PSA 55:10 Parallel Verse View

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ULT Day and night they go about on its walls;
 ⇔ wickedness and trouble are in the middle of it.

UST During each day and night they march around on top of its walls,
⇔ committing crimes and causing trouble.

BSB Day and night they encircle the walls,
⇔ while malice and trouble lie within.

OEB By day and by night they make their rounds
⇔ on the city walls,
 ⇔ while within is crime and trouble,

WEB Day and night they prowl around on its walls.
⇔ Malice and abuse are also within her.

NET Day and night they walk around on its walls,
 ⇔ while wickedness and destruction are within it.

LSV By day and by night they go around it, on its walls. Both iniquity and perverseness [are] in its midst,

FBV They patrol the city walls day and night, and wickedness and trouble are within the city.[fn]

55:10 This could mean that though the city walls are patrolled, the evil is inside the city; or that violence and conflict are symbolically the ones on patrol, so inevitably wickedness and trouble are within the city as well.

T4T During each day and night they march around on top of its walls,
⇔ committing crimes and causing trouble.

LEB • and iniquity and trouble are in its midst.

BBE By day and night they go round the town, on the walls; trouble and sorrow are in the heart of it.

MOF patrolling day and night
⇔ the very walls;

JPS (55-11) Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof; iniquity also and mischief are in the midst of it.

ASV Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof:
 ⇔ Iniquity also and mischief are in the midst of it.

DRA Then shall my enemies be turned back. In what day soever I shall call upon thee, behold I know thou art my God.

YLT By day and by night they go round it, on its walls. Both iniquity and perverseness [are] in its midst,

DBY Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof; and iniquity and mischief are in the midst of it.

RV Day and night they go about upon the walls thereof: iniquity also and mischief are in the midst of it.

WBS Day and night they go about it upon its walls: mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of it.

KJB Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of it.
(Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of it. )

BB They do compasse it day and night within the walles: mischiefe also and labour, are in the midst of it.

GNV Day and night they goe about it vpon the walles thereof: both iniquitie and mischiefe are in the middes of it.
(Day and night they go about it upon the walles thereof: both iniquitie and mischiefe are in the middes of it. )

CB Wickednesse is therin, disceate and gyle go not out of hir stretes.
(Wickednesse is therin, disceate and gyle go not out of her stretes.)

WYC thanne myn enemyes schulen be turned abak. In what euere dai Y schal inwardli clepe thee; lo! Y haue knowe, that thou art my God.
(thanne mine enemyes should be turned abak. In what euere day I shall inwardli clepe thee; lo! I have know, that thou/you art my God.)

LUT Mache ihre Zunge uneins, HErr, und laß sie untergehen; denn ich sehe Frevel und Hader in der Stadt.
(Mache ihre Zunge uneins, HErr, and laß they/she/them untergehen; because I sehe Frevel and Hader in the Stadt.)

CLV tunc convertentur inimici mei retrorsum. In quacumque die invocavero te, ecce cognovi quoniam Deus meus es.[fn]
(tunc convertentur inimici my/mine retrorsum. In quacumque die invocavero you(sg), ecce cognovi quoniam God mine es.)

55.10 In quacunque die, etc. CASS. Sive in pueritia, sive in media ætate, sive in fine vitæ. Mira clementia, quæ quodlibet tempus conversionis nostræ exspectat, et quandocunque rogatur, indulget! Deus meus es, tu. AUG. Etsi omnium, meus proprie, qui mihi subvenis, quem colo et amo. Alii alieni sunt.

55.10 In quacunque die, etc. CASS. Sive in pueritia, if/or in media ætate, if/or in fine vitæ. Mira clementia, which quodlibet tempus conversionis nostræ exspectat, and quandocunque rogatur, indulget! God mine es, tu. AUG. Etsi omnium, mine proprie, who mihi subvenis, which colo and amo. Alii alieni are.

BRN Mine enemies shall be turned back, in the day wherein I shall call upon thee; behold, I know that thou art my God.

BrLXX Ἐπιστρέψουσιν οἱ ἐχθροί μου εἰς τὰ ὀπίσω, ἐν ᾗ ἂν ἡμέρᾳ ἐπικαλέσωμαί σε· ἰδοὺ ἔγνων ὅτι Θεός μου εἶ σύ.
(Epistrepsousin hoi eⱪthroi mou eis ta opisō, en haʸ an haʸmera epikalesōmai se; idou egnōn hoti Theos mou ei su. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / personification

they go about on its walls

(Some words not found in UHB: confuse my=master/master confound speech,their that/for/because/then/when see violence/cruelty and,strife in/on/at/with,city )

“violence and strife go about on her walls” (Psalms 55:9). Violence and strife are spoken of as if they were people. This can be expressed by telling about the people who cause violence and strife. Alternate translation: “people walk about on the city’s walls, being violent and fighting”

on its walls

(Some words not found in UHB: confuse my=master/master confound speech,their that/for/because/then/when see violence/cruelty and,strife in/on/at/with,city )

“along the tops of the city walls.” Cities had thick walls around them to protect them from enemies. People could walk along the tops of the walls to see if any enemies were coming to the city.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / personification

wickedness and trouble are in the middle of it

(Some words not found in UHB: confuse my=master/master confound speech,their that/for/because/then/when see violence/cruelty and,strife in/on/at/with,city )

Wickedness and trouble are spoken of as if they were people. This can be expressed by telling about the people who do wickedness and trouble. Alternate translation: “people do wickedness and cause trouble in the middle of the city” or “people do sinful things and cause trouble in it”

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