Psalms 9:21

19 translations of 93 that include the Old Testament

Clementine Vulgate 1598

Constitue, Domine, legislatorem super eos, ut sciant gentes quoniam homines sunt.

Éternel ! remplis-les de frayeur. Que les nations sachent qu’elles ne sont que des hommes. Sélah.

Pusť na ně strach, ó Hospodine, ať tomu porozumějí národové, že smrtelní jsou. Sélah.

Appoint, O Lord, a lawgiver over them: let the heathen know that they are men. Pause.

Appoint, O Lord, a lawgiver over them: that the Gentiles may know themselves to be but men.

HERRE, slå dem med Rædsel, lad Folkene kende, at de er Mennesker! - Sela.

Frappe-les d’épouvante, ô Éternel! Que les peuples sachent qu’ils sont des hommes! — Pause.

Why stand you afar off, O Lord? why do you overlook us in times of need, in affliction?

Why stand you afar off, O Lord? why do you overlook us in times of need, in affliction?

Strah im, o Jahve, utjeraj, nek' spoznaju pogani da su smrtnici!

Bereite ihnen Schrecken, Jahwe! Mögen die Heiden erkennen, daß sie Menschen sind! Sela.

Appoint, O Lord, a lawgiver over them: Let the heathen know that they are men. Pause.

שִׁ֘יתָ֤ה יְהוָ֨ה ׀ מוֹרָ֗ה לָ֫הֶ֥ם יֵדְע֥וּ גוֹיִ֑ם אֱנ֖וֹשׁ הֵ֣מָּה סֶּֽלָה׃

κατάστησον, Κύριε, νομοθέτην ἐπ᾿ αὐτούς, γνώτωσαν ἔθνη ὅτι ἄνθρωποί εἰσιν. (διάψαλμα).

Κατάστησον, Κύριε, νομοθέτην ἐπʼ αὐτοὺς, γνώτωσαν ἔθνη ὅτι ἀνθρωποί εἰσι· διάψαλμα.

Наведи, Господи, страх на них; да знают народы, что человеки они.

שִׁ֘יתָ֤ה יְהוָ֨ה ׀ מֹורָ֗ה לָ֫הֶ֥ם יֵדְע֥וּ גֹויִ֑ם אֱנֹ֖ושׁ הֵ֣מָּה סֶּֽלָה׃

Mâshi Nyakasane, obashûrhe ebihamba, abapagani bamanye oku bali bantu nk’abandi.

CC BY 4.0

Put them in terror, Hashem; that the Goyim may know themselves to be but enosh. Selah

CC BY 4.0

Traditions differ. Both positions are shown rather than one asserted as settled.

Broad agreement: 1010 BC–400 BC David and many others
The Psalter is a collection assembled over centuries; individual psalms range widely in date.

Events overlapping when this passage is dated (1010 BC–400 BC).

1200 BC–400 BC Olmec civilisation Mesoamerica
The earliest major Mesoamerican civilisation, known for colossal stone heads and an early calendar.
1200 BC–1000 BC Iron working spreads in the Levant Levant
Iron gradually displaced bronze for tools and weapons across the eastern Mediterranean.
776 BC First recorded Olympiad Greece
The traditional starting point of Greek historical chronology.
753 BC Traditional founding of Rome Rome
The legendary date of Rome's founding, later used as the anchor of the Roman calendar.
750 BC–650 BC Homeric epics take written form Greece
The Iliad and Odyssey were fixed in writing after generations of oral transmission.
745 BC–609 BC Neo-Assyrian empire at its height Mesopotamia
Assyria dominated the Near East, deporting conquered populations as policy, including the northern kingdom of Israel.
722 BC Fall of Samaria Levant
The Assyrian conquest of the northern kingdom of Israel and the deportation of much of its population.
587 BC–586 BC Fall of Jerusalem and the Babylonian exile Levant
Nebuchadnezzar II destroyed the temple and deported the Judean elite to Babylon.