PRO 21:14 Parallel View

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ULT A gift in secrecy subdues nose,
 ⇔ and a bribe in the bosom, strong heat.

UST Secretly giving something to an angry person will stop them from being angry.
⇔ Indeed, secretly bribing a furious person will calm them down.

BSB  ⇔ A gift in secret soothes anger,
⇔ and a covert bribe [fn] pacifies great wrath.

21:14 Hebrew a bribe in the bosom

OEB A gift in secret extinguishes anger,
⇔ and a bribe in the bosom soothes strong indignation.

WEB A gift in secret pacifies anger,
⇔ and a bribe in the cloak, strong wrath.

NET A gift given in secret subdues anger,
 ⇔ and a bribe given secretly subdues strong wrath.

LSV A gift in secret pacifies anger,
And a bribe in the bosom—strong fury.

FBV A gift given in secret calms down anger, and a hidden bribe soothes furious rage.

T4T  ⇔ When someone is angry with you,
⇔ if you secretly give him a gift, he will stop being angry.

LEB • [fn] will avert[fn] and a[fn] strong wrath.

?:? Hebrew “the secret”

?:? Literally “nostril”

?:? Literally “bribe in the bosom”

BBE By a secret offering wrath is turned away, and the heat of angry feelings by money in the folds of the robe.

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JPS A gift in secret pacifieth anger, and a present in the bosom strong wrath.

ASV A gift in secret pacifieth anger;
 ⇔ And a present in the bosom, strong wrath.

DRA A secret present quencheth anger: and a gift in the bosom the greatest wrath.

YLT A gift in secret pacifieth anger, And a bribe in the bosom strong fury.

DBY A gift in secret pacifieth anger; and a present in the bosom, vehement fury.

RV A gift in secret pacifieth anger, and a present in the bosom strong wrath.

WBS A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in the bosom, strong wrath.

KJB A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in the bosom strong wrath.

BB A priuie rewarde pacifieth displeasure: and a gyft in the bosome stylleth furiousnesse.
(A priuie reward pacifieth displeasure: and a gyft in the bosom stilleth furiousnesse.)

GNV A gift in secret pacifieth anger, and a gift in the bosome great wrath.
(A gift in secret pacifieth anger, and a gift in the bosom great wrath. )

CB A preuy rewarde pacifieth displeasure, and a gifte in the bosome stilleth furiousnesse.
(A preuy reward pacifieth displeasure, and a gifte in the bosom stilleth furiousnesse.)

WYC A yift hid quenchith chidyngis; and a yift in bosum quenchith the moost indignacioun.
(A yift hid quenchith chidyngis; and a yift in bosom quenchith the moost indignation.)

LUT Eine heimliche Gabe stillet den Zorn und ein Geschenk im Schoß den heftigen Grimm.
(Eine heimliche Gabe stillet the anger and a Geschenk in_the Schoß the heftigen Grimm.)

CLV Munus absconditum extinguit iras, et donum in sinu indignationem maximam.
(Munus absconditum extinguit iras, and donum in sinu indignationem maximam. )

BRN A secret gift calms anger: but he that forbears to give stirs up strong wrath.

BrLXX Δόσις λάθριος ἀνατρέπει ὀργάς, δώρων δὲ ὁ φειδόμενος θυμὸν ἐγείρει ἰσχυρόν.
(Dosis lathrios anatrepei orgas, dōrōn de ho feidomenos thumon egeirei isⱪuron. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

מַתָּ֣ן בַּ֭⁠סֵּתֶר יִכְפֶּה־אָ֑ף וְ⁠שֹׁ֥חַד בַּ֝⁠חֵ֗ק חֵמָ֥ה עַזָּֽה

gift in/on/at/with,secret soothes anger and,bribe in/on/at/with,bosom severe_anger Azzah

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: “A gift in secrecy subdues nose, yes, a bribe in the bosom, strong heat”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

מַתָּ֣ן בַּ֭⁠סֵּתֶר

gift in/on/at/with,secret

Solomon is leaving out some of the words that in many languages a clause would need in order to be complete. You could supply these words from the context if it would be clearer in your language. Alternate translation: “A gift given in secrecy”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

יִכְפֶּה־אָ֑ף

soothes anger

Here, subdues nose refers to stopping a person from being angry. The word nose here means “anger” by association with the way that a person who is angry breathes heavily through his nose. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “causes angry people to stop being angry”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

וְ⁠שֹׁ֥חַד בַּ֝⁠חֵ֗ק חֵמָ֥ה עַזָּֽה

and,bribe in/on/at/with,bosom severe_anger Azzah

Solomon is leaving out some of the words that in many languages a clause would need in order to be complete. You could supply these words from the previous clause if it would be clearer in your language. Alternate translation: “and a bribe given in the bosom subdues strong heat”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

בַּ֝⁠חֵ֗ק

in/on/at/with,bosom

Here, in the bosom indicates that a bribe is given to someone secretly, as if it were hidden in a person’s clothes near that person’s bosom. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. See how you translated the similar use of “from the bosom” in 17:23. Alternate translation: “in secret”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

חֵמָ֥ה עַזָּֽה

severe_anger Azzah

Here, strong heat refers to extreme anger, which causes the angry person’s body to become hot. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “rage”

Parallel PRO 21:14