PSA 49:7 Parallel Verse View

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Key: khaki:verbs.
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BrLXX (PSA 48:8) Ἀδελφὸς οὐ λυτροῦται, λυτρώσεται ἄνθρωπος; οὐ δώσει τῷ Θεῷ ἐξίλασμα ἑαυτοῦ,
(Adelfos ou lutroutai, lutrōsetai anthrōpos; ou dōsei tōi Theōi exilasma heautou,)

BrTr (PSA 48:8) A brother does not redeem, shall a man redeem? he shall not give to God a ransom for himself,

ULT Redeeming, a man does not redeem a brother,
⇔ he does not give his ransom to God.

UST No one can use his money to keep a person from dying.
⇔ No, no one can pay God money so that another person will not die.

BSB & MSB No man can possibly redeem his brother[fn]
⇔ or pay his ransom to God.

49:7 Or redeem another

OEB ⇔ For assuredly no one can ransom themselves,
⇔ or give to God the price of their life,

WEBBE & WMBB none of them can by any means redeem his brother,
⇔ nor give God a ransom for him.

NET Certainly a man cannot rescue his brother;
⇔ he cannot pay God an adequate ransom price

LSV A brother ransoms no one at all,
He does not give to God his atonement.

FBV but no one can pay to rescue another from death; no one can pay a ransom to God.

T4T They may be rich, but no one can pay money
⇔ with the result that he would live forever!
⇔ No one can pay God enough so that God will allow him to continue to live,

LEB • Surely a man cannot redeem a brother.
• He cannot give to God his ransom

BBE Truly, no man may get back his soul for a price, or give to God the payment for himself;

Moff Why, none can buy himself off;
⇔ not one can purchase for a price from God

JPS (PSA 49:8) (49-9) For too costly is the redemption of their soul, and must be let alone for ever —

ASV None of them can by any means redeem his brother,
⇔ Nor give to God a ransom for him

DRA (PSA 48:8) No brother can redeem, nor shall man redeem: he shall not give to God his ransom,

YLT A brother doth no one at all ransom, He doth not give to God his atonement.

Drby None can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to [fn]God a ransom for him,

49.7 Elohim

RV None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:

SLT A man redeeming shall not redeem the brother, he shall not give to God his ransom:

Wbstr None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:

KJB-1769 None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:

KJB-1611 None of them can by any meanes redeeme his brother, nor giue to God a ransome for him:
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps But no man at all can redeeme his brother: nor geue a raunsome vnto God for hym.
(But no man at all can redeem his brother: nor give a ransom unto God for him.)

Gnva Yet a man can by no meanes redeeme his brother: he can not giue his raunsome to God,
(Yet a man can by no means redeem his brother: he cannot give his ransom to God,)

Cvdl No man maye deliuer his brother, ner make agrement for him vnto God.
(No man may deliver his brother, nor make agreement for him unto God.)

Wycl (PSA 48:8) A brother ayenbieth not, schal a man ayenbie? and he schal not yyue to God his plesyng.
(A brother redeems not, shall a man redeem? and he shall not give to God his pleasing.)

Luth (PSA 49:8) Kann doch ein Bruder niemand erlösen noch GOtt jemand versöhnen;
(Can though/but a brother no_one redeem still God someone reconcile;)

ClVg (PSA 48:8) Frater non redimit, redimet homo: non dabit Deo placationem suam,[fn]
(Brother not/no redeems, will_redeem man: not/no will_give to_God appeasement his_own,)

48.8 Frater non redimit. Si frater, id est Christus, non redimit, etc., usque ad quia talis non dat Deo placationem.

48.8 Brother not/no redeems. When/But_if brother, that it_is Christ/Messiah, not/no redeems, etc., until to because such not/no gives to_God appeasement.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / reduplication

אָ֗ח לֹא־פָדֹ֣ה יִפְדֶּ֣ה אִ֑ישׁ לֹא־יִתֵּ֖ן לֵ⁠אלֹהִ֣ים כָּפְרֽ⁠וֹ

brother not to_redeem (Some words not found in UHB: brother not to_redeem he_can_redeem (a)_man not he/it_gave to,God ransom_of,his )

The psalmist is repeating forms of the verb redeem in order to intensify his expression of the idea that it conveys. If your language can repeat words for intensification, it would be appropriate to do that here in your translation. If not, your language may have another way of expressing the intensification. Alternate translation: [A man certainly does not redeem a brother, he does not give his ransom to God]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

אָ֗ח לֹא־פָדֹ֣ה יִפְדֶּ֣ה אִ֑ישׁ לֹא־יִתֵּ֖ן לֵ⁠אלֹהִ֣ים כָּפְרֽ⁠וֹ

brother not to_redeem (Some words not found in UHB: brother not to_redeem he_can_redeem (a)_man not he/it_gave to,God ransom_of,his )

These two phrases mean basically the same thing. The second emphasizes the meaning of the first by repeating the same idea with different words. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could combine them and express the emphasis in another way. Alternate translation: [A man certainly does not pay a ransom to God to redeem a brother]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

אָ֗ח

brother

The psalmist is speaking as if a fellow human being were actually another person’s brother. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [a fellow human]

Parallel PSA 49:7