PSA 35:8 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) Let destruction overtake them by surprise.
⇔ Let their own net that they set, catch them—
⇔ let them fall to their destruction in it.

Key: khaki:verbs, red:negative.
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 Ὡς ἐπλήθυνας τὸ ἔλεός σου ὁ Θεός· οἱ δὲ υἱοὶ τῶν ἀνθρώπων ἐν σκέπῃ τῶν πτερύγων σου ἐλπιοῦσι.
(Hōs eplaʸthunas to eleos sou ho Theos; hoi de huioi tōn anthrōpōn en skepaʸ tōn pterugōn sou elpiousi. )

BrTr How hast thou multiplied thy mercy, O God! so the children of men shall trust in the shelter of thy wings.

ULT Let destruction overtake them by surprise.
⇔ Let the net that they have set catch them.
⇔ Let them fall into it, to their destruction.

UST Cause them to suddenly experience disaster!
⇔ Cause their own nets to trap them.
⇔ Cause them to fall into the pits that they have dug for me, and make them die in them!

BSB May ruin befall them by surprise;
⇔ may the net they hid ensnare them;
⇔ may they fall into the hazard they created.

OEB ⇔ Upon them may ruin come unawares;
⇔ may the net which they hid catch themselves,
⇔ and into the pit may they fall.

WEBBE Let destruction come on him unawares.
⇔ Let his net that he has hidden catch himself.
⇔ Let him fall into that destruction.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Let destruction take them by surprise!
⇔ Let the net they hid catch them!
⇔ Let them fall into destruction!

LSV Desolation meets him—he does not know,
And his net that he hid catches him,
He falls into it for desolation.

FBV Let disaster come on them suddenly; let the net they set catch them instead; let the pit they dug trap them instead.

T4T Cause them to suddenly experience disaster!
⇔ Cause them to be trapped in their own nets!
⇔ Cause them to fall into the pits that they have dug for me and disappear!

LEB • Let unforeseen ruin[fn] come on him, and his net that he hid, let it catch him.
• Let him fall into it in ruin.

35:? Literally “ruin he does not know”

BBE Let destruction come on them without their knowledge; let them be taken themselves in their secret nets, falling into the same destruction.

Moff May the net they spread ensnare themselves,
⇔ into their own pit may they fall,
⇔ surprised by ruin!

JPS Let destruction come upon him unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself; with destruction let him fall therein.

ASV Let destruction come upon him unawares;
⇔ And let his net that he hath hid catch himself:
⇔ With destruction let him fall therein.

DRA O how hast thou multiplied thy mercy, O God! But the children of men shall put their trust under the covert of thy wings.

YLT Meet him doth desolation — he knoweth not, And his net that he hid catcheth him, For desolation he falleth into it.

Drby Let destruction come upon him unawares, and let his net which he hath hidden catch himself: for destruction let him fall therein.

RV Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: with destruction let him fall therein.

Wbstr Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall.

KJB-1769 Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall.[fn]
(Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath/has hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall. )

35.8 at…: Heb. which he knoweth not of

KJB-1611 [fn]Let destruction come vpon him at vnawares, and let his net that hee hath hid, catch himselfe: into that very destruction let him fall.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)

35:8 He. which he knoweth not of.

Bshps Let a sodayne destruction come vpon hym vnawares: and his net that he hath layde priuily catch hym selfe, let him fall into it with his owne destruction.
(Let a sudden destruction come upon him unawares: and his net that he hath/has laid privily/secretly catch himself, let him fall into it with his own destruction.)

Gnva Let destruction come vpon him at vnwares, and let his net, that he hath laid priuilie, take him: let him fall into the same destruction.
(Let destruction come upon him at unawares, and let his net, that he hath/has laid privily/secretly, take him: let him fall into the same destruction. )

Cvdl Let a sodane destruccio come vpon him vnawarres, and ye nett that he hath layed priuely, catch him self, that he maye fall in to his owne myschefe.
(Let a sudden destruction come upon him unawares, and ye/you_all nett that he hath/has laid privily/secretly, catch him self, that he may fall in to his own mischief.)

Wycl as thou, God, hast multiplied thi merci. But the sones of men; schulen hope in the hilyng of thi wyngis.
(as thou/you, God, hast multiplied thy/your mercy. But the sons of men; should hope in the healing of thy/your wings.)

Luth Er müsse unversehens überfallen werden, und sein Netz, das er gestellet hat, müsse ihn fahen und müsse drinnen überfallen werden.
(He must unexpectedly überfallen become, and his net, the he provided has, must him/it drive and must inside überfallen become.)

ClVg quemadmodum multiplicasti misericordiam tuam, Deus. Filii autem hominum in tegmine alarum tuarum sperabunt.[fn]
(quemadmodum multiplicasti mercy your(sg), God. Children however of_men in tegmine alarum of_yours(pl) sperabunt. )

35.8 Homines, etc. Etiam temporalia a Deo esse ostendit.

35.8 Homines, etc. Etiam temporalia from to_God esse ostendit.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / personification

Let destruction overtake them by surprise