PSA 3:2 Parallel Verse View

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

Key: khaki:verbs, red:negative, blue:Elohim.
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 Κύριε τί ἐπληθύνθησαν οἱ θλίβοντές με; πολλοὶ ἐπανίστανται ἐπʼ ἐμέ.
(Kurie ti eplaʸthunthaʸsan hoi thlibontes me; polloi epanistantai epʼ eme. )

ULT There are many sayers about me,
⇔ “There is no salvation for him in God.” Selah

3:2 Selah or Interlude is probably a musical or literary term; here and throughout the Psalms.

OEB Many are those who say of me,
⇔ ‘There is no help for him in his God.’ Selah

WEBBE Many there are who say of my soul,
⇔ “There is no help for him in God.”[fn] Selah.

3:2 The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim).

WMBB (Same as above including footnotes)

NET Many say about me,
⇔ “God will not deliver him.” (Selah)

LSV Many are saying of my soul, “There is no salvation for him in God.” Selah.

FBV So many are telling me, “God can't save you!” Selah.

T4T Many people are saying about me,
⇔ “God will certainly not help him!”
⇔ (Think about that!)

LEB • Many are saying about my soul, “There is no deliverance for him from[fn] God. SelahNone[fn]

3:? Or “in”

3:? Meaning uncertain; probably a musical or liturgical direction

BBE Unnumbered are those who say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. (Selah.)

Moff many are saying of me,
⇔ “There is no help for him in God.”

JPS (3-3) Many there are that say of my soul: 'There is no salvation for him in God.' Selah

ASV Many there are that say of my soul,
⇔ There is no help for him in God. [Selah

DRA Why, O Lord, are they multiplied that afflict me? many are they who rise up against me.

YLT Many are saying of my soul, 'There is no salvation for him in God.' Selah.

Drby Many say of my soul, There is no salvation for him in [fn]God. Selah.

3.2 Elohim

RV Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. Selah

Wbstr Many there are who say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. Selah.

KJB-1769 Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. Selah.

KJB-1611 Many there bee which say of my soule, There is no helpe for him in God. Selah.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from marking of added words (and possibly capitalisation and punctuation))

Bshps Many say of my soule: there is no saluation for it in God. Selah.
(Many say of my soul: there is no salvation for it in God. Selah.)

Gnva Many say to my soule, There is no helpe for him in God. Selah.
(Many say to my soul, There is no help for him in God. Selah. )

Cvdl Yee many one there be that saye off my soule: there is no helpe for him in God.
(Ye/You_all many one there be that say off my soul: there is no help for him in God.)

Wycl Lord, whi ben thei multiplied that disturblen me?
(Lord, why been they multiplied that disturblen me?)

Luth Ach, HErr, wie ist meiner Feinde so viel, und setzen sich so viele wider mich!
(Ach, LORD, as/like is mine enemies so viel, and setzen itself/yourself/themselves so viele against me!)

ClVg [Domine, quid multiplicati sunt qui tribulant me? Multi insurgunt adversum me;[fn]
([Master, quid multiplicati are who tribulant me? Multi insurgunt adversum me; )

3.2 Domine, quid. CASS. Primus psalmus de his qui breviter de passione et resurrectione facit, contra eos, et maxime paganos, qui gloriam majestatis non putant ad humilia posse descendere.

3.2 Master, quid. CASS. Primus psalmus about his who breviter about passione and resurrectione facit, on_the_contrary them, and maxime paganos, who gloriam mayestatis not/no putant to humilia posse descendere.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

אֵ֤ין יְֽשׁוּעָ֓תָ⁠ה לּ֬⁠וֹ בֵֽ⁠אלֹהִ֬ים

(Some words not found in UHB: YHWH what many foes_of,my many rising against,me )

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of salvation, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: “Surely God will not save him”

Note 2 topic: translate-transliterate

סֶֽלָה

(Some words not found in UHB: YHWH what many foes_of,my many rising against,me )

This is the first instance of the Hebrew word Selah, the meaning of which is unknown. The Septuagint translates the term as διάψαλμα (diapsalma), meaning “musical interlude.” Your translation team should decide if you will (1) transliterate Selah or (2) omit Selah or (3) follow the Septuagint and translate something like “pause” into your language.

Parallel PSA 3:2