PSA 68:6 Parallel Verse View

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Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance=normal (All still tentative.)

Key: khaki:verbs, 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 Ὁ Θεὸς σὺ ἔγνως τὴν ἀφροσύνην μου, καὶ αἱ πλημμελειαί μου ἀπὸ σοῦ οὐκ ἐκρύβησαν.
(Ho Theos su egnōs taʸn afrosunaʸn mou, kai hai plaʸmmeleiai mou apo sou ouk ekrubaʸsan. )

BrTr O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my transgressions are not hidden from thee.

ULT God puts the lonely into families;
⇔ he brings out the prisoners to live in prosperity;
⇔ but the rebellious live in a parched land.

UST He provides families for those who have no one to live with.
⇔ He frees prisoners and enables them to be successful,
⇔ but those who rebel against him will be forced to live in a very hot and dry land.

BSB God settles the lonely in families;
⇔ He leads the prisoners out to prosperity,
⇔ but the rebellious dwell in a sun-scorched land.

OEB God brings home the lonely,
⇔ he leads forth the prisoner to comfort,
⇔ so that none but the rebel lives cheerless.

WEBBE God sets the lonely in families.
⇔ He brings out the prisoners with singing,
⇔ but the rebellious dwell in a sun-scorched land.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET God settles those who have been deserted in their own homes;
⇔ he frees prisoners and grants them prosperity.
⇔ But sinful rebels live in the desert.

LSV God—causing the lonely to dwell at home,
Bringing out bound ones into prosperity,
Only—the stubborn have inhabited a dry place.

FBV God gives those who are abandoned[fn] a family to live with. He sets prisoners free with celebration.[fn] But those who rebel live in a desert wasteland.

68:6 Or “lonely.”

68:6 Or “singing.” This word only occurs once in the Old Testament. It has also been translated as “prosperity.”

T4T For those who have no one to live with, he provides families to live with.
⇔ He frees prisoners and enables them to be successful,
⇔ but those who rebel against him will be forced to live in a very hot and dry land.

LEB • he brings prisoners out into prosperity. • But the rebellious abide in a barren land.

BBE Those who are without friends, God puts in families; he makes free those who are in chains; but those who are turned away from him are given a dry land.

Moff the God who brings the lonely home,
⇔ and frees the prisoner for prosperity—
⇔ only the rebels have to live forlorn.

JPS (68-7) God maketh the solitary to dwell in a house; He bringeth out the prisoners into prosperity; the rebellious dwell but in a parched land.

ASV God setteth the solitary in families:
⇔ He bringeth out the prisoners into prosperity;
⇔ But the rebellious dwell in a parched land.

DRA O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my offences are not hidden from thee:

YLT God — causing the lonely to dwell at home, Bringing out bound ones into prosperity, Only — the refractory have inhabited a dry place.

Drby [fn]God maketh the solitary into families; those that were bound he bringeth out into prosperity: but the rebellious dwell in a parched [land].

68.6 Elohim

RV God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out the prisoners into prosperity: but the rebellious dwell in a parched land.

Wbstr God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those who are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land .

KJB-1769 God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.[fn]
(God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth/brings out those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land. )

68.6 in families: Heb. in a house

KJB-1611 [fn]God setteth the solitary in a families: hee bringeth out those which are bound with chaines, but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.
(God setteth the solitary in a families: he bringeth/brings out those which are bound with chains, but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.)

68:6 Hebr. in a house.

Bshps He is the Lord that maketh those that dwell alone to haue a familie: and bryngeth prisoners out of the stockes.
(He is the Lord that maketh those that dwell alone to have a familie: and bringeth/brings prisoners out of the stockes.)

Gnva God maketh the solitarie to dwell in families, and deliuereth them that were prisoners in stocks: but the rebellious shall dwell in a dry land.
(God maketh the solitary to dwell in families, and deliuereth them that were prisoners in stocks: but the rebellious shall dwell in a dry land. )

Cvdl He is the God yt maketh me to be of one mynde in a house, & bryngeth ye presoners out of captiuite in due season, but letteth ye rennagates cotinue in scarcenesse.
(He is the God it maketh me to be of one mind in a house, and bringeth/brings ye/you_all prisoners out of captiuite in due season, but letteth ye/you_all rennagates cotinue in scarcenesse.)

Wycl God, thou knowist myn vnkunnyng; and my trespassis ben not hid fro thee.
(God, thou/you knowest/know mine unkunnyng; and my trespassis been not hid from thee/you.)

Luth der ein Vater ist der Waisen und ein Richter der Witwen. Er ist GOtt in seiner heiligen Wohnung,
(der a father is the/of_the Waisen and a Richter the/of_the Witwen. He is God in his holyen Wohnung,)

ClVg Deus, tu scis insipientiam meam; et delicta mea a te non sunt abscondita.[fn]
(God, you scis insipientiam meam; and delicta mea from you(sg) not/no are abscondita. )

68.6 Deus, tu scis. CAS. Quia pro aliis solvit, precatur, exspectantes antiquos, et quærentes alios, scilicet, modernos, in se non frustrari, cum tanta tam æquanimiter ferat. Insipientiam. AUG. Ex membris. Vel, quod stultum est Dei, sapientius est hominibus. Quod in me irriserunt, qui sibi sapientes videbantur, tu scisti quare fieret irrisio, scilicet, talis et mors CAS. Insipientiam. Quod mei ignari Dei, hi sunt qui commutantur in sapientes et justos.

68.6 God, you scis. CAS. Because for aliis solvit, precatur, exspectantes antiquos, and quærentes alios, scilicet, modernos, in se not/no frustrari, when/with tanta tam æquanimiter ferat. Insipientiam. AUG. From membris. Vel, that stultum it_is of_God, sapientius it_is hominibus. That in me irriserunt, who sibi sapientes videbantur, you scisti quare fieret irrisio, scilicet, talis and mors CAS. Insipientiam. That my/mine ignari of_God, hi are who commutantur in sapientes and justos.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

God puts the lonely into families

(Some words not found in UHB: father_of fatherless and,judge widows ʼElohīm in/on/at/with,habitation holy,his )

God is spoken of as if he places lonely people into families. “God provides families for those who have no one to live with”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

he brings out the prisoners with singing

(Some words not found in UHB: father_of fatherless and,judge widows ʼElohīm in/on/at/with,habitation holy,his )

God is spoken of as the one who leads prisoners out of their confinement. Alternate translation: “God frees prisoners and makes them sing with happiness”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj

the rebellious

(Some words not found in UHB: father_of fatherless and,judge widows ʼElohīm in/on/at/with,habitation holy,his )

This nominal adjective refers to rebellious people and can be translated with either an adjective or a noun. Alternate translation: “rebellious people” or “people who rebel against him”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

a parched land

(Some words not found in UHB: father_of fatherless and,judge widows ʼElohīm in/on/at/with,habitation holy,his )

God’s punishment of the rebellious is spoken of as if he forces them to live in a hot desert land. Alternate translation: “a very hot and dry land”

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