PSA 31:18 Parallel Verse View

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Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance=normal (All still tentative.)

Key: khaki:verbs.
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ULT May lying lips be silenced
⇔ that speak against the righteous defiantly
⇔ with arrogance and contempt.

UST I wish that you may cause people who tell lies to be unable to speak.
⇔ Do that to people who are proud and to those who arrogantly accuse others.

BSB May lying lips be silenced—
⇔ lips that speak with arrogance against the righteous,
⇔ full of pride and contempt.

OEB Strike the false lips dumb,
⇔ that speak proudly against the righteous
⇔ with haughtiness and contempt.

WEBBE Let the lying lips be mute,
⇔ which speak against the righteous insolently, with pride and contempt.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET May lying lips be silenced –
⇔ lips that speak defiantly against the innocent
⇔ with arrogance and contempt!

LSV Let lips of falsehood become mute,
That are speaking against the righteous,
Ancient sayings, in pride and contempt.

FBV Shut the mouths of those who tell lies against good people—those who speak contemptuously in their pride and arrogance!

T4T I desire that you will cause people [MTY] who tell lies to be unable to speak.
⇔ Do that to people who are proud and those who arrogantly accuse righteous people.

LEB • that speak against the righteous[fn] unrestrained • with arrogance and contempt.

31:? Or “the innocent one”

BBE Let the false lips be shut, which say evil against the upright, looking down on him in their pride.

Moff Strike dumb these lying lips,
⇔ so insolent in pride and scorn against the just!

JPS (31-19) Let the lying lips be dumb, which speak arrogantly against the righteous, with pride and contempt.

ASV Let the lying lips be dumb,
⇔ Which speak against the righteous insolently,
⇔ With pride and contempt.

DRA No DRA PSA 31:18 verse available

YLT Let lips of falsehood become dumb, That are speaking against the righteous, Ancient sayings, in pride and contempt.

Drby Let the lying lips become dumb, which speak insolently against the righteous in pride and contempt.

RV Let the lying lips be dumb; which speak against the righteous insolently, with pride and contempt.

Wbstr Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.

KJB-1769 Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.[fn]

31.18 grievous…: Heb. a hard thing

KJB-1611 [fn]Let the lying lippes be put to silence: which speake grieuous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)

31:18 Heb. a hard thing.

Bshps Let the lying lippes be put to scilence: which speake against ye righteous greeuous thinges with disdaine & contempt.
(Let the lying lips be put to scilence: which speak against ye/you_all righteous grievous things with disdain and contempt.)

Gnva Let the lying lips be made dumme, which cruelly, proudly and spitefully speake against the righteous.
(Let the lying lips be made dumme, which cruelly, proudly and spitefully speak against the righteous. )

Cvdl Shewe thy seruaunt the light of thy countenaunce, helpe me for thy mercies sake.
(Shewe thy/your servant the light of thy/your countenance, help me for thy/your mercies sake.)

Wycl No Wycl PSA 31:18 verse available

Luth HErr, laß mich nicht zuschanden werden; denn ich rufe dich an. Die GOttlosen müssen zuschanden und geschweiget werden in der Hölle.
(LORD, let me not zuschanden become; because I rufe you/yourself an. The Godlosen müssen zuschanden and geschweiget become in the/of_the hell.)

ClVg No ClVg PSA 31:18 verse available

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

May lying lips be silenced

(Some words not found in UHB: YHWH not put_to_shame that/for/because/then/when call_on,you put_to_shame wicked go_dumbfounded in,sheol )

This can be translated in active form. Alternate translation: “May someone make these lying lips silent”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

lying lips

(Some words not found in UHB: YHWH not put_to_shame that/for/because/then/when call_on,you put_to_shame wicked go_dumbfounded in,sheol )

These represent lying people. Alternate translation: “people who lie”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj

that speak against the righteous defiantly

(Some words not found in UHB: YHWH not put_to_shame that/for/because/then/when call_on,you put_to_shame wicked go_dumbfounded in,sheol )

Here “the righteous” refers to people who are righteous. Alternate translation: “that say terrible things about righteous people”

with arrogance and contempt

(Some words not found in UHB: YHWH not put_to_shame that/for/because/then/when call_on,you put_to_shame wicked go_dumbfounded in,sheol )

These terms have similar meanings. Alternate translation: “with a complete lack of respect”

Parallel PSA 31:18