PSA 74:5 Parallel Verse View

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74:6 Variant note: ו/עת: (x-qere) ’וְ֭/עַתָּה’: lemma_c/6258 n_1.0 morph_HC/D id_19ZbA וְ֭/עַתָּה

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 Εἶπα τοῖς παρανομοῦσι, μὴ παρανομεῖν, καὶ τοῖς ἁμαρτάνουσι, μὴ ὑψοῦτε κέρας.
(Eipa tois paranomousi, maʸ paranomein, kai tois hamartanousi, maʸ hupsoute keras. )

BrTr I said unto the transgressors, Do not transgress; and to the sinners, Lift not up the horn.

UST They cut down all the engraved objects in the temple as woodsmen cut down trees.

OEB hacking, like woodsmen who lift
⇔ axes on thickets of trees,

WEBBE They behaved like men wielding axes,
⇔ cutting through a thicket of trees.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET They invade like lumberjacks
⇔ swinging their axes in a thick forest.

LSV He is known as one bringing in on high
Against a thicket of wood—axes.

FBV They acted like men chopping down a forest with axes.

T4T They cut down all the engraved objects in the temple like woodsmen cut down trees.

LEB • [fn] known to be like those who[fn] axes in a thicket of trees.

74:? Hebrew “He is”

74:? Literally “lift up”

BBE They are cutting down, like a man whose blade is lifted up against the thick trees.

Moff they smashed the doors down with their axes,
⇔ like woodmen felling trees,

JPS It seemed as when men wield upwards axes in a thicket of trees.

ASV They seemed as men that lifted up
⇔ Axes upon a thicket of trees.

DRA I said to the wicked: Do not act wickedly: and to the sinners: Lift not up the horn.

YLT He is known as one bringing in on high Against a thicket of wood — axes.

Drby [A man] was known as he could lift up axes in the thicket of trees;

RV They seemed as men that lifted up axes upon a thicket of trees.

Wbstr A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees.

KJB-1769 A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees.

KJB-1611 A man was famous according as he had lifted vp axes vpon the thicke trees.
(A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees.)

Bshps He that hewed tymber afore out of thicke woddes for to builde the temple: was esteemed as one offeryng a present to God aboue.
(He that hewed timber afore out of thick woddes for to build the temple: was esteemed as one offeryng a present to God above.)

Gnva He that lifted the axes vpon the thicke trees, was renowmed, as one, that brought a thing to perfection:
(He that lifted the axes upon the thick trees, was renowmed, as one, that brought a thing to perfection: )

Cvdl Thy aduersaries roare in thy houses, & set vp their banners for tokens.
(Thy adversaries roare in thy/your houses, and set up their banners for tokens.)

Wyc I seide to wickid men, Nyle ye do wickidli; and to trespassouris, Nyle ye enhaunce the horn.
(I said to wicked men, Nyle ye/you_all do wickedly; and to trespassouris, Nyle ye/you_all enhaunce the horn.)

Luth Man siehet die Äxte oben her blicken, wie man in einen Wald hauet,
(Man siehet the Äxte above her blicken, like man in a Wald hauet,)

ClVg Dixi iniquis: Nolite inique agere: et delinquentibus: Nolite exaltare cornu:[fn]
(Dixi iniquis: Don't inique agere: and delinquentibus: Don't exaltare cornu: )

74.5 Inique agere. AUG. Malum est peccare; pejus est perseverare, perniciosus defendendo se, in Deum culpam refundere. Nolite exaltare cornu. CAS. Maximum est vitium excusationis, quasi cornu erigit qui peccata sua per alios nititur excusare, ut per diabolorum persuasiones, vel per necessitatem stellarum.

74.5 Inique agere. AUG. Malum it_is peccare; peyus it_is perseverare, perniciosus defendendo se, in God culpam refundere. Don't exaltare cornu. CAS. Maximum it_is vitium excusationis, as_if cornu erigit who sins his_own through alios nititur excusare, as through diabolorum persuasiones, or through necessitatem stellarum.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / simile

יִ֭וָּדַע כְּ⁠מֵבִ֣יא לְ⁠מָ֑עְלָ⁠ה בִּֽ⁠סֲבָךְ־עֵ֝֗ץ קַרְדֻּמּֽוֹת

was like,wielding at,upper, in/on/at/with,thicket tree/word axes

The point of this comparison is that when the Babylonian army invaded Jerusalem and chopped up the woodwork in the Temple they resembled men using their axes to chop down trees in the forest. If it would be helpful in your language you could express this meaning in plain language. Alternate translation: “They hacked to pieces all the Temple woodwork with their axes”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

יִ֭וָּדַע כְּ⁠מֵבִ֣יא לְ⁠מָ֑עְלָ⁠ה בִּֽ⁠סֲבָךְ־עֵ֝֗ץ קַרְדֻּמּֽוֹת

was like,wielding at,upper, in/on/at/with,thicket tree/word axes

If your language does not use the passive form in this way, you can state this in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. If you must state who did the action, the context implies that it was the author or the author and all the Jewish people who saw this event happen who did it. Alternate translation: “When we saw men hacking to pieces the woodwork in the Temple it seemed like those men were like men in the forest who chop down trees with their axes” or “When I saw men hacking to pieces the woodwork in the Temple it seemed as if those men were like men in the forest who chop down trees with their axes””

Parallel PSA 74:5