PSA 79:4 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.)

Key: khaki:verbs.
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BrLXX (PSA 78:4) Ἐγενήθημεν εἰς ὄνειδος τοῖς γείτοσιν ἡμῶν, μυκτηρισμὸς καὶ χλευασμὸς τοῖς κύκλῳ ἡμῶν.
(Egenaʸthaʸmen eis oneidos tois geitosin haʸmōn, muktaʸrismos kai ⱪleuasmos tois kuklōi haʸmōn.)

BrTr (PSA 78:4) We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derision to them that are round about us.

ULT We have become a reproach to our neighbors,
⇔ scorn and derision to the ones around us.

UST The people of the nations around us insult us and laugh at us.

BSB & MSB We have become a reproach to our neighbors,
⇔ a scorn and derision to those around us.

OEB On every side our neighbours
⇔ revile us and mock us and jeer at us.

WEBBE & WMBB We have become a reproach to our neighbours,
⇔ a scoffing and derision to those who are around us.

NET We have become an object of disdain to our neighbors;
⇔ those who live on our borders taunt and insult us.

LSV We have been a reproach to our neighbors,
A scorn and a derision to our surrounders.

FBV We have been made a mockery before our neighbors, ridiculed and laughed at by those around us.

T4T The people-groups that live in countries that surround our land insult us;
⇔ they laugh at us and deride/belittle us.

LEB • We have become a taunt to our neighbors,
• a derision and a scorn to those around us.

BBE We are looked down on by our neighbours, we are laughed at and made sport of by those who are round us.

Moff No Moff PSA 79:4 verse available

JPS We are become a taunt to our neighbours, a scorn and derision to them that are round about us.

ASV We are become a reproach to our neighbors,
⇔ A scoffing and derision to them that are round about us.

DRA (PSA 78:4) We are become a reproach to our neighbours: a scorn and derision to them that are round about us.

YLT We have been a reproach to our neighbours, A scorn and a derision to our surrounders.

Drby We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a mockery and a derision to them that are round about us.

RV We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derision to them that are round about us.

SLT We were a reproach to our neighbors, a derision and scorn to those being round about us.

Wbstr We have become a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and derision to them that are around us.

KJB-1769 We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derision to them that are round about us.

KJB-1611 We are become a reproach to our neighbours: a scorne and derision to them that are round about vs.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps We are become an open shame vnto our neyghbours: a very scorne and derision vnto them that are rounde about vs.
(We are become an open shame unto our neighbours: a very scorn and derision unto them that are round about us.)

Gnva Wee are a reproche to our neighbours, euen a scorne and derision vnto them that are round about vs.
(We are a reproach to our neighbours, even a scorn and derision unto them that are round about us.)

Cvdl We are become an open shame vnto oure enemies, a very scorne and derision vnto them that are rounde aboute vs.
(We are become an open shame unto our enemies, a very scorn and derision unto them that are round about us.)

Wycl (PSA 78:4) We ben maad schenschipe to oure neiyboris; mowynge and scornynge to hem, that ben in oure cumpas.
(We been made harm/trouble to our neighbours; mowing and scorning to them, that been in our compass/all_around.)

Luth Wir sind unsern Nachbarn eine Schmach worden, ein Spott und Hohn denen, die um uns sind.
(We are ours neighbours a/one disgrace been, a mockery and mockery those, the around/by/for us/to_us/ourselves are.)

ClVg (PSA 78:4) Facti sumus opprobrium vicinis nostris; subsannatio et illusio his qui in circuitu nostro sunt.[fn]
(Made we_are reproach neighbours ours; mockery and irony his who/which in/into/on around our are.)

78.4 Facti. CASS. Gloria Jerusalem toto orbe mirabilis versa est in opprobrium vicinis, quod gravius est quam si remotis, quia hi sunt assidui. Vel, vicini, affectiones, propinquis jam volentibus credere, ut martyres hoc dicant.

78.4 Made. CASS. Glory Yerusalem throughout around_the_world wonderful/miraculous versa it_is in/into/on reproach neighbours, that heavier it_is how when/but_if removed, because these are constant. Or, neighbours, emotions, near already willing to_believe, as martyrs this let_them_say.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-participants

הָיִ֣ינוּ

become

Here Asaph is using the word We to introduce the community of Israel as speakers for the first time in the psalm. Your language may have its own way of introducing new participants that you can use in your translation. Alternate translation: [We, your people, have become]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

חֶ֭רְפָּה לִ⁠שְׁכֵנֵ֑י⁠נוּ לַ֥עַג וָ֝⁠קֶ֗לֶס לִ⁠סְבִיבוֹתֵֽי⁠נוּ

(Some words not found in UHB: become taunt to,neighbors_of,our scorn and,derision to_[those],around_of,us )

These two phrases mean basically the same thing. The second emphasizes the meaning of the first by repeating the same idea with different words. The poetry of the original language was based on this kind of repetition, and you may want to show this to your readers by including both phrases in your translation. If it is helpful, you could connect the phrases in a way that shows that the second phrase is repeating the first one, not saying something additional. Alternate translation: [those whom our neighbors insult and mock]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

חֶ֭רְפָּה

(Some words not found in UHB: become taunt to,neighbors_of,our scorn and,derision to_[those],around_of,us )

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of reproach, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [people whom others reproach]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

לַ֥עַג וָ֝⁠קֶ֗לֶס לִ⁠סְבִיבוֹתֵֽי⁠נוּ

scorn and,derision to_[those],around_of,us

Asaph is leaving out some of the words that in many languages a sentence would need in order to be complete. You can supply these words from the context if that would be clearer in your language. Alternate translation: [and we have become scorn and derision to the ones around us]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / doublet

לַ֥עַג וָ֝⁠קֶ֗לֶס

scorn and,derision

The terms scorn and derision mean similar things. Asaph is using the two terms together for emphasis. If it would be clearer for your readers, you could express the emphasis with a single phrase. Alternate translation: [utter mockery]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

לַ֥עַג וָ֝⁠קֶ֗לֶס לִ⁠סְבִיבוֹתֵֽי⁠נוּ

scorn and,derision to_[those],around_of,us

If your language does not use abstract nouns for the ideas of scorn and derision, you could express the same ideas in other ways. Alternate translation: [people whom others scorn and deride]

Parallel PSA 79:4