PSA 53:4 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) Do those who do evil have no understanding—
⇔ those who devour my people as if they were eating bread,
⇔ and it’s not God that they trust in to help them?

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 Ὁ Θεὸς εἰσάκουσον τῆς προσευχῆς μου, ἐνώτισαι τὰ ῥήματα τοῦ στόματός μου.
(Ho Theos eisakouson taʸs proseuⱪaʸs mou, enōtisai ta ɽaʸmata tou stomatos mou.)

ULT Do those who commit iniquity have no understanding—
⇔ those who devour my people as if they were eating bread
⇔ and they do not call on God?

UST They take away people’s possessions until they have nothing left.
⇔ They do that as easily as they would eat a loaf of bread.
⇔ The people who do such bad things ought to realize that God is going to punish them.
⇔ But they do not worship God.

BSB Will the workers of iniquity never learn?
⇔ They devour my people [like] bread;
⇔ they refuse to call upon God.

MSB (Same as BSB above)

OEB ⇔ Have they learned their lesson,
⇔ those workers of evil?
⇔ Who ate up my people,
⇔ eating, devouring,
⇔ never calling to the Lord.

WEBBE Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge,
⇔ who eat up my people as they eat bread,
⇔ and don’t call on God?

WMBB (Same as above)

NET All those who behave wickedly do not understand –
⇔ those who devour my people as if they were eating bread,
⇔ and do not call out to God.

LSV Workers of iniquity have not known,
Those eating my people have eaten bread,
They have not called God.

FBV “Won't these people who do evil ever learn? They consume my people as if they were eating bread, and refuse to pray to me.”[fn]

53:4 These are clearly the words of God so are placed within quotes.

T4T ⇔ Will all these evil people never learn what God will do to them?
⇔ They act violently toward Yahweh’s people while eating the food that he provides,
⇔ and they never pray to Yahweh.

LEB • Do not evildoers know,
• they who eat my people as though they were eating bread?
• They do not call on God.

BBE Have the workers of evil no knowledge? they take my people for food, as they would take bread; they make no prayer to God.

Moff ⇔ Shall they not rue it, these rascals,
⇔ who devour my people with their extortion?

JPS (53-5) 'Shall not the workers of iniquity know it, who eat up My people as they eat bread, and call not upon God?'

ASV Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge,
⇔ Who eat up my people as they eat bread,
⇔ And call not upon God?

DRA O God, hear my prayer: give ear to the words of my mouth.

YLT Have not workers of iniquity known, Those eating my people have eaten bread, God they have not called.

Drby Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge, eating up my people [as] they eat bread? they call not upon [fn]God.

53.4 Elohim

RV Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread, and call not upon God.

SLT Did not those transgressing know any thing? eating up my people, they ate bread: they called not upon God.

Wbstr Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread! they have not called upon God.

KJB-1769 Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread: they have not called upon God.

KJB-1611 Haue the workers of iniquitie no knowledge? who eate vp my people, as they eate bread; they haue not called vpon God.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps Wyll not the workers of iniquitie vnderstande, eating vp my people as if they eated bread: that they do not call vpon God?
(Will not the workers of iniquity understand, eating up my people as if they were eating bread: that they do not call upon God?)

Gnva Doe not the workers of iniquitie knowe that they eate vp my people as they eate bread? they call not vpon God.
(Do not the workers of iniquity know that they eat up my people as they eat bread? they call not upon God.)

Cvdl How ca they haue vnderstondinge, that are the workers of wickednes, eatinge vp my people as it were bred, & call not vpon God?
(How can they have understanding, that are the workers of wickedness, eating up my people as it were bred, and call not upon God?)

Wycl God, here thou my preier; with eeris perseyue thou the wordis of my mouth.
(God, here thou/you my prayer; with ears perceive thou/you the words of my mouth.)

Luth Aber sie sind alle abgefallen und allesamt untüchtig. Da ist keiner, der Gutes tue, auch nicht einer.
(But they/she/them are all fallen_off and all_of_them incompetent. So is none/no_one, the/of_the goodness/good_(person) do/act, also not one/a.)

ClVg Deus, exaudi orationem meam; auribus percipe verba oris mei.[fn]
(God, listen speech of_mine; in_the_ears understand words mouth my/mine.)

53.4 Deus, exaudi. CASS. Item Deus, nomen potentiæ, repetit ne tardet auxilium. Percipe, AUG. Ziphæi ea etsi audiunt, non tamen intelligunt, qui non nisi temporalia noverunt.

53.4 God, listen. CASS. Gom God, name of_power, repeats not tardet help/aid(n). Percipe, AUG. Ziphæi them even_though they_hear, not/no nevertheless they_understand, who/which not/no except temporal_(things) they_know.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

הֲ⁠לֹ֥א יָדְעוּ֮ פֹּ֤עֲלֵ֫י אָ֥וֶן אֹכְלֵ֣י עַ֭מִּ⁠י אָ֣כְלוּ לֶ֑חֶם

(Some words not found in UHB: of_it_of,all turned_away together corrupt not does_of good not also/yet one(ms) )

The psalmist is using the question form to express amazement that wicked people oppress others without recognizing that God will judge and punish them for doing that. If a speaker of your language would not use the question form for that purpose, you could translate this as a statement or as an exclamation. Alternate translation: [They ought to know better, the doers of iniquity, the ones eating my people as they eat bread!]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / simile

אֹכְלֵ֣י עַ֭מִּ⁠י אָ֣כְלוּ לֶ֑חֶם

(Some words not found in UHB: of_it_of,all turned_away together corrupt not does_of good not also/yet one(ms) )

The point of this comparison is that just as someone can eat bread easily and quickly, so these doers of iniquity readily oppress and exploit vulnerable people. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make this point explicitly. Alternate translation: [the ones eating my people as readily as they eat bread]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

אֹכְלֵ֣י עַ֭מִּ⁠י אָ֣כְלוּ לֶ֑חֶם

(Some words not found in UHB: of_it_of,all turned_away together corrupt not does_of good not also/yet one(ms) )

The psalmist is speaking as if these doers of iniquity were actually eating the people of his nation. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [the ones exploiting my people as readily as they eat bread]

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