⇔ when evil is promoted for humanity.
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OET (OET-RV) Wicked people prowl all around
⇔ when evil is promoted for humanity.
OET-LV [fn] all_around wicked_people they_walk_about just_ vileness _as_is_exalted by_the_children_of humankind.
12:9 Note: KJB: Ps.12.8
UHB 9 סָבִ֗יב רְשָׁעִ֥ים יִתְהַלָּכ֑וּן כְּרֻ֥ם זֻ֝לּ֗וּת לִבְנֵ֥י אָדָֽם׃ ‡
(9 şāⱱiyⱱ rəshāˊim yithallākūn kərum zullūt liⱱənēy ʼādām.)
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 No BrLXX PSA 12:8 verse available
BrTr No BrTr PSA 12:8 verse available
SLBL You, YHWH, will guard them;
You will protect him from the generation which is forever. ‡
ULT The wicked walk about on every side
⇔ when vileness is high among the sons of man.
UST When people praise wicked actions,
⇔ wicked people strut around proudly.
BSB The wicked wander freely,
⇔ and vileness is exalted among men.
MSB (Same as BSB above)
OEB in a world where the wicked prowl,
⇔ and the worthless are exalted.
WEBBE The wicked walk on every side,
⇔ when what is vile is exalted amongst the sons of men.
WMBB (Same as above)
NET for the wicked seem to be everywhere,
⇔ when people promote evil.
LSV The wicked walk around continually,
According as vileness is exalted by sons of men!
FBV even though the wicked are all around us, and evil is being promoted everywhere.[fn]
12:8 “Everywhere”: literally, “among the offspring of humankind.”
T4T ⇔ 7-8 Wicked people strut around proudly,
⇔ and people praise them for doing vile/wicked deeds,
⇔ but Yahweh, we know that you will protect/rescue us
⇔ from those wicked people.
LEB • The wicked prowl about
• when vileness is exalted among the children of humankind.
BBE The sinners are walking on every side, and evil is honoured among the children of men.
Moff where all around us the ungodly strut,
⇔ and where base creatures rise to power.
JPS (12-9) The wicked walk on every side, when vileness is exalted among the sons of men.
ASV The wicked walk on every side,
⇔ When vileness is exalted among the sons of men.
DRA No DRA PSA 12:8 verse available
YLT Around the wicked walk continually, According as vileness is exalted by sons of men!
Drby The wicked walk about on every side, when vileness is exalted among the children of men.
RV The wicked walk on every side, when vileness is exalted among the sons of men.
SLT The unjust shall walk round about as the rising of a tempest to the sons of man.
Wbstr The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.
KJB-1769 The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.[fn]
12.8 men: Heb. of the sons of the men
KJB-1611 [fn]The wicked walke on euery side, when the vilest men are exalted.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above apart from footnotes)
12:8 Hebr. the vilest of the sonnes of men are exalted.
Bshps The vngodly walke on euery side: when the worst sort be exalted amongst the chyldren of men.
(The ungodly walk on every side: when the worst sort be exalted among the children of men.)
Gnva The wicked walke on euery side: when they are exalted, it is a shame for the sonnes of men.
(The wicked walk on every side: when they are exalted, it is a shame for the sons of men.)
Cvdl And why? when vanite and ydylnes getteth the ouer hande amonge the children of men, all are full of ye vngodly.
(And why? when vanity and ydylnes getteth the over hand among the children of men, all are full of ye/you_all ungodly.)
Wycl No Wycl PSA 12:8 verse available
Luth Du, HErr, wollest sie bewahren und uns behüten vor diesem Geschlecht ewiglich.
(Du, LORD, want they/she/them preserve/keep/retain and us/to_us/ourselves protect/guard before/in_front_of this_one descendant forever.)
ClVg No ClVg PSA 12:8 verse available
Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result
סָבִ֗יב רְשָׁעִ֥ים יִתְהַלָּכ֑וּן כְּרֻ֥ם זֻ֝לּ֗וּת לִבְנֵ֥י אָדָֽם
(Some words not found in UHB: you(ms) YHWH you,will_keep_them you,will_guard_him from/more_than the,generation this forever,perpetuity )
If it would be more natural in your language, you could reverse the order of these phrases, since the second phrase gives the reason for the result that The wicked walk about on every side describes. Alternate translation: [When vileness is exalted among the sons of man, the wicked ones walk about on every side]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj
רְשָׁעִ֥ים
(Some words not found in UHB: you(ms) YHWH you,will_keep_them you,will_guard_him from/more_than the,generation this forever,perpetuity )
See how you translated the phrase the wicked in [1:1](../001/001.md). Alternate translation: [The wicked people]
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
יִתְהַלָּכ֑וּן
(Some words not found in UHB: you(ms) YHWH you,will_keep_them you,will_guard_him from/more_than the,generation this forever,perpetuity )
By walk about, the psalmist means that the wicked walk around freely doing evil things without anyone stopping them and that they walk around proudly as a result of being able to do evil things. You could indicate this explicitly in your translation if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: [walk about freely] or [walk about proudly]
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
כְּרֻ֥ם זֻ֝לּ֗וּת
(Some words not found in UHB: you(ms) YHWH you,will_keep_them you,will_guard_him from/more_than the,generation this forever,perpetuity )
The implication is that wicked people are the ones who are promoting or honoring vileness. You could include this information if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: [when people exalt vileness]
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns
כְּרֻ֥ם זֻ֝לּ֗וּת
(Some words not found in UHB: you(ms) YHWH you,will_keep_them you,will_guard_him from/more_than the,generation this forever,perpetuity )
If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of vileness, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [when what is vile is exalted]
Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
לִבְנֵ֥י אָדָֽם
(Some words not found in UHB: you(ms) YHWH you,will_keep_them you,will_guard_him from/more_than the,generation this forever,perpetuity )
The psalmist is using sons of man as a common expression of his culture to mean “human beings” or “people.” If this phrase does not have that meaning in your language, you could use a comparable expression from your language that does have that meaning, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [among people] or [among humanity]
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