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OET-LV [fn] what is_the_profit in/on/at/with_death_of_my in/on/at/with_go_down_I to the_pit praise_you dust proclaim faithfulness_of_your.
30:10 Note: KJB: Ps.30.9
UHB 10 מַה־בֶּ֥צַע בְּדָמִי֮ בְּרִדְתִּ֪י אֶ֫ל־שָׁ֥חַת הֲיוֹדְךָ֥ עָפָ֑ר הֲיַגִּ֥יד אֲמִתֶּֽךָ׃ ‡
(10 mah-beʦaˊ bədāmiy bəridtiy ʼel-shāḩat hₐyōdəkā ˊāfār hₐyaggid ʼₐmittekā.)
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 οὐ συνέκλεισάς με εἰς χεῖρας ἐχθροῦ, ἔστησας ἐν εὐρυχώρῳ τοὺς πόδας μου.
(Kai ou sunekleisas me eis ⱪeiras eⱪthrou, estaʸsas en euruⱪōrōi tous podas mou. )
BrTr And thou hast not shut me up into the hands of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a wide place.
ULT What advantage is there in my death, if I go down to the grave? Will the dust praise you? Will it declare your trustworthiness?
UST I said, “Yahweh, what will you gain if I die?
⇔ In what way will it benefit you if I go to the place where the dead people are?
⇔ When I am dead I will certainly not be able to praise you, and I will not be able to tell others that you are trustworthy!
BSB “What gain is there in my bloodshed,[fn]
⇔ in my descent to the Pit?[fn]
⇔ Will the dust praise You?
⇔ Will it proclaim Your faithfulness?
OEB ‘What profit is there in my blood,
⇔ if I go down to the pit?
⇔ Can you be praised by dust?
⇔ Can it tell of your faithfulness?
WEBBE “What profit is there in my destruction, if I go down to the pit?
⇔ Shall the dust praise you?
⇔ Shall it declare your truth?
WMBB (Same as above)
NET “What profit is there in taking my life,
⇔ in my descending into the Pit?
⇔ Can the dust of the grave praise you?
⇔ Can it declare your loyalty?
LSV “What gain [is] in my blood? In my going down to corruption? Does dust thank You? Does it declare Your truth?
FBV What would you gain if I die, if I go down into the pit of death? Would my dust praise you? Would it tell of your trustworthiness?
T4T I said, “Yahweh, ◄what will you gain if I die?/ you won’t gain anything if I die► [MTY].
⇔ ◄In what way will it benefit you?/it won’t benefit you at all► if I go to the place where the dead people are [RHQ].
⇔ Dead people are certainly not able to praise you [RHQ],
⇔ and they are not able to tell others that you are trustworthy [RHQ]!
LEB • “What gain is there in my death ,[fn] in my going down into the pit?
• Will the dust praise you?
• Will it tell of your faithfulness?
30:? Literally “blood”
BBE What profit is there in my blood if I go down into the underworld? will the dust give you praise, or be a witness to your help?
Moff “What profit would my death be,
⇔ if I went down to the grave?
⇔ Can the dust of death praise thee,
⇔ or testify thy faithfulness?
JPS (30-10) 'What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise Thee? shall it declare Thy truth?
ASV What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit?
⇔ Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?
DRA And thou hast not shut me up in the hands of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a spacious place.
YLT 'What gain [is] in my blood? In my going down unto corruption? Doth dust thank Thee? doth it declare Thy truth?
Drby What profit is there in my blood, in my going down to the pit? shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?
RV What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?
Wbstr What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?
KJB-1769 What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?
(What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee/you? shall it declare thy/your truth? )
KJB-1611 [fn]What profit is there in my blood, when I goe downe to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy trueth?
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above apart from footnotes)
30:9 Psal.6.6. and 88.11. and 115. 17.
Bshps Saying what profite is there in my blood when I go downe to the pit? shal the dust geue thankes vnto thee? or shall it declare thy trueth?
(Saying what profite is there in my blood when I go down to the pit? shall the dust give thanks unto thee/you? or shall it declare thy/your truth?)
Gnva What profite is there in my blood, when I go downe to the pit? shall the dust giue thankes vnto thee? or shall it declare thy trueth?
(What profite is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? shall the dust give thanks unto thee/you? or shall it declare thy/your truth? )
Cvdl What profit is there in my bloude, yf I go downe to corrupcion?
(What profit is there in my blood, if I go down to corrupcion?)
Wycl And thou closidist not me togidere withynne the hondis of the enemy; thou hast sett my feet in a large place.
(And thou/you closedist not me together within the hands of the enemy; thou/you hast sett my feet in a large place.)
Luth Ich will, HErr, rufen zu dir; dem HErr’s will ich flehen.
(I will, LORD, call to dir; to_him LORD’s will I flehen.)
ClVg Nec conclusisti me in manibus inimici: statuisti in loco spatioso pedes meos.[fn]
(Nec conclusisti me in manibus inimici: statuisti in instead spatioso feet mine. )
30.9 In loco spatioso. CASS. Locus spatiosus libere eundi ad patriam virtutum, charitas: sed, quia caro infirma, et urgent mala: Miserere mei, Domine. Jam pavor enarratur, id est, quot et quanta ea perturbant, contra quæ est oratio, Tribulor. AUG. Cum prius dixit: Statuisti in loco spatioso, etc. Sed aliis locus spatiosus, ex liberationis gratulatione; aliis ex tribulatione, angustia. Conturbatus. Irascitur pro peccatis palearum, etc., usque ad nam vita perfectorum est profectus aliorum. In ira oculus. In ira persecutorum, etc., usque ad ut ab omnibus gradibus quæratur Deus. CASS. Vel intellectus turbatur, et animus confunditur, etc., usque ad nec in animo, nec in corpore ulla potest esse hominis præsumptio. AUG. Ira per vitium oculum mentis cæcat; ira per zelum turbat: quia et hæc, concussa mente, contemplationem dissipat, quæ non est nisi inquieta mente; sed inde post paululum plus proficit ad videndum.
30.9 In instead spatioso. CASS. Locus spatiosus libere eundi to patriam virtutum, charitas: sed, because caro infirma, and urgent mala: Miserere my/mine, Domine. Yam pavor enarratur, id it_is, quot and quanta ea perturbant, on_the_contrary which it_is oratio, Tribulor. AUG. Since first/before he_said: Statuisti in instead spatioso, etc. But aliis locus spatiosus, from liberationis gratulatione; aliis from tribulatione, angustia. Conturbatus. Irascitur for sins palearum, etc., until to nam vita perfectorum it_is profectus aliorum. In ira oculus. In ira persecutorum, etc., until to as away to_all gradibus quæratur God. CASS. Vel intellectus turbatur, and animus confunditur, etc., until to but_not in animo, but_not in corpore ulla potest esse of_man præsumptio. AUG. Ira through vitium oculum mentis cæcat; ira through zelum turbat: because and these_things, concussa mente, contemplationem dissipat, which not/no it_is nisi inquieta mente; but hence after a_little plus proficit to videndum.
Ps 30 This individual thanksgiving psalm opens in praise to the Lord for his salvation (30:1-3), then contrasts God’s favor with his anger (30:4-7), and ends with a transformation from mourning to dancing (30:8-12).
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion
What advantage is there in my death, if I go down to the grave?
(Some words not found in UHB: to,you YHWH called and=near/to my=master made_supplication )
The writer uses this question to emphasize that he would be of no value to God if he were dead. Alternate translation: “There is no advantage if I die and go down to the grave.”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion
Will the dust praise you? Will it declare your trustworthiness?
(Some words not found in UHB: to,you YHWH called and=near/to my=master made_supplication )
The writer uses these questions to emphasize that his dead and decayed body cannot praise God. Alternate translation: “The dust will certainly not praise you or tell others about how trustworthy you are.”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
the dust
(Some words not found in UHB: to,you YHWH called and=near/to my=master made_supplication )
This refers to the body of the writer which will decay and become dust when he is dead. Alternate translation: “my decayed body”