PSA 94:17 Parallel Verse View

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Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance=normal (All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV) If Yahweh hadn’t helped me,
⇔ my soul would have been living in silence at the cemetary by now.

Key: khaki:verbs, green:YHWH.
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).

ULT Unless Yahweh had been my help,
⇔ I would soon be lying down in the place of silence.

UST If Yahweh had not helped me at that time,
⇔ I would have been executed;
⇔ my life would have gone to the place where dead people say nothing.

BSB Unless the LORD had been my helper,
⇔ I would soon have dwelt in the abode of silence.

OEB Were it not for the help of the Lord,
⇔ I would soon have gone to the silent grave.

WEBBE Unless the LORD had been my help,
⇔ my soul would have soon lived in silence.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET If the Lord had not helped me,
⇔ I would have laid down in the silence of death.

LSV Unless YHWH [were] a help to me,
My soul had almost inhabited silence.

FBV If the Lord hadn't helped me, I would have soon gone down into the silence of the grave.

T4T If Yahweh had not helped me at that time,
⇔ I would have been executed,
⇔ and my soul/spirit would have gone to the place where dead people say nothing.

LEB • my soul would soon have dwelt in silence.

BBE If the Lord had not been my helper, my soul would quickly have gone down into death.

Moff If the Eternal had not been my help,
⇔ I would have soon passed to the silent land.

JPS Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul had soon dwelt in silence.

ASV Unless Jehovah had been my help,
⇔ My soul had soon dwelt in silence.

DRA No DRA PSA 94:17 verse available

YLT Unless Jehovah [were] a help to me, My soul had almost inhabited silence.

Drby If Jehovah had not been my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence.

RV Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul had soon dwelt in silence.

Wbstr Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence.

KJB-1769 Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence.[fn]

94.17 almost: or, quickly

KJB-1611 [fn]Unlesse the LORD had bene my helpe: my soule had almost dwelt in silence.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from marking of added words (and possibly capitalisation and punctuation and footnotes))

94:17 Or, quickly

Bshps If God had not ben an ayde vnto me: it had not fayled much but my soule had dwelled in silence.
(If God had not been an ayde unto me: it had not fayled much but my soul had dwelled in silence.)

Gnva If the Lord had not holpen me, my soule had almost dwelt in silence.
(If the Lord had not holpen me, my soul had almost dwelt in silence. )

Cvdl Yf the LORDE had not helped me, my soule had allmost bene put to sylence.
(If the LORD had not helped me, my soul had allmost been put to sylence.)

Wycl No Wycl PSA 94:17 verse available

Luth Wo der HErr mir nicht hülfe, so läge meine SeeLE schier in der Stille.
(Where the/of_the LORD to_me not hülfe, so läge my SeeLE schier in the/of_the Stille.)

ClVg No ClVg PSA 94:17 verse available

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / hypo

Unless Yahweh had been my help & silence

(Some words not found in UHB: if_~_not YHWH help, to/for=me as,soon dwelt silence soul_of,my )

This is a hypothetical situation. Yahweh did help him, so he was not lying in the place of silence.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

Unless Yahweh had been my help

(Some words not found in UHB: if_~_not YHWH help, to/for=me as,soon dwelt silence soul_of,my )

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea behind the word help, you could express the same idea with a verb. Alternate translation: “If Yahweh had not helped me”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / euphemism

I would soon be lying down in the place of silence

(Some words not found in UHB: if_~_not YHWH help, to/for=me as,soon dwelt silence soul_of,my )

Here “would be lying down” refers to “death” and “in the place of silence” refers to the grave.” Alternate translation: “in a short time, I would be dead, lying in a silent grave”

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