Psalms 69:28

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Add guilt to their guilt, and let them not enter into your righteousness.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

תְּֽנָה־עָ֭וֺן עַל־עֲוֺנָ֑ם וְאַל־יָ֝בֹ֗אוּ בְּצִדְקָתֶֽךָ׃

Transliteration

tĕnâ-'āwōn upon-'ăwōnām and-not-yāḇō'û in-ṣidqāteḵā

Grammar Details

• *tĕnâ*: Qal imperative, masculine singular - give/place
• *'āwōn*: masculine singular noun - iniquity
• *'ăwōnām*: masculine singular noun with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their iniquity
• *yāḇō'û*: Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural with negative particle 'al - let them not come
• *ṣidqāteḵā*: feminine singular noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix and prefixed preposition bĕ - in your righteousness

Word Meanings

• *tĕnâ*: give/place/add
• *'āwōn*: iniquity/guilt/punishment
• *'ăwōnām*: their iniquity/their guilt/their punishment
• *yāḇō'û*: let them come/enter
• *ṣidqāteḵā*: your righteousness/your vindication/your justice

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Let them be blotted{H4229} out of the book{H5612} of life,{H2416} And not be written{H3789} with the righteous.{H6662}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Let them be blotted{H4229}{H8735)} out of the book{H5612} of the living{H2416}, and not be written{H3789}{H8735)} with the righteous{H6662}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Let them fall fro one wickednesse to another, & not come into thy rightuousnesse.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Let them be put out of the booke of life, neither let them be written with the righteous.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Let them be wyped out of the booke of the lyuyng: and not to be written among the ryghteous.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Let them be blotted out of the book of life, And not be written with the righteous.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  They are blotted out of the book of life, And with the righteous are not written.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Let them be blotted out of the book of life, And not be written with the righteous.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Let them be blotted out of the book of life, And not be written with the righteous.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Let their names be taken from the book of the living, let them not be numbered with the upright.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Let them be blotted out of the book of life, and not be written with the righteous.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  May their names be deleted from the scroll of the living! Do not let their names be listed with the godly!

Referenced Verses

• Luke 10:20 : 20 Nevertheless, do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.
• Phil 4:3 : 3 Yes, and I ask you, true companion, to help these women who have contended at my side in the cause of the gospel, along with Clement and the rest of my co-workers, whose names are in the book of life.
• Heb 12:23 : 23 to the assembly of the firstborn, whose names are written in heaven. You have come to God, the Judge of all, to the spirits of the righteous made perfect,
• Rev 3:5 : 5 The one who conquers will be clothed in white garments, and I will never blot out their name from the book of life. I will confess their name before my Father and before His angels.
• Exod 32:32-33 : 32 But now, if You will forgive their sin, please do so. But if not, then blot me out of the book You have written." 33 The LORD replied to Moses, "Whoever has sinned against Me, I will blot out of My book.
• Ezek 13:9 : 9 My hand will be against the prophets who see false visions and utter lying divinations. They will not belong to the council of my people, nor be recorded in the register of the house of Israel, nor enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Lord GOD.
• Rev 13:8 : 8 All those who live on the earth will worship it, everyone whose names have not been written in the Lamb's book of life, the Lamb who was slain from the foundation of the world.
• Rev 20:12-15 : 12 And I saw the dead, both great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Another book was opened, which is the book of life. The dead were judged according to what they had done as recorded in the books. 13 The sea gave up the dead that were in it, and death and Hades gave up the dead that were in them. Each person was judged according to what they had done. 14 Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. The lake of fire is the second death. 15 Anyone whose name was not found written in the book of life was thrown into the lake of fire.
• Rev 22:19 : 19 And if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away their share in the tree of life and in the holy city, which are described in this book.
• Hos 1:9 : 9 Then the LORD said, "Call him Lo-Ammi (Not My People), for you are not my people, and I am not your God."
• Isa 4:3 : 3 Those who are left in Zion and remain in Jerusalem will be called holy, all who are recorded among the living in Jerusalem.
• Isa 65:16 : 16 Whoever invokes a blessing in the land will do so by the God of truth, and whoever takes an oath in the land will swear by the God of truth. For the past troubles will be forgotten and hidden from my eyes.