PSA 140:9 Parallel Verse View

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140:10 Note: KJB: Ps.140.9

140:10 Variant note: יכסו/מו: (x-qere) ’יְכַסֵּֽ/מוֹ’: lemma_3680 n_0 morph_HVpj3ms/Sp3mp id_19RZH יְכַסֵּֽ/מוֹ

140:10 Note: We read one or more consonants in L differently from BHS.

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 Φύλαξόν με ἀπὸ παγίδος ἧς συνεστήσαντό μοι, καὶ ἀπὸ σκανδάλων τῶν ἐργαζομένων τὴν ἀνομίαν.
(Fulaxon me apo pagidos haʸs sunestaʸsanto moi, kai apo skandalōn tōn ergazomenōn taʸn anomian. )

BrTr Keep me from the snare which they have set for me, and from the stumbling-blocks of them that work iniquity.

ULT Those who surround me raise their heads;
⇔ let the mischief of their own lips cover them.

UST Do not allow my enemies to become proud;
⇔ cause the evil things that they say they will do to me to happen to them instead.

BSB May the heads of those who surround me
⇔ be covered in the trouble their lips have caused.

OEB ⇔ Let them not lift up their heads against me.
⇔ May the mischief they prate bring themselves to destruction,

WEBBE As for the head of those who surround me,
⇔ let the mischief of their own lips cover them.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET As for the heads of those who surround me –
⇔ may the harm done by their lips overwhelm them!

LSV The chief of my surrounders,
The perverseness of their lips covers them.

FBV May the harm spoken against me by those who surround me fall back on them,[fn]

140:9 The meaning of the Hebrew is unclear.

T4T ⇔ Do not allow my enemies to ◄become proud/defeat me►;
⇔ cause the evil things that they say [MTY] they will do to me to happen to them, instead.

LEB • With respect to the head of those who surround me, may the harm of their lips cover them.

BBE As for those who come round me, let their heads be covered by the evil of their lips.

Moff ⇔ When they dare to beset me,
⇔ may their own intrigues overwhelm them!

JPS (140-10) As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.

ASV As for the head of those that compass me about,
⇔ Let the mischief of their own lips cover them.

DRA Keep me from the snare, which they have laid for me, and from the stumblingblocks of them that work iniquity.

YLT The chief of my surrounders, The perverseness of their lips covereth them.

Drby [As for] the head of those that encompass me, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.

RV As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.

Wbstr As for the head of those that encompass me, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.

KJB-1769 As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.

KJB-1611 As for the head of those that compasse me about: let the mischiefe of their owne lips couer them.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps Let the labour of his owne lippe couer him: who is head of them that compasse me about.
(Let the labour of his own lippe cover him: who is head of them that compass me about.)

Gnva As for the chiefe of them, that compasse me about, let the mischiefe of their owne lippes come vpon them.
(As for the chief of them, that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips come upon them. )

Cvdl Sela. Let the myschefe of their owne lippes fall vpon ye head of the, yt copase me aboute.
(Sela. Let the mischief of their own lips fall upon ye/you_all head of them, it copase me about.)

Wycl Kepe thou me fro the snare which thei ordeyneden to me; and fro the sclaundris of hem that worchen wickidnesse. Synneris schulen falle in the nett therof;
(Keep thou/you me from the snare which they ordainedn to me; and from the sclaundris of them that worchen wickedness. Synneris should fall in the nett thereof;)

Luth HErr, laß dem GOttlosen seine Begierde nicht; stärke seinen Mutwillen nicht; sie möchten sich‘s erheben. Sela.
(LORD, let to_him Godlosen his Begierde not; stärke his Mutwillen not; they/she/them möchten sich‘s erheben. Sela.)

ClVg Custodi me a laqueo quem statuerunt mihi, et a scandalis operantium iniquitatem.[fn]
(Custodi me from laqueo which statuerunt mihi, and from scandalis operantium iniquitatem. )

140.9 Custodi me a laqueo. Per laqueos et scandala, totius mundi mala breviter notat. Laquei sunt blandi nexus, carnis desideria; sed dum per hos diabolus non proficit, nititur scandalis, quæ per inquietos movet. Vel aliter. Et dicit, statuentes laqueum, persecutores manifestos: operantes autem iniquitatem, consentientes illis dicit, qui timore persecutionis deficiunt. Et est: Ne auferas animam meam, sed potius, Custodi me a laqueo persecutionis, quem statuerunt mihi. AUG. Hoc faciunt persecutores, qui escam vitæ hujus quasi in muscipula ponunt. Si amat avis hanc escam, in muscipulam cadit: quia timore mortis persecutioni succumbit. Custodi me. A scandalis operantium iniquitatem. Id est, scandalo eorum qui, consentiendo illis, labuntur, et ita iniquitatem operantur. Quasi dicat: Custodi me a persecutoribus, qui terrent, et lapsis.

140.9 Custodi me from laqueo. Per laqueos and scandala, totius mundi evil breviter notat. Laquei are blandi nexus, carnis desideria; but dum through hos diabolus not/no proficit, nititur scandalis, which through inquietos movet. Vel aliter. And dicit, statuentes laqueum, persecutores manifestos: operantes however iniquitatem, consentientes illis dicit, who timore persecutionis deficiunt. And it_is: Ne auferas animam mine, but potius, Custodi me from laqueo persecutionis, which statuerunt mihi. AUG. This faciunt persecutores, who escam of_life huyus as_if in muscipula ponunt. When/But_if amat avis hanc escam, in muscipulam cadit: because timore mortis persecutioni succumbit. Custodi me. A scandalis operantium iniquitatem. That it_is, scandalo their qui, consentiendo to_them, labuntur, and ita iniquitatem operantur. Quasi let_him_say: Custodi me from persecutoribus, who terrent, and lapsis.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: translate-symaction

raise their heads

(Some words not found in UHB: not grant YHWH desires_of wicked evil_plot_of,their not further exalted selah )

This is a sign of being arrogant. Alternate translation: “are arrogant”

let the mischief of their own lips cover them

(Some words not found in UHB: not grant YHWH desires_of wicked evil_plot_of,their not further exalted selah )

This is a prayer that God would make the evildoers suffer from the trouble that they caused by the things they said.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

the mischief of their own lips

(Some words not found in UHB: not grant YHWH desires_of wicked evil_plot_of,their not further exalted selah )

The trouble that they themselves caused by what they said.

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

cover them

(Some words not found in UHB: not grant YHWH desires_of wicked evil_plot_of,their not further exalted selah )

That is, stop them from causing any more trouble.

Parallel PSA 140:9