PSA 78:55 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) He drove out the nations ahead of them
⇔ and assigned them their inheritance.
⇔ He settled the Israeli tribes in their tents.[ref]

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).

ULT He drove out the nations from before them
⇔ and assigned them their inheritance.
⇔ He settled the tribes of Israel in their tents.

UST He drove out the people groups as the Israelites advanced;
⇔ he distributed the land for each tribe to possess as their own,
⇔ and he settled the tribes of Israel in the homes of those peoples.

BSB He drove out nations before them
⇔ and apportioned their inheritance;
⇔ He settled the tribes of Israel in their tents.

MSB (Same as BSB above)

OEB He drove out the nations before them,
⇔ and allotted their land for possession,
⇔ and their tents for Israel to live in.

WEBBE He also drove out the nations before them,
⇔ allotted them for an inheritance by line,
⇔ and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET He drove the nations out from before them;
⇔ he assigned them their tribal allotments
⇔ and allowed the tribes of Israel to settle down.

LSV And casts out nations from before them,
And causes them to fall in the line of inheritance,
And causes the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents,

FBV He drove out the heathen nations before them. He divided up the land for them to own. He settled the tribes of Israel in their tents.

T4T He expelled the people-groups while his people were advancing;
⇔ he allotted part of the land for each tribe to possess,
⇔ and he gave to the Israeli people the houses of those people who had been expelled.

LEB • And he drove out nations before them
• and allocated them for an inheritance by boundary line,
• and settled the tribes of Israel in their tents.

BBE Driving out nations before them, marking out the line of their heritage, and giving the people of Israel their tents for a resting-place.

Moff he drove out nations before them,
⇔ and duly divided their land,
⇔ for Israel’s clans to occupy.

JPS He drove out the nations also before them, and allotted them for an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.

ASV He drove out the nations also before them,
⇔ And allotted them for an inheritance by line,
⇔ And made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.

DRA No DRA PSA 78:55 verse available

YLT And casteth out nations from before them, And causeth them to fall in the line of inheritance, And causeth the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents,

Drby And he drove out the nations before them, and allotted them for an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.

RV He drove out the nations also before them, and allotted them for an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.

SLT And he will cast out the nations from their face, and he will divide them by lot in the measure of inheritance, and he will cause the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.

Wbstr He cast out the heathen also before them, and divided them an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.

KJB-1769 He cast out the heathen also before them, and divided them an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.

KJB-1611 He cast out the heathen also before them, and diuided them an inheritance by line: and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps He dyd cast out the heathen also before them: he caused their land to be deuided among the for an heritage, & made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tentes.
(He did cast out the heathen also before them: he caused their land to be divided among the for an heritage, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.)

Gnva He cast out the heathe also before them, and caused them to fall to the lot of his inheritance, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tabernacles.

Cvdl He caried them vnto the borders of his Sanctuary: euen in to this hill, which he purchased with his right hande.
(He carried them unto the borders of his Sanctuary: even in to this hill, which he purchased with his right hand.)

Wycl No Wycl PSA 78:55 verse available

Luth Und vor ihnen her die Völker und ließ ihnen das Erbe austeilen und ließ in jener Hütten die Stämme Israels wohnen.
(And before/in_front_of to_them her the peoples and left/let to_them the heritage distribute and left/let in that huts the tribes Israel's live/reside.)

ClVg No ClVg PSA 78:55 verse available

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-pronouns

וַ⁠יְגָ֤רֶשׁ מִ⁠פְּנֵי⁠הֶ֨ם ׀ גּוֹיִ֗ם

and=he/it_drove_out (Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_drove_out from=their=face/front nations and,he,made_fall_them by,a_measuring-line_of inheritance and=he/it_made_stay/reside in,tents_of,their tribes_of Yisrael )

The pronoun he refers to God, while the pronoun them refers to the Israelites. It may be helpful to clarify this for your readers. Alternate translation: [God drove out nations from before the Israelites]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

וַֽ֭⁠יַּפִּילֵ⁠ם בְּ⁠חֶ֣בֶל נַחֲלָ֑ה

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_drove_out from=their=face/front nations and,he,made_fall_them by,a_measuring-line_of inheritance and=he/it_made_stay/reside in,tents_of,their tribes_of Yisrael )

Here the psalmist is speaking of the Canaanites whom God caused them to fall in a portion of inheritance. Your language may have a comparable expression that you could use in your translation, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [and caused them to be defeated in each portion that Israel inherited] or [and defeated them in each portion that Israel inherited as they came to it]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

בְּ⁠חֶ֣בֶל נַחֲלָ֑ה

The psalmist is using this possessive form to mean a portion for inheriting. It may be helpful to clarify this for your readers. Alternate translation: [in each portion inherited by Israel] or [in each portion that Israel inherited]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

בְּ⁠חֶ֣בֶל נַחֲלָ֑ה

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of inheritance, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [and gave each tribe a portion to inherit] or [and gave each tribe of Israel a portion as their own]

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