PRO 15:11 Parallel View

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ULT Sheol and Abaddon are before Yahweh;
 ⇔ how much more the hearts of the sons of man!

UST Yahweh knows everything about the place where dead people are.
⇔ So he surely knows everything that everyone thinks!

BSB  ⇔ Sheol and Abaddon [fn] lie open before the LORD—
⇔ how much more the hearts of men!

15:11 Or Death and Destruction

OEB Before the Lord Sheol and Abaddon lie open;
⇔ how much more the hearts of men!

WEB Sheol[fn] and Abaddon are before Yahweh—
⇔ how much more then the hearts of the children of men!

15:11 Sheol is the place of the dead.

WMB Sheol[fn] and Abaddon are before the LORD—
⇔ how much more then the hearts of the children of men!

15:11 Sheol is the place of the dead.

NET Death and Destruction are before the Lord –
 ⇔ how much more the hearts of humans!

LSV Sheol and destruction [are] before YHWH,
Surely also the hearts of the sons of men.

FBV Those already dead[fn] have no secrets from the Lord—how much more does he know our thoughts!

15:11 The Hebrew simply references “Sheol” and “Abaddon,” the grave and the world of the dead.

T4T  ⇔ Yahweh knows what is happening in the place where dead people [DOU] are,
⇔ so he certainly knows [RHQ] what people are thinking.

LEB • [fn] and Abaddon[fn] are before Yahweh,[fn] the hearts of the children of men!

?:? A term for the place where the dead reside, i.e., the Underworld

?:? Poetic synonym for “Sheol.” Only mentioned in the ot in relation to Sheol, the grave, or death.

?:? Literally “more for”

BBE Before the Lord are the underworld and destruction: how much more, then, the hearts of the children of men!

MOF No MOF PRO book available

JPS The nether-world and Destruction are before the LORD; how much more then the hearts of the children of men!

ASV Sheol and Abaddon are before Jehovah;
 ⇔ How much more then the hearts of the children of men!

DRA Hell and destruction are before the Lord: how much more the hearts of the children of men?

YLT Sheol and destruction [are] before Jehovah, Surely also the hearts of the sons of men.

DBY Sheol and destruction are before Jehovah; how much more then the hearts of the children of men!

RV Sheol and Abaddon are before the LORD: how much more then the hearts of the children of men!

WBS Hell and destruction are before the LORD: how much more then the hearts of the children of men?

KJB Hell and destruction are before the LORD: how much more then the hearts of the children of men?
(Hell and destruction are before the LORD: how much more then the hearts of the children of men? )

BB Hell and destruction are before the Lorde: howe much more then the heartes of the children of men?
(Hell and destruction are before the Lord: how much more then the hearts of the children of men?)

GNV Hell and destruction are before the Lord: how much more the hearts of the sonnes of men?
(Hell and destruction are before the Lord: how much more the hearts of the sons of men? )

CB The hell wt hir payne is knowne vnto the LORDE, how moch more then the hertes of men?
(The hell with her pain is known unto the LORD, how much more then the hearts of men?)

WYC Helle and perdicioun ben open bifor the Lord; hou myche more the hertis of sones of men.
(Helle and perdicioun been open before the Lord; how much more the hearts of sons of men.)

LUT Hölle und Verderbnis ist vor dem HErrn; wie viel mehr der Menschen Herzen!
(hell and Verderbnis is before/in_front_of to_him HErrn; like many mehr the Menschen Herzen!)

CLV Infernus et perditio coram Domino; quanto magis corda filiorum hominum !
(Infernus and perditio coram Domino; quanto magis corda filiorum hominum ! )

BRN Hell and destruction are manifest to the Lord; how shall not also be the hearts of men?

BrLXX Ἅδης καὶ ἀπώλεια φανερὰ παρὰ τῷ Κυρίῳ· πῶς οὐχὶ καὶ αἱ καρδίαι τῶν ἀνθρώπων;
(Hadaʸs kai apōleia fanera para tōi Kuriōi; pōs ouⱪi kai hai kardiai tōn anthrōpōn? )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / doublet

שְׁא֣וֹל וַ֭⁠אֲבַדּוֹן

sheol and,abaddon

Sheol and Abaddon both refer to the place where people’s spirits go when they die. Solomon is using them together for emphasis. If it would be clearer for your readers, you could express the emphasis with a single phrase. See how you translated Sheol in 1:12. Alternate translation: “the place where the spirits of dead people dwell” or “the place of the dead”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

נֶ֣גֶד

before

Here Solomon refers to Yahweh knowing everything about Sheol and Abaddon as if they were in front of him. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “are fully known by”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

לִבּ֥וֹת

hearts

See how you translated the same use of “heart” in 2:2.

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / gendernotations

בְּֽנֵי־אָדָֽם

sons_of humankind

See how you translated this phrase in 8:4.

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