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BrLXX Οὗτος ὁ πτωχὸς ἐκέκραξε, καὶ ὁ Κύριος εἰσήκουσεν αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐκ πασῶν τῶν θλίψεων αὐτοῦ ἔσωσεν αὐτόν.
(Houtos ho ptōⱪos ekekraxe, kai ho Kurios eisaʸkousen autou, kai ek pasōn tōn thlipseōn autou esōsen auton. )

BrTr This poor man cried, and the Lord hearkened to him, and delivered him out of all his afflictions.

ULT He gathers the waters of the sea together like a heap;
⇔ he puts the oceans in storehouses.

UST He gathered all the water into one huge mass
⇔ like someone scoops liquid into a container.

BSB He piles up the waters of the sea;
⇔ He puts the depths into storehouses.

OEB He gathers the sea in a bottle,
⇔ the ocean he puts into store-houses.

WEBBE He gathers the waters of the sea together as a heap.
⇔ He lays up the deeps in storehouses.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET He piles up the water of the sea;
⇔ he puts the oceans in storehouses.

LSV Gathering the waters of the sea as a heap,
Putting the depths in treasuries.

FBV He gathers the waters of the sea together, he keeps the ocean depths in store.

T4T He gathered all the water into one huge mass
⇔ like someone scoops liquid into a container.

LEB • He gathered the waters of the sea like a heap. He put the deeps in storehouses.

BBE He makes the waters of the sea come together in a mass; he keeps the deep seas in store-houses.

Moff he holds the seas as in a water-skin,
⇔ and stores up the abysses of the deep.

JPS He gathereth the waters of the sea together as a heap; He layeth up the deeps in storehouses.

ASV He gathereth the waters of the sea together as a heap:
⇔ He layeth up the deeps in store-houses.

DRA This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him: and saved him out of all his troubles.

YLT Gathering as a heap the waters of the sea, Putting in treasuries the depths.

Drby He gathereth the waters of the sea together as a heap; he layeth up the deeps in storehouses.

RV He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap: he layeth up the deeps in storehouses.

Wbstr He gathereth the waters of the sea together as a heap: he layeth up the depth in store-houses.

KJB-1769 He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap: he layeth up the depth in storehouses.

KJB-1611 He gathereth the waters of the sea together, as an heape: he layeth vp the depth in storehouses.
(He gathereth the waters of the sea together, as an heape: he layeth up the depth in storehouses.)

Bshps He gathereth the waters of the sea together as it were vpon an heape: and layeth vp the deepe as treasures.
(He gathereth the waters of the sea together as it were upon an heape: and layeth up the deepe as treasures.)

Gnva He gathereth the waters of the sea together as vpon an heape, and layeth vp the depths in his treasures.
(He gathereth the waters of the sea together as upon an heape, and layeth up the depths in his treasures. )

Cvdl He gathereth ye waters together as it were in a bottell, & laieth vp the depe in secrete.
(He gathereth ye/you_all waters together as it were in a bottell, and laieth up the depe in secrete.)

Wyc This pore man criede, and the Lord herde hym; and sauyde hym fro alle hise tribulaciouns.
(This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him; and saved him from all his tribulations.)

Luth Er hält das Wasser im Meer zusammen wie in einem Schlauch und legt die Tiefe ins Verborgene.
(He hält the water in_the sea together like in one Schlauch and legt the depth into_the Verborgene.)

ClVg Iste pauper clamavit, et Dominus exaudivit eum, et de omnibus tribulationibus ejus salvavit eum.[fn]
(Iste pauper clamavit, and Master exaudivit him, and about to_all tribulationibus his he_saved him. )

33.7 Pauper. CASS. Iste spiritualis hic est, quia accedit et illuminatur, nec erubescet; quia, quando clamat, liberatur ab omnibus angustiis sæculi in obitu, dum jam transit ad Deum.

33.7 Pauper. CASS. Iste spiritualis this it_is, because accedit and illuminatur, but_not erubescet; quia, when clamat, liberatur away to_all angustiis sæculi in obitu, dum yam transit to God.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

General Information:

(Some words not found in UHB: gathers as_a,heap waters the=sea puts in/on/at/with,storehouses deeps )

General Information:

Each verse consists of two lines that have very similar meanings.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / simile

like a heap

(Some words not found in UHB: gathers as_a,heap waters the=sea puts in/on/at/with,storehouses deeps )

“like behind a dam.” The writer describes the creation of the sea as if God piles up all the waters together.

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

he puts the oceans in storehouses

(Some words not found in UHB: gathers as_a,heap waters the=sea puts in/on/at/with,storehouses deeps )

The writer describes the creation of the oceans as if God put them in a storehouse. Alternate translation: “he puts the oceans in their place, just like a man puts grain in a storehouse”

Parallel PSA 33:7

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