PSA 88:12 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 87:13) Μὴ γνωσθήσεται ἐν τῷ σκότει τὰ θαυμάσιά σου, καὶ ἡ δικαιοσύνη σου ἐν γῇ ἐπιλελησμένῃ;
(Maʸ gnōsthaʸsetai en tōi skotei ta thaumasia sou, kai haʸ dikaiosunaʸ sou en gaʸ epilelaʸsmenaʸ;)

BrTr (PSA 87:13) Shall thy wonders be known in darkness? and thy righteousness in a forgotten land?

ULT Will your wonder be known in the darkness,
⇔ or your righteousness, in the land of forgetfulness?

UST No one in that dark place sees the amazing things you do;
⇔ no one in the place where no one remembers anything knows how good you are.

BSB & MSB Will Your wonders be known in the darkness,
⇔ or Your righteousness in the land of oblivion?

OEB Can your wonders be known in the darkness,
⇔ or your help in the land of forgetfulness?

WEBBE & WMBB Are your wonders made known in the dark?
⇔ Or your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?

NET Are your amazing deeds experienced in the dark region,
⇔ or your deliverance in the land of oblivion?

LSV Are Your wonders known in the darkness? And Your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?

FBV Are the wonderful things you do known in the darkness? Is your goodness known in the land of forgetfulness?

T4T No one in the deep dark pit ever sees the miracles that you perform [RHQ],
⇔ and no one in the place where people have been completely forgotten tells about your being good to us.

LEB • Are your wonders[fn] known in the darkness,
• or your righteousness[fn] in the land of forgetfulness?

88:? Hebrew “wonder”

88:? Or “deed of justice”

BBE May there be knowledge of your wonders in the dark? or of your righteousness where memory is dead?

Moff Can thy wonders be known in the darkness,
⇔ thy saving help in the land of oblivion?

JPS (PSA 88:13) (88-14) But as for me, unto Thee, O LORD, do I cry, and in the morning doth my prayer come to meet Thee.

ASV Shall thy wonders be known in the dark?
⇔ And thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?

DRA (PSA 87:13) Shall thy wonders be known in the dark; and thy justice in the land of forgetfulness?

YLT Are Thy wonders known in the darkness? And Thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?

Drby Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?

RV Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
(Shall thy/your wonders be known in the dark? and thy/your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?)

SLT Shall thy wonder be known in darkness, and thy justice in a land of oblivion?

Wbstr Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?

KJB-1769 Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
(Shall thy/your wonders be known in the dark? and thy/your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?)

KJB-1611 Shall thy wonders be knowen in the darke? and thy righteousnesse in the land of forgetfulnesse?
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps Shall thy wonderous workes be knowen in the darke? and thy righteousnes in the lande of forgetfulnes?
(Shall thy/your wondrous works be known in the dark? and thy/your righteousness in the land of forgetfulnes?)

Gnva Shall thy wonderous workes be knowen in the darke? and thy righteousnes in the land of obliuion?
(Shall thy/your wondrous works be known in the dark? and thy/your righteousness in the land of obliuion?)

Cvdl Maye thy wonderous workes be knowne in the darcke, or thy righteousnes in the londe where all thinges are forgotte?
(May thy/your wondrous works be known in the dark, or thy/your righteousness in the land where all things are forgotten?)

Wycl (PSA 87:13) Whether thi merueilis schulen be knowun in derknessis; and thi riytfulnesse in the lond of foryetyng?
(Whether thy/your marvellous should be known in darkness; and thy/your rightfulness/righteousness in the land of forgetting?)

Luth (PSA 88:13) Mögen denn deine Wunder in Finsternis erkannt werden, oder deine Gerechtigkeit im Lande, da man nichts gedenket?
(May because/than your miracle/wonder in darkness recognised become, or your justice in_the land, there man nothing remembers?)

ClVg (PSA 87:13) Numquid cognoscentur in tenebris mirabilia tua? et justitia tua in terra oblivionis?[fn]
(Is_it they_will_be_known in/into/on darkness wonderful_things your? and justice your in/into/on earth/land oblivions?)

87.13 In tenebris. Idem sunt mortui positi in sepulcro, et tenebræ, et terra oblivionis.

87.13 In darkness. Idem are dead placed in/into/on grave/tomb, and darkness(pl), and earth/land oblivions.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

הֲ⁠יִוָּדַ֣ע בַּ⁠חֹ֣שֶׁךְ פִּלְאֶ֑⁠ךָ וְ֝⁠צִדְקָתְ⁠ךָ֗ בְּ⁠אֶ֣רֶץ נְשִׁיָּֽה

(Some words not found in UHB: will,it_be_known? in,darkness wonder[s]_of,your and,righteousness_of,your in=land forgetfulness )

The psalmist is using the question form to express his belief that God’s wonder and righteousness are not known in the darkness or the land of forgetfulness. If a speaker of your language would not use the question form for that purpose, you could translate this as a statement or as an exclamation. Alternate translation: [Your wonder will not be known in the darkness nor your righteousness, in the land of forgetfulness.]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

הֲ⁠יִוָּדַ֣ע בַּ⁠חֹ֣שֶׁךְ פִּלְאֶ֑⁠ךָ וְ֝⁠צִדְקָתְ⁠ךָ֗ בְּ⁠אֶ֣רֶץ נְשִׁיָּֽה

(Some words not found in UHB: will,it_be_known? in,darkness wonder[s]_of,your and,righteousness_of,your in=land forgetfulness )

See how your translation team has decided to represent pairs of phrases in Hebrew poetry that mean basically the same thing. Alternate translation: [Will your wonder and your righteousness be known in the darkness of the land of forgetfulness]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

פִּלְאֶ֑⁠ךָ

(Some words not found in UHB: will,it_be_known? in,darkness wonder[s]_of,your and,righteousness_of,your in=land forgetfulness )

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of wonder, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [wonderful deeds]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

הֲ⁠יִוָּדַ֣ע בַּ⁠חֹ֣שֶׁךְ פִּלְאֶ֑⁠ךָ

(Some words not found in UHB: will,it_be_known? in,darkness wonder[s]_of,your and,righteousness_of,your in=land forgetfulness )

The expression be known is a passive verbal form. If it would be unnatural to use that form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: [Will anyone know your wonder in the darkness]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

וְ֝⁠צִדְקָתְ⁠ךָ֗ בְּ⁠אֶ֣רֶץ נְשִׁיָּֽה

and,righteousness_of,your (Some words not found in UHB: will,it_be_known? in,darkness wonder[s]_of,your and,righteousness_of,your in=land forgetfulness )

The psalmist 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: [or will your righteousness be known in the land of forgetfulness]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

וְ֝⁠צִדְקָתְ⁠ךָ֗

and,righteousness_of,your

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of righteousness, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [or your righteous acts]

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

בְּ⁠אֶ֣רֶץ נְשִׁיָּֽה

(Some words not found in UHB: will,it_be_known? in,darkness wonder[s]_of,your and,righteousness_of,your in=land forgetfulness )

Here the psalmist is speaking as if the place of the dead were literally the land of forgetfulness. Your language may have a comparable expression that you can use in your translation, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [the place where everything is forgotten]

Note 8 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

נְשִׁיָּֽה

(Some words not found in UHB: will,it_be_known? in,darkness wonder[s]_of,your and,righteousness_of,your in=land forgetfulness )

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of forgetfulness, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [forgetting everything]

Parallel PSA 88:12