PSA 78:34 Parallel Verse View

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

Key: khaki:verbs, blue:Elohim.
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).

ULT Whenever God afflicted them, they would start to seek him,
⇔ and they would return and look earnestly for him.

UST Whenever God caused some of the Israelites to die,
⇔ the others would repent;
⇔ they would be sorry and seriously ask God to save them.

BSB When He slew them, they would seek Him;
⇔ they repented and searched for God.

OEB When he slew them, then they sought after him,
⇔ they turned and sought God with diligence.

WEBBE When he killed them, then they enquired after him.
⇔ They returned and sought God earnestly.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET When he struck them down, they sought his favor;
⇔ they turned back and longed for God.

LSV If He slew them, then they sought Him,
And turned back, and earnestly sought God,

FBV When he began killing them, the rest came back to God in repentance, praying to him.

T4T When God caused some of them to die,
⇔ the others turned to God;
⇔ they repented and earnestly asked God to save them.

LEB • some of them, then they sought him, and repented and earnestly sought God.

BBE When he sent death on them, then they made search for him; turning to him and looking for him with care;

Moff Then, if he slew them, they sought after him,
⇔ they would earnestly seek God again,

JPS When He slew them, then they would inquire after Him, and turn back and seek God earnestly.

ASV When he slew them, then they inquired after him;
⇔ And they returned and sought God earnestly.

DRA No DRA PSA 78:34 verse available

YLT If He slew them, then they sought Him, And turned back, and sought God earnestly,

Drby When he slew them, then they sought him, and returned and sought early after [fn]God;

78.34 El

RV When he slew them, then they inquired after him: and they returned and sought God early.

Wbstr When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and inquired early after God.

KJB-1769 When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and enquired early after God.
(When he slew/killed them, then they sought him: and they returned and enquired early after God. )

KJB-1611 When hee slew them, then they sought him: and they returned, and inquired early after God.
(When he slew/killed them, then they sought him: and they returned, and inquired early after God.)

Bshps And they remembred that the Lorde was their rocke: & that the Lorde most hyghest was their redeemer.
(And they remembred that the Lord was their rock: and that the Lord most hyghest was their redeemer.)

Gnva And when hee slewe them, they sought him and they returned, and sought God earely.
(And when he slew/killed them, they sought him and they returned, and sought God early. )

Cvdl When he slewe them, they sought him, and turned them early vnto God.
(When he slew/killed them, they sought him, and turned them early unto God.)

Wyc No Wyc PSA 78:34 verse available

Luth Wenn er sie erwürgete, suchten sie ihn und kehreten sich frühe zu GOtt
(When he they/she/them stranglede, suchten they/she/them him/it and kehreten itself/yourself/themselves early to God)

ClVg No ClVg PSA 78:34 verse available

BrTr No BrTr PSA 78:34 verse available

BrLXX No BrLXX PSA 78:34 verse available

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

to seek him

(Some words not found in UHB: if killed,them and,sought,him and,repented and,sought_~_earnestly god )

to ask him what they needed to do so he would protect them

afflicted them, they would & they would return and look

(Some words not found in UHB: if killed,them and,sought,him and,repented and,sought_~_earnestly god )

These are different people from those whose days God “cut short.” When some of them died, others would “start to seek” God.

would return

(Some words not found in UHB: if killed,them and,sought,him and,repented and,sought_~_earnestly god )

Alternate translation: “would repent” or “would be truly sorry for their sins”

look earnestly

(Some words not found in UHB: if killed,them and,sought,him and,repented and,sought_~_earnestly god )

Alternate translation: “look urgently” or “look as best they could”

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