PSA 64:3 Parallel Verse View

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Original PSA 64:4: Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=David (All still tentative.)

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 (PSA 63:4) Οἵτινες ἠκόνησαν ὡς ῥομφαίαν τὰς γλώσσας αὐτῶν, ἐνέτειναν τόξον πρᾶγμα πικρὸν,
(Hoitines aʸkonaʸsan hōs ɽomfaian tas glōssas autōn, eneteinan toxon pragma pikron,)

BrTr (PSA 63:4) who have sharpened their tongues as a sword; they have bent their bow maliciously;

ULT who have sharpened their tongue like a sword.
⇔ They tread their arrow, a bitter word,

UST The hostile things they say are like sharp swords;
⇔ their cruel words are like arrows.

BSB & MSB who sharpen their tongues like swords
⇔ and aim their bitter words like arrows,

OEB who have sharpened their tongue like a sword,
⇔ and aimed bitter words like arrows,

WEBBE & WMBB who sharpen their tongue like a sword,
⇔ and aim their arrows, deadly words,

NET They sharpen their tongues like a sword;
⇔ they aim their arrow, a slanderous charge,

LSV Who sharpened their tongue as a sword,
They directed their arrow—a bitter word.

FBV What they say cuts like swords; they fire off poisonous words like arrows.

T4T ⇔ The hostile things they say [MTY] are like [SIM] sharp swords;
⇔ their cruel words are like [SIM] arrows.

LEB • who sharpen their tongue like a sword.
• They bend their bow to shoot their arrows—bitter words,

BBE Who make their tongues sharp like a sword, and whose arrows are pointed, even bitter words;

Moff whetting their tongue like a sword,
⇔ and aiming bitter words like arrows,

JPS (PSA 64:4) (64-5) That they may shoot in secret places at the blameless; suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.

ASV Who have whet their tongue like a sword,
⇔ And have aimed their arrows, even bitter words,

DRA (PSA 63:4) For they have whetted their tongues like a sword; they have bent their bow a bitter thing,

YLT Who sharpened as a sword their tongue, They directed their arrow — a bitter word.

Drby Who have sharpened their tongue like a sword, [and] have aimed their arrow, a bitter word;

RV Who have whet their tongue like a sword, and have aimed their arrows, even bitter words:
(Who have sharpen their tongue like a sword, and have aimed their arrows, even bitter words:)

SLT Who sharpened as a sword their tongue, they bent their arrows a bitter word:

Wbstr Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:

KJB-1769 Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:
(Who sharpen their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:)

KJB-1611 Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bowes to shoote their arrowes, euen bitter words:
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from marking of added words (and possibly capitalisation and punctuation))

Bshps Who haue whet their tongue lyke a sword: who haue drawne their arrow, euen a bitter worde.
(Who have sharpen their tongue like a sword: who have drawn their arrow, even a bitter word.)

Gnva Which haue whette their tongue like a sword, and shot for their arrowes bitter wordes.
(Which have sharpen their tongue like a sword, and shot for their arrows bitter words.)

Cvdl Which whette their tuges like a swerde, & shute wt their venimous wordes like as wt arowes.
(Which sharpen their tongues like a sword, and shoot with their venomous words like as with arrows.)

Wycl (PSA 63:4) For thei scharpiden her tungis as a swerd, thei benten a bowe, a bittir thing;
(For they sharpened her tongues as a sword, they bent a bow, a bitter thing;)

Luth (PSA 64:4) welche ihre Zunge schärfen wie ein Schwert, die mit ihren giftigen Worten zielen wie mit Pfeilen,
(which their/her tongue sharpen as/like a sword, the with your(pl) toxic/poisonous words aim(v) as/like with arrows,)

ClVg (PSA 63:4) Quia exacuerunt ut gladium linguas suas; intenderunt arcum rem amaram,[fn]
(Because they_made_sharp as a_sword tongue/languages their_own; they_intended bow(n) thing bitter,)

63.4 Quia exacuerunt ut gladium linguas. Vel qui scilicet malignantes et operantes iniquitatem. Arcum. Occultas insidias, ut per discipulum, quod est res amara, ut conviva sit proditor. Amaram.

63.4 Because they_made_sharp as a_sword tongue/languages. Or who/which namely malicious and working iniquity. Bow(n). You_hide ambush, as through disciple, that it_is thing bitter, as guest be be_betrayed. Bitter.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

שָׁנְנ֣וּ כַ⁠חֶ֣רֶב לְשׁוֹנָ֑⁠ם דָּרְכ֥וּ חִ֝צָּ֗⁠ם דָּבָ֥ר מָֽר

(Some words not found in UHB: which/who sharpen like,sword tongue_of,their aim arrow_of,their words/messages bitter )

These two phrases mean basically the same thing. The second emphasizes the meaning of the first by repeating the same idea with different words. Hebrew poetry was based on this kind of repetition, and you may want to show this to your readers by including both phrases in your translation. If it is helpful, you could connect the phrases in a way that shows that the second phrase is repeating the first one, not saying something additional. Alternate translation: [have sharpened their tongue like a sword, yes, they tread their arrow, a bitter word]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / simile

שָׁנְנ֣וּ כַ⁠חֶ֣רֶב לְשׁוֹנָ֑⁠ם

(Some words not found in UHB: which/who sharpen like,sword tongue_of,their aim arrow_of,their words/messages bitter )

The point of this comparison is that just as a sword is sharp and able to cut and wound, so the tongue of the enemies is able to harm others with their words. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make this point explicitly. Alternate translation: [sharpened their tongue to wound like a sharp sword]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

לְשׁוֹנָ֑⁠ם

tongue_of,their

Here, their tongue represents what they say. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [their words] or [what they say]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

דָּרְכ֥וּ חִ֝צָּ֗⁠ם דָּבָ֥ר מָֽר

(Some words not found in UHB: which/who sharpen like,sword tongue_of,their aim arrow_of,their words/messages bitter )

The psalmist is speaking of a bitter word as if it were their arrow. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression from your language or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [They tread their cruel words as arrows]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

דָּרְכ֥וּ

(Some words not found in UHB: which/who sharpen like,sword tongue_of,their aim arrow_of,their words/messages bitter )

Here, tread represents “shoot.” Ancient archers would step on their bows in order to bend them so that they could string them. David means “they step on their bows to string them and then shoot arrows from them.” If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or plain language. Alternate translation: [They shoot]

Parallel PSA 64:3