PSA 141:4 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) Don’t let my heart bend toward any evil thing
⇔ ≈or participate in sinful activities
⇔ with men who behave wickedly.
⇔ May I not eat any of their delicacies.

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 Ἐν τῷ ἐκλείπειν ἐξ ἐμοῦ τὸ πνεῦμά μου, καὶ σὺ ἔγνως τὰς τρίβους μου· ἐν ὁδῷ ταύτῃ ᾗ ἐπορευόμην, ἔκρυψαν παγίδα μοι.
(En tōi ekleipein ex emou to pneuma mou, kai su egnōs tas tribous mou; en hodōi tautaʸ haʸ eporeuomaʸn, ekrupsan pagida moi. )

BrTr When my spirit was fainting within me, then thou knewest my paths; in the very way wherein I was walking, they hid a snare for me.

ULT Do not let my heart bend toward any evil thing
⇔ or participate in sinful activities
⇔ with men who behave wickedly.
⇔ May I not eat any of their delicacies.

UST Prevent me from wanting to do anything that is wrong
⇔ and from joining with wicked men when they want to do evil deeds.
⇔ Do not even allow me to share in eating delightful food with them!

BSB Do not let my heart be drawn to any evil thing or take part in works of wickedness with men who do iniquity; let me not feast on their delicacies.
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⇔ 
⇔ 

OEB Incline not my heart to an evil matter,
⇔ to busy myself in deeds of wickedness,
⇔ in company with workers of evil:
⇔ never may I partake of their dainties.

WEBBE Don’t incline my heart to any evil thing,
⇔ to practise deeds of wickedness with men who work iniquity.
⇔ Don’t let me eat of their delicacies.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Do not let me have evil desires,
⇔ or participate in sinful activities
⇔ with men who behave wickedly.
⇔ I will not eat their delicacies.

LSV Do not incline my heart to an evil thing,
To habitually do actions in wickedness,
Working iniquity with men,
Indeed, I do not eat of their pleasant things.

FBV Don't let me think about evil things or take part in doing anything wrong with wicked people. I won't join in eating fancy food at their feasts.[fn]

141:4 This may refer to pagan festivals.

T4T Prevent me from wanting to do anything that is wrong,
⇔ and from joining with wicked men when they want to do evil deeds [DOU].
⇔ Do not even allow me to share in eating delightful food with them!

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BBE Keep my heart from desiring any evil thing, or from taking part in the sins of the evil-doers with men who do wrong: and let me have no part in their good things.

Moff may I have no mind to evil,
⇔ to take part in godless doings.

JPS Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to be occupied in deeds of wickedness with men that work iniquity; and let me not eat of their dainties.

ASV Incline not my heart to any evil thing,
⇔ To practise deeds of wickedness
⇔ With men that work iniquity:
⇔ And let me not eat of their dainties.

DRA When my spirit failed me, then thou newest my paths.

YLT Incline not my heart to an evil thing, To do habitually actions in wickedness, With men working iniquity, Yea, I eat not of their pleasant things.

Drby Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise deeds of wickedness with men that are workers of iniquity; and let me not eat of their dainties.

RV Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to be occupied in deeds of wickedness with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties.
(Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to be occupied indeeds of wickedness with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties. )

SLT Thou wilt not incline my heart to an evil word, to work works in injustice with men doing iniquity: and I will not eat upon their dainties.

Wbstr Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practice wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties.

KJB-1769 Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties.

KJB-1611 Incline not my heart to any euill thing, to practise wicked workes with men that worke iniquitie: and let mee not eate of their dainties.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps No Bshps PSA book available

Gnva Incline not mine heart to euill, that I should commit wicked workes with men that worke iniquitie: and let me not eate of their delicates.
(Incline not mine heart to evil, that I should commit wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their delicates. )

Cvdl No Cvdl PSA book available

Wycl No Wycl PSA book available

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ClVg in deficiendo ex me spiritum meum, et tu cognovisti semitas meas. In via hac qua ambulabam absconderunt laqueum mihi.[fn]
(in/into/on deficiendo from me spirit mine, and you(sg) you_knew path of_mine. In way/road this_way which ambulabam absconderunt laqueum to_me. )

141.4 Et tu cognovisti. ID. Hoc addit, ne audientes, defecit spiritus meus, putarent eum dejectum. Ac si diceret: Si illi putant me dejectum, quia spiritus meus defecit, tu me stantem vides, cujus Spiritus me vivificat. Semitas. Justitiæ, quas illi non vident. In via. Multæ viæ, quia multa præcepta: una via, quia omnia ad unum, id est charitatem, rediguntur. AUG. In via, secundum votum eorum; juxta viam, secundum veritatem. Christus enim est via, qui non sinit eos laqueum ponere in via, ut non sit nobis quo eamus; sinit tamen ponere juxta viam, ne a via declinemus.

141.4 And you(sg) you_knew. ID. This adds, not listenings, failed spirit mine, putarent him deyectum. Ac when/but_if would_say: When/But_if them they_think me deyectum, because spirit mine failed, you(sg) me standing sees, whose Spirit me vivificat. The_path. Justitiæ, which them not/no they_see. In way/road. Multæ ways/roads, because fine commands(n): together way/road, because everything to one, id it_is charity, rediguntur. AUG. In way/road, after/second vow their; next_to way/road, after/second the_truth. Christ because it_is way/road, who not/no allows them laqueum to_put in/into/on way/road, as not/no let_it_be us where let's_go; allows nevertheless to_put next_to way/road, not from way/road we_decline.

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