PRO 15:25 Parallel View

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ULT Yahweh will tear down the house of the proud ones,
 ⇔ but he will set up the boundary of the widow.

UST Yahweh will destroy what proud people own,
⇔ but he protects the few things that widows own.

BSB  ⇔ The LORD tears down the house of the proud,
⇔ but He protects the boundaries of the widow.

OEB The Lord uproots the house of the proud,
⇔ But the bounds of the widow he firmly maintains.

WEB Yahweh will uproot the house of the proud,
⇔ but he will keep the widow’s borders intact.

WMB The LORD will uproot the house of the proud,
⇔ but he will keep the widow’s borders intact.

NET The Lord tears down the house of the proud,
 ⇔ but he maintains the boundaries of the widow.

LSV YHWH pulls down the house of the proud,
And He sets up the border of the widow.

FBV The Lord pulls down the house of the proud, but he protects the boundaries[fn] of the widow's property.

15:25 In the sense that he does not allow boundary markers to be moved.

T4T  ⇔ Yahweh tears down the houses of proud people,
⇔ but he protects the property of widows.

LEB • it down, but he will maintain the[fn] of the widow.

?:? Literally “boundary”

BBE The house of the man of pride will be uprooted by the Lord, but he will make safe the heritage of the widow.

MOF No MOF PRO book available

JPS The LORD will pluck up the house of the proud; but He will establish the border of the widow.

ASV Jehovah will root up the house of the proud;
 ⇔ But he will establish the border of the widow.

DRA The Lord will destroy the house of the proud: and will strengthen the borders of the widow.

YLT The house of the proud Jehovah pulleth down, And He setteth up the border of the widow.

DBY Jehovah plucketh up the house of the proud; but he establisheth the boundary of the widow.

RV The LORD will root up the house of the proud: but he will establish the border of the widow.

WBS The LORD will destroy the house of the proud: but he will establish the border of the widow.

KJB The LORD will destroy the house of the proud: but he will establish the border of the widow.

BB The Lorde wyll breake downe the house of the proude: but he shall make fast the borders of the wydowe.
(The Lord will break down the house of the proude: but he shall make fast the borders of the wydowe.)

GNV The Lord will destroye the house of the proude men: but hee will stablish the borders of the widowe.
(The Lord will destroy the house of the proude men: but he will stablish the borders of the widowe. )

CB The LORDE wyl breake downe ye house of ye proude, but he shal make fast ye borders of ye wyddowe.
(The LORD will break down ye/you_all house of ye/you_all proude, but he shall make fast ye/you_all borders of ye/you_all wyddowe.)

WYC The Lord schal distrie the hows of proude men; and he schal make stidefast the coostis of a widewe.
(The Lord shall destroy the house of proude men; and he shall make stidefast the coasts of a widewe.)

LUT Der HErr wird das Haus der Hoffärtigen zerbrechen und die Grenze der Witwen bestätigen.
(The LORD becomes the Haus the Hoffärtigen zerbrechen and the Grenze the Witwen bestätigen.)

CLV [Domum superborum demolietur Dominus, et firmos faciet terminos viduæ.[fn]
([Domum superborum demolietur Master, and firmos faciet terminos viduæ.)

15.25 Viduæ Ecclesiæ, scilicet sponsæ suæ, pro cujus vita mori dignatus est.

15.25 Viduæ Ecclesiæ, scilicet sponsæ suæ, pro cuyus vita mori dignatus est.

BRN The Lord pulls down the houses of scorners; but he establishes the border of the widow.

BrLXX Οἴκους ὑβριστῶν κατασπᾷ Κύριος, ἐστήρισε δὲ ὅριον χήρας.
(Oikous hubristōn kataspa Kurios, estaʸrise de horion ⱪaʸras. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

יִסַּ֥ח

tears_down

Here Solomon refers to Yahweh destroying the house of the proud ones as if he were tearing it down. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “will ruin”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun

בֵּ֣ית גֵּ֭אִים & גְּב֣וּל אַלְמָנָֽה

house_of proud & border widow's

Here, the house, the boundary, and the widow refer to houses, boundaries, and widows in general, not one particular house, boundary, or widow. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use more natural expressions. Alternate translation: “the houses of the proud ones … the boundaries of the widows”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

בֵּ֣ית

house_of

Here, house refers to both the building someone lives in and the items within that house. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “the property of”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

וְ֝⁠יַצֵּ֗ב

and,maintains

Here Solomon refers to Yahweh protecting or maintaining the boundary of the widow as if it were an object that he set up. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “but he will protect”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

גְּב֣וּל

border

The word boundary refers to stones that were used to mark the borders of the land that a person owned. Here, Solomon uses boundary to refer to all the land and possessions within the boundary of the land that the widow owns. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “the property of”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

אַלְמָנָֽה

widow's

Solomon assumes that his readers will understand that the widow is helpless and poor because widows were some of the poorest people in ancient societies. You could include this information if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: “the helpless widow”

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