PSA 37:11 Parallel Verse View

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Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance=normal (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 Ἡ καρδία μου ἐταράχθη, ἐγκατέλιπέ με ἡ ἰσχύς μου, καὶ τὸ φῶς τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν μου οὐκ ἔστι μετʼ ἐμοῦ.
(Haʸ kardia mou etaraⱪthaʸ, egkatelipe me haʸ isⱪus mou, kai to fōs tōn ofthalmōn mou ouk esti metʼ emou. )

BrTr My heart is troubled, my strength has failed me; and the light of mine eyes is not with me.

ULT But the meek will inherit the land
⇔ and will delight in great prosperity.

UST But those who are humble will live safely in their land.
⇔ They will happily enjoy living peacefully and having the other good things that Yahweh gives them.

BSB But the meek will inherit the land [fn]
⇔ and delight in abundant prosperity.

OEB But the humble will have the land,
⇔ and the rapture of peace in abundance.

WEBBE But the humble shall inherit the land,
⇔ and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET But the oppressed will possess the land
⇔ and enjoy great prosperity.

LSV And the humble possess the land,
And they have delighted themselves
In the abundance of peace.

FBV The humble will own the land; they will live there happily, in peace and prosperity.

T4T But those who are humble will live safely in their land.
⇔ They will happily enjoy living peacefully and having the other good things that Yahweh gives them.

LEB • the afflicted will possess the land, and they will take pleasure in an abundance of peace.

BBE But the gentle will have the earth for their heritage; they will take their delight in peace without measure.

Moff The land will be left to the humble,
⇔ to enjoy plenteous prosperity.

JPS But the humble shall inherit the land, and delight themselves in the abundance of peace.

ASV But the meek shall inherit the land,
⇔ And shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.

DRA My heart is troubled, my strength hath left me, and the light of my eyes itself is not with me.

YLT And the humble do possess the land, And they have delighted themselves In the abundance of peace.

Drby But the meek shall possess the land, and shall delight themselves in the abundance of prosperity.

RV But the meek shall inherit the land; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.

Wbstr But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.

KJB-1769 But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.

KJB-1611 [fn]But the meeke shall inherite the earth: and shall delight themselues in the abundance of peace.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)

37:11 Matt.5.5.

Bshps But the meeke spirited shall possesse the earth: and shalbe delighted in the aboundaunce of peace.
(But the meek spiritd shall possess the earth: and shall be delighted in the aboundaunce of peace.)

Gnva But meeke men shall possesse the earth, and shall haue their delite in the multitude of peace.
(But meek men shall possess the earth, and shall have their delite in the multitude of peace. )

Cvdl But the meke spreted shal possesse the earth, & haue pleasure in moch rest.
(But the meek spiritd shall possess the earth, and have pleasure in much rest.)

Wycl Myn herte is disturblid in me, my vertu forsook me; and the liyt of myn iyen `forsook me, and it is not with me.
(Myn heart is disturblid in me, my virtue forsook me; and the light of mine eyes `forsook me, and it is not with me.)

Luth Aber die Elenden werden das Land erben und Lust haben in großem Frieden.
(But the Elenden become the Land erben and Lust have in großem Frieden.)

ClVg Cor meum conturbatum est; dereliquit me virtus mea, et lumen oculorum meorum, et ipsum non est mecum.[fn]
(Cor mine conturbatum est; dereliquit me virtus mea, and lumen oculorum meorum, and ipsum not/no it_is mecum. )

37.11 Cor meum conturbatum est. CASS. Exponit dolores animi, quia virtus patientiæ reliquit. Conturbatum, quia mens succubuit passioni suæ. Lumen, id est, ratio nuper turbata, quam non habet secum pro ingentibus molestiis.

37.11 Cor mine conturbatum it_is. CASS. Exponit dolores animi, because virtus patientiæ reliquit. Conturbatum, because mens succubuit passioni suæ. Lumen, id it_is, ratio nuper turbata, how not/no habet secum for ingentibus molestiis.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj

the meek

(Some words not found in UHB: and,meek inherit land and,delight on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in abundant prosperity )

This refers to the people who are meek. Alternate translation: “the meek people”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

will inherit the land

(Some words not found in UHB: and,meek inherit land and,delight on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in abundant prosperity )

The possession of the land is spoken of as if it will be received as an inheritance. See how you translated this in Psalms 37:9. Alternate translation: “will receive the land as their own possession” or “will live safely in the land”

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