PSA 69:15 Parallel Verse View

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Key: khaki:verbs.
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ULT Do not let the floods of water overwhelm me,
⇔ neither let the deep swallow me up.
⇔ Do not let the pit shut its mouth on me.

UST Make it so that it will no longer be as if a flood were swirling around me
⇔ and I was about to go down to the bottom of deep water.
⇔ Rescue me so that I do not go to the place where dead people are.

BSB Do not let the floods engulf me
⇔ or the depths swallow me up;
⇔ let not the Pit close its mouth over me.

MSB (Same as BSB above)

OEB that the rushing flood may not drown me,
⇔ that the deep may not swallow me up,
⇔ nor the pit close her mouth upon me.

WEBBE Don’t let the flood waters overwhelm me,
⇔ neither let the deep swallow me up.
⇔ Don’t let the pit shut its mouth on me.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Don’t let the current overpower me!
⇔ Don’t let the deep swallow me up!
⇔ Don’t let the pit devour me!

LSV Do not let a flood of waters overflow me,
Nor let the deep swallow me up,
Nor let the pit shut her mouth on me.

FBV Don't let the flood waters wash over me. Don't let the deep waters pull me down. Don't let the grave close over me.

T4T Do not allow flood waters to swirl around me,
⇔ do not allow the deep mud to swallow me;
⇔ keep me from sinking into the pit of death [MET].

LEB • Do not let the torrent of waters flood over me,
• or the deep swallow me,
• or the pit close its mouth over me.

BBE Let me not be covered by the flowing waters; let not the deep waters go over my head, and let me not be shut up in the underworld.

Moff let not the flood sweep over me,
⇔ let not the depths drown me;
⇔ let not death close over me.

JPS (69-16) Let not the waterflood overwhelm me, neither let the deep swallow me up; and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.

ASV Let not the waterflood overwhelm me,
⇔ Neither let the deep swallow me up;
⇔ And let not the pit shut its mouth upon me.

DRA No DRA PSA 69:15 verse available

YLT Let not a flood of waters overflow me, Nor let the deep swallow me up, Nor let the pit shut her mouth upon me.

Drby Let not the flood of waters overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up; and let not the pit shut its mouth upon me.

RV Let not the waterflood overwhelm me, neither let the deep swallow me up; and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.
(Let not the water-flood overwhelm me, neither let the deep swallow me up; and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.)

SLT The streams of water shall not overflow me, and the depth shall not swallow me down, and the well shall not close upon me her mouth.

Wbstr Let not the water-flood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.

KJB-1769 Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.
(Let not the water-flood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.)

KJB-1611 Let not the water flood ouerflow me, neither let the deepe swallow mee vp, and let not the pit shut her mouth vpon me.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps Let not the water fludde drowne me, neither let the deepe swalowe me vp: & let not the pyt shut her mouth vpon me.
(Let not the water-flood drown me, neither let the deep swallow me up: and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.)

Gnva Let not the water flood drowne mee, neither let the deepe swallowe me vp: and let not the pit shut her mouth vpon me.
(Let not the water-flood drown me, neither let the deep swallow me up: and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.)

Cvdl Take me out of the myre, yt I syncke not: Oh let me be delyuered fro the yt hate me, & out of ye depe waters.
(Take me out of the mire/mud, it I sink not: Oh let me be delivered from the it hate me, and out of ye/you_all deep waters.)

Wycl No Wycl PSA 69:15 verse available

Luth Errette mich aus dem Kot, daß ich nicht versinke, daß ich errettet werde von meinen Hassern und aus dem tiefen Wasser,
(Save/Rescue me out_of to_him faeces/filth, that I not sink, that I saved/rescued become from my haters and out_of to_him deep water,)

ClVg No ClVg PSA 69:15 verse available

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / imperative

אַל־תִּשְׁטְפֵ֤⁠נִי ׀ שִׁבֹּ֣לֶת מַ֭יִם וְ⁠אַל־תִּבְלָעֵ֣⁠נִי מְצוּלָ֑ה וְ⁠אַל־תֶּאְטַר־עָלַ֖⁠י בְּאֵ֣ר פִּֽי⁠הָ

(Some words not found in UHB: deliver,me from_[the],mud and,not sink delivered from,[those_of,who]_hate_me and,from,depths_of waters )

These are imperatives, but they communicate polite requests rather than commands. If the imperatives do not communicate polite requests for your readers, then use a form in your language that communicates polite requests. It may be helpful to add an expression such as “please” to make this clear. Alternate translation: [Please do not let the flood of waters overflow me, and please do not let the deep swallow me, and please do not let the pit close its mouth over me]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

אַל־תִּשְׁטְפֵ֤⁠נִי ׀ שִׁבֹּ֣לֶת מַ֭יִם

(Some words not found in UHB: deliver,me from_[the],mud and,not sink delivered from,[those_of,who]_hate_me and,from,depths_of waters )

David is speaking of his troubles as if they were a flood of waters that could overflow or overwhelm him. If this image communicates well in your language, please use it. If not, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [Do not let my troubles overwhelm me]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / personification

וְ⁠אַל־תִּבְלָעֵ֣⁠נִי מְצוּלָ֑ה

and,not (Some words not found in UHB: deliver,me from_[the],mud and,not sink delivered from,[those_of,who]_hate_me and,from,depths_of waters )

David speaks of the deep as if it were a person who could swallow him. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [and do not let me perish in the deep waters]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / personification

וְ⁠אַל־תֶּאְטַר־עָלַ֖⁠י בְּאֵ֣ר פִּֽי⁠הָ

and,not (Some words not found in UHB: deliver,me from_[the],mud and,not sink delivered from,[those_of,who]_hate_me and,from,depths_of waters )

David speaks of the pit as if it were a person who could close its mouth over him. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [and do not let the grave hold me]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

מְצוּלָ֑ה & בְּאֵ֣ר

(Some words not found in UHB: deliver,me from_[the],mud and,not sink delivered from,[those_of,who]_hate_me and,from,depths_of waters )

Here, the deep and the pit represent death and the grave. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use equivalent expressions or plain language. Alternate translation: [death … the grave]

Parallel PSA 69:15