Psalms 123:2 — compare English translations
Compare translationsPsalms 123:2 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
הִנֵּ֨ה
hinnêh
H2009
behold
כְעֵינֵ֪י
ʻayin
H5869
eye
עֲבָדִ֡ים
ʻebed
H5650
servant
אֶל
ʼêl
H413
to
יַ֤ד
yâd
H3027
hand
אֲֽדוֹנֵיהֶ֗ם
ʼâdôwn
H113
lord
כְּעֵינֵ֣י
ʻayin
H5869
eye
שִׁפְחָה֮
shiphchâh
H8198
maid
אֶל
ʼêl
H413
to
יַ֪ד
yâd
H3027
hand
גְּבִ֫רְתָּ֥הּ
gᵉbereth
H1404
queen
כֵּ֣ן
kên
H3651
thus
עֵ֭ינֵינוּ
ʻayin
H5869
eye
אֶל
ʼêl
H413
to
יְהוָ֣ה
Yᵉhôvâh
H3068
LORD
אֱלֹהֵ֑ינוּ
ʼĕlôhîym
H430
God
עַ֝֗ד
ʻad
H5704
until
שֶׁיְּחָנֵּֽנוּ
chânan
H2603
to be gracious
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, As the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress; So our eyes look to Yahweh, our God, Until he has mercy on us.
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King James Version Public Domain
Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes wait upon the LORD our God, until that he have mercy upon us.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Behold, as the eyes of servants to the hand of their masters, as the eyes of a maidservant to the hand of her mistress, thus our eyes to Yahweh our God, until he is gracious to us.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).