PSA 18:42 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) I hammered them into fine pieces like dust in the wind.
⇔ ≈ I emptied them out like mud in the streets.

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).

SLBL They cry out for help and there is no rescuer.
[They cry out for help] to YHWH, and he has not answered them. ‡

ULT And I beat them fine as dust upon the face of the wind; like the mud of the streets I cast them out.

UST I defeated them so completely that they were no longer any threat to me, no more than tiny particles of dust that the wind blows away would be. It was as if they were dirt that I threw out into the street.

BSB I ground them as dust in the face of the wind;
⇔ I trampled them[fn] like mud in the streets.

18:42 Some Hebrew manuscripts, LXX, and Syriac (see also 2 Samuel 22:43); MT I poured them out

MSB (Same as BSB above including footnotes)

OEB I beat them like dust of the market-place,
⇔ stamped them like mud of the streets.

WEBBE Then I beat them small as the dust before the wind.
⇔ I cast them out as the mire of the streets.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET I grind them as fine windblown dust;
⇔ I beat them underfoot like clay in the streets.

LSV And I beat them as dust before wind,
I empty them out as mire of the streets.

FBV I ground them into dust, like dust in the wind. I threw them out like mud in the street.

T4T I pulverize them,
⇔ with the result that they become like [MET] the dust that the wind blows away;
⇔ I throw them out like [SIM] people throw dirt out into the streets.

LEB • And I ground them like dust in the wind ,[fn]
• I emptied them[fn] out like mud of the streets.

18:? Literally “on the face of the wind”

18:? Many Hebrew manuscripts, the LXX, Syriac, and 2 Sam 22:43 read “I crushed them”

BBE Then they were crushed as small as dust before the wind; they were drained out like the waste of the streets.

Moff and I pound them to pieces like dust before the wind,
⇔ I crush them like mud in the street.

JPS (18-43) Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind; I did cast them out as the mire of the streets.

ASV Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind;
⇔ I did cast them out as the mire of the streets.

DRA No DRA PSA 18:42 verse available

YLT And I beat them as dust before wind, As mire of the streets I empty them out.

Drby And I did beat them small as dust before the wind; I did cast them out as the mire of the streets.

RV Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind: I did cast them out as the mire of the streets.
(Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind: I did cast them out as the mire/mud of the streets.)

SLT And I will beat them in pieces as dust upon the face of the wind: I will pour them out as the mire of the streets.

Wbstr Then I beat them small as the dust before the wind: I cast them out as the dirt in the streets.

KJB-1769 Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind: I did cast them out as the dirt in the streets.

KJB-1611 Then did I beate them small as the dust before the winde: I did cast them out, as the dirt in the streetes.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps I dyd beat them to powder, like vnto dust in a wynde: I haue brought them as lowe as durt in the streates.
(I did beat them to powder, like unto dust in a wind: I have brought them as low as durt in the streets.)

Gnva Then I did beate them small as the dust before the winde: I did treade them flat as the clay in the streetes.
(Then I did beat them small as the dust before the wind: I did tread them flat as the clay in the streets.)

Cvdl I will beate them as small as the dust before the wynde, I will cast them out as ye claye in the stretes.
(I will beat them as small as the dust before the wind, I will cast them out as ye/you_all clay in the streets.)

Wycl No Wycl PSA 18:42 verse available

Luth Sie rufen, aber da ist kein Helfer; zum HErr’s, aber er antwortet ihnen nicht.
(They/She call/cry/shout, but there is no/not helper/assistant; for_the LORD’s, but he answers to_them not.)

ClVg No ClVg PSA 18:42 verse available

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / simile

וְֽ⁠אֶשְׁחָקֵ֗⁠ם כְּ⁠עָפָ֥ר עַל־פְּנֵי־ר֑וּחַ

(Some words not found in UHB: cried_for_help and,there_[was]_not save on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in YHWH and=not he,answered_them )

Here David is making a comparison between his defeated enemies and dust upon the face of the wind. The point of this comparison is that just as dust upon the face of the wind is completely scattered and powerless, so his enemies became completely defeated and scattered. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make this point explicitly. Alternate translation: [And I beat them so that they scattered completely like dust blown by the wind]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

וְֽ⁠אֶשְׁחָקֵ֗⁠ם כְּ⁠עָפָ֥ר עַל־פְּנֵי־ר֑וּחַ

(Some words not found in UHB: cried_for_help and,there_[was]_not save on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in YHWH and=not he,answered_them )

Here David is speaking as if he had literally beaten his enemies into dust that blows away in the wind. He means that he completely defeated and destroyed them. Your language may have a comparable expression that you can use in your translation, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [And I completely destroyed them and scattered them] or [And I crushed them completely and scattered them]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / simile

כְּ⁠טִ֖יט חוּצ֣וֹת אֲרִיקֵֽ⁠ם

(Some words not found in UHB: cried_for_help and,there_[was]_not save on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in YHWH and=not he,answered_them )

David is making a comparison between his enemies and mud of the streets. The point of this comparison is that just as mud of the streets is worthless and easily discarded, so are his defeated enemies. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make this point explicitly. Alternate translation: [I threw them out like worthless mud from the streets]

Parallel PSA 18:42