Berean Standard Bible
18They divide my garments among them and cast lots for my clothing.
The Pioneer Translation RenderingRendered from the original Hebrew
Psalm 22:18
My God Why Have You Forsaken Me
They divide my garments among themselves, and over my clothing they cast lots.
Standard rendering from the source text. The two verbs יְחַלְּקוּ (divide/apportion) and יַפִּילוּ גוֹרָל (cast lots) are rendered with their plain primary meanings. The distinction between בְגָדַי (garments) and לְבוּשִׁי (clothing/outer garment) is preserved in translation, reflecting what appears to be a genuine distinction between items of dress.
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King James Version
18They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.
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King James Version
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They divide my garments among them and cast lots for my clothing.
They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.
Berean Standard Bible
King James Version
Translation for Translators
T4T was designed as a tool for Bible translators, not as a devotional text. It makes implicit meaning explicit and flags figurative language with abbreviations. Gold [brackets] indicate translation notes. ◄Triangles► mark alternative renderings.Read more about how to read T4T →18
They divide my garments among them and cast lots for my clothing.
They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.
They looked at the clothes that I was wearing and gambled to determine which piece each of them would get.
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Hebrew, word by word
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יְחַלְּק֣וּ deal חָלַק châlaq a primitive root; to be smooth (figuratively); by implication (as smooth stones were used for lots) to apportion or separate deal, distribute, divide, flatter, בְגָדַ֣י apparel בֶּגֶד beged from H898 (בָּגַד); a covering, i.e. clothing; also treachery or pillage apparel, cloth(-es, ing), garment, lap, rag, raiment, robe, [idiom] very (treacherously לָהֶ֑ם like הֵם hêm or (prolonged) הֵמָּה; masculine plural from H1981 (הֲלַךְ); they (only used when emphatic) it, like, [idiom] (how, so) many (soever, more as) they (be), (the) וְעַל above עַל ʻal properly, the same as H5920 (עַל) used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following); above, over, ־ לְ֝בוּשִׁ֗י apparel לְבוּשׁ lᵉbûwsh or לְבֻשׁ; from H3847 (לָבַשׁ); a garment (literally or figuratively); by implication (euphemistically) a wife apparel, clothed with, clothing, garment, raiment יַפִּ֥ילוּ light נָפַל nâphal a primitive root; to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative) be accepted, cast (down, self, (lots), out), ce גוֹרָֽל lot גּוֹרָל gôwrâl or (shortened) גֹּרָל; from an unused root meaning to be rough (as stone); properly, a pebble, i.e. a lot (small stones being used for that purpose); figurative ׃
They divide my garments among them and cast lots for my clothing.
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