PSA 49:4 Parallel Verse View

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Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=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 Προσκαλέσεται τὸν οὐρανὸν ἄνω, καὶ τὴν γῆν διακρῖναι τὸν λαὸν αὐτοῦ.
(Proskalesetai ton ouranon anō, kai taʸn gaʸn diakrinai ton laon autou.)

BrTr He shall summon the heaven above, and the earth, that he may judge his people.

ULT I will incline my ear to a parable;
⇔ I will begin my parable with the harp.

UST There is a popular saying about something that people find difficult to understand.
⇔ I have considered it, and I will explain it as I sing and play my harp.

BSB I will incline my ear to a proverb;
⇔ I will express my riddle with the harp:

MSB (Same as BSB above)

OEB I incline my ear to a proverb,
⇔ on the lyre I will open my riddle.

WEBBE I will incline my ear to a proverb.
⇔ I will solve my riddle on the harp.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET I will learn a song that imparts wisdom;
⇔ I will then sing my insightful song to the accompaniment of a harp.

LSV I incline my ear to an allegory,
I open my riddle with a harp:

FBV I pay attention to wise sayings; I answer hard questions to a tune on the harp.

T4T I think about [MTY] ◄proverbs/wise sayings►,
⇔ and while I play my harp, I explain what they mean.

LEB • I will incline my ear to a proverb;
• I will propound[fn] my riddle on a lyre.

49:? Literally “open”

BBE I will put my teaching into a story; I will make my dark sayings clear with music.

Moff and as I catch its meaning dim,
⇔ I render on the lyre this hymn:

JPS (49-5) I will incline mine ear to a parable; I will open my dark saying upon the harp.

ASV I will incline mine ear to a parable:
⇔ I will open my dark saying upon the harp.

DRA He shall call heaven from above, and the earth, to judge his people.

YLT I incline to a simile mine ear, I open with a harp my riddle:

Drby I will incline mine ear to a parable, I will open my riddle upon the harp.

RV I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.
(I will incline my ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.)

SLT I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my enigma upon the harp.

Wbstr I will incline my ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.

KJB-1769 I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.
(I will incline my ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.)

KJB-1611 I will incline mine eare to a parable; I will open my darke saying vpon the harpe.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps I wyll encline myne eare to a parable: I wyll open my darke sentence vpon a harpe.
(I will incline my ear to a parable: I will open my dark sentence upon a harp.)

Gnva I will incline mine eare to a parable, and vtter my graue matter vpon the harpe.
(I will incline my ear to a parable, and utter my grave matter upon the harp.)

Cvdl I wil encline myne eare to the parable, & shewe my darcke speach vpon the harpe.
(I will incline my ear to the parable, and show my dark speech upon the harp.)

Wycl He clepide heuene aboue; and the erthe, to deme his puple.
(He called heaven above; and the earth, to judge his people.)

Luth Mein Mund soll von Weisheit reden und mein Herz von Verstand sagen.
(My mouth should from wise_(people) talk(v) and my heart from mind say.)

ClVg Advocabit cælum desursum, et terram, discernere populum suum.
(Advocabit the_sky desursum, and the_earth/land, to_distinguish the_people his_own.)

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

אַטֶּ֣ה לְ⁠מָשָׁ֣ל אָזְנִ֑⁠י

(Some words not found in UHB: mouth_of,my speak wisdom and,the_meditation_of my_heart_of,my understanding )

The psalmist is speaking as if he is going to physically incline his ear, that is, lean over the way someone would do to listen to someone. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [I will listen carefully to a proverb]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / personification

אַטֶּ֣ה לְ⁠מָשָׁ֣ל אָזְנִ֑⁠י

(Some words not found in UHB: mouth_of,my speak wisdom and,the_meditation_of my_heart_of,my understanding )

The psalmist is speaking of this proverb as if it were a living thing that could speak to him. While he actually could listen to this proverb in the sense of hearing other people quote it, he means that he will carefully consider its meaning. Your language may have a comparable expression that you can use in your translation. You could also use plain language. Alternate translation: [I will see what a proverb has to say to me] or [I will carefully consider the meaning of a proverb]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

אַטֶּ֣ה לְ⁠מָשָׁ֣ל אָזְנִ֑⁠י

(Some words not found in UHB: mouth_of,my speak wisdom and,the_meditation_of my_heart_of,my understanding )

While the term that the ULT translates as proverb generally means a short, popular saying that expresses some wisdom or truth, the specific meaning in this context is a “comparison,” which many proverbs draw. The psalmist is probably referring to the comparison in the refrain in verses 12 and 20 of this psalm, that people are like beasts. You could indicate this explicitly in your translation if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: [I will carefully consider the meaning of a comparison]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

אֶפְתַּ֥ח בְּ֝⁠כִנּ֗וֹר חִידָתִֽ⁠י

(Some words not found in UHB: mouth_of,my speak wisdom and,the_meditation_of my_heart_of,my understanding )

The psalmist is speaking as if his enigma (the difficult and puzzling question he is trying to solve) were a closed container that he is going to use a harp to open. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [I will explain my enigma as I sing and accompany myself with a harp]

Parallel PSA 49:4