PSA 77:8 Parallel Verse View

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Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=Narrator (All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV) Was his loyal commitment gone forever?
⇔ ≈ Had his promise failed forever?

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 (PSA 76:9) Ἢ εἰς τέλος ἀποκόψει τὸ ἔλεος ἀπὸ γενεᾶς καὶ γενεᾶς;
(Aʸ eis telos apokopsei to eleos apo geneas kai geneas;)

ULT Has his covenant faithfulness ceased forever?
⇔ Has a promise ended for generation and generation?

UST I wondered whether the Lord had completely stopped being faithful
⇔ and had broken his promise to all future generations.

BSB & MSB Is His loving devotion gone forever?
⇔ Has His promise failed for all time?

OEB Has his love vanished forever?
⇔ Is his faithfulness utterly gone?

WEBBE & WMBB Has his loving kindness vanished forever?
⇔ Does his promise fail for generations?

NET Has his loyal love disappeared forever?
⇔ Has his promise failed forever?

LSV Has His kindness ceased forever? The saying failed from generation to generation?

FBV Has his trustworthy love disappeared forever? Have his promises permanently ended?

T4T Has he stopped faithfully loving us?
⇔ Will he not do for us what he promised to do?

LEB • Has his loyal love ceased forever?
• Is his promise[fn] ended throughout generations?

77:? Hebrew “word”

BBE Is his mercy quite gone for ever? has his word come to nothing?

Moff Has his love left us for ever,
⇔ has his faithfulness utterly failed?

JPS (PSA 77:9) (77-10) Hath God forgotten to be gracious? Hath He in anger shut up his compassions?' Selah

ASV Is his lovingkindness clean gone for ever?
⇔ Doth his promise fail for evermore?

DRA (PSA 76:9) Or will he cut off his mercy for ever, from generation to generation?

YLT Hath His kindness ceased for ever? The saying failed to all generations?

Drby Hath his loving-kindness ceased for ever? hath [his] word come to an end from generation to generation?

RV Is his mercy clean gone for ever? doth his promise fail for evermore?
(Is his mercy clean gone forever? doeth/does his promise fail forever?)

SLT Did his mercy fail forever? his word come to an end to generation and generation?

Wbstr Is his mercy wholly gone for ever? doth his promise fail for evermore?

KJB-1769 Is his mercy clean gone for ever? doth his promise fail for evermore?[fn]
(Is his mercy clean gone forever? doeth/does his promise fail forever?)

77.8 for evermore: Heb. to generation and generation?

KJB-1611 Is his mercy cleane gone for euer? doth his promise faile [fn]for euermore?
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above apart from footnotes)

77:8 Heb. to generation and generation.

Bshps Is his mercie cleane gone for euer? and is his promise made from one generation to another, come vtterly to an ende.
(Is his mercy clean gone forever? and is his promise made from one generation to another, come utterly to an end.)

Gnva Is his mercie cleane gone for euer? doeth his promise faile for euermore?
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from marking of added words (and possibly capitalisation and punctuation))

Cvdl Is his mercy cleane gone? Is his promyse come vtterly to an ende for euermore?
(Is his mercy clean gone? Is his promise come utterly to an end forever?)

Wycl (PSA 76:9) Ethir schal he kitte awei his merci into the ende; fro generacioun in to generacioun?
(Either shall he cut away his mercy into the end; from generation in to generation?)

Luth (PSA 77:9) Ist‘s denn ganz und gar aus mit seiner Güte? und hat die Verheißung ein Ende?
(Is_it because/than all and even out_of with his goodness? and has the promise(n) a end(n)?)

ClVg (PSA 76:9) aut in finem misericordiam suam abscindet, a generatione in generationem?
(or in/into/on the_end mercy his_own cut_off, from generation in/into/on generation?)

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

חַסְדּ֑⁠וֹ

loyalty_of,his_covenant

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of covenant faithfulness, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [his faithfulness to his covenant] or [his faithful commitment to his covenant]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

לְ⁠דֹ֣ר וָ⁠דֹֽר

to,a_generation and,a_generation

Asaph is using for generation and generation as a common expression of his culture to mean “throughout all generations” or “forever.” If this phrase does not have that meaning in your language, you could use a comparable expression from your language that does have that meaning, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [throughout all generations]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

הֶ⁠אָפֵ֣ס לָ⁠נֶ֣צַח חַסְדּ֑⁠וֹ גָּ֥מַר אֹ֝֗מֶר לְ⁠דֹ֣ר וָ⁠דֹֽר

has,it_come_to_an_end? to,perpetuity loyalty_of,his_covenant (Some words not found in UHB: has,it_come_to_an_end? to,perpetuity loyalty_of,his_covenant at_an_end promise to,a_generation and,a_generation )

Asaph is using the question form to express his deep sorrow and fear that God has abandoned him. If a speaker of your language would not use the question form for that purpose, you could translate these questions as statements or as exclamations. Alternate translation: [Your covenant faithfulness must be gone forever! Your promise must have failed forever!] or [Surely your covenant faithfulness is gone forever. Surely your promise has failed forever.]

Parallel PSA 77:8