PRO 15:33 Parallel View

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Key: green:YHWH.
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ULT The fear of Yahweh is instruction of wisdom,
 ⇔ and before the face of honor is humility.

UST Reverently fearing Yahweh makes people wise,
⇔ and people must be humble before other people respect them.

BSB  ⇔ The fear of the LORD is the instruction of wisdom,
⇔ and humility comes before honor.

OEB The fear of the Lord is instruction in wisdom,
⇔ and honour comes after humility.

WEB The fear of Yahweh teaches wisdom.
⇔ Before honor is humility.

WMB The fear of the LORD teaches wisdom.
⇔ Before honor is humility.

NET The fear of the Lord provides wise instruction,
 ⇔ and before honor comes humility.

LSV The fear of YHWH [is] the instruction of wisdom,
And humility [is] before honor!

FBV Respect for the Lord teaches wisdom; humility goes before honor.

T4T  ⇔ If you revere Yahweh, you will learn how to become wise,
⇔ but only after you become humble will people honor you.

LEB • is the instruction of the wise, and before honor comes humility.

BBE The fear of the Lord is the teaching of wisdom; and a low opinion of oneself goes before honour.

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JPS The fear of the LORD is the instruction of wisdom; and before honour goeth humility.

ASV The fear of Jehovah is the instruction of wisdom;
 ⇔ And before honor goeth humility.

DRA The fear of the Lord is the lesson of wisdom: and humility goeth before glory.

YLT The fear of Jehovah [is] the instruction of wisdom, And before honour [is] humility!

DBY The fear of Jehovah is the discipline of wisdom, and before honour [goeth] humility.

RV The fear of the LORD is the instruction of wisdom; and before honour goeth humility.

WBS The fear of the LORD is the instruction of wisdom: and before honor is humility.

KJB The fear of the LORD is the instruction of wisdom; and before honour is humility.
(The fear of the LORD is the instruction of wisdom; and before honour is humility. )

BB The feare of the Lorde is the ryght science of wisdome, and lowlynesse goeth before honour.
(The fear of the Lord is the right science of wisdome, and lowlynesse goeth/goes before honour.)

GNV The feare of the Lord is the instruction of wisdome: and before honour, goeth humilitie.
(The fear of the Lord is the instruction of wisdome: and before honour, goeth/goes humilitie. )

CB The feare of ye LORDE is ye right scyece of wy?dome, and lowlynes goeth before honor.
(The fear of ye/you_all LORD is ye/you_all right scyece of wy?dome, and lowlynes goeth/goes before honor.)

WYC The drede of the Lord is teching of wisdom; and mekenesse goith bifore glorie.
(The drede of the Lord is teaching of wisdom; and meeknessse goeth/goes before glory.)

LUT Die Furcht des HErrn ist Zucht zur Weisheit; und ehe man zu Ehren kommt, muß man zuvor leiden.
(The Furcht the HErrn is Zucht zur Weisheit; and before man to Ehren kommt, must man zuvor leiden.)

CLV Timor Domini disciplina sapientiæ, et gloriam præcedit humilitas.]
(Timor Domini disciplina sapientiæ, and gloriam præcedit humilitas.] )

BRN The fear of the Lord is instruction and wisdom; and the highest honour will correspond therewith.

BrLXX Φόβος Κυρίου παιδεία καὶ σοφία, καὶ ἀρχὴ δόξης ἀποκριθήσεται αὐτῇ.
(Fobos Kuriou paideia kai sofia, kai arⱪaʸ doxaʸs apokrithaʸsetai autaʸ. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

יִרְאַ֣ת יְ֭הוָה

fear YHWH

See how you translated this phrase in 1:7.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

מוּסַ֣ר חָכְמָ֑ה & כָב֣וֹד

instruction wisdom & honor

See how you translated the abstract nouns wisdom and instruction in 1:2 and honor in 3:16.

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

מוּסַ֣ר חָכְמָ֑ה

instruction wisdom

Here, Solomon is using the possessive form to describe instruction that results in wisdom. If your language would not use the possessive form for this, you could use a different expression. Alternate translation: “is instruction that results in wisdom”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / personification

וְ⁠לִ⁠פְנֵ֖י כָב֣וֹד עֲנָוָֽה

and,to/for, honor humility

Here Solomon refers to a person having humility before receiving honor as if humility were a person who stands before the face of honor. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. See how you translated the same use of before the face of in 8:25. Alternate translation: “and humility exists before the honor exists” or "and humility precedes honor"

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

עֲנָוָֽה

humility

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of humility, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: “is being humble”

Parallel PRO 15:33