PSA 72:8 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) May he have dominion from sea to sea,
⇔ ≈ and from the Euphrates to the ends of the earth.

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 Διενοήθησαν, καὶ ἐλάλησαν ἐν πονηρίᾳ, ἀδικίαν εἰς τὸ ὕψος ἐλάλησαν.
(Dienoaʸthaʸsan, kai elalaʸsan en ponaʸria, adikian eis to hupsos elalaʸsan.)

BrTr They have taken counsel and spoken in wickedness: they have uttered unrighteousness loftily.

ULT May he have dominion from sea to sea,
⇔ and from the River to the ends of the earth.

UST May he rule over all of the surrounding territory, right up to the shores of the seas.
⇔ May his realm extend from the Euphrates River to the limits of the lands that people know.

BSB May he rule from sea to sea,
⇔ and from the [Euphrates][fn] to the ends of the earth.

72:8 Hebrew the River

MSB (Same as BSB above including footnotes)

OEB May he reign from ocean to ocean,
⇔ from the river to the ends of the earth.

WEBBE He shall have dominion also from sea to sea,
⇔ from the River to the ends of the earth.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET May he rule from sea to sea,
⇔ and from the Euphrates River to the ends of the earth!

LSV And He rules from sea to sea,
And from the river to the ends of the earth.

FBV May he rule from sea to sea, from the river to the ends of the earth.[fn]

72:8 From sea to sea probably refers to the Mediterranean and the Dead Sea (or Red Sea); the river to the Euphrates.

T4T ⇔ I hope/desire that the kings of Israel will rule the people
⇔ in all the area from one sea in the east to another in the west,
⇔ and from the Euphrates River to the most remote/distant places on earth.

LEB • And may he rule from sea up to sea,
• and from the River[fn] to the edges of the land.

72:? That is, the Euphrates

BBE Let his kingdom be from sea to sea, from the River to the ends of the earth.

Moff From sea to sea may his domain extend,
⇔ from the Euphrates to the earth’s far end!

JPS May he have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the River unto the ends of the earth.

ASV He shall have dominion also from sea to sea,
⇔ And from the River unto the ends of the earth.

DRA They have thought and spoken wickedness: they have spoken iniquity on high.

YLT And he ruleth from sea unto sea, And from the river unto the ends of earth.

Drby And he shall have dominion from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth.

RV He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the River unto the ends of the earth.

SLT And he shall rule from sea even to sea, and from the river even to the ends of the earth.

Wbstr He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river to the ends of the earth.

KJB-1769 He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth.

KJB-1611 He shall haue dominion also from sea to sea, and from the riuer, vnto the ends of the earth.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps His dominion also shalbe from the one sea to the other: and from the fludde vnto the ende of the earth.
(His dominion also shall be from the one sea to the other: and from the flood unto the end of the earth.)

Gnva His dominion shall be also from sea to sea, and from the Riuer vnto the endes of the land.
(His dominion shall be also from sea to sea, and from the River unto the ends of the land.)

Cvdl His dominion shalbe from the one see to the other, and from the floude vnto the worldes ende.
(His dominion shall be from the one see to the other, and from the flood unto the worlds end.)

Wycl Thei thouyten and spaken weiwardnesse; thei spaken wickidnesse an hiy.
(They thought and spoke waywardness; they spoke wickedness an high.)

Luth Er wird herrschen von einem Meer bis ans andere und von dem Wasser an bis zur Welt Ende.
(He becomes reign/prevail from on sea until at/to other/different and from to_him water at/to until to/for world end(n).)

ClVg Cogitaverunt et locuti sunt nequitiam; iniquitatem in excelso locuti sunt.[fn]
(They_thought and spoke are iniquity; iniquity in/into/on on_high spoke are.)

72.8 In excelso. AUG. Palam in manifesto: vel, contra Deum blasphemi.

72.8 In on_high. AUG. Palam in/into/on manifesto: or, on_the_contrary God blasphemi.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / merism

מִ⁠יָּ֣ם עַד־יָ֑ם וּ֝⁠מִ⁠נָּהָ֗ר עַד־אַפְסֵי־אָֽרֶץ

(Some words not found in UHB: and,may_he_rule from,sea until sea and,from_[the],river until ends_of earth )

The psalmist is using two extremes of geography, from sea to sea and from the River to the ends of the earth, together to mean everywhere. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [over the whole earth, from sea to sea and from the River to the farthest lands]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / imperative3p

וְ֭⁠יֵרְדְּ מִ⁠יָּ֣ם עַד־יָ֑ם וּ֝⁠מִ⁠נָּהָ֗ר עַד־אַפְסֵי־אָֽרֶץ

(Some words not found in UHB: and,may_he_rule from,sea until sea and,from_[the],river until ends_of earth )

The psalmist is saying how he wants the king to rule. See the discussion in the introduction to Psalms about “let” and “may” and follow the decision of your team of how a speaker will express in this context what he wants someone to do. Alternate translation: [I want him to rule from sea to sea and from the River to the ends of the earth]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

אַפְסֵי־אָֽרֶץ

ends_of earth

The psalmist is using this possessive form to describe the farthest places on the earth. If a speaker of your language would not use the possessive form for this, you could express this idea in another way. Alternate translation: [the farthest places on earth]

Parallel PSA 72:8