PRO 16:28 Parallel View

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Key: yellow:verbs.
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ULT A man of perverse things lets loose strife,
 ⇔ and a murmurer is one who separates a close friend.

UST Perverse people cause other people to argue with each other;
⇔ and people who gossip about others cause friends to stop being friends.

BSB  ⇔ A perverse man spreads dissension,
⇔ and a gossip divides close friends.

OEB A false man scatters discord,
⇔ and a whisperer separates friends.

WEB A perverse man stirs up strife.
⇔ A whisperer separates close friends.

NET A perverse person spreads dissension,
 ⇔ and a gossip separates the closest friends.

LSV A contrary man sends forth contention,
A tale-bearer is separating a familiar friend.

FBV Quarrelsome people cause conflict, and a gossip comes between the closest friends.

T4T  ⇔ Deceitful people cause strife/quarreling among other people;
⇔ those who say false things about other people cause people who are friends to become enemies.

LEB • and he who whispers separates a close friend.

BBE A man of twisted purposes is a cause of fighting everywhere: and he who says evil secretly makes trouble between friends.

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JPS A froward man soweth strife; and a whisperer separateth familiar friends.

ASV A perverse man scattereth abroad strife;
 ⇔ And a whisperer separateth chief friends.

DRA A perverse man stirreth up quarrels: and one full of words separateth princes.

YLT A froward man sendeth forth contention, A tale-bearer is separating a familiar friend.

DBY A false man soweth contention; and a talebearer separateth very friends.

RV A froward man scattereth abroad strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.

WBS A froward man scattereth abroad strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.

KJB A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.

BB A frowarde body causeth strife: and he that is a blabbe of his tongue maketh deuision among princes.

GNV A frowarde person soweth strife: and a tale teller maketh diuision among princes.

CB A frowarde body causeth strife, and he yt is a blabbe of his tonge, maketh deuysion amonge prynces.
(A frowarde body causeth strife, and he it is a blabbe of his tongue, maketh deuysion among princes.)

WYC A weiward man reisith stryues; and a man ful of wordis departith princis.
(A weiward man reisith strives; and a man full of words departith princes.)

LUT Ein verkehrter Mensch richtet Hader an, und ein Verleumder macht Fürsten uneins.
(Ein verkehrter person richtet Hader an, and a Verleumder macht Fürsten uneins.)

CLV Homo perversus suscitat lites, et verbosus separat principes.
(Homo perversus suscitat lites, and verbosus separat principes.)

BRN A perverse man spreads mischief, and will kindle a torch of deceit with mischiefs; and he separates friends.

BrLXX Ἀνὴρ σκολιὸς διαπέμπεται κακὰ, καὶ λαμπτῆρα δόλου πυρσεύσει κακοῖς, καὶ διαχωρίζει φίλους.
(Anaʸr skolios diapempetai kaka, kai lamptaʸra dolou purseusei kakois, kai diaⱪōrizei filous.)

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun

אִ֣ישׁ תַּ֭הְפֻּכוֹת & וְ֝נִרְגָּ֗ן מַפְרִ֥יד אַלּֽוּף

(a)_man perverse & (Some words not found in UHB: (a)_man perverse spreads strife and, separates close_friends )

A man of perverse things, a murmurer, one who separates, and a close friend here refer to types of people in general, not specific people. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use more natural expressions. Alternate translation: “Any man of perverse things … and any murmurer is a person who separates close friends”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

אִ֣ישׁ תַּ֭הְפֻּכוֹת

(a)_man perverse

Here, Solomon is using the possessive form to describe a man who is characterized by saying perverse things. If your language would not use the possessive form for this, you could use a different expression. Alternate translation: “A perverse man” or “A man who says perverse things”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / personification

יְשַׁלַּ֣ח מָד֑וֹן

spreads strife

Here, Solomon refers to A man of perverse things causing strife between other people as if strife were an animal that he lets loose. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “causes strife”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

מָד֑וֹן

strife

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of strife, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: “people arguing”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

וְ֝נִרְגָּ֗ן

(Some words not found in UHB: (a)_man perverse spreads strife and, separates close_friends )

Here, Solomon calls a person who gossips or tells harmful rumors about people a murmurer because they speak quietly when they gossip. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “and a gossiper” or “and one who whispers to gossip”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

מַפְרִ֥יד

separates

Here, Solomon refers to causing friends to no longer be friends as if someone separates them from each other. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “is one who destroys the friendship of”

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

מַפְרִ֥יד אַלּֽוּף

separates close_friends

Solomon assumes that his readers will understand that this phrase refers to separating a close friend from that person’s friend. You could include this information if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: “is one who separates a close friend from his friend” or “is one who separates close friends”

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