PRO 18:7 Parallel View

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ULT The mouth of a stupid one is ruin for him,
 ⇔ and his lips are a snare of his life.

UST What stupid people say will ruin them.
⇔ Indeed, what they say will trouble them like a trap troubles an animal.

BSB  ⇔ A fool’s mouth is his ruin,
⇔ and his lips are a snare to his soul.

OEB The mouth of a fool is his ruin;
⇔ his lips are a trap to him.

WEB A fool’s mouth is his destruction,
⇔ and his lips are a snare to his soul.

NET The mouth of a fool is his ruin,
 ⇔ and his lips are a snare for his life.

LSV The mouth of a fool [is] ruin to him,
And his lips [are] the snare of his soul.

FBV Stupid people are caught out by what they say; their own words trap them.

T4T  ⇔ What foolish people [MTY] say causes them to be ruined;
⇔ their own words are like a trap [MET] that catches/seizes them.

LEB • is ruin to him, and his lips are a snare to his soul.[fn]

?:? Or “life,” or “inner self”

BBE The mouth of a foolish man is his destruction, and his lips are a net for his soul.

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JPS A fool's mouth is his ruin, and his lips are the snare of his soul.

ASV A fool’s mouth is his destruction,
 ⇔ And his lips are the snare of his soul.

DRA The mouth of a fool is his destruction: and his lips are the ruin of his soul.

YLT The mouth of a fool [is] ruin to him, And his lips [are] the snare of his soul.

DBY A fool's mouth is destruction to him, and his lips are a snare to his soul.

RV A fool’s mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.

WBS A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.

KJB A fool’s mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.
(A fool’s mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul. )

BB A fooles mouth is his owne destruction, and his lippes are the snare for his owne soule.
(A fooles mouth is his own destruction, and his lippes are the snare for his own soule.)

GNV A fooles mouth is his owne destruction, and his lips are a snare for his soule.
(A fooles mouth is his own destruction, and his lips are a snare for his soule. )

CB A fooles mouth is his owne destruccion, and his lippes are ye snare for his owne soule.
(A fooles mouth is his own destruccion, and his lippes are ye/you_all snare for his own soule.)

WYC The mouth of a fool is defoulyng of hym; and hise lippis ben the fallynge of his soule.
(The mouth of a fool is defoulyng of him; and his lippis been the fallynge of his soule.)

LUT Der Mund des Narren schadet ihm selbst, und seine Lippen fahen seine eigene SeeLE.
(The Mund the Narren schadet him selbst, and his lips fahen his eigene SeeLE.)

CLV Os stulti contritio ejus, et labia ipsius ruina animæ ejus.
(Os stulti contritio his, and labia ipsius ruina animæ his. )

BRN A fool's mouth is ruin to him, and his lips are a snare to his soul.

BrLXX Στόμα ἄφρονος συντριβὴ αὐτῷ, τὰ δὲ χείλη αὐτοῦ παγὶς τῇ ψυχῇ αὐτοῦ.
(Stoma afronos suntribaʸ autōi, ta de ⱪeilaʸ autou pagis taʸ psuⱪaʸ autou. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

פִּֽי־כְ֭סִיל מְחִתָּה־ל֑⁠וֹ וּ֝⁠שְׂפָתָ֗י⁠ו מוֹקֵ֥שׁ נַפְשֽׁ⁠וֹ

mouth fool's ruin to=him/it and,lips,his snare soul,his

These two phrases mean basically the same thing. The second emphasizes the meaning of the first by repeating the same idea with different words. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could connect the phrases with a word other than and in order to show that the second phrase is repeating the first one, not saying something additional. Alternate translation: “The mouth of a stupid one is ruin for him, yes, his lips are a snare of his life”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

פִּֽי & וּ֝⁠שְׂפָתָ֗י⁠ו

mouth & and,lips,his

See how you translated the same use of mouth and lips in the previous verse.

Note 3 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

מְחִתָּה־ל֑⁠וֹ

ruin to=him/it

Here, is indicates that what follows is the result of what a stupid one says. Use the most natural way in your language to indicate result. Alternate translation: “causes ruin for him” or “will result in his ruin”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

מוֹקֵ֥שׁ נַפְשֽׁ⁠וֹ

snare soul,his

Here, Solomon refers to what a stupid one says with his lips causing him trouble as if his lips were a snare that traps him. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly or use a simile. Alternate translation: “will cause him trouble” or “are like a snare that causes him trouble”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

נַפְשֽׁ⁠וֹ

soul,his

Here, life refers to the person himself. See how you translated the same use of life in 8:36.

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