PSA 139:8 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 138:8) Ἐὰν ἀναβῶ εἰς τὸν οὐρανὸν, σὺ ἐκεῖ εἶ· ἐὰν καταβῶ εἰς τὸν ᾅδην, πάρει.
(Ean anabō eis ton ouranon, su ekei ei; ean katabō eis ton hadaʸn, parei.)

BrTr (PSA 138:8) If I should go up to heaven, thou art there: if I should go down to hell, thou art present.

ULT If I ascend, to the heavens, you, are there,
⇔ and I spread out, in Sheol, behold, you!

UST If I went up to heaven, you would be there.
⇔ Even if I lay down in the place where dead people go, you would be there!

BSB & MSB If I ascend to the heavens, You are there;
⇔ if I make my bed in Sheol, You are there.

OEB If I climb up to heaven, you are there:
⇔ or make Sheol my bed, you are there.

WEBBE & WMBB If I ascend up into heaven, you are there.
⇔ If I make my bed in Sheol,[fn] behold, you are there!

139:8 Sheol is the place of the dead.

NET If I were to ascend to heaven, you would be there.
⇔ If I were to sprawl out in Sheol, there you would be.

LSV If I ascend the heavens—You [are] there,
And spread out a bed in Sheol, behold, You!

FBV If I go up to heaven, you are there. If I lie down in Sheol,[fn] look—you are there too!

139:8 The place of the dead.

T4T If I went up to heaven, you would be there.
⇔ If I lay down in the place where the dead people are, you would be there.

LEB • If I ascend to heaven, there you are,
• and if I make my bed in Sheol, look! There you are.

BBE If I go up to heaven, you are there: or if I make my bed in the underworld, you are there.

Moff I climb to heaven? – but thou art there;
⇔ I nestle in the nether-world? – and there thou art!

JPS If I ascend up into heaven, Thou art there; if I make my bed in the nether-world, behold, Thou art there.

ASV If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there:
⇔ If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, thou art there.

DRA (PSA 138:8) If I ascend into heaven, thou art there: if I descend into hell, thou art present.

YLT If I ascend the heavens — there Thou [art], And spread out a couch in Sheol, lo, Thee!

Drby If I ascend up into the heavens thou art there; or if I make my bed in Sheol, behold, thou [art there];

RV If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in Sheol, behold, thou art there.
(If I ascend up into heaven, thou/you art there: if I make my bed in Sheol, behold, thou/you art there.)

SLT If I shall ascend to the heavens, thou art there: and shall I bend down to hades, behold thee.

Wbstr If I ascend into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there .

KJB-1769 If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.
(If I ascend up into heaven, thou/you art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou/you art there.)

KJB-1611 If I ascend vp into heauen, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps If I ascende vp into heauen, thou art there: if I lay me downe in hell, thou art there also.
(If I ascend up into heaven, thou/you art there: if I lay me down in hell, thou/you art there also.)

Gnva If I ascende into heauen, thou art there: if I lye downe in hell, thou art there.
(If I ascend into heaven, thou/you art there: if I lie down in hell, thou/you art there.)

Cvdl Yf I take the wynges of the mornynge, & remayne in the vttemost parte of the see:
(If I take the wings of the morning, and remain in the uttermost part of the see:)

Wycl (PSA 138:8) If Y schal stie in to heuene, thou art there; if Y schal go doun to helle, thou art present.
(If I shall ascend in to heaven, thou/you art there; if I shall go down to hell, thou/you art present.)

Luth Führe ich gen Himmel, so bist du da. Bettete ich mir in die Hölle, siehe, so bist du auch da.
(Lead I to/toward heaven, so are you(sg) there. Make_bed I to_me in the hell, see/look, so are you(sg) also there.)

ClVg (PSA 138:8) Si ascendero in cælum, tu illic es; si descendero in infernum, ades.[fn]
(When/But_if I_will_go_up in/into/on the_sky, you(sg) there you_are; when/but_if I_will_have_descended in/into/on hell, you_are_present.)

138.8 Si ascendero in cœlum, tu illic es, etc. AUG. Si me extulero, invenio repressorem; si de justitia mea superbiero, Tu ibi es, cujus vere est justitia. Si descendero, peccando venero, Ad infernum, vel in profundum, et nolens confiteri: dicam, quis me videt? Ades, ut vindices. Invenit consilium, sed sic potero fugere iratum.

138.8 When/But_if I_will_go_up in/into/on sky, you(sg) there you_are, etc. AUG. When/But_if me I_will_have_brought_forth, I_find one_who_restrains; when/but_if from/about justice my I_will_have_been_proud, You(sg) there you_are, whose really/truly it_is justice. When/But_if I_will_have_descended, by_sinning I_will_have_come, To hell, or in/into/on depth, and being_unwilling to_confess: I_will_say, who/any me he_sees? You_are_present, as you_may_claim. He_found advice, but so I_will_be_able to_flee got_angry.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

אִם־אֶסַּ֣ק שָׁ֭מַיִם שָׁ֣ם אָ֑תָּה וְ⁠אַצִּ֖יעָה שְּׁא֣וֹל הִנֶּֽ⁠ךָּ

if (Some words not found in UHB: if ascend heaven there you(ms) and,I_will_spread_as_a_bed shəʼōl there,you_[are] )

These two phrases If I ascend to the heavens and I spread out in Sheol mean basically the same thing. The second emphasizes the meaning of the first by repeating the same idea with different words, using a contrasting image. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could combine them and express the emphasis in another way. Alternate translation: [No matter where I go, whether to the highest or lowest place, you are there]

Note 2 topic: grammar-connect-condition-hypothetical

אִם־אֶסַּ֣ק שָׁ֭מַיִם

if (Some words not found in UHB: if ascend heaven there you(ms) and,I_will_spread_as_a_bed shəʼōl there,you_[are] )

Here, If I ascend to the heavens introduces the first part of a possible condition. David is using this hypothetical situation to emphasize that God is present everywhere. Use a natural form in your language for introducing a hypothetical condition. Alternate translation: [Even if I were to go up to the heavens]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / merism

שָׁ֭מַיִם שָׁ֣ם אָ֑תָּה וְ⁠אַצִּ֖יעָה שְּׁא֣וֹל

(Some words not found in UHB: if ascend heaven there you(ms) and,I_will_spread_as_a_bed shəʼōl there,you_[are] )

David is referring to everywhere in the universe by naming two extremes, the heavens and Sheol. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or plain language. Alternate translation: [the highest place and the lowest place]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

הִנֶּֽ⁠ךָּ

(Some words not found in UHB: if ascend heaven there you(ms) and,I_will_spread_as_a_bed shəʼōl there,you_[are] )

David is leaving out some of the words that in many languages a sentence would need in order to be complete. You can supply these words from the context if that would be clearer in your language. Alternate translation: [behold, you are there]

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