PSA 90:10 Parallel Verse View

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BrLXX (PSA 89:10) Αἱ ἡμέραι τῶν ἐτῶν ἡμῶν ἐν αὐτοῖς ἑβδομήκοντα ἔτη, ἐὰν δὲ ἐν δυναστείαις, ὀγδοήκοντα ἔτη, καὶ τὸ πλεῖον αὐτῶν κόπος καὶ πόνος· ὅτι ἐπῆλθε πραΰτης ἐφʼ ἡμᾶς, καὶ παιδευθησόμεθα.
(Hai haʸmerai tōn etōn haʸmōn en autois hebdomaʸkonta etaʸ, ean de en dunasteiais, ogdoaʸkonta etaʸ, kai to pleion autōn kopos kai ponos; hoti epaʸlthe prautaʸs efʼ haʸmas, kai paideuthaʸsometha.)

BrTr (PSA 89:10) As for the days of our years, in them are seventy years; and if men should be in strength, eighty years: and [fn]the greater part of them would be labour and trouble; for weakness overtakes us, and we shall be chastened.

ULT The days of our years, in them, are 70 years,
⇔ or, if by strength, 80 years
⇔ but their expanse is trouble and sorrow,
⇔ for it passes quickly, and we fly away.

UST People live for only seventy years;
⇔ if they are strong, some of them live for eighty years.
⇔ But throughout our time we have much pain and troubles;
⇔ our lives soon end, and we die.

BSB & MSB The length of our days is seventy years—
⇔ or eighty if we are strong—
⇔ yet their pride is but labor and sorrow,
⇔ for they quickly pass, and we fly away.

OEB ⇔ The span of our life is seventy years,
⇔ or, if we are strong, maybe eighty;
⇔ yet is their breadth but empty toil,
⇔ for swiftly they go, and we fly away.

WEBBE & WMBB The days of our years are seventy,
⇔ or even by reason of strength eighty years;
⇔ yet their pride is but labour and sorrow,
⇔ for it passes quickly, and we fly away.

NET The days of our lives add up to seventy years,
⇔ or eighty, if one is especially strong.
⇔ But even one’s best years are marred by trouble and oppression.
⇔ Yes, they pass quickly and we fly away.

LSV The days of our years, in them [are] seventy years,
And if, by reason of might, eighty years,
Yet their enlargement [is] labor and vanity,
For it has been cut off quickly, and we fly away.

FBV We live for seventy years—eighty if we have the strength. But even in the prime of life all that we have is hardship and suffering. Soon our lives are over and we're gone.

T4T People live for only 70 years;
⇔ but if they are strong, some of them live for 80 years.
⇔ But even during good years we have much pain and troubles;
⇔ our lives soon end, and we die [EUP].

LEB • As for the days of our years, within them are seventy years
• or if by strength eighty years, and their pride[fn] is trouble and disaster,
• for it passes quickly and we fly away.

90:? Or “span”

BBE The measure of our life is seventy years; and if through strength it may be eighty years, its pride is only trouble and sorrow, for it comes to an end and we are quickly gone.

Moff Our life is seventy years at most,
⇔ or eighty at the best;
⇔ it is a span of toil and trouble,
⇔ soon over, and we flit away.

JPS The days of our years are threescore years and ten, or even by reason of strength fourscore years; yet is their pride but travail and vanity; for it is speedily gone, and we fly away.

ASV The days of our years are threescore years and ten,
⇔ Or even by reason of strength fourscore years;
⇔ Yet is their pride but labor and sorrow;
⇔ For it is soon gone, and we fly away.

DRA (PSA 89:10) The days of our years in them are threescore and ten years. But if in the strong they be fourscore years: and what is more of them is labour and sorrow. For mildness is come upon us: and we shall be corrected.

YLT Days of our years, in them [are] seventy years, And if, by reason of might, eighty years, Yet [is] their enlargement labour and vanity, For it hath been cut off hastily, and we fly away.

Drby The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if, by reason of strength, they be fourscore years, yet their pride is labour and vanity, for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.

RV The days of our years are threescore years and ten, or even by reason of strength fourscore years; yet is their pride but labour and sorrow; for it is soon gone, and we fly away.
(The days of our years are threescore years and ten, or even by reason of strength fourscore/eighty years; yet is their pride but labour and sorrow; for it is soon gone, and we fly away.)

SLT The days of our years, in them seventy years; and if in strengths, eighty years, and their pride labor and vanity; for being soon cut off and we shall fly away.

Wbstr The days of our years are seventy years; and if by reason of strength they are eighty years, yet is their strength labor and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.

KJB-1769 The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.[fn]
(The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore/eighty years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.)

90.10 The days…: Heb. As for the days of our years, in them are seventy years

KJB-1611 [fn]The dayes of our yeres are threescore yeeres and ten, and if by reason of strength they be fourescore yeeres, yet is their strength labour and sorrow: for it is soone cut off, and we flie away.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)

90:10 Hebr. as for the dayes of our yeeres, in them are seuentie yeeres.

Bshps The dayes of our yeres be in all threescore yeres and tenne, and yf through strength of nature men come to foure score yeres: yet is their iolitie but labour and care, yea moreouer it passeth in haste from vs, and we flee from it.
(The days of our years be in all threescore years and ten, and if through strength of nature men come to fourscore/eighty years: yet is their jollity but labour and care, yea moreover/what’s_more it passeth/passes in haste from us, and we flee from it.)

Gnva The time of our life is threescore yeeres and ten, and if they be of strength, fourescore yeeres: yet their strength is but labour and sorowe: for it is cut off quickly, and we flee away.
(The time of our life is threescore years and ten, and if they be of strength, fourscore/eighty years: yet their strength is but labour and sorrow: for it is cut off quickly, and we flee away.)

Cvdl The dayes of oure age are iij. score yeares & ten: & though men be so stronge that they come to iiij. score yeares, yet is their strength then but laboure and sorowe: so soone passeth it awaye, & we are gone.
(The days of our age are iij. score years and ten: and though men be so strong that they come to 4 score years, yet is their strength then but labour and sorrow: so soon passeth/passes it away, and we are gone.)

Wycl (PSA 89:10) the daies of oure yeeris ben in tho seuenti yeeris. Forsothe, if fourescoor yeer ben in myyti men; and the more tyme of hem is trauel and sorewe. For myldenesse cam aboue; and we schulen be chastisid.
(the days of our years been in those seventy years. For_certain/Truly, if fourscore/eighty year been in mighty men; and the more time of hem is travel and sorrow. For mildness came above; and we should be chastised.)

Luth Unser Leben währet siebenzig Jahre, und wenn‘s hoch kommt, so sind‘s achtzig Jahre; und wenn‘s köstlich gewesen ist, so ist‘s Mühe und Arbeit gewesen; denn es fähret schnell dahin, als flögen wir davon.
(Our life lasts seventy years, and if high comes, so are eighty years; and if delicious been is, so it_is effort/toil/trouble and work/job been; because/than it drives/rides/runs fast/quickly gone, as flew we/us of_that.)

ClVg (PSA 89:10) dies annorum nostrorum in ipsis septuaginta anni. Si autem in potentatibus octoginta anni, et amplius eorum labor et dolor; quoniam supervenit mansuetudo, et corripiemur.[fn]
(days of_years of_ours in/into/on themselves seventy of_the_year. When/But_if however in/into/on powers eighty of_the_year, and more their work and pain; since/because came_over meekness, and we_will_be_punished.)

89.10 Septuaginta. ID. Terrenorum appetitus quæ septem diebus aguntur: si in virtutibus octoginta, id est, æternitas petitur. Annis. Vel anni, alia littera. Quo temporis spatio dicuntur longævi, qui etiam usque ad octoginta annos aliquas vires habere videntur. Octoginta. Quia et citra octoginta annos sunt quidam infirmi, etc., usque ad redemptionem corporis exspectantes. Mansuetudo. Clementia est, si Dei: domatio, si nostra. Ipse enim per clementiam mansuetus, domando nos efficit mansuetos, et sic corripiemur.

89.10 Seventy. ID. Earthly_things desired which seven days are_being_done: when/but_if in/into/on virtues eighty, that it_is, eternity is_requested. Annis. Or of_the_year, other letter. Where time in_space are_said aged, who/which also until to eighty years some strength/troops to_have they_seem. Eighty. Because and on_this eighty years are some sick, etc., until to redemption/buying_back body waiting. Meekness. Clementia it_is, when/but_if of_God: taming, when/but_if our. Exactly_that because through mercy/clemency gentle, to_be_tamed us makes meek, and so we_will_be_punished.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

יְמֵֽי־שְׁנוֹתֵ֨י⁠נוּ בָ⁠הֶ֥ם שִׁבְעִ֪ים שָׁנָ֡ה

days_of (Some words not found in UHB: days_of our_years_of,our in/among=them seventy year and=if by,strength(s) eighty year and,pride_of,their trouble and,trouble that/for/because/then/when gone quickly and,we,flew_away )

Moses is using The days of our years as a common expression of his culture to mean “our lifetimes.” If this phrase does not have that meaning in your language, you could use a comparable expression from your language that does have that meaning, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [All our born days are 70 years] or [We humans tend to live for 70 years]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

וְ⁠אִ֤ם בִּ⁠גְבוּרֹ֨ת

and=if (Some words not found in UHB: days_of our_years_of,our in/among=them seventy year and=if by,strength(s) eighty year and,pride_of,their trouble and,trouble that/for/because/then/when gone quickly and,we,flew_away )

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of strength, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [or, if we are strong]

Note 3 topic: writing-pronouns

גָ֥ז חִ֝֗ישׁ

gone quickly

The pronoun it refers to the human lifetime. It may be helpful to clarify this for your readers. Alternate translation: [our lifetime passes quickly]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / euphemism

וַ⁠נָּעֻֽפָ⁠ה

(Some words not found in UHB: days_of our_years_of,our in/among=them seventy year and=if by,strength(s) eighty year and,pride_of,their trouble and,trouble that/for/because/then/when gone quickly and,we,flew_away )

Moses is referring to death in a poetic way by using the phrase fly away. Depending on what is helpful in your language, you could use a polite or poetic way of referring to this in your language, or you could state this plainly. Alternate translation: [and we depart] or [and then we die]

Parallel PSA 90:10