PSA 74:20 Parallel Verse View

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ULT Remember your covenant,
⇔ for the dark regions of the land are full of places of violence.

UST Continue thinking about the covenant that you made with us;
⇔ remember that there are violent people in every dark place on the earth.

BSB Consider Your covenant,
⇔ for haunts of violence fill the dark places of the land.

OEB Look to the sleek ones – how full they are:
⇔ the dark places of earth are the dwellings of violence.

WEB Honor your covenant,
⇔ for haunts of violence fill the dark places of the earth.

WMB (Same as above)

NET Remember your covenant promises,
⇔ for the dark regions of the earth are full of places where violence rules.

LSV Look attentively to the covenant,
For the dark places of earth,
Have been full of habitations of violence.

FBV Remember your promises in the agreement,[fn] because the land is full of dark places and violence.

74:20 Literally, “covenant.”

T4T Do not forget the agreement that you made with us;
⇔ remember that there are violent people in every dark place on the earth.

LEB • because the dark places of the land are full of • the haunts of violence.

BBE Keep in mind your undertaking; for the dark places of the earth are full of pride and cruel acts.

Moff Look at these creatures, so sleek and successful!—
⇔ every corner is full of their violence.

JPS Look upon the covenant; for the dark places of the land are full of the habitations of violence.

ASV Have respect unto the covenant;
⇔ For the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of violence.

DRA No DRA PSA 74:20 verse available

YLT Look attentively to the covenant, For the dark places of earth, Have been full of habitations of violence.

Drby Have respect unto the covenant; for the dark places of the earth are full of the dwellings of violence.

RV Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of violence.

Wbstr Have respect to the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty.

KJB-1769 Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty.

KJB-1611 Haue respect vnto the couenant: for the darke places of the earth are full of the habitations of crueltie.
(Have respect unto the covenant: for the darke places of the earth are full of the habitations of crueltie.)

Bshps Loke vpon the couenaunt: for darknesse of the earth hath replenisshed houses with iniquitie.
(Look upon the covenant: for darkness of the earth hath/has replenisshed houses with iniquitie.)

Gnva Consider thy couenant: for the darke places of the earth are full of the habitations of the cruell.
(Consider thy/your covenant: for the darke places of the earth are full of the habitations of the cruell.)

Cvdl O delyuer not the soule of thy turtle doue vnto the beestes, & forget not the congregacon of the poore for euer.
(O deliver not the soul of thy/your turtle dove unto the beasts/animals, and forget not the congregacon of the poor forever.)

Wyc No Wyc PSA 74:20 verse available

Luth Gedenk an den Bund; denn das Land ist allenthalben jämmerlich verheeret, und die Häuser sind zerrissen.
(Gedenk at the Bund; because the Land is allenthalben jämmerlich verheeret, and the Häuser are zerrissen.)

ClVg No ClVg PSA 74:20 verse available

BrTr No BrTr PSA 74:20 verse available

BrLXX No BrLXX PSA 74:20 verse available

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

the dark regions of the land are full of places of violence

(Some words not found in UHB: have_regard for_the,covenant that/for/because/then/when full_of dark_places earth/land haunts violence/cruelty )

Asaph speaks of “regions” as if they were containers in which one could put “places of violence.” Alternate translation: “violent people do evil deeds in dark places in the land wherever they can”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

the dark regions of the land

(Some words not found in UHB: have_regard for_the,covenant that/for/because/then/when full_of dark_places earth/land haunts violence/cruelty )

The word “dark” is probably a metaphor for a place where bad things happen or for the lands to which the Israelites had been sent in exile, but these words should be translated literally if possible.

Parallel PSA 74:20