PSA 44:25 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).

ULT For our life has sunk down into the dust,
⇔ our belly has clung to the earth.

OEB For we have sunk down to the dust,
⇔ our bodies cling to the ground.

WEBBE For our soul is bowed down to the dust.
⇔ Our body clings to the earth.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET For we lie in the dirt,
⇔ with our bellies pressed to the ground.

LSV For our soul has bowed to the dust,
Our belly has cleaved to the earth.

FBV We lie ruined in the dust, our bodies face down in the dirt.

T4T ⇔ We are pushed down to the ground
⇔ and we cannot get up.

LEB • Our[fn] clings to the ground.

44:? Literally “belly”

BBE For our souls are crushed down to the dust: our bodies are stretched out on the earth.

Moff For our soul is bowed to the dust,
⇔ our body lies low on the ground.

JPS (44-26) For our soul is bowed down to the dust; our belly cleaveth unto the earth.

ASV For our soul is bowed down to the dust:
⇔ Our body cleaveth unto the earth.

DRA No DRA PSA 44:25 verse available

YLT For bowed to the dust hath our soul, Cleaved to the earth hath our belly.

Drby For our soul is bowed down to the dust; our belly cleaveth unto the earth.

RV For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto the earth.

Wbstr For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth to the earth.

KJB-1769 For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto the earth.

KJB-1611 For our soule is bowed downe to the dust; our belly cleaueth vnto the earth.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps For our soule is brought lowe vnto the dust: our belly cleaueth vnto the grounde.
(For our soul is brought lowe unto the dust: our belly cleaveth unto the ground.)

Gnva For our soule is beaten downe vnto the dust: our belly cleaueth vnto the ground.
(For our soul is beaten down unto the dust: our belly cleaveth unto the ground. )

Cvdl For oure soule is brought lowe euen vnto the dust, and oure bely cleueth vnto the grounde.
(For our soul is brought lowe even unto the dust, and our bely cleueth unto the ground.)

Wycl No Wycl PSA 44:25 verse available

Luth Warum verbirgest du dein Antlitz, vergissest unsers Elends und Dranges?
(Why verbirgest you your Antlitz, vergissest ours Elends and Dranges?)

ClVg No ClVg PSA 44:25 verse available

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

כִּ֤י שָׁ֣חָה לֶ⁠עָפָ֣ר נַפְשֵׁ֑⁠נוּ דָּבְקָ֖ה לָ⁠אָ֣רֶץ בִּטְנֵֽ⁠נוּ

(Some words not found in UHB: to/for=what face_of,your hide forget affliction_of,our and,oppression_of,our )

These two phrases mean basically the same thing. Translate them according to the decisions your team has made regarding translating parallelism in Hebrew poetry. See the book introduction for more information. Alternate translation: “For our life has sunk to the dust, likewise our belly has clung to the earth” or “For we have laid down in the dirt”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

כִּ֤י שָׁ֣חָה לֶ⁠עָפָ֣ר נַפְשֵׁ֑⁠נוּ דָּבְקָ֖ה לָ⁠אָ֣רֶץ בִּטְנֵֽ⁠נוּ

(Some words not found in UHB: to/for=what face_of,your hide forget affliction_of,our and,oppression_of,our )

The author is using the phrase For our soul has sunk down into the dust, our belly has clung to the earth to mean that they are feeling hopeless because of how people are afflicting them. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “For we are hopeless, as though our life has sunk into the dust, as though our belly has clung to the earth”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

לֶ⁠עָפָ֣ר

(Some words not found in UHB: to/for=what face_of,your hide forget affliction_of,our and,oppression_of,our )

The author is using the term dust to mean the ground. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “to the ground”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

נַפְשֵׁ֑⁠נוּ

(Some words not found in UHB: to/for=what face_of,your hide forget affliction_of,our and,oppression_of,our )

The author is using the term life to mean themselves. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “we”

Parallel PSA 44:25