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OET-LV [one_who]_curses his/its_father and_mother_his it_will_be_extinguished lamp_his in/on/at/with_deep[fn] of_darkness.
20:20 Variant note: ב/אישון: (x-qere) ’בֶּ/אֱשׁ֥וּן’: lemma_b/380 morph_HR/Ncmsc id_20hMA בֶּ/אֱשׁ֥וּן
UHB מְ֭קַלֵּל אָבִ֣יו וְאִמּ֑וֹ יִֽדְעַ֥ךְ נֵ֝ר֗וֹ באישון[fn] חֹֽשֶׁךְ׃ ‡
(məqallēl ʼāⱱiyv vəʼimmō yidˊak nērō ⱱʼyshvn ḩoshek.)
Key: yellow:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
Q בֶּאֱשׁ֥וּן
ULT One who curses his father and his mother,
⇔ his lamp will be extinguished in the pupil of darkness.
UST People who curse their parents
⇔ will die like an oil lamp that stops burning oil in a totally dark place.
BSB ⇔ Whoever curses his father or mother,
⇔ his lamp will be extinguished in deepest darkness.
OEB He who curses his father or mother –
⇔ his lamp will go out in thick darkness.
WEB Whoever curses his father or his mother,
⇔ his lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.
NET The one who curses his father and his mother,
⇔ his lamp will be extinguished in the blackest darkness.
LSV Whoever is vilifying his father and his mother, his lamp is extinguished in blackness of darkness.
FBV Anyone who curses their father or mother will have their light put out and end in utter darkness.
T4T ⇔ If someone curses his father or his mother,
⇔ his life will be ended, just like a lamp is extinguished.
LEB • his lamp will be extinguished[fn]
?:? Literally “in a pupil of darkness”
BBE If anyone puts a curse on his father or his mother, his light will be put out in the blackest night.
MOF No MOF PRO book available
JPS Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in the blackest darkness.
ASV Whoso curseth his father or his mother,
⇔ His lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.
DRA He that curseth his father, and mother, his lamp shall be put out in the midst of darkness.
YLT Whoso is vilifying his father and his mother, Extinguished is his lamp in blackness of darkness.
DBY Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in the blackest darkness.
RV Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in the blackest darkness.
WBS Whoever curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.
KJB Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.[fn]
(Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.)
20.20 lamp: or, candle
BB Who so curseth his father and mother, his light shalbe put out in the depth of darknesse.
(Who so curseth his father and mother, his light shall be put out in the depth of darkness.)
GNV He that curseth his father or his mother, his light shalbe put out in obscure darkenes.
(He that curseth his father or his mother, his light shall be put out in obscure darkness. )
CB Who so curseth his father and mother, his light shalbe put out in the myddest of darcknesse.
(Who so curseth his father and mother, his light shall be put out in the myddest of darknessse.)
WYC The liyt of hym that cursith his fadir and modir, schal be quenchid in the myddis of derknessis.
(The light of him that cursith his father and modir, shall be quenched in the myddis of darkness.)
LUT Wer seinem Vater und seiner Mutter flucht, des Leuchte wird verlöschen mitten in Finsternis.
(Who seinem father and his Mutter flucht, the Leuchte becomes verlöschen mitten in darkness.)
CLV Qui maledicit patri suo et matri, extinguetur lucerna ejus in mediis tenebris:
(Who maledicit patri his_own and matri, extinguetur lucerna his in mediis darkness: )
BRN No BRN PRO 20:20 verse available
BrLXX No BrLXX PRO 20:20 verse available
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun
מְ֭קַלֵּל אָבִ֣יו וְאִמּ֑וֹ & נֵ֝ר֗וֹ
curses his/its=father and,mother,his & lamp,his
One who curses and his refer to a type of person in general, not a specific person. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use more natural expressions. Alternate translation: “Any person who curses that person’s father and mother, that person’s lamp”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
יִֽדְעַ֥ךְ נֵ֝ר֗וֹ
go_out lamp,his
If your language does not use this passive form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “Yahweh will extinguish his lamp”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
יִֽדְעַ֥ךְ נֵ֝ר֗וֹ
go_out lamp,his
See how you translated the same use of lamp and will be extinguished in 13:9.
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
באישון חֹֽשֶׁךְ
in/on/at/with,deep darkness
Here, Solomon refers to a very dark place as if it were in the pupil, which is the darkest spot on an eye. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “in the darkest darkness” or “in the deepest dark place”