PSA 94:20 Parallel Verse View

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

Key: khaki:verbs.
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ULT Can a throne of destruction be allied with you,
⇔ one who creates injustice by statute?

UST You have nothing to do with wicked judges,
⇔ those who establish laws that allow people to do what is not right.

BSB ⇔ Can a corrupt throne be Your ally—
⇔ one devising mischief by decree?

OEB ⇔ Can corrupt justice be your ally,
⇔ framing mischief by statute?

WEBBE Shall the throne of wickedness have fellowship with you,
⇔ which brings about mischief by statute?

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Cruel rulers are not your allies,
⇔ those who make oppressive laws.

LSV Is a throne of mischief joined [with] You? A framer of perverseness by statute?

FBV Can unjust judges really be on your side, Lord, when their corrupt use of the law causes misery?

T4T ⇔ You have nothing to do with wicked judges,
⇔ who establish laws that allow people to do what is not legal.

LEB • one that forms trouble based on statute?

BBE What part with you has the seat of sin, which makes evil into a law?

Moff ⇔ Can evil rulers have thee for an ally,
⇔ who work us injury by law,

JPS Shall the seat of wickedness have fellowship with Thee, which frameth mischief by statute?

ASV Shall the throne of wickedness have fellowship with thee,
⇔ Which frameth mischief by statute?

DRA No DRA PSA 94:20 verse available

YLT Is a throne of mischief joined [with] Thee? A framer of perverseness by statute?

Drby Shall the throne of wickedness be united to thee, which frameth mischief into a law?

RV Shall the throne of wickedness have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by statute?

Wbstr Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law?

KJB-1769 Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law?
(Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee/you, which frameth mischief by a law? )

KJB-1611 Shal the throne of iniquitie haue fellowship with thee: which frameth mischiefe by a lawe?
(Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee/you: which frameth mischief by a lawe?)

Bshps Shall the seate of wickednesse haue any thyng to do with thee: which seate maketh wrong to be enacted for a law?
(Shall the seat of wickedness have anything to do with thee/you: which seat maketh wrong to be enacted for a law?)

Gnva Hath the throne of iniquitie fellowship with thee, which forgeth wrong for a Lawe?
(Hath the throne of iniquity fellowship with thee/you, which forgeth wrong for a Lawe? )

Cvdl Wilt thou haue eny thinge to do with the stole of wickednesse, which ymagineth myschefe in the lawe?
(Wilt thou/you have anything to do with the stole of wickedness, which ymagineth myschefe in the lawe?)

Wyc No Wyc PSA 94:20 verse available

Luth Du wirst ja nimmer eins mit dem schädlichen Stuhl, der das Gesetz übel deutet.
(You will ja nimmer eins with to_him schädlichen Stuhl, the/of_the the law übel deutet.)

ClVg No ClVg PSA 94:20 verse available

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

Can a throne of destruction be allied with you, one who creates injustice by statute?

(Some words not found in UHB: the,allied_with,you throne corrupt contrive mischief by statute )

This rhetorical question is used to make a point. If your readers would misunderstand this question, you can express it as a statement. Alternate translation: “A wicked ruler who makes unjust laws is not your friend”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

a throne of destruction

(Some words not found in UHB: the,allied_with,you throne corrupt contrive mischief by statute )

Here the metonym “throne” refers to a king or ruler. Alternate translation: “a wicked ruler” or “corrupt judge”

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