PSA 124:7 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) We’ve escaped like a bird out of a bird-catcher’s trap—
⇔ the trap’s been broken and we’ve escaped.

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).

ULT We have escaped like a bird out of the snare of the fowlers;
⇔ the snare has been broken, and we have escaped.

UST We escaped from them like a bird that gets free from a hunter’s trap.
⇔ It was as though the trap broke, and, as for us, we went free!

BSB We have escaped like a bird from the snare of the fowler;
⇔ the net is torn, and we have slipped away.

MSB (Same as BSB above)

OEB We are like a bird just escaped
⇔ from the snare of the fowler.
⇔ The snare is broken,
⇔ and we are escaped.

WEBBE Our soul has escaped like a bird out of the fowler’s snare.
⇔ The snare is broken, and we have escaped.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET We escaped with our lives, like a bird from a hunter’s snare.
⇔ The snare broke, and we escaped.

LSV Our soul has escaped as a bird from a snare of fowlers,
The snare was broken, and we have escaped.

FBV We escaped from them like a bird flying out of a hunter's trap. The trap was broken and we flew away!

T4T We have escaped from our enemies like a bird escapes from the trap that hunters have set;
⇔ it is as though the trap that our enemies set for us was broken
⇔ and we have escaped from it!

LEB • Our soul has escaped like a bird
• from the snare of fowlers.
• The snare is broken, and we have escaped.

BBE Our soul has gone free like a bird out of the net of those who would take her: the net is broken, and we are free.

Moff we escaped like a bird from the fowler’s snare,
⇔ the snare broke, we made our escape.

JPS Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers; the snare is broken, and we are escaped.

ASV Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers:
⇔ The snare is broken, and we are escaped.

DRA No DRA PSA 124:7 verse available

YLT Our soul as a bird hath escaped from a snare of fowlers, The snare was broken, and we have escaped.

Drby Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we have escaped.

RV Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped.

SLT Our soul as a sparrow was delivered from the snare of the fowlers: the snare was broken and we were delivered.

Wbstr Our soul hath escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we have escaped.

KJB-1769 Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped.

KJB-1611 Our soule is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the foulers; the snare is broken, and we are escaped.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps Our soule is escaped, euen as a byrde out of the snare of the fouler: the snare is broken, and we be escaped.
(Our soul is escaped, even as a bird out of the snare of the fowler: the snare is broken, and we be escaped.)

Gnva Our soule is escaped, euen as a bird out of the snare of the foulers: the snare is broken, and we are deliuered.
(Our soul is escaped, even as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are delivered.)

Cvdl ye snare is broke, and we are delyuered.
(ye/you_all snare is broke, and we are delivered.)

Wycl No Wycl PSA 124:7 verse available

Luth Unsere SeeLE ist entronnen wie ein Vogel dem Stricke des Voglers. Der Strick ist zerrissen, und wir sind los.
(Our soul is escaped as/like a bird to_him rope/cord the bird_catchers. The rope/cord is torn, and we/us are go/loose/off.)

ClVg No ClVg PSA 124:7 verse available

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / simile

נַפְשֵׁ֗⁠נוּ כְּ⁠צִפּ֥וֹר נִמְלְטָה֮ מִ⁠פַּ֪ח י֫וֹקְשִׁ֥ים

(Some words not found in UHB: self_of,our like,a_bird escaped from,a_snare_of fowlers the,snare broken and,we escaped )

The point of this comparison is that just as a bird that escaped from the snare of the trappers flew away to safety, so the people of Israel escaped from the power of their enemies. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make this point explicitly. Alternate translation: [We are like a bird that escaped from the trap of the hunters]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

נַפְשֵׁ֗⁠נוּ כְּ⁠צִפּ֥וֹר

(Some words not found in UHB: self_of,our like,a_bird escaped from,a_snare_of fowlers the,snare broken and,we escaped )

David is using the term soul to mean the entire person from the perspective of his spiritual and emotional existence. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or plain language. Alternate translation: [We are like a bird]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

הַ⁠פַּ֥ח נִשְׁבָּ֗ר

(Some words not found in UHB: self_of,our like,a_bird escaped from,a_snare_of fowlers the,snare broken and,we escaped )

The expression was broken is a passive verbal form. If it would be unnatural to use that form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: [the snare broke]

Note 4 topic: writing-pronouns

וַ⁠אֲנַ֥חְנוּ נִמְלָֽטְנוּ

and,we escaped

David is stating the pronoun we separately, even though the verb translated as we escaped already includes this meaning. He is doing that to emphasize the tension of the escape. If a speaker of your language would use an explicit pronoun for the same purpose, you may want to use that construction in your translation. If not, your language may have other ways of showing this emphasis. Alternate translation: [and we indeed escaped!]

Parallel PSA 124:7