PSA 84:10 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 83:11) Ὅτι κρείσσων ἡμέρα μία ἐν ταῖς αὐλαῖς σου, ὑπὲρ χιλιάδας· ἐξελεξάμην παραῤῥιπτεῖσθαι ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ τοῦ Θεοῦ μᾶλλον ἢ οἰκεῖν με ἐπὶ σκηνώμασιν ἁμαρτωλῶν.
(Hoti kreissōn haʸmera mia en tais aulais sou, huper ⱪiliadas; exelexamaʸn paraɽɽipteisthai en tōi oikōi tou Theou mallon aʸ oikein me epi skaʸnōmasin hamartōlōn.)

BrTr (PSA 83:11) For one day in thy courts is better than thousands. I would rather be an abject in the house of God, than dwell in the tents of sinners.

ULT For a day in your courts, is better than a thousand.
⇔ I choose to stand at the threshold in the house of my God
⇔ rather than dwell in the tents of wickedness.

UST It is better be in your temple courtyards for a single day
⇔ than to be anywhere else for a thousand days.
⇔ I would rather stand at the entrance to the courtyard of my God’s temple
⇔ than stay in any of the comfortable homes where wicked people live.

BSB & MSB For better is one day in Your courts
⇔ than a thousand elsewhere.
⇔ I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God
⇔ than dwell in the tents of the wicked.

OEB for better a single day in your courts
⇔ than a thousand in my own chambers:
⇔ better stand at the door of the house of my God
⇔ than live in the tents of ungodliness,

WEBBE & WMBB For a day in your courts is better than a thousand.
⇔ I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God,
⇔ than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.

NET Certainly spending just one day in your temple courts is better
⇔ than spending a thousand elsewhere.
⇔ I would rather stand at the entrance to the temple of my God
⇔ than live in the tents of the wicked.

LSV For a day in Your courts [is] good, O Teacher! I have chosen rather to be at the threshold,
In the house of my God,
Than to dwell in tents of wickedness.

FBV One day in your courts is better than a thousand anywhere else. I'd rather stand as a doorkeeper in the house of my God than live comfortably in the homes of the wicked.

T4T ⇔ For me, spending one day in your temple
⇔ is better than spending 1,000 days somewhere else;
⇔ standing at the entrance to your temple, ready to go inside,
⇔ is better than living in the tents/homes where wicked people live.

LEB • Because better is a day in your courtyards
• than a thousand elsewhere.
• I would rather be at the threshold of the house[fn] of my God
• than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.

84:? Or “temple”

BBE For a day in your house is better than a thousand. It is better to be a door-keeper in the house of my God, than to be living in the tents of sin.

Moff Better a single day within thy courts
⇔ than a thousand days outside!
⇔ I would rather sit at the threshold of God’s house
⇔ than live inside the tents of worldly men.

JPS (PSA 84:11) (84-12) For the LORD God is a sun and a shield; the LORD giveth grace and glory; no good thing will He withhold from them that walk uprightly.

ASV For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand.
⇔ I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God,
⇔ Than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.

DRA (PSA 83:11) For better is one day in thy courts above thousands. I have chosen to be an abject in the house of my God, rather than to dwell in the tabernacles of sinners.

YLT For good [is] a day in Thy courts, O Teacher! I have chosen rather to be at the threshold, In the house of my God, Than to dwell in tents of wickedness.

Drby For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather stand at the threshold of the house of my [fn]God, than dwell in the tents of wickedness.

84.10 Elohim

RV For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
(For a day in thy/your courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a door-keeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.)

SLT For good a day in thine enclosures above a thousand. I chose to wait on the threshold in the house of my God, rather than to dwell in the tents of injustice.

Wbstr For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a door-keeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.

KJB-1769 For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.[fn]
(For a day in thy/your courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a door-keeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.)

84.10 I had…: Heb. I would choose rather to sit at the threshold

KJB-1611 For a day in thy courts, is better then a thousand: [fn]I had rather be a doore keeper in the house of my God, then to dwell in the tents of wickednesse.
(For a day in thy/your courts, is better then a thousand: I had rather be a door-keeper in the house of my God, then to dwell in the tents of wickedness.)

84:10 Heb. I would choose rather to sit at the threshold.

Bshps For one day in thy courtes, is better then a thousande els where: I had rather be a doore keper in the house of my God, then to dwell in large tabernacles of vngodlynes.
(For one day in thy/your courts, is better then a thousand else where: I had rather be a door-keeper in the house of my God, then to dwell in large tabernacles of ungodliness.)

Gnva For a day in thy courtes is better then a thousand other where: I had rather be a doore keeper in the House of my God, then to dwell in the Tabernacles of wickednesse.
(For a day in thy/your courts is better then a thousand other where: I had rather be a door-keeper in the House of my God, then to dwell in the Tabernacles of wickedness.)

Cvdl For one daye in thy courte is better then a thousande:
(For one day in thy/your court is better then a thousand:)

Wycl (PSA 83:11) For whi o dai in thin hallis is bettere; than a thousynde. I chees to be `an out cast in the hous of my God; more than to dwelle in the tabernaclis of synneris.
(For why o day in thin halls is better; than a thousand. I chose to be an out cast in the house of my God; more than to dwell in the tabernacles/tents of sinners.)

Luth (PSA 84:11) Denn ein Tag in deinen Vorhöfen ist besser denn sonst tausend. Ich will lieber der Tür hüten in meines Gottes Hause, denn lange wohnen in der GOttlosen Hütten.
(Because a day in your(s) forecourt is better because/than otherwise thousand. I will love(v) the/of_the door guard in my God’s house(n), because/than long live/reside in the/of_the godless_one(s) huts.)

ClVg (PSA 83:11) Quia melior est dies una in atriis tuis super millia; elegi abjectus esse in domo Dei mei magis quam habitare in tabernaculis peccatorum.[fn]
(Because better it_is days together in/into/on courts yours over thousands; I_chose thrown_away to_be in/into/on at_home of_God my/mine more how to_live in/into/on shelters/tents of_sins/sinners.)

83.11 Dies una. Immutabilis, scilicet sine ortu et occasu, cui non cedit dies hesternus, quem non urget crastinus. Super millia, super infinitos dies præsentes, qui habent finem. Propter quod elegi, etsi possem regnare, abjectus opinione hominum, in domo in Ecclesia, Ecce quam dulce, fasce torcularis premi.

83.11 The_day together. Unchangeable, namely without rising and sunset, to_whom not/no yields days of_yesterday, which not/no urges tomorrow. Above/Over thousands, over boundless days presents, who/which they_have the_end. Because that I_chose, even_though I_could to_reign, thrown_away opinion of_men, in/into/on at_home in/into/on Assembly/Church, Behold how sweet/pleasantly, bundle of_winepress to_be_pressed.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

כִּ֤י

(Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when good day in,courts_of,your more,than_a_thousand rather be_a_doorkeeper in=house_of my_God_of,my more,than_to_dwell in_[the],tents_of wickedness )

The word translated as For indicates that what follows is a reason for the request made in verses 8 and 9. Use a connector in your language that makes it clear that what follows is a reason for what came before. Alternate translation: [This is because]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / hyperbole

מֵ֫⁠אָ֥לֶף

more,than_a_thousand

The psalmist says than a thousand as an extreme statement for emphasis. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a different way to express the emphasis. Alternate translation: [than any number of days elsewhere]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

בְּ⁠אָהֳלֵי־רֶֽשַׁע

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

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

בְּ⁠אָהֳלֵי־רֶֽשַׁע

Here, the tents represents the homes and dwellings of wicked people. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or plain language. Alternate translation: [the homes of wickedness]

Parallel PSA 84:10