PSA 143:6 Parallel Verse View

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Text critical issues=small word differences Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=Narrator (All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV) I spread my hands out towards you.
⇔ I long for you like a thirsty person longs for water in the desert. (Instrumental break.)

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 Ἄστραψον ἀστραπὴν καὶ σκορπιεῖς αὐτοὺς, ἐξαπόστειλον τὰ βέλη σου καὶ συνταράξεις αὐτούς.
(Astrapson astrapaʸn kai skorpieis autous, exaposteilon ta belaʸ sou kai suntaraxeis autous.)

BrTr Send lightning, and thou shalt scatter them: send forth thine arrows, and thou shalt discomfit them.

ULT I spread out my hands to you;
⇔ my soul, as a thirsty land, to you. Selah

UST I lift up my hands to you as I pray;
⇔ I need you, just as much as a very dry land needs water. Selah

BSB & MSB I stretch out my hands to You;
⇔ my soul thirsts for You like a parched land. Selah

OEB I spread out my hands to you:
⇔ I thirst for you,
⇔ like parched earth. Selah

WEBBE & WMBB I spread out my hands to you.
⇔ My soul thirsts for you, like a parched land. Selah.

NET I spread my hands out to you in prayer;
⇔ my soul thirsts for you in a parched land.

LSV I have spread forth my hands to You,
My soul [is] as a weary land for You. Selah.

FBV I stretch out my hands to you, thirsting for you like dried-out land. Selah.

T4T I lift up my hands/arms to you while I pray;
⇔ I [SYN] need you, like very dry ground needs rain [SIM].
⇔ (Think about that!)

LEB • I stretch out my hands to you;
• my soul longs for you like a dry land. Selah

BBE My hands are stretched out to you: my soul is turned to you, like a land in need of water. (Selah.)

Moff and I stretch my hands to thee,
⇔ my soul thirsts for thee like dry land;

JPS I spread forth my hands unto Thee; my soul thirsteth after Thee, as a weary land. Selah

ASV I spread forth my hands unto thee:
⇔ My soul thirsteth after thee, as a weary land. [Selah

DRA Send forth lightning, and thou shalt scatter them: shoot out thy arrows, and thou shalt trouble them.

YLT I have spread forth my hands unto Thee, My soul [is] as a weary land for Thee. Selah.

Drby I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul, as a parched land, [thirsteth] after thee. Selah.

RV I spread forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a weary land. Selah
(I spread forth my hands unto thee/you: my soul thirsteth after thee/you, as a weary land. Selah)

SLT I spread out my hands to thee: my soul as a weary land for thee. Silence.

Wbstr I stretch forth my hands to thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah.

KJB-1769 I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah.
(I stretch forth my hands unto thee/you: my soul thirsteth after thee/you, as a thirsty land. Selah.)

KJB-1611 I stretch forth my hands vnto thee: my soule thirsteth after thee, as a thirstie land, Selah.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps I stretche foorth myne handes vnto thee: my soule as a thirstie lande gaspeth vnto thee. Selah.
(I stretch forth mine hands unto thee/you: my soul as a thirsty land gaspeth unto thee/you. Selah.)

Gnva I stretche forth mine hands vnto thee: my soule desireth after thee, as the thirstie land. Selah.
(I stretch forth mine hands unto thee/you: my soul desireth/desires after thee/you, as the thirsty land. Selah.)

Cvdl I stretch forth my hondes vnto the, my soule crieth vnto the out of the thyrstie londe.
(I stretch forth my hands unto them, my soul crieth/cries unto the out of the thirstie land.)

Wycl Leite thou schynyng, and thou schalt scatere hem; sende thou out thin arowis, and thou schalt disturble hem.
(Leite thou/you shining, and thou/you shalt/shall scatter hem; send thou/you out thin arrows, and thou/you shalt/shall disturble hem.)

Luth Ich breite meine Hände aus zu dir; meine SeeLE dürstet nach dir wie ein dürres Land. Sela.
(I width my hands out_of to/for you/to_you(sg); my soul thirsts after you/to_you(sg) as/like a have_a_droughts country. Sela.)

ClVg Fulgura coruscationem, et dissipabis eos; emitte sagittas tuas, et conturbabis eos.
(Fulgura coruscationem, and dissipabis them; buyste arrows yours, and conturbabis them.)

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

פֵּרַ֣שְׂתִּי יָדַ֣⁠י אֵלֶ֑י⁠ךָ

(Some words not found in UHB: stretch_out hands_of,my to,you throat_of,my like,a_land parched to/for=yourself(m) selah )

Here David is speaking as if to spread out his hands were the act of praying itself. He means that he is praying to God. Your language may have a comparable expression that you can use in your translation, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [I lift my hands in prayer to you] or [I pray earnestly to you]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

נַפְשִׁ֓⁠י ׀ כְּ⁠אֶֽרֶץ־עֲיֵפָ֖ה לְ⁠ךָ֣

(Some words not found in UHB: stretch_out hands_of,my to,you throat_of,my like,a_land parched to/for=yourself(m) selah )

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: [my soul longs for you as a weary land longs for water]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / simile

נַפְשִׁ֓⁠י ׀ כְּ⁠אֶֽרֶץ־עֲיֵפָ֖ה לְ⁠ךָ֣

(Some words not found in UHB: stretch_out hands_of,my to,you throat_of,my like,a_land parched to/for=yourself(m) selah )

The point of this comparison is that just as a weary land desperately needs water, so David desperately needs God. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make this point explicitly. Alternate translation: [I need you the way a weary land needs rain]

Parallel PSA 143:6