PSA 144:6 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) Flash your lightning and scatter your enemies.
⇔ Send your arrows and drive them away.

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 Καὶ τὴν δύναμιν τῶν φοβερῶν σου ἐροῦσι, καὶ τὴν μεγαλωσύνην σου διηγήσονται.
(Kai taʸn dunamin tōn foberōn sou erousi, kai taʸn megalōsunaʸn sou diaʸgaʸsontai.)

BrTr And they shall speak of the power of thy terrible acts; and recount thy greatness.

ULT Shoot lightning and scatter them;
⇔ send your bolts and disturb them.

UST Please send lightning bolts like arrows
⇔ against my enemies to make them run away.

BSB Flash forth Your lightning and scatter them;
⇔ shoot Your arrows and rout them.

MSB (Same as BSB above)

OEB Flash forth lightning and scatter them,
⇔ your arrows send forth and confound them.

WEBBE Throw out lightning, and scatter them.
⇔ Send out your arrows, and rout them.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Hurl lightning bolts and scatter them!
⇔ Shoot your arrows and rout them!

LSV Send forth lightning, and scatter them,
Send forth Your arrows, and trouble them,

FBV Scatter your enemies[fn] with flashes of lightning! Let your arrows fly and send them running in confusion!

144:6 “You enemies”: implied.

T4T Cause lightning to flash with the result that your enemies will run away!
⇔ Shoot your arrows at them and cause them to ◄run away/scatter►.

LEB • Flash forth lightning and scatter them;
• dispatch your arrows and rout them.

BBE With your storm-flames send them in flight: send out your arrows for their destruction.

Moff flash lightning out to scatter my foes,
⇔ shoot thine arrows to discomfit them;

JPS Cast forth lightning, and scatter them; send out Thine arrows, and discomfit them.

ASV Cast forth lightning, and scatter them;
⇔ Send out thine arrows, and discomfit them.

DRA And they shall speak of the might of thy terrible acts: and shall declare thy greatness.

YLT Send forth lightning, and scatter them, Send forth Thine arrows, and trouble them,

Drby Cast forth lightnings, and scatter them; send forth thine arrows, and discomfit them:

RV Cast forth lightning, and scatter them; send out thine arrows, and discomfit them.
(Cast forth lightning, and scatter them; send out thine/your arrows, and discomfit them.)

SLT Send forth the lightning, and thou wilt scatter them: send thine arrows, and thou wilt destroy them.

Wbstr Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot thy arrows, and destroy them.

KJB-1769 Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot out thine arrows, and destroy them.
(Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot out thine/your arrows, and destroy them.)

KJB-1611 Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoote out thine arrowes, and destroy them.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps Cast out terrible lightninges and feare them: shoote out thyne arrowes and consume them.
(Cast out terrible lightnings and fear them: shoot out thine/your arrows and consume them.)

Gnva Cast forth the lightning and scatter them: shoote out thine arrowes, and consume them.
(Cast forth the lightning and scatter them: shoot out thine/your arrows, and consume them.)

Cvdl Sende forth the lightenynge & scater the, shute out thine arowes and consume them.
(Send forth the lightning and scater them, shoot out thine/your arrows and consume them.)

Wycl And thei schulen seye the vertu of thi ferdful thingis; and thei schulen telle thi greetnesse.
(And they should say the virtue of thy/your fearful things; and they should tell thy/your greatness.)

Luth Laß blitzen und zerstreue sie; schieße deine Strahlen und schrecke sie!
(Let flash/sparkle(v) and scatter they/she/them; schieße your rays/radiance and scare/frighten they/she/them!)

ClVg Et virtutem terribilium tuorum dicent, et magnitudinem tuam narrabunt.[fn]
(And virtue terribilium yours they_will_say, and size your(sg) they_will_tell.)

144.6 Et virtutem. Si non minaretur, nulla esset correctio; si vero non blandiretur, nulla esset exhortatio. Est itaque amabilis et terribilis. Dicent ergo virtutem disciplinantis et punientis, si prædicant regnum æternum, non tacent ignem æternum.

144.6 And virtue. When/But_if not/no minaretur, none was correctio; when/but_if indeed/however not/no blandiretur, none was exhortatio. It_is therefore amabilis and terrible. Sayent therefore virtue disciplinentis and punientis, when/but_if they_preach kingdom eternal, not/no be_silentnt fire eternal.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

בְּר֣וֹק בָּ֭רָק וּ⁠תְפִיצֵ֑⁠ם שְׁלַ֥ח חִ֝צֶּ֗י⁠ךָ וּ⁠תְהֻמֵּֽ⁠ם

(Some words not found in UHB: flash_forth lightning and,you,will_scatter_them send_out arrows_of,your and,you,will_confuse_them )

These two clauses mean basically the same thing. Hebrew poetry was based on this kind of repetition. It would be good to show this to your readers by including both phrases in your translation rather than combining them. However, if it would be unclear in your language, you could connect the phrases in a way that shows that the second phrase is repeating the first one, not saying something additional. Alternate translation: [Light lightning and scatter them; yes, send your arrows and rout them]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / reduplication

בְּר֣וֹק בָּ֭רָק

(Some words not found in UHB: flash_forth lightning and,you,will_scatter_them send_out arrows_of,your and,you,will_confuse_them )

David is repeating forms of the word lighten in order to intensify his expression of the idea that it conveys. If your language can repeat words for intensification, it would be appropriate to do that here in your translation. If not, your language may have another way of expressing the intensification. Alternate translation: [Flash your lightening]

Note 3 topic: writing-pronouns

וּ⁠תְפִיצֵ֑⁠ם

and,you,will_scatter_them

The pronoun them refers to David’s enemies. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: [and scatter my enemies]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

שְׁלַ֥ח חִ֝צֶּ֗י⁠ךָ

(Some words not found in UHB: flash_forth lightning and,you,will_scatter_them send_out arrows_of,your and,you,will_confuse_them )

David is speaking of lightning bolts as if they were arrows that God shoots at his enemies. Your language may have a comparable expression that you can use in your translation, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [send your lightning bolts]

Parallel PSA 144:6