PSA 44:19 Parallel Verse View

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ULT But you have crushed us in the place of jackals,
⇔ and you have covered over us with extreme darkness.

UST But it is as though you have destroyed us in battle, so that our bodies are laying in a place where wild animals could eat them.
⇔ It is also as though you have thrown us into a very dark place.

BSB But You have crushed us in the lair of jackals;[fn]
⇔ You have covered us with deepest darkness.

OEB that you thus should have crushed us down,
⇔ and covered us over with gloom,
⇔ in the place where the jackals roam.

WEBBE though you have crushed us in the haunt of jackals,
⇔ and covered us with the shadow of death.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Yet you have battered us, leaving us a heap of ruins overrun by wild dogs;
⇔ you have covered us with darkness.

LSV But You have struck us in a place of dragons,
And cover us over with death-shade.

FBV Even so, you crushed us, and made us into a jackal's den. You have covered us with the darkness of death.

T4T But it is as though you have allowed us to be helpless among wild animals,
⇔ and abandoned us in a deep dark ravine.

LEB • and have covered us with deep shadow.

BBE Though you have let us be crushed in the place of jackals, though we are covered with darkest shade.

Moff that thou should’st so crush us,
⇔ and plunge us into deathly gloom,
⇔ where jackals howl.

JPS (44-20) Though Thou hast crushed us into a place of jackals, and covered us with the shadow of death.

ASV That thou hast sore broken us in the place of jackals,
⇔ And covered us with the shadow of death.

DRA No DRA PSA 44:19 verse available

YLT But Thou hast smitten us in a place of dragons, And dost cover us over with death-shade.

Drby Though thou hast crushed us in the place of jackals, and covered us with the shadow of death.

RV That thou hast sore broken us in the place of jackals, and covered us with the shadow of death.

Wbstr Though thou hast severely broke us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shades of death.

KJB-1769 Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death.
(Though thou/you hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death. )

KJB-1611 Though thou hast sore broken vs in the place of dragons, and couered vs with the shadow of death.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps no not when thou hast smitten vs in the place of dragons, and couered vs with the shadowe of death.
(no not when thou/you hast smitten us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death.)

Gnva Albeit thou hast smitten vs downe into the place of dragons, and couered vs with the shadow of death.
(Albeit thou/you hast smitten us down into the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death. )

Cvdl Oure hert is not turned backe, nether oure steppes gone out of thy waye.
(Oure heart is not turned back, neither our steppes gone out of thy/your way.)

Wycl No Wycl PSA 44:19 verse available

Luth unser Herz ist nicht abgefallen, noch unser Gang gewichen von deinem Wege,
(unser heart is not abgefallen, still unser Gang gewichen from your Wege,)

ClVg No ClVg PSA 44:19 verse available

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

כִּ֣י דִ֭כִּיתָ⁠נוּ בִּ⁠מְק֣וֹם תַּנִּ֑ים

(Some words not found in UHB: not he_turned back heart,our and,strayed steps,our from way,your )

The author is using the phrase crushed to mean destroyed in battle. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “You have destroyed us as easily as someone crushes a fragile object”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

בִּ⁠מְק֣וֹם תַּנִּ֑ים

(Some words not found in UHB: not he_turned back heart,our and,strayed steps,our from way,your )

The author is using the term place of jackals to mean a desert place where wild animals such as jackals live. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “in a desert place where jackals live”

בְ⁠צַלְמָֽוֶת

(Some words not found in UHB: not he_turned back heart,our and,strayed steps,our from way,your )

Here, the phrase extreme darkness could mean (1) a place that is very dark and has no light, or (2) the place where people go after they die which has no light.

Parallel PSA 44:19