PSA 35:14 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) I went about in grief as if it was my brother.
⇔ ≈ I bowed my head in mourning as if it was my mother.

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).

ULT I went about in grief as for my brother;
⇔ I bent down in mourning as for my mother.

UST I walked around grieving for them
⇔ as I would grieve for a friend or for a brother,
⇔ and I bowed down mourning for them as though for my own mother.

BSB I paced about
⇔ as for my friend or brother
⇔ I was bowed down with grief,
⇔ like one mourning [for his] mother.

MSB (Same as BSB above)

OEB as if for my friend or my brother.
⇔ I went about bowed and in mourning,
⇔ as one who laments his mother.

WEBBE I behaved myself as though it had been my friend or my brother.
⇔ I bowed down mourning, as one who mourns his mother.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET I mourned for them as I would for a friend or my brother.
⇔ I bowed down in sorrow as if I were mourning for my mother.

LSV As [if] a friend, as [if] my brother,
I habitually walked,
As a mourner for a mother,
I have bowed down mourning.

FBV I was upset for them, as if they were my own friends or family; I bowed down in grief as if I was mourning my own mother.

T4T I mourned and bowed my head as I prayed
⇔ as though it was a friend or my mother for whom I was grieving.

LEB • I behaved[fn] as though he were a friend or as a brother to me.
• As one lamenting a mother, I was bowed down in mourning.

35:? Literally “walked about”

BBE My behaviour was as if it had been my friend or my brother: I was bent low in grief like one whose mother is dead.

Moff as for a friend, as for my brother;
⇔ downcast was I, in black I dressed,
⇔ like a man mourning for his mother.

JPS I went about as though it had been my friend or my brother; I bowed down mournful, as one that mourneth for his mother.

ASV I behaved myself as though it had been my friend or my brother:
⇔ I bowed down mourning, as one that bewaileth his mother.

DRA No DRA PSA 35:14 verse available

YLT As [if] a friend, as [if] my brother, I walked habitually, As a mourner for a mother, Mourning I have bowed down.

Drby I behaved myself as though [he had been] a friend, a brother to me; I bowed down in sadness, as one that mourneth [for] a mother.

RV I behaved myself as though it had been my friend or my brother: I bowed down mourning, as one that bewaileth his mother.

SLT As a friend, as a brother to me: I went about as mourning a mother: being darkened, I bowed down.

Wbstr I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother.

KJB-1769 I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother.[fn][fn]

35.14 behaved myself: Heb. walked

35.14 as though…: Heb. as a friend, as a brother to me

KJB-1611 [fn][fn]I behaued my selfe as though he had bene my friend, or brother: I bowed downe heauily, as one that mourneth for his mother.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from marking of added words (and possibly capitalisation and punctuation and footnotes))

35:14 Heb. walked.

35:14 Heb. as a friend, as a brother to me.

Bshps I kept them company whersoeuer they went, as though they had ben my frende or brother: I went heauyly, as one that mourned for his mother.
(I kept them company wherever they went, as though they had been my friend or brother: I went heavily, as one that mourned for his mother.)

Gnva I behaued my selfe as to my friend, or as to my brother: I humbled my selfe, mourning as one that bewaileth his mother.
(I behaved myself as to my friend, or as to my brother: I humbled myself, mourning as one that bewaileth his mother.)

Cvdl I behaued myself as though it had bene my frende or my brother, I wete heuely, as one yt mourneth for his mother.
(I behaved myself as though it had been my friend or my brother, I went heavily, as one it mourneth for his mother.)

Wycl No Wycl PSA 35:14 verse available

Luth Ich hielt mich, als wäre es mein Freund und Bruder; ich ging traurig wie einer, der Leid trägt über seine Mutter.
(I held/kept me, as were it my friend and brother; I went sad as/like one/a, the/of_the sorrow carries above his mother.)

ClVg No ClVg PSA 35:14 verse available

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

כְּ⁠רֵֽעַ־כְּ⁠אָ֣ח לִ֭⁠י הִתְהַלָּ֑כְתִּי כַּ⁠אֲבֶל־אֵ֝֗ם קֹדֵ֥ר שַׁחֽוֹתִי

(Some words not found in UHB: like,a_friend like,a_brother to=me went_about like,a_mourner_of mother_of mourning bowed_down )

If it would be more natural in your language, you could reverse the order of these phrases, since the second phrase gives the reason for the result that the first phrase describes. Alternate translation: [I walked about as one lamenting for a mother, as for a friend, as for a brother; mourning, I bowed down]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / simile

כְּ⁠רֵֽעַ־כְּ⁠אָ֣ח

(Some words not found in UHB: like,a_friend like,a_brother to=me went_about like,a_mourner_of mother_of mourning bowed_down )

The point of this comparison is that just as a person would grieve for a friend or a brother, so David grieved for his enemies when they were sick. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make this point explicitly. Alternate translation: [As if each one were my close friend or a brother, I walked about]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / simile

כַּ⁠אֲבֶל־אֵ֝֗ם

(Some words not found in UHB: like,a_friend like,a_brother to=me went_about like,a_mourner_of mother_of mourning bowed_down )

The point of this comparison is that just as a person in deep grief would be lamenting the loss of a mother, so David mourned deeply for his enemies. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make this point explicitly. Alternate translation: [with grief as deep as one who has lost his mother]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

כַּ⁠אֲבֶל־אֵ֝֗ם

(Some words not found in UHB: like,a_friend like,a_brother to=me went_about like,a_mourner_of mother_of mourning bowed_down )

David is leaving out some of the words that in many languages a sentence would need in order to be complete. You can supply these words from the context if that would be clearer in your language. Alternate translation: [as one who was lamenting for his mother]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

קֹדֵ֥ר שַׁחֽוֹתִי

mourning (Some words not found in UHB: like,a_friend like,a_brother to=me went_about like,a_mourner_of mother_of mourning bowed_down )

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of mourning, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [I mourned and bowed down]

Note 6 topic: translate-symaction

שַׁחֽוֹתִי

(Some words not found in UHB: like,a_friend like,a_brother to=me went_about like,a_mourner_of mother_of mourning bowed_down )

The action of bowing down was a symbolic action by which David showed deep grief and mourning. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could explain the significance of this action in the text of your translation or in a footnote. Alternate translation: [I expressed deep sorrow]

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