Psalms 69:22

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

They gave me poison for food, and for my thirst, they gave me vinegar to drink.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּתְּנ֣וּ בְּבָרוּתִ֣י רֹ֑אשׁ וְ֝לִצְמָאִ֗י יַשְׁק֥וּנִי חֹֽמֶץ׃

Transliteration

And-yittĕnû in-bārûtî rō'š and-for-ṣĕmā'î yašqûnî ḥōmeṣ

Grammar Details

• *yittĕnû*: Qal imperfect with waw consecutive, 3rd person masculine plural - and they gave
• *bārûtî*: feminine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix and prefixed preposition bĕ - in my food
• *rō'š*: masculine singular noun - poison/gall
• *ṣĕmā'î*: masculine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix and prefixed preposition lĕ - for my thirst
• *yašqûnî*: Hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural with 1st person singular suffix - they make me drink
• *ḥōmeṣ*: masculine singular noun - vinegar

Word Meanings

• *yittĕnû*: they gave/they put
• *bārûtî*: my food/my meal
• *rō'š*: poison/gall/bitter herb
• *ṣĕmā'î*: my thirst
• *yašqûnî*: they make me drink/they give me to drink
• *ḥōmeṣ*: vinegar/sour wine

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  Let their table become a snare before them, and what should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Let their table{H7979} before{H6440} them become a snare;{H6341} And when they are in peace,{H7965} [let it become] a trap.{H4170}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Let their table{H7979} become a snare{H6341} before{H6440} them: and that which should have been for their welfare{H7965}, let it become a trap{H4170}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  They gaue me gall to eate, & whe I was thurstie, they gaue me vyneger to drynke.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Let their table be a snare before them, and their prosperitie their ruine.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Let their table be as a snare before them: and in steade of aboundaunce of peace, let it be a meanes of destruction.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ Let their table become a snare before them: and [that which should have been] for [their] welfare, [let it become] a trap.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Let their table before them become a snare. May it become a retribution and a trap.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Their table before them is for a snare, And for a recompence -- for a trap.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Let their table before them become a snare; And when they are in peace, `let it become' a trap.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Let their table before them become a snare; And when they are in peace, [let it become] a trap.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Let their table before them be for their destruction; let their feasts become a net to take them.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Let their table before them become a snare. May it become a retribution and a trap.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  May their dining table become a trap before them! May it be a snare for that group of friends!

Referenced Verses

• Rom 11:8-9 : 8 As it is written: "God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that could not see and ears that could not hear, to this very day." 9 And David says, "Let their table become a snare and a trap, a stumbling block and a retribution for them." 10 "Let their eyes be darkened so they cannot see, and their backs be bent forever."
• 1 Thess 5:3 : 3 While people are saying, "Peace and safety," sudden destruction will come upon them like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.
• 1 Pet 2:8 : 8 and, 'a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense.' They stumble because they disobey the word, as they were determined to do.
• Prov 1:32 : 32 For the turning away of the simple will kill them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them.
• Isa 8:14-15 : 14 He will be a sanctuary, but for both houses of Israel he will be a stone that causes people to stumble and a rock that makes them fall. And for the inhabitants of Jerusalem, he will be a trap and a snare. 15 Many will stumble over it; they will fall and be broken, they will be ensnared and captured.
• Mal 2:2 : 2 If you do not listen and if you do not take it to heart to honor My name, says the Lord of Hosts, I will send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings. Indeed, I have already cursed them because you do not take it to heart.