PSA 16:6 Parallel Verse View

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Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance=normal (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 Ἐγὼ ἐκεκραξα, ὅτι ἐπήκουσας μου ὁ Θεός· κλῖνον τὸ οὖς σου ἐμοὶ, καὶ εἰσάκουσον τῶν ῥημάτων μου.
(Egō ekekraxa, hoti epaʸkousas mou ho Theos; klinon to ous sou emoi, kai eisakouson tōn ɽaʸmatōn mou. )

BrTr I have cried, for thou heardest me, O God: incline thine ear to me, and hearken to my words.

ULT Measuring lines have been laid for me in pleasant places; surely a pleasing inheritance is mine.

UST Yahweh has given me a wonderful place in which to live;
⇔ I am delighted with all the things that he has given me.

BSB The lines of my boundary have fallen in pleasant places;
⇔ surely my inheritance is delightful.

OEB ⇔ The boundary lines of my life
⇔ mark out delightful country,
⇔ my heritage pleases me well.

WEBBE ⇔ The lines have fallen to me in pleasant places.
⇔ Yes, I have a good inheritance.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET It is as if I have been given fertile fields
⇔ or received a beautiful tract of land.

LSV Lines have fallen to me in pleasant places,
Indeed, a beautiful inheritance [is] for me.

FBV The land divisions have worked out in my favor[fn]—my property is wonderful!

16:6 Referring to the way in which land was divided up, particularly when the Promised Land was first settled. What the psalmist is saying is that the dividing lines produced land that was good for him. Literally, “The measuring lines have fallen for me in pleasant places.”

T4T Yahweh has given me a wonderful place in which to live;
⇔ I am delighted with all the things that he has given me [MET].

LEB • The measuring lines have fallen for me in pleasant places. Yes, my inheritance is delightful for me.

BBE Fair are the places marked out for me; I have a noble heritage.

Moff fair prospects are allotted me,
⇔ a blissful heritage is mine.

JPS The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage.

ASV The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places;
⇔ Yea, I have a goodly heritage.

DRA I have cried to thee, for thou, O God, hast heard me: O incline thy ear unto me, and hear my words.

YLT Lines have fallen to me in pleasant places, Yea, a beauteous inheritance [is] for me.

Drby The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage.

RV The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage.

Wbstr The lines have fallen to me in pleasant places ; yes, I have a goodly heritage.

KJB-1769 The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage.

KJB-1611 The lines are fallen vnto mee in pleasant places; yea, I haue a goodly heritage.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps My lot is fallen vnto me in a pleasaut grounde: I haue a goodly heritage.
(My lot is fallen unto me in a pleasaut ground: I have a goodly heritage.)

Gnva The lines are fallen vnto me in pleasant places: yea, I haue a faire heritage.
(The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places: yea, I have a fair heritage. )

Cvdl The LORDE himself is my good and my porcion, thou manteynest my enheritauce.
(The LORD himself is my good and my portion, thou/you manteynest my enheritauce.)

Wycl I criede, for thou, God, herdist me; bowe doun thin eere to me, and here thou my wordis.
(I cried, for thou/you, God, herdist me; bow down thin eere to me, and here thou/you my words.)

Luth Das Los ist mir gefallen aufs Liebliche; mir ist ein schön Erbteil worden.
(The Los is to_me gefallen onto Liebliche; to_me is a schön inheritance worden.)

ClVg Ego clamavi, quoniam exaudisti me, Deus; inclina aurem tuam mihi, et exaudi verba mea.[fn]
(I clamavi, quoniam exaudisti me, God; inclina aurem your mihi, and exaudi words my. )

16.6 Ego clamavi. Ibid. Secundo, precatur ut a Judæorum insidiis ejus puritas liberetur. Ego etiam clamavi, quasi diceres, hoc non nisi justo convenit, qui confidenter orat, quia scit audiri.

16.6 I clamavi. Ibid. Secundo, precatur as from Yudæorum insidiis his puritas liberetur. I also clamavi, as_if diceres, this not/no nisi justo convenit, who confidenter orat, because scit audiri.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

Measuring lines & in pleasant places

(Some words not found in UHB: boundary_lines they_have_fallen to=me in/on/at/with,pleasant_places also/though inheritance_of beautiful have,I )

Here laying down measuring lines is a metonym for measuring land and giving it to someone, and here this is a metaphor for God blessing David in many great ways. If your language does not use the passive form in this way, you can state this in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “You have measured off land for me in pleasant places” or “You have given me land in pleasant places” or “You bless me like one who gives land in pleasant places” (See also: figs-metaphor and figs-activepassive)

Measuring lines

(Some words not found in UHB: boundary_lines they_have_fallen to=me in/on/at/with,pleasant_places also/though inheritance_of beautiful have,I )

These are ropes that people use to measure a plot of land and mark its boundaries.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

surely a pleasing inheritance is mine

(Some words not found in UHB: boundary_lines they_have_fallen to=me in/on/at/with,pleasant_places also/though inheritance_of beautiful have,I )

Here David speaks of Yahweh’s blessings as if they were an inheritance that he has received. Alternate translation: “I am delighted with all the things that he has given me”

Parallel PSA 16:6