PSA 58:4 Parallel Verse View

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BrLXX Ὅτι ἰδοὺ ἐθήρευσαν τὴν ψυχήν μου, ἐπέθεντο ἐπʼ ἐμὲ κραταιοί· οὔτε ἡ ἀνομία μου, οὔτε ἡ ἁμαρτία μου Κύριε·
(Hoti idou ethaʸreusan taʸn psuⱪaʸn mou, epethento epʼ eme krataioi; oute haʸ anomia mou, oute haʸ hamartia mou Kurie; )

BrTr For, behold, they have hunted after my soul; violent men have set upon me: neither is it my iniquity, nor my sin, O Lord.

ULT Their poison is like a snake’s poison;
⇔ they are like a deaf adder that stops up its ears,

UST What wicked people say injures people like the venom of a snake.
⇔ They refuse to listen to commands; it is as though they were deaf cobras.

BSB Their venom is like the venom of a snake,
⇔ like a cobra that shuts its ears,

OEB Venom have they like the venom of snakes,
⇔ they are like the deaf adder that stops her ears,

WEBBE Their poison is like the poison of a snake,
⇔ like a deaf cobra that stops its ear,

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Their venom is like that of a snake,
⇔ like a deaf serpent that does not hear,

LSV Their poison [is] as poison of a serpent,
As a deaf cobra shutting its ear,

FBV They have venom like that of a poisonous snake, and just like a cobra they stop listening,

T4T God, show in the heavens how great you are!
⇔ And show your glory to people all over the earth!
⇔ What wicked people say injures people like the venom of a snake [MET];
⇔ They refuse to listen to good advice, as though they were cobras that were deaf [MET]!

LEB • Their venom is like snake venom; They are like a deaf viper that closes its ear

BBE Their poison is like the poison of a snake; they are like the adder, whose ears are shut;

Moff their venom is like a viper’s
⇔ they are deaf as any cobra,

JPS (58-5) Their venom is like the venom of a serpent; they are like the deaf asp that stoppeth her ear;

ASV Their poison is like the poison of a serpent:
⇔ They are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear,

DRA For behold they have caught my soul: the mighty have rushed in upon me:

YLT Their poison [is] as poison of a serpent, As a deaf asp shutting its ear,

Drby Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: [they are] like the deaf adder which stoppeth her ear;

RV Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear;

Wbstr Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear;

KJB-1769 Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear;[fn][fn]

58.4 like the poison: Heb. according to the likeness, etc

58.4 adder: or, asp

KJB-1611 [fn][fn]Their poison is like the poyson of a serpent; they are like the deafe adder that stoppeth her eare:
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)

58:4 Heb. according to the likenesse.

58:4 Or, aspe.

Bshps They haue poyson within them lyke to the poyson of a serpent: they be lyke the deafe adder that stoppeth her eares,
(They have poison within them like to the poison of a serpent: they be like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ears,)

Gnva Their poyson is euen like the poyson of a serpent: like ye deafe adder that stoppeth his eare.
(Their poison is even like the poison of a serpent: like ye/you_all deaf adder that stoppeth his eare. )

Cvdl They are as furious as the serpent, euen like the deaf Adder that stoppeth hir eares.
(They are as furious as the serpent, even like the deaf Adder that stoppeth her ears.)

Wycl For lo! thei han take my soule; stronge men fellen in on me.
(For lo! they have take my soul; strong men fellen in on me.)

Luth Die GOttlosen sind verkehrt von Mutterleibe an; die Lügner irren von Mutterleib an.
(The Godlosen are verkehrt from Mutterleibe an; the Lügner irren from Mutterleib an.)

ClVg Quia ecce ceperunt animam meam; irruerunt in me fortes.[fn]
(Because behold ceperunt the_soul meam; irruerunt in me strong. )

58.4 Fortes. AUG. Etiam sunt, qui præsumunt de justitia sua, etc., usque ad sed sperantes in divitiis prævaluerunt in vanitate sua.

58.4 Fortes. AUG. Etiam are, who præsumunt about justitia sua, etc., until to but sperantes in divitiis prævaluerunt in vanitate his_own.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

Their poison is like a snake’s poison

(Some words not found in UHB: go_astray wicked from,womb go_astray from,birth speaking_of lies )

The wicked things people say are spoken of as if they were poison. Alternate translation: “Their wicked words cause trouble as a snake’s poison harms people” (See also: figs-simile)

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / simile

they are like a deaf adder that stops up its ears

(Some words not found in UHB: go_astray wicked from,womb go_astray from,birth speaking_of lies )

Wicked people who do not listen to advice or rebukes are spoken of as if they were snakes that do not respond to a charmer’s music. Alternate translation: “they refuse to listen like a deaf adder that stops up its ears”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / personification

a deaf adder that stops up its ears

(Some words not found in UHB: go_astray wicked from,womb go_astray from,birth speaking_of lies )

An adder that does not respond to a charmer’s music is spoken of as if it could put something in its ears so that it will not hear. Alternate translation: “an adder that does not listen”

adder

(Some words not found in UHB: go_astray wicked from,womb go_astray from,birth speaking_of lies )

a kind of poisonous snake

Parallel PSA 58:4