PSA 81:13 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.
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 80:14) Εἰ ὁ λαός μου ἤκουσέ μου, Ἰσραὴλ ταῖς ὁδοῖς μου εἰ ἐπορεύθη,
(Ei ho laos mou aʸkouse mou, Israaʸl tais hodois mou ei eporeuthaʸ,)

BrTr (PSA 80:14) If my people had hearkened to me, if Israel had walked in my ways,

ULT If only my people were listening to me,
⇔ if Israel would walk in my ways!

UST I wish that my people would obey me!
⇔ Yes, I wish that the Israelites would live the way I want them to!

BSB & MSB If only My people would listen to Me,
⇔ if Israel would follow My ways,

OEB O that my people would listen,
⇔ that Israel would walk in my ways.

WEBBE & WMBB Oh that my people would listen to me,
⇔ that Israel would walk in my ways!

NET If only my people would obey me!
⇔ If only Israel would keep my commands!

LSV O that My people were listening to Me,
Israel would walk in My ways.

FBV If only my people would listen to me; if only Israel would follow my ways!

T4T ⇔ I wish that my people would listen to me,
⇔ that the Israeli people would behave as I want them to do.

LEB • Oh that my people would listen to me;
• that Israel would walk in my ways.

BBE If only my people would give ear to me, walking in my ways!

Moff Oh that my people would listen to me,
⇔ that Israel would live my life!

JPS (PSA 81:14) (81-15) I would soon subdue their enemies, and turn My hand against their adversaries.

ASV Oh that my people would hearken unto me,
⇔ That Israel would walk in my ways!

DRA (PSA 80:14) If my people had heard me: if Israel had walked in my ways:

YLT O that My people were hearkening to Me, Israel in My ways would walk.

Drby Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, that Israel had walked in my ways!

RV Oh that my people would hearken unto me, that Israel would walk in my ways!

SLT Would that my people heard to me! Israel shall go in my ways.

Wbstr O that my people had hearkened to me, and Israel had walked in my ways!

KJB-1769 Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways!

KJB-1611 O that my people had hearkned vnto me: and Israel had walked in my wayes!
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps O that my people woulde haue hearkened vnto me: O that Israel had walked in my wayes.
(Oh that my people would have hearkened unto me: Oh that Israel had walked in my ways.)

Gnva Oh that my people had hearkened vnto me, and Israel had walked in my wayes.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from marking of added words (and possibly capitalisation and punctuation))

Cvdl So I gaue the vp vnto their owne hertes lust, & let the folowe their owne ymaginacions.
(So I gave the up unto their own hearts lust, and let the follow their own imaginations.)

Wycl (PSA 80:14) If my puple hadde herde me; if Israel hadde go in my weies.
(If my people had herd/heard me; if Israel had go in my ways.)

Luth (PSA 81:14) Wollte mein Volk mir gehorsam sein und Israel auf meinem Wege gehen,
(Wanted my people to_me obedient/submissive be and Israel on/in/to my ways go,)

ClVg (PSA 80:14) Si populus meus audisset me, Israël si in viis meis ambulasset,
(When/But_if the_people mine would_have_heard me, Israel when/but_if in/into/on ways mine would_have_walked,)

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / exclamations

ל֗וּ עַ֭מִּ⁠י שֹׁמֵ֣עַֽ לִ֑⁠י יִ֝שְׂרָאֵ֗ל בִּ⁠דְרָכַ֥⁠י יְהַלֵּֽכוּ

oh_that (Some words not found in UHB: oh_that people_of,my listen to=me Yisrael in,ways_of,my walk )

Yahweh is using a phrase that expresses a strong feeling, a deep longing for Israel to obey. There may be an equivalent word or phrase in your language that you can use in your translation to convey this feeling. If not, you could say what Yahweh was feeling. Alternate translation: [How I long for my people to listen to me and for Israel to follow my ways]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

יִ֝שְׂרָאֵ֗ל בִּ⁠דְרָכַ֥⁠י יְהַלֵּֽכוּ

(Some words not found in UHB: oh_that people_of,my listen to=me Yisrael in,ways_of,my walk )

Yahweh is speaking of how a person lives as if that were a way or path that the person was walking along. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [Israel would live according to my commands]

Parallel PSA 81:13