PSA 96:13 Parallel Verse View

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ULT to the face of Yahweh, for he is coming,
⇔ for he is coming to judge the earth.
⇔ He will judge the world with righteousness
⇔ and the peoples with his faithfulness.

UST in front of Yahweh.
⇔ They should do this because he is coming to judge everyone on the earth, and this is certain.
⇔ He will judge all the people fairly according to what he knows is true.

BSB before the LORD,
⇔ for He is coming—
⇔ He is coming to judge the earth.
⇔ He will judge the world in righteousness
⇔ and the peoples in His faithfulness.

MSB (Same as BSB above)

OEB before the Lord: for he comes,
⇔ he comes to judge the earth.
⇔ He will judge the world with justice
⇔ and the nations with faithfulness.

WEBBE before the LORD; for he comes,
⇔ for he comes to judge the earth.
⇔ He will judge the world with righteousness,
⇔ the peoples with his truth.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET before the Lord, for he comes!
⇔ For he comes to judge the earth!
⇔ He judges the world fairly,
⇔ and the nations in accordance with his justice.

LSV Before YHWH, for He has come,
For He has come to judge the earth. He judges the world in righteousness,
And the peoples in His faithfulness!

FBV In fact, let everything that stands before the Lord sing praises,[fn] for he is coming, coming to judge the earth. He will judge the world with fairness, and the nations with his truth.

96:13 Expanded for clarity.

T4T in front of Yahweh.
⇔ That will happen when he comes to judge everyone on [MTY] the earth.
⇔ He will judge all the people fairly/justly, according to what he knows is true.

LEB • before Yahweh, for he is coming;
• for he is coming to judge the earth.
• He will judge the world with righteousness,
• and the peoples with his faithfulness.

BBE Before the Lord, for he is come; he is come to be the judge of the earth; the earth will be judged in righteousness, and the peoples with unchanging faith.

Moff at the Eternal’s presence – for he comes,
⇔ he comes to rule the earth,
⇔ to rule the world with justice
⇔ and the nations faithfully.

JPS Before the LORD, for He is come; for He is come to judge the earth; He will judge the world with righteousness, and the peoples in His faithfulness.

ASV Before Jehovah; for he cometh,
⇔ For he cometh to judge the earth:
⇔ He will judge the world with righteousness,
⇔ And the peoples with his truth.

DRA No DRA PSA 96:13 verse available

YLT Before Jehovah, for He hath come, For He hath come to judge the earth. He judgeth the world in righteousness, And the peoples in His faithfulness!

Drby Before Jehovah, for he cometh; for he cometh to judge the earth: he will judge the world with righteousness, and the peoples in his faithfulness.

RV Before the LORD, for he cometh; for he cometh to judge the earth: he shall judge the world with righteousness, and the peoples with his truth.
(Before the LORD, for he cometh/comes; for he cometh/comes to judge the earth: he shall judge the world with righteousness, and the peoples with his truth.)

SLT Before the face of Jehovah; for he came, for he came to judge the earth: he will judge the habitable globe in justice, and the peoples in his faithfulness.

Wbstr For he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth: he will judge the world with righteousness, and the people with his truth.

KJB-1769 Before the LORD: for he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth: he shall judge the world with righteousness, and the people with his truth.
(Before the LORD: for he cometh/comes, for he cometh/comes to judge the earth: he shall judge the world with righteousness, and the people with his truth.)

KJB-1611 Before the LORD, for hee commeth, for hee commeth to iudge the earth: hee shall iudge the world with righteousnesse, and the people with his trueth.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps For he commeth, for he commeth to iudge the earth: he will iudge the world accordyng to iustice, and the people accordyng to his trueth.
(For he cometh/comes, for he cometh/comes to judge the earth: he will judge the world according to justice, and the people according to his truth.)

Gnva Before the Lord: for he commeth, for he cometh to iudge the earth: he wil iudge the world with righteousnes, and the people in his trueth.
(Before the Lord: for he cometh/comes, for he cometh/comes to judge the earth: he will judge the world with righteousness, and the people in his truth.)

Cvdl Before the LORDE, for he commeth: for he cometh to iudge the earth: yee with rightuousnesse shal he iudge the worlde, and ye people with his trueth.
(Before the LORD, for he cometh/comes: for he cometh/comes to judge the earth: ye/you_all with righteousness shall he judge the world, and ye/you_all people with his truth.)

Wycl No Wycl PSA 96:13 verse available

Luth vor dem HErr’s; denn er kommt, denn er kommt, zu richten das Erdreich. Er wird den Erdboden richten mit Gerechtigkeit und die Völker mit seiner Wahrheit.
(before/in_front_of to_him LORD’s; because/than he comes, because/than he comes, to/for direct the soil. He becomes the ground direct with justice and the peoples with his truth.)

ClVg No ClVg PSA 96:13 verse available

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

לִ⁠פְנֵ֤י

to=(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before

Here, to the face of represents being in front of Yahweh. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or plain language. Alternate translation: [before]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

כִּ֬י בָ֗א כִּ֥י בָא֮

(Some words not found in UHB: to=(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before YHWH that/for/because/then/when coming that/for/because/then/when coming to,judge the=earth/land judge world in,righteousness and,peoples in,faithfulness_of,his )

These two phrases for he is coming and for he is coming are the same. The words are repeated to emphasize their meaning. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could combine them and express the emphasis in another way. Alternate translation: [for it is sure that he is coming]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

הָ֫⁠אָ֥רֶץ

the=earth/land

Here, the earth represents the people who live on the earth. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or plain language. Alternate translation: [the people of the earth]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

תֵּבֵ֥ל

Here, the world represents everyone who lives in the world. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or plain language. Alternate translation: [everyone in the world]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

בְּ⁠צֶ֑דֶק

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of righteousness, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [righteously]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

בֶּ⁠אֱמוּנָתֽ⁠וֹ

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of faithfulness, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [faithfully]

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / doublet

הָ֫⁠אָ֥רֶץ & תֵּבֵ֥ל

the=earth/land & (Some words not found in UHB: to=(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before YHWH that/for/because/then/when coming that/for/because/then/when coming to,judge the=earth/land judge world in,righteousness and,peoples in,faithfulness_of,his )

The terms the earth and the world mean similar things. The psalmist is using the two terms together for emphasis. If it would be clearer for your readers, you could express the emphasis with a single phrase. Alternate translation: [everyone … everyone]

Note 8 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

וְ֝⁠עַמִּ֗ים בֶּ⁠אֱמוּנָתֽ⁠וֹ

The writer is leaving out some of the words that in many languages a sentence would need in order to be complete. You can supply these words from the context if that would be clearer in your language. Alternate translation: [and he will judge the peoples with his faithfulness]

Parallel PSA 96:13