PRO 13:17 Parallel View

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ULT A wicked messenger falls into evil,
 ⇔ but an envoy of faithfulness causes healing.

UST Bad things happen to messengers who are not reliable,
⇔ but reliable messengers help people heal.

BSB  ⇔ A wicked messenger falls into trouble,
⇔ but a faithful envoy brings healing.

OEB An incompetent messenger ruins an enterprise,
⇔ but a trustworthy envoy is healing.

WEB A wicked messenger falls into trouble,
⇔ but a trustworthy envoy gains healing.

NET An unreliable messenger falls into trouble,
 ⇔ but a faithful envoy brings healing.

LSV A wicked messenger falls into evil,
And a faithful ambassador is healing.

FBV A bad messenger creates[fn] trouble, but a faithful representative brings healing.

13:17 “Creates”: literally, “falls into.”

T4T  ⇔ Messengers who are not reliable cause trouble,
⇔ but those who faithfully deliver their messages cause people to act peacefully.

LEB • but an envoy of the faithful brings healing.

BBE A man taking false news is a cause of trouble, but he who gives news rightly makes things well.

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JPS A wicked messenger falleth into evil; but a faithful ambassador is health.

ASV A wicked messenger falleth into evil;
 ⇔ But a faithful ambassador is health.

DRA The messenger of the wicked shall fall into mischief: but a faithful ambassador is health.

YLT A wicked messenger falleth into evil, And a faithful ambassador is healing.

DBY A wicked messenger falleth into evil; but a faithful ambassador is health.

RV A wicked messenger falleth into evil: but a faithful ambassador is health.

WBS A wicked messenger falleth into mischief: but a faithful embassador is health.

KJB A wicked messenger falleth into mischief: but a faithful ambassador is health.[fn]
(A wicked messenger falleth into mischief: but a faithful ambassador is health.)

13.17 a faithful…: Heb. an ambassador of faithfulness

BB An vngodly messenger falleth into mischiefe: but a faythfull embassadour is as health.
(An ungodly messenger falleth into mischiefe: but a faithfull embassadour is as health.)

GNV A wicked messenger falleth into euill: but a faithfull ambassadour is preseruation.
(A wicked messenger falleth into evil: but a faithfull ambassadour is preseruation. )

CB An vngodly messauger bryngeth myschefe, but a faithfull embassitoure is wholsome.
(An ungodly messenger bringeth/brings myschefe, but a faithfull embassitoure is wholsome.)

WYC The messanger of a wickid man schal falle in to yuel; a feithful messanger is helthe.
(The messanger of a wicked man shall fall in to yuel; a faithful messanger is helthe.)

LUT Ein gottloser Bote bringt Unglück; aber ein treuer Werber ist heilsam.
(Ein gottloser Bote bringt Unglück; but a treuer Werber is heilsam.)

CLV Nuntius impii cadet in malum; legatus autem fidelis, sanitas.
(Nuntius impii cadet in malum; legatus however fidelis, sanitas. )

BRN A rash king shall fall into mischief: but a wise messenger shall deliver him.

BrLXX Βασιλεὺς θρασὺς ἐμπεσεῖται εἰς κακὰ, ἄγγελος δὲ σοφὸς ῥύσεται αὐτόν.
(Basileus thrasus empeseitai eis kaka, angelos de sofos ɽusetai auton. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

מַלְאָ֣ךְ רָ֭שָׁע

messenger wicked

Here, wicked messenger specifically refers to a messenger who is unreliable. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “An unreliable messenger”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

יִפֹּ֣ל בְּ⁠רָ֑ע

falls in/on/at/with,trouble

Here Solomon refers to someone experiencing evil as if it were a place into which that person falls. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “experiences evil”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

בְּ⁠רָ֑ע

in/on/at/with,trouble

Here, evil refers to trouble that someone might experience as a result of evil. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “into trouble”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

וְ⁠צִ֖יר אֱמוּנִ֣ים

and,envoy faithful

Here Solomon is using the possessive form to describe an envoy that is characterized by faithfulness. If your language would not use the possessive form for this, you could use a different expression. Alternate translation: “but a faithful envoy”

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