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Psalms 73:15

If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children.

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אִםimoh thatאִםconjunction — “oh that”H518used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also Oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not(and, can-, doubtless, if, that) (not), [phrase] but, either, [phrase] except, [phrase] more(-over if, than), neither, nevertheless, nor, oh that, or, [phrase] save (only, -ing), seeing, since, sith, [phrase] surely (no more, none, not), t…אָ֭מַרְתִּיamartisayאָמַרverb, qal, perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “say”, a completed actionH559to say (used with great latitude)answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [id…אֲסַפְּרָ֥הasaprahcommuneסָפַרverb, piel, cohortative, 1st person, common, singular — “commune”, a determination or requestH5608properly, to score with a mark as a tally or record, i.e. (by implication) to inscribe, and also to enumerate; intensively, to recount, i.e. celebratecommune, (ac-) count; declare, number, [phrase] penknife, reckon, scribe, shew forth, speak, talk, tell (out), writer.כְמ֑וֹkhemvothusכְּמוֹpreposition — “thus”H3644a form of the prefix 'k-', but used separately as, thus, soaccording to, (such) as (it were, well as), in comparison of, like (as, to, unto), thus, when, worth.הִנֵּ֤הhinehloהִנֵּהparticle, demonstrative — “lo”H2009lo!behold, lo, see.ד֭וֹרdorageדּוֹרnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “age”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1755properly, a revolution of time, i.e. an age or generation; also a dwellingage, [idiom] evermore, generation, (n-) ever, posterity.בָּנֶ֣יךָbaneykhasonבֵּןnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “son”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)[phrase] afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, ([phrase]) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, [phrase] (young) bullock, [phrase] (young) calf, […בָגָֽדְתִּיvagadetideal deceitfullyבָּגַדverb, qal, perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “deal deceitfully”, a completed actionH898to cover (with a garment); figuratively, to act covertly; by implication, to pillagedeal deceitfully (treacherously, unfaithfully), offend, transgress(-or), (depart), treacherous (dealer, -ly, man), unfaithful(-ly, man), [idiom] very.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

If I had said: 'I will speak thus', behold, I had been faithless to the generation of Thy children.

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American Standard Version (1901)

If I had said, I will speak thus; Behold, I had dealt treacherously with the generation of thy children.

Young’s Literal Translation

If I have said, 'I recount thus,' Lo, a generation of Thy sons I have deceived.

World English Bible

If I had said, “I will speak thus”, behold, I would have betrayed the generation of your children.

Darby Translation

If I said, I will speak thus, behold, I should be faithless to the generation of thy children.

Douay-Rheims

Thou hast broken up the fountains and the torrents: thou hast dried up the Ethan rivers.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

If I had said: 'I will speak thus', behold, I had been faithless to the generation of Thy children.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

If I said, I will speak thus; behold, I should have broken covenant with the generation of thy children.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Εἰ ἔλεγον, διηγήσομαι οὕτως, ἰδοὺ τῇ γενεᾷ τῶν υἱῶν σου ἠσυνθέτηκα.