PSA 23:6 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) I’m certain that your goodness and your mercy will pursue me for my whole life,
⇔ and then I’ll live in Yahweh’s house forever.

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 Αὕτη ἡ γενεὰ ζητούντων αὐτὸν, ζητούντων τὸ πρόσωπον τοῦ Θεοῦ Ἰακώβ. διάψαλμα.
(Hautaʸ haʸ genea zaʸtountōn auton, zaʸtountōn to prosōpon tou Theou Yakōb. diapsalma.)

BrTr This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek the face of the God of Jacob. Pause.

AHB   Let but goodness and kindness pursue me
    ⇔all the days of my life.
  And I shall dwell in the house of the LORD
    ⇔for many long days.

SLBL   Surely goodness and loyalty will pursue me
  all the days of my life,
  and I will dwell in YHWH's house
  for as long as I live. ‡

ULT Surely goodness and covenant faithfulness will pursue me all the days of my life;
⇔ and I will live in the house of Yahweh for the length of my days!

UST I am certain that Yahweh will be good to me and will continue to love me faithfully as long as I live.
⇔ I will worship Yahweh in his sanctuary throughout my life.

BSB Surely goodness and mercy will follow me
⇔ all the days of my life,
⇔ and I will dwell in the house of the LORD
⇔ forever.[fn]

23:6 Literally for a length of days

MSB (Same as BSB above including footnotes)

OEB Surely goodness and love will pursue me –
⇔ all the days of my life.
⇔ In the house of the Lord I will live
⇔ through the length of the days.

CSB Only goodness and faithful love will pursue me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the LORD as long as I live.

NLT Surely your goodness and unfailing love will pursue me all the days of my life, and I will live in the house of the LORD forever.

NIV Surely your goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.

CEV Your kindness and love will always be with me each day of my life, and I will live forever in your house, LORD.

ESV Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the LORD forever.

NASB Surely goodness and lovingkindness will follow me all the days of my life, And I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.

LSB Surely goodness and lovingkindness will pursue me all the days of my life, And I will dwell in the house of Yahweh forever.

WEBBE Surely goodness and loving kindness shall follow me all the days of my life,
⇔ and I will dwell in the LORD’s house forever.

WMBB (Same as above)

MSG Your beauty and love chase after me
every day of my life.
I’m back home in the house of God
for the rest of my life.

NET Surely your goodness and faithfulness will pursue me all my days,
⇔ and I will live in the Lord’s house for the rest of my life.

LSV Surely goodness and kindness pursue me
All the days of my life,
And my dwelling [is] in the house of YHWH,
For [the] length of [my] days!

FBV I'm absolutely certain that your goodness and trustworthy love will be with me all through my life, and I will live in the house of the Lord forever.

T4T I am certain that you will be good to me
⇔ and act mercifully toward me
⇔ as long as I live;
⇔ and then, O Yahweh, I will live in your home in heaven forever.

LEB • Surely goodness and loyal love will pursue me
• all the days of my life,
• and I will stay[fn] in the house[fn] of Yahweh
• for a very long time .[fn]

23:? Hebrew “return”

23:? Or “temple”

23:? Literally “for length of days”

NRSV Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the LORD my whole life long.

NKJV Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me All the days of my life; And I will dwell in the house of the LORD Forever.

NAB Indeed, goodness and mercy will pursue me all the days of my life; I will dwell in the house of the d LORD d* for endless days.

BBE Truly, blessing and mercy will be with me all the days of my life; and I will have a place in the house of the Lord all my days.

Moff yes, and all through my life
⇔ Goodness and Kindness wait on me,
⇔ the Eternal’s guest,
⇔ within his household evermore.

JPS Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; and I shall dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.

ASV Surely goodness and lovingkindness shall follow me all the days of my life;
⇔ And I shall dwell in the house of Jehovah for ever.

DRA This is the generation of them that seek him, of them that seek the face of the God of Jacob.

YLT Only — goodness and kindness pursue me, All the days of my life, And my dwelling [is] in the house of Jehovah, For a length of days!

Drby Surely, goodness and loving-kindness shall follow me all the days of my life; and I will dwell in the house of Jehovah for the length of the days.

RV Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.
(Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.)

SLT Surely goodness and mercy, shall pursue me all the days of my life: and I dwelt in the house of Jehovah to the length of days.

Wbstr Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.

KJB-1769 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.[fn]
(Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.)

23.6 for ever: Heb. to length of days

KJB-1611 [fn]Surely goodnes and mercie shall followe me all the daies of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for euer.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above apart from footnotes)

23:6 Heb. to length of dayes.

Bshps Truely felicitie and mercie shal folowe me all the dayes of my lyfe: and I wyll dwell in the house of God for a long tyme.
(Truly felicitie and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of God for a long time.)

Gnva Doubtlesse kindnesse and mercie shall follow me all the dayes of my life, and I shall remaine a long season in the house of the Lord.
(Doubtless kindness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall remain a long season in the house of the Lord.)

Cvdl Oh let thy louynge kyndnes & mercy folowe me all the dayes off my life, that I maye dwell in the house off the LORDE for euer.
(Oh let thy/your loving kindness and mercy follow me all the days off my life, that I may dwell in the house off the LORD forever.)

Wycl This is the generacioun of men sekynge hym; of men sekynge the face of God of Jacob.
(This is the generation of men seeking him; of men seeking the face of God of Yacob.)

Luth Gutes und Barmherzigkeit werden mir folgen mein Leben lang, und ich werde bleiben im Hause des HErr’s immerdar.
(goodness/good_(person) and compassion become to_me follow/obey my life long, and I become remain/stay in_the house(n) the LORD’s forever.)

ClVg Hæc est generatio quærentium eum, quærentium faciem Dei Jacob.
(This it_is generation of_those_seeking him, of_those_seeking face of_God Yacob.)

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

ט֤וֹב וָ⁠חֶ֣סֶד יִ֭רְדְּפוּ⁠נִי

good and,covenant_loyalty (Some words not found in UHB: surely good and,covenant_loyalty they,will_pursue_me all/each/any/every days_of my_life_of,my and,I_will_return in=house_of YHWH for,length_of days )

If your language does not use abstract nouns for the ideas of goodness and covenant faithfulness, you could express the same ideas in other ways. Alternate translation: [Yahweh will continually show me how good he is and how faithful he is to his covenant]

וְ⁠שַׁבְתִּ֥י

(Some words not found in UHB: surely good and,covenant_loyalty they,will_pursue_me all/each/any/every days_of my_life_of,my and,I_will_return in=house_of YHWH for,length_of days )

The Hebrew word that the ULT translates as and I will dwell could be: (1) a contracted form of the Hebrew word that means “dwell,” in which case it should be translated as the ULT does, or (2) a form of the Hebrew word meaning “return.” Alternate translation: [and I will return and go]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

וְ⁠שַׁבְתִּ֥י בְּ⁠בֵית־יְ֝הוָ֗ה

(Some words not found in UHB: surely good and,covenant_loyalty they,will_pursue_me all/each/any/every days_of my_life_of,my and,I_will_return in=house_of YHWH for,length_of days )

David is using the phrase the house of Yahweh to refer to Yahweh’s tabernacle (tent of meeting), where Yahweh was worshiped, as if it were a house in which Yahweh lived. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [and I will dwell in the tabernacle of Yahweh] or [and I will dwell in Yahweh’s sanctuary]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

לְ⁠אֹ֣רֶךְ יָמִֽים

for,length_of days

The implication is that David will dwell with God for his entire life. You could include this information if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: [for my whole life] or [as long as I live]

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