PSA 21:4 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) He asked you for life and you gave it to him.
⇔ You extended his life and gave him an eternal dynasty.

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 (PSA 20:5) Ζωὴν ᾐτήσατό σε, καὶ ἔδωκας αὐτῷ μακρότητα ἡμερῶν εἰς αἰῶνα αἰῶνος.
(Zōaʸn aʸtaʸsato se, kai edōkas autōi makrotaʸta haʸmerōn eis aiōna aiōnos.)

BrTr (PSA 20:5) He asked life of thee, and thou gavest him length of days for ever and ever.

SLBL For you meet him with good blessings;
You place a golden crown upon his head. ‡

ULT He asked life from you; you gave, it to him,
⇔ length of days, forever and ever.

UST He asked you to let him live for a long time,
⇔ and you have enabled him to live for a long time.

BSB & MSB He asked You for life, and You granted it—
⇔ length of days, forever and ever.

OEB He asked you for life, you gave it –
⇔ many long days, forever and ever.

WEBBE & WMBB He asked life of you and you gave it to him,
⇔ even length of days forever and ever.

NET He asked you to sustain his life,
⇔ and you have granted him long life and an enduring dynasty.

LSV He has asked for life from You,
You have given length of days to him,
For all time and forever.

FBV He asked you to give him a good life, and you gave him a long life, forever and ever.

T4T I/He asked you to enable me/him to live for a long time,
⇔ and that is what you gave me/him, a very long [HYP] life.

LEB • He asked life from you; you gave it to him—
• length of days forever and ever.

BBE He made request to you for life, and you gave it to him, long life for ever and ever.

Moff he asked for life, and life thou gavest,
⇔ life long and lasting.

JPS (PSA 21:5) (21-6) His glory is great through Thy salvation; honour and majesty dost Thou lay upon him.

ASV He asked life of thee, thou gavest it him,
⇔ Even length of days for ever and ever.

DRA (PSA 20:5) He asked life of thee: and thou hast given him length of days for ever and ever.

YLT Life he hath asked from Thee, Thou hast given to him — length of days, Age-during — and for ever.

Drby He asked life of thee; thou gavest [it] him, length of days for ever and ever.

RV He asked life of thee, thou gavest it him; even length of days for ever and ever.
(He asked life of thee/you, thou/you gavest/gave it him; even length of days for ever and ever.)

SLT He asked life from thee; thou gavest to him length of days forever and ever.

Wbstr He asked life of thee, and thou gavest it to him, even length of days for ever and ever.

KJB-1769 He asked life of thee, and thou gavest it him, even length of days for ever and ever.
(He asked life of thee/you, and thou/you gavest/gave it him, even length of days for ever and ever.)

KJB-1611 He asked life of thee, and thou gauest it him, euen length of dayes for euer and euer.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps He asked life of thee, and thou gauest him long dayes: euen for euer and euer.
(He asked life of thee/you, and thou/you gavest/gave him long days: even for ever and ever.)

Gnva He asked life of thee, and thou gauest him a long life for euer and euer.
(He asked life of thee/you, and thou/you gavest/gave him a long life for ever and ever.)

Cvdl He asked life of the, & thou gauest him a longe life, eue for euer & euer.
(He asked life of them, and thou/you gavest/gave him a long life, eve/even forever and ever.)

Wycl (PSA 20:5) He axide of thee lijf, and thou yauest to hym; the lengthe of daies in to the world, `and in to the world of world.
(He asked of thee/you life, and thou/you gavest/gave to him; the length of days in to the world, and in to the world of world.)

Luth (PSA 21:5) Er bittet dich ums Leben, so gibst du ihm langes Leben immer und ewiglich.
(He requests you/yourself about life, so give you(sg) him long life always and forever.)

ClVg (PSA 20:5) Vitam petiit a te, et tribuisti ei longitudinem dierum, in sæculum, et in sæculum sæculi.
(Life asked from you(sg), and you_gave to_him length days, in/into/on forever, and in/into/on forever of_the_world/of_the_ages.)

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / extrainfo

חַיִּ֤ים ׀ שָׁאַ֣ל מִ֭מְּ⁠ךָ

(Some words not found in UHB: life(pl) asked from,you you(ms)_put for=him/it length_of days forever and,ever )

Because the following line in this verse explains what life refers to, there is no need to explain this further here.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

חַיִּ֤ים ׀ שָׁאַ֣ל מִ֭מְּ⁠ךָ נָתַ֣תָּה לּ֑⁠וֹ אֹ֥רֶךְ יָ֝מִ֗ים עוֹלָ֥ם וָ⁠עֶֽד

(Some words not found in UHB: life(pl) asked from,you you(ms)_put for=him/it length_of days forever and,ever )

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of life, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [He asked you that he might live, and you granted his request and gave him length of days, forever and ever]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

אֹ֥רֶךְ יָ֝מִ֗ים

length_of days

David assumes that readers will know that length of days means to live for many years. You could say that explicitly if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: [a long life] or [a lengthy life]

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