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OET-LV [one_who]_loves transgression [is]_loving contention [one_who]_makes_high threshold_his [is]_seeking ruin.
UHB אֹ֣הֵֽב פֶּ֭שַׁע אֹהֵ֣ב מַצָּ֑ה מַגְבִּ֥יהַּ פִּ֝תְח֗וֹ מְבַקֶּשׁ־שָֽׁבֶר׃ ‡
(ʼohēⱱ peshaˊ ʼohēⱱ maʦʦāh magbiyha pitḩō məⱱaqqesh-shāⱱer.)
Key: yellow:verbs.
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ULT One who loves transgression loves contention;
⇔ one who makes his opening high seeks a breaking.
UST People who love to sin also love to cause people to argue;
⇔ people who brag a lot cause others to destroy them.
BSB ⇔ He who loves transgression loves strife;
⇔ he who builds his gate high invites destruction.
OEB He loves wounds who loves strife,
⇔ and the man who builds loftily seeks destruction.
WEB He who loves disobedience loves strife.
⇔ One who builds a high gate seeks destruction.
NET The one who loves a quarrel loves transgression;
⇔ whoever builds his gate high seeks destruction.
LSV Whoever is loving transgression is loving debate,
Whoever is making his entrance high is seeking destruction.
FBV People who love sin like to argue; those who build high gates invite destruction.[fn]
17:19 The meaning of the second line is unclear.
T4T ⇔ Those who like to sin also like to cause strife/trouble;
⇔ and those who build fancy doors in their houses to show that they are very wealthy (OR, speak proudly) are inviting disaster.
LEB • he who builds his high thresholds seeks destruction.
BBE The lover of fighting is a lover of sin: he who makes high his doorway is looking for destruction.
MOF No MOF PRO book available
JPS He loveth transgression that loveth strife; he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.
ASV He loveth transgression that loveth strife:
⇔ He that raiseth high his gate seeketh destruction.
DRA He that studieth discords, loveth quarrels: and he that exalteth his door, seeketh ruin.
YLT Whoso is loving transgression is loving debate, Whoso is making high his entrance is seeking destruction.
DBY He loveth transgression that loveth a quarrel; he that maketh high his gate seeketh destruction.
RV He loveth transgression that loveth strife: he that raiseth high his gate seeketh destruction.
WBS He loveth transgression that loveth strife: and he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.
KJB He loveth transgression that loveth strife: and he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.
(He loveth/loves transgression that loveth/loves strife: and he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction. )
BB He that delighteth in sinne, loueth strife: and who so setteth his doore to hye, seeketh destruction.
(He that delighteth in sin, loveth/loves strife: and who so setteth his door to hye, seeketh destruction.)
GNV He loueth transgression, that loueth strife: and he that exalteth his gate, seeketh destruction.
(He loveth/loves transgression, that loveth/loves strife: and he that exalteth his gate, seeketh destruction. )
CB He yt loueth strife, delyteth in synne: & who so setteth his dore to hye, seketh after a fall.
(He it loveth/loves strife, delightth in synne: and who so setteth his door to hye, seketh after a fall.)
WYC He that bithenkith discordis, loueth chidingis; and he that enhaunsith his mouth, sekith fallyng.
(He that bithenkith discordis, loveth/loves chidingis; and he that enhaunsith his mouth, sekith fallyng.)
LUT Wer Zank liebt, der liebt Sünde; und wer seine Tür hoch macht, ringet nach Unglück.
(Who Zank liebt, the liebt Sünde; and wer his Tür hoch macht, ringet nach Unglück.)
CLV Qui meditatur discordias diligit rixas, et qui exaltat ostium quærit ruinam.
(Who meditatur discordias diligit rixas, and who exaltat ostium quærit ruinam. )
BRN A lover of sin rejoices in strifes;
BrLXX Φιλαμαρτήμων χαίρει μάχαις,
(Filamartaʸmōn ⱪairei maⱪais, )
17:19 high walls: Foolish confidence in the ability to win a fight emboldens people to engage in disastrous arguments.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun
אֹ֣הֵֽב & מַגְבִּ֥יהַּ פִּ֝תְח֗וֹ
loves & builds_~_high threshold,his
One who loves, one who makes his doorway high, and his refer to types of people and things in general, not specific people. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use more natural expressions. Alternate translation: “Any person who loves … any person who makes that person’s opening high”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns
פֶּ֭שַׁע & מַצָּ֑ה
transgression & strife
See how you translated the abstract nouns transgression in 10:19 and contention in 13:10.
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
מַגְבִּ֥יהַּ פִּ֝תְח֗וֹ
builds_~_high threshold,his
This phrase could refer to: (1) someone who speaks proudly, as if his mouth were an opening located at a high place above others. Alternate translation: “one who speaks proudly” (2) someone who makes a fancy doorway for his house, as if he put the doorway at a high place. Alternate translation: “one who makes his doorway fancy”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
מְבַקֶּשׁ־שָֽׁבֶר
invites destruction
Here, Solomon speaks of a person doing something that will cause that person to be destroyed as if that person seeks for someone to break his bones. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “causes himself to be destroyed” or “causes his own ruin”