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BSB § And should someone pursue you and seek your life, then the life of my lord will be bound securely by the LORD your God in the bundle of the living. But He shall fling away the lives of your enemies like stones from a sling.[fn]

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OEB Should a man rise up to pursue you and to seek your life, the life of my lord will be bound in the bundle of the living in the care of the Lord your God, but the lives of your enemies will he sling out as from the hollow of a sling.

WEB Though men may rise up to pursue you and to seek your soul, yet the soul of my lord will be bound in the bundle of life with Yahweh your God. He will sling out the souls of your enemies as from a sling’s pocket.

WMB Though men may rise up to pursue you and to seek your soul, yet the soul of my lord will be bound in the bundle of life with the LORD your God. He will sling out the souls of your enemies as from a sling’s pocket.

NET When someone sets out to chase you and to take your life, the life of my lord will be wrapped securely in the bag of the living by the Lord your God. But he will sling away the lives of your enemies from the sling’s pocket!

LSV And man rises to pursue you and to seek your soul, and the soul of my lord has been bound in the bundle of life with your God YHWH; as for the soul of your enemies, He slings them out in the midst of the hollow of the sling.

FBV If anyone pursues you and tries to kill you, then your life will remain bound up with those the Lord your God looks after, safe in his care. But he will throw away the lives of your enemies like stones from a sling.

T4T Even when those who are trying to kill you pursue you, you are safe, because Yahweh your God takes care of you. You will be protected as though you were [MET] a bundle that he has safely tied up. But your enemies will disappear as fast as stones that are hurled from a sling.

LEB Should a man arise to pursue you and to seek your life, may the life of my lord be wrapped in the pouch[fn] of the living with Yahweh your God. But as for the life of your enemy, he will sling it from within[fn] the pocket of the sling!

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BBE And though a man has taken up arms against you, putting your life in danger, still the soul of my lord will be kept safe among the band of the living with the Lord your God; and the souls of those who are against you he will send violently away from him, like stones from a bag.

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JPS And though man be risen up to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul, yet the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the LORD thy God; and the souls of thine enemies, them shall he sling out, as from the hollow of a sling.

ASV And though men be risen up to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul, yet the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with Jehovah thy God; and the souls of thine enemies, them shall he sling out, as from the hollow of a sling.

DRA For if a man at any time shall rise, and persecute thee, and seek thy life, the soul of my lord shall be kept, as in the bundle of the living, with the Lord thy God: but the souls of thy enemies shall be whirled, as with the violence and whirling of a sling.

YLT And man riseth to pursue thee and to seek thy soul, and the soul of my lord hath been bound in the bundle of life with Jehovah thy God; as to the soul of thine enemies, He doth sling them out in the midst of the hollow of the sling.

DBY And if a man is risen up to pursue thee and to seek thy life, the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of the living with Jehovah thy [fn]God; and the souls of thine enemies, them shall he sling out from the hollow of the sling.

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RV And though man be risen up to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul, yet the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the LORD thy God; and the souls of thine enemies, them shall he sling out, as from the hollow of a sling.

WBS Yet a man hath risen to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul: but the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the LORD thy God; and the souls of thy enemies, them shall he sling out, as from the middle of a sling.

KJB Yet a man is risen to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul: but the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the LORD thy God; and the souls of thine enemies, them shall he sling out, as out of the middle of a sling.[fn]
  (Yet a man is risen to pursue thee, and to seek thy/your soul: but the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the LORD thy/your God; and the souls of thine/your enemies, them shall he sling out, as out of the middle of a sling.)

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BB And yet a man hath rysen to persecute thee, and to seeke thy soule: but the soule of my Lorde shall be bound in the bundel of the lyuyng with the Lord thy God, and the soules of thy enemies shall God cast out, euen as out of the middle of a slyng.
  (And yet a man hath/has rysen to persecute thee, and to seek thy/your soule: but the soule of my Lord shall be bound in the bundel of the living with the Lord thy/your God, and the soules of thy/your enemies shall God cast out, even as out of the middle of a slyng.)

GNV Yet a man hath risen vp to persecute thee, and to seeke thy soule, but the soule of my lorde shall be bounde in the bundel of life with the Lord thy God: and the soule of thine enemies shall God cast out, as out of the middle of a sling.
  (Yet a man hath/has risen up to persecute thee, and to seek thy/your soule, but the soule of my lord shall be bound in the bundel of life with the Lord thy/your God: and the soule of thine/your enemies shall God cast out, as out of the middle of a sling. )

CB And yf eny man ryse vp to persecute ye, and to laye wayte for thy soule, then shal the soule of my lorde be bounde in the bundell of ye lyuynge, euen with the LORDE thy God. But ye soule of thine enemies shalbe turned backe wt the slynge.
  (And if any man rise up to persecute ye, and to lay wait for thy/your soule, then shall the soule of my lord be bound in the bundell of ye/you_all living, even with the LORD thy/your God. But ye/you_all soule of thine/your enemies shall be turned back with the slynge.)

WYC For if a man risith ony tyme, and pursueth thee, and sekith thi lijf, the lijf of my lord schal be kept as in a bundel of lyuynge trees, at thi Lord God; forsothe the soule of thin enemyes schal be hurlid round aboute as in feersnesse, and sercle of a slynge.
  (For if a man riseth/rises any time, and pursueth thee, and sekith thy/your life, the life of my lord shall be kept as in a bundel of living trees, at thy/your Lord God; forsothe the soule of thin enemyes shall be hurlid round about as in feersnesse, and sercle of a slynge.)

LUT Und wenn sich ein Mensch erheben wird, dich zu verfolgen, und nach deiner SeeLE stehet, so wird die SeeLE meines Herrn eingebunden sein im Bündlein der Lebendigen bei dem HErrn, deinem GOtt; aber die SeeLE deiner Feinde wird geschleudert werden mit der Schleuder.
  (And when itself/yourself/themselves a person erheben wird, you/yourself to verfolgen, and nach deiner SeeLE stands, so becomes the SeeLE meines Herrn eingebunden his in_the Bündlein the Lebendigen bei to_him HErrn, deinem God; but the SeeLE deiner Feinde becomes geschleudert become with the Schleuder.)

CLV Si enim surrexerit aliquando homo persequens te, et quærens animam tuam, erit anima domini mei custodita quasi in fasciculo viventium apud Dominum Deum tuum: porro inimicorum tuorum anima rotabitur, quasi in impetu et circulo fundæ.[fn]
  (When/But_if because surrexerit aliquando human persequens you(sg), and quærens animam tuam, will_be anima domini my/mine custodita as_if in fasciculo viventium apud Dominum God tuum: porro inimicorum tuorum anima rotabitur, as_if in impetu and circulo fundæ.)

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BRN And if a man shall rise up persecuting thee and seeking thy life, yet shall the life of my lord be bound up in the bundle of life with the Lord God, and thou shalt whirl the life of thine enemies as in the midst of a sling.

BrLXX Καὶ ἀναστήσεται ἄνθρωπος καταδιώκων σε καὶ ζητῶν τὴν ψυχήν σου, καὶ ἔσται ψυχὴ κυρίου μου ἐνδεδεμένη ἐν δεσμῷ τῆς ζωῆς παρὰ Κυρίῳ τῷ Θεῷ, καὶ ψυχὴν ἐχθρῶν σου σφενδονήσεις ἐν μέσῳ τῆς σφενδόνης.
  (Kai anastaʸsetai anthrōpos katadiōkōn se kai zaʸtōn taʸn psuⱪaʸn sou, kai estai psuⱪaʸ kuriou mou endedemenaʸ en desmōi taʸs zōaʸs para Kuriōi tōi Theōi, kai psuⱪaʸn eⱪthrōn sou sfendonaʸseis en mesōi taʸs sfendonaʸs. )