PSA 81:8 Parallel Verse View

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Original PSA 81:9: Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=Asaf (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 80:9) Ἄκουσον λαός μου καὶ λαλήσω σοι, Ἰσραὴλ, καὶ διαμαρτύρομαί σοι· ἐὰν ἀκούσῃς μου,
(Akouson laos mou kai lalaʸsō soi, Israaʸl, kai diamarturomai soi; ean akousaʸs mou,)

BrTr (PSA 80:9) Hear, my people, and I will speak to thee, O Israel; and I will testify to thee: if thou wilt hearken to me;

ULT Hear, my people, and let me testify against you.
⇔ Israel, if you would listen to me!

UST Listen to me, my people, while I warn you!
⇔ I wish that you Israelites would pay attention to me!

BSB Hear, O My people, and I will warn you:
⇔ O Israel, if only you would listen to Me!

OEB ⇔ ‘Listen, my people, to my warning,
⇔ O Israel, if you would but listen!

WEBBE ⇔ “Hear, my people, and I will testify to you,
⇔ Israel, if you would listen to me!

NET I said, ‘Listen, my people!
⇔ I will warn you!
⇔ O Israel, if only you would obey me!

LSV Hear, O My people, and I testify to you,
O Israel, if you listen to me:

FBV My people, listen to my warnings! Israel, please listen to me!

T4T You who are my people, listen while I warn you!
⇔ I wish that you Israeli people would pay attention to what I say to you!

LEB • Hear, O my people, and I will admonish you;
• O Israel, if you would but listen to me.

BBE Give ear, O my people, and I will give you my word, O Israel, if you will only do as I say!

Moff Listen, my people, to my warning–
⇔ O Israel, if you would only listen:

JPS (PSA 81:9) (81-10) There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any foreign god.

ASV Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee:
⇔ O Israel, if thou wouldest hearken unto me!

DRA (PSA 80:9) Hear, O my people, and I will testify to thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken to me,

YLT Hear, O My people, and I testify to thee, O Israel, if thou dost hearken to me:

Drby Hear, my people, and I will testify unto thee; O Israel, if thou wouldest hearken unto me!

RV Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wouldest hearken unto me!
(Hear, Oh my people, and I will testify unto thee/you: Oh Israel, if thou/you wouldest hearken unto me!)

SLT Hear, O my people, and I will testify in thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hear to me;

Wbstr Hear, O my people, and I will testify to thee; O Israel, if thou wilt hearken to me;

KJB-1769 ⇔ Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me;
( ⇔ Hear, Oh my people, and I will testify unto thee/you: Oh Israel, if thou/you wilt/will hearken unto me;)

KJB-1611 Heare, O my people, and I will testifie vnto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken vnto me:
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps Then I sayd heare O my people: and I wyll geue thee a charge O Israel in protesting vnto thee.
(Then I said hear Oh my people: and I will give thee/you a charge Oh Israel in protesting unto thee/you.)

Gnva Heare, O my people, and I wil protest vnto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken vnto me,
(Hear, Oh my people, and I will protest unto thee/you: Oh Israel, if thou/you wilt/will hearken unto me,)

Cvdl I proued the also at the water of strife.
(I proved the also at the water of strife.)

Wycl (PSA 80:9) My puple, here thou, and Y schal be witnesse ayens thee;
(My people, here thou/you, and I shall be witness against thee/you;)

Luth (PSA 81:9) Höre, mein Volk, ich will unter dir zeugen; Israel, du sollst mich hören,
(Listen, my people, I will under you/to_you(sg) witness/testify; Israel, you(sg) should me hear/listen,)

ClVg (PSA 80:9) Audi, populus meus, et contestabor te. Israël, si audieris me,[fn]
(Listen, the_people mine, and I_will_argue you(sg). Israel, when/but_if you_will_be_heard me,)

80.9 Audi populus meus. CASS. Diapsalma. Hactenus de oleo torcularium, jam de amurca, quod dicitur ad cavendum, hic arguuntur reprobi. Contestabor te. Ipse Dominus judicii testem se facit veritatis, tam hic quam in futuro, ut nullus dubitet. Deinde quid velit eum intelligere, subdit: Isræl si me audieris, vocando eum Isræl, familiarem sibi significat, et ad jussa invitat. In te, in corde tuo. ubi veritas, non falsitas debet esse. Recens ne verbum Patris putetur sub tempore. Deum alienum, qui nomine, non essentia. Alienum: Pene par est scelus recentem Deum putare, et idolis servire.

80.9 Listen the_people mine. CASS. Pause_in_music. So_far from/about with_oil of_winepresses, already from/about olive_dregs, that it_is_said to to_be_careful, this/here they_are_accused reprobate. I_will_argue you(sg). Exactly_that Master judgement witness himself he/it_does to_the_truths, tam this/here how in/into/on future, as none doubt. Then/Next what wants him to_understand, I_submit: Israel when/but_if me you_will_be_heard, to_be_called him Israel, domestic to_himself means, and to ordered invites. In you(sg), in/into/on heart your. where the_truth, not/no falsehood must to_be. Recent not the_word/saying Father’s it_is_supposed under at_the_time. God foreign, who/which by_name, not/no essence/being/existence. Foreign: Almost/nearly par it_is crime recent God to_think, and idols to_serve.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-condition-hypothetical

יִ֝שְׂרָאֵ֗ל אִם־תִּֽשְׁמַֽע־לִֽ⁠י

(Some words not found in UHB: hear my_people_of,my and,let_me_warn on/over=you(fs) Yisrael if listen to=me )

Here, if you would listen to me introduces the first part of a possible condition. Yahweh will only do the things described in verses 13–16 if this condition happens. Use a natural form in your language for introducing a condition that could happen.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / exclamations

יִ֝שְׂרָאֵ֗ל אִם־תִּֽשְׁמַֽע־לִֽ⁠י

(Some words not found in UHB: hear my_people_of,my and,let_me_warn on/over=you(fs) Yisrael if listen to=me )

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: [Israel, I so deeply wish you would listen to me]

Parallel PSA 81:8