PSA 53:5 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) They were very worried even though it was quite irrational
⇔ because God will scatter the bones of any army that comes to attack you.
⇔ Those people will be put to shame because God has rejected them.

Key: khaki:verbs, red:negative, blue:Elohim.
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 Ὅτι ἀλλότριοι ἐπανέστησαν ἐπʼ ἐμὲ, καὶ κραταιοὶ ἐζήτησαν τὴν ψυχήν μου, οὐ προέθεντο τὸν Θεὸν ἐνώπιον αὐτῶν· διάψαλμα.
(Hoti allotrioi epanestaʸsan epʼ eme, kai krataioi ezaʸtaʸsan taʸn psuⱪaʸn mou, ou proethento ton Theon enōpion autōn; diapsalma. )

BrTr For strangers have risen up against me, and mighty men have sought my life: they have not set God before them. Pause.

ULT They were in great fear, although no reason to fear was there;
⇔ for God will scatter the bones of whoever will camp against you;
⇔ such people will be put to shame because God has rejected them.

UST But someday those people will become very terrified,
⇔ although they have nothing to fear.
⇔ For God will cause those who attack you to die,
⇔ and he will scatter their bones.
⇔ They have rejected God,
⇔ so he will cause them to be defeated and completely disgraced.

BSB There they are, overwhelmed with dread, [where] there was nothing to fear. For God has scattered the bones of those who besieged you. You put them to shame, for God has despised them.
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⇔ 

OEB ⇔ Sore afraid will they be,
⇔ where no fear was;
⇔ when God scatters the bones
⇔ of the godless people.
⇔ They will be put to shame,
⇔ when God rejects them.

WEBBE There they were in great fear, where no fear was,
⇔ for God has scattered the bones of him who encamps against you.
⇔ You have put them to shame,
⇔ because God has rejected them.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET They are absolutely terrified,
⇔ even by things that do not normally cause fear.
⇔ For God annihilates those who attack you.
⇔ You are able to humiliate them because God has rejected them.

LSV There they feared a fear—there was no fear,
For God has scattered the bones of him
Who is encamping against you,
You have put to shame,
For God has despised them.

FBV They will become completely terrified, more frightened than they have ever been. God will scatter the bones of those who fight against you; you will defeat[fn] them because God has rejected them.

53:5 Or “put them to shame.”

T4T But some day those people will become terrified,
⇔ like they have never been terrified before,
⇔ because God will cause those who are separated from him to die,
⇔ and he will disrespect them by scattering their bones.
⇔ They have rejected God,
⇔ so he will cause them to be defeated and completely disgraced.

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BBE They were in great fear, where there was no cause for fear: for the bones of those who make war on you have been broken by God; you have put them to shame, because God has no desire for them.

Moff Ha! here they are in a panic!
⇔ God scatters them;
⇔ their evil plan is defeated,
⇔ for God spurns them.

JPS (53-6) There are they in great fear, where no fear was; for God hath scattered the bones of him that encampeth against thee; Thou hast put them to shame, because God hath rejected them.

ASV There were they in great fear, where no fear was;
⇔ For God hath scattered the bones of him that encampeth against thee:
⇔ Thou hast put them to shame, because God hath rejected them.

DRA For strangers have risen up against me; and the mighty have sought after my soul: and they have not set God before their eyes.

YLT There they feared a fear — there was no fear, For God hath scattered the bones of him Who is encamping against thee, Thou hast put to shame, For God hath despised them.

Drby There were they in great fear, where no fear was; for [fn]God scattereth the bones of him that encampeth against thee. Thou hast put [them] to shame, for [fn]God hath despised them.

53.5 Elohim

RV There were they in great fear, where no fear was: for God hath scattered the bones of him that encampeth against thee; thou hast put them to shame, because God hath rejected them.
(There were they in great fear, where no fear was: for God hath/has scattered the bones of him that encampeth/encamps against thee/you; thou/you hast put them to shame, because God hath/has rejected them. )

SLT They feared a fear; there was no fear: for God scattered the bones of him making narrow: thou didst make ashamed, for God rejected them.

Wbstr There they were in great fear, where no fear was: for God hath scattered the bones of him that encampeth against thee: thou hast put them to shame, because God hath despised them.

KJB-1769 There were they in great fear, where no fear was: for God hath scattered the bones of him that encampeth against thee: thou hast put them to shame, because God hath despised them.[fn]
(There were they in great fear, where no fear was: for God hath/has scattered the bones of him that encampeth/encamps against thee/you: thou/you hast put them to shame, because God hath/has despised them. )

53.5 were…: Heb. they feared a fear

KJB-1611 [fn]There were they in great feare, where no feare was: for God hath scattered the bones of him that incampeth against thee, thou hast put them to shame, because God hath despised them.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)

53:5 Heb. they feared a feare.

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Gnva There they were afraide for feare, where no feare was: for God hath scattered the bones of him that besieged thee: thou hast put them to confusion, because God hath cast them off.
(There they were afraid for fear, where no fear was: for God hath/has scattered the bones of him that besieged thee/you: thou/you hast put them to confusion, because God hath/has cast them off. )

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ClVg Quoniam alieni insurrexerunt adversum me, et fortes quæsierunt animam meam, et non proposuerunt Deum ante conspectum suum.[fn]
(Since strangers insurrexerunt against me, and strong quæsierunt the_soul of_mine, and not/no they_proposed God before view his_own. )

53.5 Alieni. AUG. Ziph viculus erat, qui pertinebat ad tribum Juda, unde Ziphæi.

53.5 Alieni. AUG. Ziph viculus was, who pertinebat to tribe Yuda, whence Ziphæi.

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UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

God will scatter the bones of whoever will camp against you

(Some words not found in UHB: ?,no have_~_knowledge workers_of wickedness eat_up_of people_of,my eat food/grain/bread ʼElohīm not call_on )

Scattering people’s bones represents killing them and allowing their bones to remain wherever they have died and not be buried properly. “God will completely destroy whoever will camp against you, and their bones will lie scattered on the ground”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

whoever will camp against you

(Some words not found in UHB: ?,no have_~_knowledge workers_of wickedness eat_up_of people_of,my eat food/grain/bread ʼElohīm not call_on )

Camping against people represents attacking them. Enemy armies would travel and set up camps to live in temporarily near the people they wanted to attack. Alternate translation: “whoever will attack you”

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