PSA 139:13 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 138:13) Ὅτι σὺ ἐκτήσω τοὺς νεφρούς μου Κύριε, ἀντελάβου μου ἐκ γαστρὸς μητρός μου.
(Hoti su ektaʸsō tous nefrous mou Kurie, antelabou mou ek gastros maʸtros mou.)

BrTr (PSA 138:13) For thou, O Lord, hast possessed my reins; thou hast helped me from my mother's womb.

ULT For you, you created my kidneys;
⇔ you knit me together in the womb of my mother.

UST Indeed, you are the one who created my deepest inner parts;
⇔ you formed me inside my mother’s womb.

BSB & MSB For You formed my inmost being;[fn]
⇔ You knit me together in my mother ’s womb.

139:13 Hebrew my kidneys

OEB ⇔ For you did put me together;
⇔ in my mother’s womb you did weave me.

WEBBE & WMBB For you formed my inmost being.
⇔ You knit me together in my mother’s womb.

NET Certainly you made my mind and heart;
⇔ you wove me together in my mother’s womb.

LSV For You have possessed my reins,
You cover me in my mother’s belly.

FBV You made me from the inside out,[fn] shaping me in my mother's womb.

139:13 Literally, “kidneys,” as representative of internal organs.

T4T ⇔ You created all the parts of my body;
⇔ you put the parts of my body together when I was still in my mother’s womb.

LEB • Indeed you created my inward parts ;[fn]
• you wove me in my mother’s womb.

139:? Literally “kidneys”

BBE My flesh was made by you, and my parts joined together in my mother's body.

Moff For thou didst form my being,
⇔ didst weave me in my mother’s womb.

JPS For Thou hast made my reins; Thou hast knit me together in my mother's womb.

ASV For thou didst form my inward parts:
⇔ Thou didst cover me in my mother’s womb.

DRA (PSA 138:13) For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast protected me from my mother’s womb.

YLT For Thou — Thou hast possessed my reins, Thou dost cover me in my mother's belly.

Drby For thou hast possessed my reins; thou didst cover me in my mother's womb.

RV For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb.
(For thou/you hast possessed my reins: thou/you hast covered me in my mother’s womb.)

SLT For thou didst possess my reins: thou wilt cover me in my mother’s womb.

Wbstr For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb.

KJB-1769 For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb.
(For thou/you hast possessed my reins: thou/you hast covered me in my mother’s womb.)

KJB-1611 For thou hast possessed my reines: thou hast couered me in my mothers wombe.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps For thou hast my reynes in thy possession: thou didst couer me in my mothers wombe.
(For thou/you hast my reins in thy/your possession: thou/you didst/did cover me in my mothers womb.)

Gnva For thou hast possessed my reines: thou hast couered me in my mothers wombe.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Cvdl I wil geue thakes vnto the, for I am woderously made: maruelous are thy workes, and that my soule knoweth right well.
(I will give thanks unto them, for I am wondrously made: marvellous are thy/your works, and that my soul knoweth/knows right well.)

Wycl (PSA 138:13) For thou haddist in possessioun my reines; thou tokist me vp fro the wombe of my modir.
(For thou/you hadst/had in possession my reins; thou/you tookest/took me up from the womb of my mother.)

Luth Denn du hast meine Nieren in deiner Gewalt, du warest über mir in Mutterleibe.
(Because you(sg) have my kidneys in your(s) violence, you(sg) were above to_me in womb.)

ClVg (PSA 138:13) Quia tu possedisti renes meos; suscepisti me de utero matris meæ.[fn]
(Because you(sg) you_possessed kidneys mine; you_accepted me from/about the_womb mother my.)

138.13 Quia tu possedisti renes meos. ID. Unde hæc differentia tibi? quia interior possessor non solum cor, id est cogitationes tenet, sed et renes, id est delectationes: ut non delectet lux noctis, sed lux sapientiæ suæ.

138.13 Because you(sg) you_possessed kidneys mine. ID. From_where/who these_things postponing to_you? because interior possessor not/no only heart, that it_is thoughts holds, but and kidneys, that it_is pleasures: as not/no delight light(n) of_the_night, but light(n) of_wisdom his/her_own(pl).

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

כִּֽי

(Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when you(ms) created kidneys_of,my you,wove_me_together in,the_womb_of my_mother_of,my )

The word For indicates that what follows is a reason for what came before. David is giving the reason why darkness and light are the same to Yahweh: because Yahweh is the all-knowing Creator. Use a connector in your language that makes it clear that what follows is a reason for what came before. Alternate translation: [This is because]

Note 2 topic: writing-pronouns

אַ֭תָּה קָנִ֣יתָ

(Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when you(ms) created kidneys_of,my you,wove_me_together in,the_womb_of my_mother_of,my )

David is stating the pronoun you separately, even though the verb created already includes this meaning. He is doing that to emphasize that it was Yahweh himself who created him. 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 the meaning here. Alternate translation: [you yourself created]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

כִלְיֹתָ֑⁠י

kidneys_of,my

Here, my kidneys represents David’s deepest inner being, including his emotions and thoughts. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or plain language. Alternate translation: [my innermost being]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

תְּ֝סֻכֵּ֗⁠נִי

(Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when you(ms) created kidneys_of,my you,wove_me_together in,the_womb_of my_mother_of,my )

Here David is speaking of Yahweh creating him as if Yahweh were a craftsperson knitting material together. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a comparable expression or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [you carefully crafted me]

Parallel PSA 139:13