PSA 88:6 Parallel Verse View

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BrLXX (PSA 87:7) Ἔθεντό με ἐν λάκκῳ κατωτάτῳ, ἐν σκοτεινοῖς καὶ ἐν σκιᾷ θανάτου.
(Ethento me en lakkōi katōtatōi, en skoteinois kai en skia thanatou.)

BrTr (PSA 87:7) They laid me in the lowest pit, in dark places, and in the shadow of death.

ULT You have set me in the pit of the depths,
⇔ in dark places, in deep places.

UST It is as though you have thrown me down to the bottom of a deep, dark pit.

BSB & MSB You have laid me in the lowest Pit,
⇔ in the darkest of the depths.

OEB ⇔ In the deepest pit you have put me,
⇔ in shadows deep and dark.

WEBBE & WMBB You have laid me in the lowest pit,
⇔ in the darkest depths.

NET You place me in the lowest regions of the pit,
⇔ in the dark places, in the watery depths.

LSV You have put me in the lowest pit,
In dark places, in depths.

FBV You have placed me in a deep pit, in the depths of darkness.

T4T ⇔ It is as though you have thrown me into a deep, dark pit,
⇔ into a place where they throw corpses.

LEB • You have set me in the pit below,
• in dark places, in the depths.

BBE You have put me in the lowest deep, even in dark places.

Moff In the nethermost pit thou hast placed me,
⇔ in abysses dark and deep;

JPS (PSA 88:7) (88-8) Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and all Thy waves Thou pressest down. Selah

ASV Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit,
⇔ In dark places, in the deeps.

DRA (PSA 87:7) They have laid me in the lower pit: in the dark places, and in the shadow of death.

YLT Thou hast put me in the lowest pit, In dark places, in depths.

Drby Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in dark places, in the deeps.

RV Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in dark places, in the deeps.
(Thou/You hast laid me in the lowest pit, in dark places, in the deeps/depths.)

SLT Thou didst set me in the pit beneath, in darknesses, in the shades.

Wbstr Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps.

KJB-1769 Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps.
(Thou/You hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps/depths.)

KJB-1611 Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit: in darkenesse, in the deepes.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps Thou hast layde me in the lowest pit: in darknes and in deepenes.
(Thou/You hast laid me in the lowest pit: in darkness and in deepness.)

Gnva Thou hast layde me in the lowest pit, in darkenes, and in the deepe.
(Thou/You hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, and in the deep.)

Cvdl Thy indignacion lieth hard vpon me, and thou vexest me with all thy floudes.
(Thy/Your indignation lieth/lies hard upon me, and thou/you vexest me with all thy/your floods.)

Wycl (PSA 87:7) Thei han put me in the lower lake; in derke places, and in the schadewe of deth.
(They have put me in the lower lake; in dark places, and in the shadow of death.)

Luth (PSA 88:7) Du hast mich in die Grube hinuntergelegt, in die Finsternis und in die Tiefe.
(You(sg) have me in the pit placed_down, in the darkness and in the depth.)

ClVg (PSA 87:7) Posuerunt me in lacu inferiori, in tenebrosis, et in umbra mortis.[fn]
(They_put me in/into/on lake inferior, in/into/on dark, and in/into/on shadow of_death.)

87.7 In lacu inferiori. CASS. Vel inferni: quia tam abjecta morte ablatus est in tenebris oblivionis, quem nemo requiret. Et umbra mortis, locus malorum, in quo puniuntur.

87.7 In lake inferior. CASS. Or hell: because tam thrown_away death taken_away it_is in/into/on darkness oblivions, which nobody/no_one will_require. And shadow of_death, place of_evil, in/into/on where are_punished.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

בְּ⁠ב֣וֹר תַּחְתִּיּ֑וֹת

(Some words not found in UHB: you,have_put_me in,a_pit_of lowest in_[the],dark_places in_[the],depths )

Here the psalmist is speaking as if the pit of the depths were literally a deep hole into which God had placed him. Your language may have a comparable expression that you can use in your translation, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [in the lowest depths of suffering]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

בְּ֝⁠מַחֲשַׁכִּ֗ים בִּ⁠מְצֹלֽוֹת

(Some words not found in UHB: you,have_put_me in,a_pit_of lowest in_[the],dark_places in_[the],depths )

Here the psalmist is speaking as if dark places and deep places were the realm of death and separation from God. Your language may have a comparable expression that you can use in your translation, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [in places of gloom and despair]

Parallel PSA 88:6