PSA 30:9 Parallel Verse View

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Original PSA 30:10: Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=David (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 (PSA 29:10) Τίς ὠφέλεια ἐν τῷ αἵματί μου, ἐν τῷ καταβῆναί με εἰς διαφθοράν; μὴ ἐξομολογήσεταί σοι χοῦς; ἢ ἀναγγελεῖ τὴν ἀλήθειάν σου;
(Tis ōfeleia en tōi haimati mou, en tōi katabaʸnai me eis diafthoran; maʸ exomologaʸsetai soi ⱪous; aʸ anangelei taʸn alaʸtheian sou;)

BrTr (PSA 29:10) What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to destruction? Shall the dust give praise to thee? or shall it declare thy truth?

ULT “What profit, is there in my blood,
⇔ in my descent to the pit?
⇔ Will the dust praise you?
⇔ Will it declare your faithfulness?

UST I said, “Yahweh, you will gain nothing if I die.
⇔ It will not benefit you at all if I go
⇔ to the place where the dead people are.
⇔ Dead people certainly are not able to praise you,
⇔ and they are not able to tell others that you are faithful.

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?

30:9 Or in my destruction

30:9 Or to corruption

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?

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 (PSA 30:10) (30-11) Hear, O LORD, and be gracious unto me; LORD, be Thou my helper.'

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 (PSA 29:10) What profit is there in my blood, whilst I go down to corruption? Shall dust confess to thee, or declare thy truth?

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?
(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?)

SLT What the profit in my blood in my going down to the pit? shall the dust praise thee? shall it announce 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 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)

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 profit 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 profit 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 corruption?)

Wycl (PSA 29:10) What profit is in my blood; while Y go doun in to corrupcioun? Whether dust schal knouleche to thee; ethir schal telle thi treuthe?
(What profit is in my blood; while I go down in to corruption? Whether dust shall knowledge to thee/you; either shall tell thy/your truth?)

Luth (PSA 30:10) Was ist nütze an meinem Blut, wenn ich tot bin? Wird dir auch der Staub danken und deine Treue verkündigen?
(What is beneficial at/to my blood, if/when I dead bin? Wed you/to_you(sg) also the/of_the dust thank and your loyalty/faithfulness announce?)

ClVg (PSA 29:10) Quæ utilitas in sanguine meo, dum descendo in corruptionem? numquid confitebitur tibi pulvis, aut annuntiabit veritatem tuam?[fn]
(Which utility/advantage in/into/on blood mine, while I_descend in/into/on corruption? is_it will_confess to_you dust, or will_announce the_truth your(sg)?)

29.10 Quæ utilitas in sanguine meo. ID. Necessitatem ostendit per quam non sinit eum descendere in corruptionem. Dum descendo in corruptionem. Si enim statim non resurgo, et corpus corrumpitur, nemini annuntiabo, nullum lucrabor. Confessio gemina est, nunquam sine ea simus: quando male est nobis in tribulationibus, confiteamur peccata nostra; quando bene est, in exsultatione justitiæ confiteamur laudem Deo.

29.10 Which utility/advantage in/into/on blood mine. ID. Necessity he_showed through how not/no allows him to_descend in/into/on corruption. While I_descend in/into/on corruption. When/But_if because immediately not/no I_rise_again, and body is_corrupted, to_no_one I_will_announce, none I_will_gain. Confession twin it_is, never/certainly_not without them we_are: when male it_is us in/into/on tribulations, we_may_confess sins our; when well it_is, in/into/on with_exultation/elation justice we_may_confess praise to_God.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

מַה־בֶּ֥צַע בְּ⁠דָמִ⁠י֮ בְּ⁠רִדְתִּ֪⁠י אֶ֫ל־שָׁ֥חַת הֲ⁠יוֹדְ⁠ךָ֥ עָפָ֑ר הֲ⁠יַגִּ֥יד אֲמִתֶּֽ⁠ךָ

what? (Some words not found in UHB: what? gain in,blood_of,my in,my_going,down to/towards pit will,it,give_thanks_to_you? dust will,it_declare? faithfulness_of,your )

David is using a question to emphasize that his death would not benefit God and to make the point that dead people cannot praise God. If a speaker of your language would not use the question form for this purpose, you could translate these questions as statements or exclamations. Alternate translation: [There is no profit in my blood, in my descent to the pit. The dust will not praise you! It will not declare your faithfulness!]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

מַה־בֶּ֥צַע בְּ⁠דָמִ⁠י֮ בְּ⁠רִדְתִּ֪⁠י אֶ֫ל־שָׁ֥חַת

what? (Some words not found in UHB: what? gain in,blood_of,my in,my_going,down to/towards pit will,it,give_thanks_to_you? dust will,it_declare? faithfulness_of,your )

These two phrases mean basically the same thing. The second emphasizes the meaning of the first by repeating the same idea with different words. Hebrew poetry was based on this kind of repetition, and you may want to show this to your readers by including both phrases in your translation. If it is helpful, you could connect the phrases in a way that shows that the second phrase is repeating the first one, not saying something additional. [What advantage is there in my death, yes, in my going down to the grave]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

בְּ⁠דָמִ⁠י֮

(Some words not found in UHB: what? gain in,blood_of,my in,my_going,down to/towards pit will,it,give_thanks_to_you? dust will,it_declare? faithfulness_of,your )

Here, blood represents “death.” If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or plain language. Alternate translation: [in my death]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

אֶ֫ל־שָׁ֥חַת

to/towards (Some words not found in UHB: what? gain in,blood_of,my in,my_going,down to/towards pit will,it,give_thanks_to_you? dust will,it_declare? faithfulness_of,your )

David assumes that readers will know that the pit refers to the dwelling place of the dead. You could say that explicitly if that would be helpful to your readers. (In 30:3 David uses a different Hebrew word for “pit,” but there the word has the same meaning as it does here so you could see how you translated “pit” there.) Alternate translation: [to the place of the dead] or [to the abode of the dead]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

הֲ⁠יוֹדְ⁠ךָ֥ עָפָ֑ר

will,it,give_thanks_to_you? dust

Here, dust represents those who are dead. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or plain language. Alternate translation: [Will those who are dead praise you]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

אֲמִתֶּֽ⁠ךָ

(Some words not found in UHB: what? gain in,blood_of,my in,my_going,down to/towards pit will,it,give_thanks_to_you? dust will,it_declare? faithfulness_of,your )

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of faithfulness, you could express the same idea in another way as in the UST.

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