxerunt; justus autem, quid fecit?[fn]
(since/because which you_finished they_destroyed; just however, what he_did?)

10.4 Quoniam quæ perfecisti. Convertit ab his sermonem ad Deum quasi: Cur dicunt transmigra? Cur de peccatoribus terretur, qui intendunt sagittare rectos? quia quæ perfecisti destruxerunt in suis conventibus, ubi parvulos, qui erant lacte nutriendi, ex quorum ore laus perficitur, venenis necant. Justus autem, quid fecit? AUG. Secundum utramque partem, etc., usque ad animæ suæ nocet, non justo, qui Deo credit.

10.4 Since which you_finished. He_turned away his conversation to God as_if: Cur they_say migrate? Cur from/about sinners is_frightened, who/which they_attend to_shoot_arrows straights? because which you_finished they_destroyed in/into/on to_his_own meetings, where little_ones, who/which they_were milk to_be_nourished, from whose vocally praise is_completed, poisons they_kill. Just however, what he_did? AUG. After/Second both part, etc., until to soul his/her_own(pl) it_hurts, not/no just, who/which to_God credit.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

כִּ֣י הַ֭⁠שָּׁתוֹת יֵֽהָרֵס֑וּ⁠ן צַ֝דִּ֗יק מַה־פָּעָֽל

(Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when the,foundations they,will_be_torn_down law-abiding/just what? do )

The speaker is using the question form to emphasize that the righteous cannot do anything if the foundations of society are destroyed. If your language would not use the question form for that purpose, you could translate this as a statement. [If the foundations are destroyed, the righteous can do nothing.] or [If the foundations are destroyed, there is nothing the righteous can do.]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

כִּ֣י הַ֭⁠שָּׁתוֹת יֵֽהָרֵס֑וּ⁠ן צַ֝דִּ֗יק מַה־פָּעָֽל

(Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when the,foundations they,will_be_torn_down law-abiding/just what? do )

This question is the end of what people are saying to David, which he uses the question form in verses 1–3 to challenge. If you chose in verse 1 to represent his challenge as a statement or exclamation, end this with a period or exclamation point.

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

הַ֭⁠שָּׁתוֹת יֵֽהָרֵס֑וּ⁠ן

(Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when the,foundations they,will_be_torn_down law-abiding/just what? do )

Here the psalmist is speaking as if the principles of justice and morality were actually foundations of a building. Your language may have a comparable expression that you can use in your translation, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [the principles of justice and morality are destroyed] or [the moral order has broken down]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj

צַ֝דִּ֗יק

(Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when the,foundations they,will_be_torn_down law-abiding/just what? do )

See how you translated the phrase the righteous in [1:5](../001/005.md). Alternate translation: [righteous people]

Parallel PSA 11:3