PSA 94:11 Parallel Verse View

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Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=vital 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 93:11) Κύριος γινώσκει τοὺς διαλογισμοὺς τῶν ἀνθρώπων, ὅτι εἰσὶ μάταιοι.
(Kurios ginōskei tous dialogismous tōn anthrōpōn, hoti eisi mataioi.)

ULT Yahweh knows the thoughts of mankind,
⇔ that they are vapor.

UST Yahweh knows everything that people are thinking;
⇔ he knows that what they think is evil and useless.

BSB & MSB The LORD knows the thoughts of man,
⇔ that they are futile.[fn]

94:11 Cited in 1 Corinthians 3:20

OEB The Lord knows the thoughts of people,
⇔ that only a breath are they.

WEBBE & WMBB The LORD knows the thoughts of man,
⇔ that they are futile.

NET The Lord knows that
⇔ peoples’ thoughts are morally bankrupt.

LSV He knows the thoughts of man, that they [are] vanity.

FBV The Lord knows the thoughts of human beings—he knows they are pointless.

T4T Yahweh knows everything that people are thinking;
⇔ he knows that what they think ◄is useless/vanishes as quickly as► smoke [MET].

LEB • Yahweh knows the thoughts of humankind,
• that they are to no purpose .[fn]

94:? Literally “they are a breath” or “a vanity”

BBE The Lord has knowledge of the thoughts of man, for they are only a breath.

Moff Knowledge! The Eternal knows that human plans
⇔ are but an empty breath!

JPS The LORD knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity.

ASV Jehovah knoweth the thoughts of man,
⇔ That they are vanity.

DRA (PSA 93:11) The Lord knoweth the thoughts of men, that they are vain.

YLT He knoweth the thoughts of man, that they [are] vanity.

Drby Jehovah knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity.

RV The LORD knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity.
(The LORD knoweth/knows the thoughts of man, that they are vanity.)

SLT Jehovah knew the thoughts of man that they are vanity.

Wbstr The LORD knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity.

KJB-1769 The LORD knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity.
(The LORD knoweth/knows the thoughts of man, that they are vanity.)

KJB-1611 The LORD knoweth the thoughts of man: that they are vanitie.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps God knoweth the thoughtes of man: that they are but vanitie.
(God knoweth/knows the thoughts of man: that they are but vanity.)

Gnva The Lord knoweth the thoughtes of man, that they are vanitie.
(The Lord knoweth/knows the thoughts of man, that they are vanity.)

Cvdl The LORDE knoweth the thoughtes of men, that they are but vayne.
(The LORD knoweth/knows the thoughts of men, that they are but vain.)

Wycl (PSA 93:11) The Lord knowith the thouytis of men; that tho ben veyne.
(The Lord knoweth/knows the thoughts of men; that those been vain.)

Luth Aber der HErr weiß die Gedanken der Menschen, daß sie eitel sind.
(But the/of_the LORD white/knows the mind/thoughts the/of_the people, that they/she/them vain are.)

ClVg (PSA 93:11) Dominus scit cogitationes hominum, quoniam vanæ sunt.[fn]
(Master he_knows thoughts of_men, since/because vain are.)

93.11 Dominus scit. ID. Tu vero nescis cogitationes Dei, quoniam justæ sunt; sed amicis factis prodit Deus consilium suum, cur malis parcit. Quoniam vanæ sunt. Talium cogitationes vanæ sunt, quod ipsi per se non possunt scire, sed Dominus novit esse vanas.

93.11 Master he_knows. ID. You(sg) indeed/however you_don’t_know thoughts of_God, since/because just are; but friends deeds/activities betrays God advice his_own, cur bad_things spares. Since vain are. Such thoughts vain are, that themselves through himself not/no they_can to_know, but Master he_knows to_be vain.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

מַחְשְׁב֣וֹת אָדָ֑ם

(Some words not found in UHB: YHWH knowing thoughts_of humankind that/for/because/then/when they(emph) Abel )

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of thoughts, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [the things that people are thinking]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

הֵ֥מָּה הָֽבֶל

(Some words not found in UHB: YHWH knowing thoughts_of humankind that/for/because/then/when they(emph) Abel )

Here the psalmist is speaking as if people’s thoughts were actually vapor. Your language may have a comparable expression that you can use in your translation. If not, you could state this as a comparison. Alternate translation: [they are unimportant and useless]

Parallel PSA 94:11