29:8 It will be like a hungry man dreaming that he is eating,
only to awaken and find that his stomach is empty. 1
It will be like a thirsty man dreaming that he is drinking,
only to awaken and find that he is still weak and his thirst unquenched. 2
So it will be for the horde from all the nations
that fight against Mount Zion.
32:6 For a fool speaks disgraceful things; 3
his mind plans out sinful deeds. 4
He commits godless deeds 5
and says misleading things about the Lord;
he gives the hungry nothing to satisfy their appetite 6
and gives the thirsty nothing to drink. 7
1 tn Or “that he [or “his appetite”] is unsatisfied.”
2 tn Or “that he is faint and that he [or “his appetite”] longs [for water].”
3 tn Or “foolishness,” in a moral-ethical sense. See 9:17.
4 tn Heb “and his heart commits sin”; KJV, ASV “his heart will work iniquity”; NASB “inclines toward wickedness.”
5 tn Heb “in order to do [or “so that he does”] what is godless [or “defiled”].”
6 tn Heb “so that he leaves empty the appetite [or “desire”] of the hungry.”
7 tn Heb “and the drink of the thirsty he causes to fail.”