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19 Ps 29.9 English translations from the same source documents vary

I was not able to discover the reason, but the following English translations, most except for the NKJV, taken from the oldest manuscripts, vary in whether or not hinds/deer are mentioned. My NASB95-Hebrew interlinear contains the word ʾayyālâ, translated a doe or female deer by Strongs.

Psalm 29:9 (NASB95) The voice of the LORD makes the deer to calve And strips the forests bare; And in His temple everything says, “Glory!”

Psalm 29:9 (ESV) The voice of the LORD makes the deer give birth and strips the forests bare, and in his temple all cry, “Glory!”

Psalm 29:9 (NKJV) The voice of the LORD makes the deer give birth, And strips the forests bare; And in His temple everyone says, “Glory!”

Psalm 29:9 (AMP) The voice of the Lord makes the hinds bring forth their young, and His voice strips bare the forests, while in His temple everyone is saying, Glory!

Psalm 29:9 (DARBY) The voice of Jehovah maketh the hinds to calve, and layeth bare the forests; and in his temple doth every one say, Glory!

Psalm 29:9 (HCSB) The voice of the LORD makes the deer give birth and strips the woodlands bare. In His temple all cry, “Glory!”

Psalm 29:9 (Lexham Eenglish Bible) The voice of Yahweh causes deer to give birth and strips the forests bare. And at his temple all in it say, “Glory!”

Psalm 29:9 (Geneva Bible) The voice of the Lord maketh the hindes to calve, & discovereth the forests: therefore in his Temple doeth everie man speake of his glorie.

Psalm 29:9 (YLT) The voice of Jehovah paineth the oaks, And maketh bare the forests, And in His temple every one saith, ‘Glory.’

Psalm 29:9 (NIV84) The voice of the LORD twists the oaks and strips the forests bare. And in his temple all cry, “Glory!”

Psalm 29:9 (New Jerusalem Bible) Yahweh’s voice convulses terebinths (Don: the turpentine tree), strips forests bare. In his palace all cry, ‘Glory!’