PSA 128:4 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.
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BrLXX (PSA 127:4) Ἰδοὺ οὕτως εὐλογηθήσεται ἄνθρωπος ὁ φοβούμενος τὸν Κύριον.
(Idou houtōs eulogaʸthaʸsetai anthrōpos ho foboumenos ton Kurion.)

ULT Behold, for thus the man fearing Yahweh will be blessed.

UST Yes, that is how Yahweh will bless every person
⇔ who deeply reveres him.

BSB & MSB In this way indeed shall blessing come
⇔ to the man who fears the LORD.

OEB ⇔ See! This is the blessing
⇔ of the man who reveres the Lord.

WEBBE & WMBB Behold, this is how the man who fears the LORD is blessed.

NET Yes indeed, the man who fears the Lord
⇔ will be blessed in this way.

LSV Behold, surely thus is the man blessed who is fearing YHWH.

FBV This will certainly be the Lord's blessing on those who worship him.

T4T Every man who reveres Yahweh
⇔ will be blessed like that.

LEB • Look, for thus shall a man be blessed
• who fears Yahweh .[fn]

128:? Literally “a fearer of Yahweh”

BBE See! this is the blessing of the worshipper of the Lord.

Moff Here is the blessing
⇔ for one who reveres the Eternal!

JPS Behold, surely thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the LORD.

ASV Behold, thus shall the man be blessed
⇔ That feareth Jehovah.

DRA (PSA 127:4) Behold, thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the Lord.

YLT Lo, surely thus is the man blessed who is fearing Jehovah.

Drby Behold, thus shall the man be blessed that feareth Jehovah.

RV Behold, that thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the LORD.

SLT Behold, that thus shall the man be praised fearing Jehovah.

Wbstr Behold, that thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the LORD.

KJB-1769 Behold, that thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the LORD.

KJB-1611 Beholde that thus shall the man be blessed; that feareth the LORD.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps Beholde, for thus shall the man be blessed: that feareth God.
(Behold, for thus shall the man be blessed: that feareth God.)

Gnva Lo, surely thus shall the man be blessed, that feareth the Lord.

Cvdl Thy children like the olyue braunches roude aboute yi table.
(Thy/Your children like the olive branches round about ye/you_all table.)

Wycl (PSA 127:4) Lo! so a man schal be blessid; that dredith the Lord.
(Lo! so a man shall be blessed; that dreadeth/dreads/fears the Lord.)

Luth Siehe, also wird gesegnet der Mann, der den HErr’s fürchtet.
(See/Look, also becomes blessed the/of_the man, the/of_the the LORD’s fears(v).)

ClVg (PSA 127:4) Ecce sic benedicetur homo qui timet Dominum.[fn]
(Behold so he_will_be_blessed man who/which he_is_afraid the_Master.)

127.4 Qui oderunt Sion. ID. Quam non tantum manifesti persecutores, sed etiam qui ficte intrant, oderunt. Qui enim nolunt observare verbum Dei, oderunt Ecclesiam. Fiant sicut fenum tectorum. CASS. Feno tectorum mali comparantur, etc., usque ad sed in neutro fructus est malis. GREG. Ante omnes herbas arescere scirpus dicitur, etc., usque ad quasi viriditatis speciem amittit, etc.

127.4 Who they_hate Sion. ID. How not/no only obvious persecutors, but also who/which fake they_enter, they_hate. Who because they_do_not_want to_observe the_word/saying of_God, they_hate assembly/church. Let_them_be like hay/rate(n) roofs. CASS. Hay roofs evil are_compared, etc., until to but in/into/on neither_side fruit it_is bad_things. GREG. Ante everyone grasses to_dry_up woven it_is_said, etc., until to as_if greenness appearance loses, etc.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

הִנֵּ֣ה

(Some words not found in UHB: see/lo/see! for so blessed man fears_of YHWH )

The psalmist is using the term Behold to focus his listeners’ attention on what he is about to say. Your language may have a comparable expression that you can use in your translation. Alternate translation: [Indeed]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

יְבֹ֥רַךְ גָּ֗בֶר יְרֵ֣א יְהוָֽה

blessed (Some words not found in UHB: see/lo/see! for so blessed man fears_of YHWH )

The expression will be blessed 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. If you need to say who does the action, the context indicates that it is Yahweh. Alternate translation: [Yahweh will bless the man who fears him]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun

גָּ֗בֶר

(Some words not found in UHB: see/lo/see! for so blessed man fears_of YHWH )

The psalmist is not referring to a specific man. He means people in general. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could use an expression that would be more natural in your language. Alternate translation: [everyone]

Parallel PSA 128:4