PSA 78:23 Parallel Verse View

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Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance=normal (All still tentative.)

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).

UST But God spoke to the sky above them
⇔ and commanded it to open like a door,

BSB ⇔ Yet He commanded the clouds above
⇔ and opened the doors of the heavens.

OEB So he summoned the clouds above;
⇔ and, opening the doors of heaven,

WEBBE Yet he commanded the skies above,
⇔ and opened the doors of heaven.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET He gave a command to the clouds above,
⇔ and opened the doors in the sky.

LSV And He commands clouds from above,
Indeed, He has opened doors of the heavens.

FBV Even so he commanded the skies above and the doors of heaven to open,

T4T But God spoke to the sky above them;
⇔ he commanded it to open like a door,

LEB • the skies above and opened the doors of heaven,

BBE And he gave orders to the clouds on high, and the doors of heaven were open;

Moff So, at his bidding, from the skies,
⇔ as he opened the sluices of heaven,

JPS And He commanded the skies above, and opened the doors of heaven;

ASV Yet he commanded the skies above,
⇔ And opened the doors of heaven;

DRA No DRA PSA 78:23 verse available

YLT And He commandeth clouds from above, Yea, doors of the heavens He hath opened.

Drby Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and had opened the doors of the heavens,

RV Yet he commanded the skies above, and opened the doors of heaven;

Wbstr Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and opened the doors of heaven,

KJB-1769 Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and opened the doors of heaven,

KJB-1611 Though he had commanded the cloudes from aboue: and opened the doores of heauen:
(Though he had commanded the clouds from aboue: and opened the doors of heaven:)

Bshps And yet he commaunded the cloudes aboue: and opened the doores of heauen.
(And yet he commanded the clouds aboue: and opened the doors of heaven.)

Gnva Yet he had comanded the clouds aboue, and had opened the doores of heauen,
(Yet he had comanded the clouds above, and had opened the doors of heaven, )

Cvdl Because they beleued not in God, and put not their trust in his helpe.
(Because they believed not in God, and put not their trust in his help.)

Wycl No Wycl PSA 78:23 verse available

Luth Und er gebot den Wolken droben und tat auf die Türen des Himmels;
(And he gebot the Wolken droben and did on the Türen the heavens;)

ClVg No ClVg PSA 78:23 verse available

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / personification

he commanded the skies

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_commanded skies at,above and,doors_of heaven opened )

Asaph speaks of the skies as if they were a person who could hear and obey God’s commands. Alternate translation: “he spoke to the sky”

skies

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_commanded skies at,above and,doors_of heaven opened )

This could mean: (1) “sky” or (2) “clouds.”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

opened the doors of the sky

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_commanded skies at,above and,doors_of heaven opened )

Asaph speaks of the sky as if it were a storeroom with doors. Alternate translation: “opened the sky as if it were a storeroom”

Parallel PSA 78:23