PRO 10:16 Parallel View

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ULT The wage of the righteous one is to life;
 ⇔ the income of the wicked one is to sin.

UST God rewards righteous people by allowing them to live for a long time,
⇔ but God recompenses wicked people by punishing them for sinning.

BSB  ⇔ The labor of the righteous leads to life,
⇔ but the gain of the wicked brings punishment.

OEB The wage of the righteous conduces to life,
⇔ but their revenue brings the wicked to ruin.

WEB The labor of the righteous leads to life.
⇔ The increase of the wicked leads to sin.

NET The reward which the righteous receive is life;
 ⇔ the recompense which the wicked receive is judgment.

LSV The wage of the righteous [is] for life,
The increase of the wicked for sin.

FBV If you do right you're rewarded with life, but if you're wicked all you gain is sin.

T4T  ⇔ If you are righteous, your reward will be a good life,
⇔ but all that sinful people gain is to sin more.

LEB • leads to life; the gain of the wicked to sin.

BBE The work of the upright gives life: the increase of the evil-doer is a cause of sin.

MOF No MOF PRO book available

JPS The wages of the righteous is life; the increase of the wicked is sin.

ASV The labor of the righteous tendeth to life;
 ⇔ The increase of the wicked, to sin.

DRA The work of the just is unto life: but the fruit of the wicked, unto sin.

YLT The wage of the righteous [is] for life, The increase of the wicked for sin.

DBY The labour of a righteous [man] [tendeth] to life; the revenue of a wicked [man], to sin.

RV The labour of the righteous tendeth to life; the increase of the wicked to sin.

WBS The labor of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.

KJB The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.
(The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin. )

BB The labour of the righteous tendeth to lyfe: but the fruites of the vngodly, to sinne.
(The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: but the fruites of the ungodly, to sin.)

GNV The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: but the reuenues of the wicked to sinne.
(The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: but the reuenues of the wicked to sin. )

CB The rightuous laboureth to do good, but the vngodly vseth his increase vnto synne.
(The rightuous laboureth to do good, but the ungodly useth his increase unto sin.)

WYC The werk of a iust man is to lijf; but the fruyt of a wickid man is to synne.
(The work of a just man is to life; but the fruit of a wicked man is to sin.)

LUT Der Gerechte braucht seines Guts zum Leben; aber der GOttlose braucht seines Einkommens zur Sünde.
(The Gerechte braucht seines Guts for_the Leben; but the Godlose braucht seines Einkommens zur Sünde.)

CLV Opus justi ad vitam, fructus autem impii ad peccatum.
(Opus justi to vitam, fructus however impii to peccatum. )

BRN The works of the righteous produce life; but the fruits of the ungodly produce sins.

BrLXX Ἔργα δικαίων ζωὴν ποιεῖ, καρποὶ δὲ ἀσεβῶν ἁμαρτίας.
(Erga dikaiōn zōaʸn poiei, karpoi de asebōn hamartias. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

פְּעֻלַּ֣ת

wage

Here Solomon speaks of the reward that the righteous one receives as if it were a wage that someone pays. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “The reward for”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun

צַדִּ֣יק & רָשָׁ֣ע

law-abiding/just & wicked

The phrases the righteous one and the wicked one represent types of people in general, not one particular righteous one or wicked one. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use more natural expressions. Alternate translation: “any righteous person … any wicked person”

Note 3 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

לְ⁠חַיִּ֑ים & לְ⁠חַטָּֽאת

leads_to,life & to,punishment

In this verse, the phrase is for indicates that what follows is the result of what was previous stated. Use the most natural way in your language to indicate result. Alternate translation: “leads to life … leads to sin” or “results in life … results in sin”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

לְ⁠חַיִּ֑ים

leads_to,life

Here, life refers to a long life. If it would be helpful in your family, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “is to a long life” “is to living a long time”

Note 5 topic: grammar-connect-logic-contrast

תְּבוּאַ֖ת רָשָׁ֣ע לְ⁠חַטָּֽאת

gain wicked to,punishment

This clause is a strong contrast with the previous clause. Use the most natural way in your language to indicate a contrast. Alternate translation: “by contrast, the income of the wicked one is to sin”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

תְּבוּאַ֖ת

gain

Here Solomon speaks of the recompense or punishment that the wicked one receives as if it were income. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “the recompense for”

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

לְ⁠חַטָּֽאת

to,punishment

Here, sin could refer to: (1) the punishment that someone receives for sin, which is suggested by the contrasting parallelism between this clause and the previous clause. Alternate translation: “is for punishment for sin” (2) sin itself. Alternate translation: “is to sin more”

Parallel PRO 10:16