PSA 71:19 Parallel Verse View

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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 καὶ εὐλογητὸν τὸ ὄνομα τῆς δόξης αὐτοῦ εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα καὶ εἰς αἰῶνα τοῦ αἰῶνος· καὶ πληρωθήσεται τῆς δόξης αὐτοῦ πᾶσα ἡ γῆ. γένοιτο, γένοιτο.
(kai eulogaʸton to onoma taʸs doxaʸs autou eis ton aiōna kai eis aiōna tou aiōnos; kai plaʸrōthaʸsetai taʸs doxaʸs autou pasa haʸ gaʸ. genoito, genoito. )

BrTr And blessed is his glorious name for ever, even for ever and ever: and all the earth shall be filled with his glory. So be it, so be it.

ULT Your righteousness also, God, is very high;
⇔ you who have done great things, God, who is like you?

UST God, you do many righteous deeds;
⇔ it is as though they extend up to the sky.
⇔ You have done great things;
⇔ there is no one like you.

BSB Your righteousness reaches to the heavens, O God,
⇔ You who have done great things.
⇔ Who, O God, is like You?

OEB ⇔ Your power and your justice, O God,
⇔ extend as far as the heavens:
⇔ for great are the things you have done.
⇔ Who is like you, O God?

WEBBE God, your righteousness also reaches to the heavens.
⇔ You have done great things.
⇔ God, who is like you?

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Your justice, O God, extends to the skies above;
⇔ you have done great things.
⇔ O God, who can compare to you?

LSV And Your righteousness, O God, [is] to the heights,
Because You have done great things,
O God, who [is] like You?

FBV God, your trustworthy and true nature[fn] is higher than the highest heaven! You have done incredible things! God, who is like you?

71:19 “Trustworthy and true nature”: often translated “righteousness.” The root word comes from the idea of being “straight.” Simply put, God is always straight.

T4T ⇔ God, you do many righteous deeds;
⇔ it is as though they extend up to the sky.
⇔ You have done great things;
⇔ there is no one like you [RHQ].

LEB • And your righteousness, O God, is to the height of heaven. You who have done great things,
• O God, who is like you?

BBE Your righteousness, O God, is very high; you have done great things; O God, who is like you?

Moff Thy faithful aid is high as heaven, O God,
⇔ for great things thou hast done;
⇔ who is like thee, O God?

JPS Thy righteousness also, O God, which reacheth unto high heaven; Thou who hast done great things, O God, who is like unto Thee?

ASV Thy righteousness also, O God, is very high;
⇔ Thou who hast done great things, O God, who is like unto thee?

DRA And blessed be the name of his majesty for ever: and the whole earth shall be filled with his majesty. So be it. So be it.

YLT And Thy righteousness, O God, [is] unto the heights, Because Thou hast done great things, O God, who [is] like Thee?

Drby And thy righteousness, O [fn]God, reacheth on high, thou who hast done great things: O [fn]God, who is like unto thee?

71.19 Elohim

RV Thy righteousness also, O God, is very high; thou who hast done great things, O God, who is like unto thee?

Wbstr Thy righteousness also, O God, is very high, who hast done great things: O God, who is like to thee!

KJB-1769 Thy righteousness also, O God, is very high, who hast done great things: O God, who is like unto thee!
(Thy/Your righteousness also, Oh God, is very high, who hast done great things: Oh God, who is like unto thee! )

KJB-1611 Thy righteousnes also, O God, is very high, who hast done great things: O God, who is like vnto thee?
(Thy/Your righteousness also, Oh God, is very high, who hast done great things: Oh God, who is like unto thee/you?)

Bshps And vntyll I haue exceedyngly exalted O Lorde thy ryghteousnesse: for great thynges are they that thou hast done, O Lorde who is lyke vnto thee?
(And until I have exceedingly exalted Oh Lord thy/your righteousness: for great things are they that thou/you hast done, Oh Lord who is like unto thee/you?)

Gnva And thy righteousnes, O God, I wil exalt on high: for thou hast done great thinges: O God, who is like vnto thee!
(And thy/your righteousness, Oh God, I will exalt on high: for thou/you hast done great things: Oh God, who is like unto thee! )

Cvdl Thou hast brought me to greate honoure, & comforted me on euery syde.
(Thou/you hast brought me to great honour, and comforted me on every side.)

Wycl Blessid be the name of his maieste with outen ende; and al erthe schal be fillid with his maieste; be it doon, be it doon.
(Blessed be the name of his mayest/maye without end; and all earth shall be filled with his mayest/maye; be it doon, be it doon.)

Luth GOtt, deine Gerechtigkeit ist hoch, der du große Dinge tust. GOtt, wer ist dir gleich?
(God, your justice is hoch, the/of_the you(sg) large things tust. God, who is you/to_you even?)

ClVg Et benedictum nomen majestatis ejus in æternum, et replebitur majestate ejus omnis terra. Fiat, fiat.]
(And benedictum name mayestatis his in eternal, and replebitur mayestate his everyone earth/land. Fiat, fiat.] )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

Your righteousness also, God, is very high

(Some words not found in UHB: and,righteousness_of,your ʼElohīm until high_heavens which/who you(ms)_have_done/made great ʼElohīm who? like,you )

The psalmist speaks of the good things God has done as though they were put together as a high building or a mountain.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

who is like you?

(Some words not found in UHB: and,righteousness_of,your ʼElohīm until high_heavens which/who you(ms)_have_done/made great ʼElohīm who? like,you )

If your readers would misunderstand this question, you can express it as a statement. Alternate translation: “there is no one like you!”

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