ris3n's Apologetics Codex

Passage

Psalms 83.18

Book: Psalms · ASV / WEB / KJV / YLT

Immediate context (±2 verses)

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ASV

16. Fill their faces with confusion, That they may seek thy name, O Jehovah. 17. Let them be put to shame and dismayed for ever; Yea, let them be confounded and perish;

18. That they may know that thou alone, whose name is Jehovah, Art the Most High over all the earth. (Psalms 83:16-18, ASV)

WEB

16. Fill their faces with confusion, that they may seek your name, Yahweh. 17. Let them be disappointed and dismayed forever. Yes, let them be confounded and perish;

18. that they may know that you alone, whose name is Yahweh, are the Most High over all the earth. (Psalms 83:16-18, WEB)

KJV

16. Fill their faces with shame; that they may seek thy name, O LORD. 17. Let them be confounded and troubled for ever; yea, let them be put to shame, and perish:

18. That men may know that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, art the most high over all the earth. (Psalms 83:16-18, KJV)

YLT

16. Fill their faces [with] shame, And they seek Thy name, O Jehovah. 17. They are ashamed and troubled for ever, Yea, they are confounded and lost.

18. And they know that Thou, (Thy name [is] Jehovah, by Thyself,) [Art] the Most High over all the earth! (Psalms 83:16-18, YLT)

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Theological reading

Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added.

Key words

Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap.

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Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the most literal English translations available (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the public domain in the United States, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

  • ASV (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
  • WEB (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
  • KJV (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
  • YLT (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See Bibles for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.