PSA 57:4 Parallel Verse View

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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 Ἀπηλλοτριώθησαν οἱ ἁμαρτωλοὶ ἀπὸ μήτρας, ἐπλανήθησαν ἀπὸ γαστρὸς, ἐλάλησαν ψευδῆ.
(Apaʸllotriōthaʸsan hoi hamartōloi apo maʸtras, eplanaʸthaʸsan apo gastros, elalaʸsan pseudaʸ.)

BrTr Sinners have gone astray from the womb: they go astray from the belly: they speak lies.

ULT My life is among lions;
⇔ I am among those who are ready to devour me.
⇔ I am among people whose teeth are spears and arrows,
⇔ and whose tongues are sharp swords.

UST Men who are as dangerous as lions are all around me.
⇔ I have no safe place to sleep far away from those men who are trying to kill me.
⇔ They say things about me that make other people want to harm me.

BSB My soul [is] among the lions;
⇔ I lie down with ravenous beasts—
⇔ [with] men whose teeth are spears and arrows,
⇔ whose tongues are sharp swords.

MSB (Same as BSB above)

OEB In the midst of lions I lie,
⇔ who devour human prey.
⇔ Their teeth are spears and arrows,
⇔ and their tongue is a sharpened sword.

WEBBE My soul is amongst lions.
⇔ I lie amongst those who are set on fire,
⇔ even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows,
⇔ and their tongue a sharp sword.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET I am surrounded by lions;
⇔ I lie down among those who want to devour me;
⇔ men whose teeth are spears and arrows,
⇔ whose tongues are a sharp sword.

LSV My soul [is] in the midst of lions,
I lie down [among] flames—sons of men,
Their teeth [are] a spear and arrows,
And their tongue a sharp sword.

FBV I am surrounded by man-eating lions—I am forced to live with them! Their teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongues are swords.

T4T ⇔ Sometimes I am surrounded by my enemies who are like lions that kill humans;
⇔ they are like lions that chew with their teeth animals that they kill;
⇔ but my enemies have spears and arrows, not teeth;
⇔ and the false things that they say [MTY] hurt people as much as sharp swords hurt people [MET].

LEB • My soul is among lions.
• I lie down among those who devour—
• the children[fn] of humankind whose teeth are spears and arrows
• and whose tongues are sharp swords.

57:? Or “sons”

BBE My soul is among lions; I am stretched out among those who are on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and whose tongue is a sharp sword.

Moff I have to live amon lions,
⇔ who prey upon men;
⇔ their teeth are spears and arrows,
⇔ their tongue is a sharp sword.

JPS (57-5) My soul is among lions, I do lie down among them that are aflame; even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.

ASV My soul is among lions;
⇔ I lie among them that are set on fire,
⇔ Even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows,
⇔ And their tongue a sharp sword.

DRA The wicked are alienated from the womb; they have gone astray from the womb: they have spoken false things.

YLT My soul [is] in the midst of lions, I lie down [among] flames — sons of men, Their teeth [are] a spear and arrows, And their tongue a sharp sword.

Drby My soul is in the midst of lions; I lie down [among] them that breathe out flames, the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.

RV My soul is among lions; I lie among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.

SLT My soul is in the midst of lions: I shall lie down with the flaming, the sons of man, their teeth spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.

Wbstr My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.

KJB-1769 My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.

KJB-1611 My soule is among lyons, and I lie euen among them that are set on fire: euen the sonnes of men, whose teeth are speares and arrowes, and their tongue a sharpe sword.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from marking of added words (and possibly capitalisation and punctuation))

Bshps My soule is among Lions, and I lye among those that are set on fire: among the children of men whose teeth are speares and arrowes, and their tongue a sharpe sword.
(My soul is among Lions, and I lie among those that are set on fire: among the children of men whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.)

Gnva My soule is among lions: I lie among the children of men, that are set on fire: whose teeth are speares and arrowes, and their tongue a sharpe sworde.
(My soul is among lions: I lie among the children of men, that are set on fire: whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.)

Cvdl Sela. This shal God sende, for his mercy and faithfulnesse sake. I lye with my soule amonge the cruell lyons:
(Sela. This shall God send, for his mercy and faithfulness sake. I lie with my soul among the cruel lions:)

Wycl Synneris weren maad aliens fro the wombe; thei erriden fro the wombe, thei spaken false thingis.
(Sinners were made aliens/foreigners from the womb; they erriden from the womb, they spoke false things.)

Luth Er sendet vom Himmel und hilft mir von der Schmach meines Versenkers. Sela. GOtt sendet seine Güte und Treue.
(He send from_the heaven and help(v) to_me from the/of_the disgrace my Versenkers. Sela. God send his goodness and loyalty/faithfulness.)

ClVg Alienati sunt peccatores a vulva; erraverunt ab utero: locuti sunt falsa.[fn]
(Alienati are sinners from womb; they_went_astray away the_womb: spoke are false.)

57.4 Alienati sunt peccatores a vulva. Vel, alienati sunt a vulva Ecclesiæ, etc., usque ad abortivi excutiuntur.

57.4 Alienati are sinners from womb. Or, foreignti are from womb Assemblies/Churches, etc., until to abortivi excutiuntur.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

נַפְשִׁ֤⁠י ׀ בְּ⁠ת֥וֹךְ לְבָאִם֮

(Some words not found in UHB: he/it_will_send_out/away from,heaven and,he,will_save_me put_to_shame [the_of,one_who]_tramples_on_me selah he/it_will_send_out/away ʼElohīm loyalty_of,his_covenant and,faithfulness_of,his )

David is using one part of himself, his soul or inner being, to mean all of him in the situation of being in the midst of lions. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [I am in the midst of lions]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

נַפְשִׁ֤⁠י ׀ בְּ⁠ת֥וֹךְ לְבָאִם֮

The word that the ULT translates as soul can also mean “life.” The original audience would have heard both nuances. The implication is that David’s life is in danger, that is, he is in danger of being killed. Alternate translation: [My life is in danger because I am in the midst of lions]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

נַפְשִׁ֤⁠י ׀ בְּ⁠ת֥וֹךְ לְבָאִם֮

David is speaking as if he were actually surrounded by lions. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express this image as a comparison. Alternate translation: [I am in the midst of men who are as dangerous as lions]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / simile

אֶשְׁכְּבָ֪ה לֹ֫הֲטִ֥ים בְּֽנֵי־אָדָ֗ם

By putting the phrase sons of man right after blazing ones, David is indicating that he is making a comparison between these people and things that are blazing and set other things on fire. The point of this comparison is that just as fire is destructive, so these people are trying to destroy him. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make this point explicitly. Alternate translation: [I must lie down among people who are trying to destroy me]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

בְּֽנֵי־אָדָ֗ם

David is using sons of man as a common expression of his culture to mean “human beings.” If this phrase does not have that meaning in your language, you could use a comparable expression from your language that does have that meaning, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [human beings]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

שִׁ֭נֵּי⁠הֶם חֲנִ֣ית וְ⁠חִצִּ֑ים וּ֝⁠לְשׁוֹנָ֗⁠ם חֶ֣רֶב חַדָּֽה

David is using the teeth and tongue of these men to represent them speaking. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or plain language. Alternate translation: [Their speech is a spear and arrows; yes, what they say is a sharp sword]

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

שִׁ֭נֵּי⁠הֶם חֲנִ֣ית וְ⁠חִצִּ֑ים וּ֝⁠לְשׁוֹנָ֗⁠ם חֶ֣רֶב חַדָּֽה

David is speaking as if what these men say with their teeth and tongue were actually a spear and arrows and a sharp sword. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express this image as a comparison. Alternate translation: [What they say about me is as dangerous as a spear or arrows or a sharp sword]

Note 8 topic: grammar-collectivenouns

וּ֝⁠לְשׁוֹנָ֗⁠ם חֶ֣רֶב חַדָּֽה

Here the word tongue is singular in form, but it refers to the tongues of all of David’s enemies as a group. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use the plural form of “tongue.” Alternate translation: [and their tongues are sharp swords]

Parallel PSA 57:4