PRO 21:23 Parallel View

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ULT One who keeps his mouth and his tongue
 ⇔ keeps his life from distress.

UST People who are careful about anything they say
⇔ avoid becoming distressed.

BSB  ⇔ He who guards his mouth and tongue
⇔ keeps his soul from distress.

OEB He who guards his mouth and his tongue
⇔ preserves himself from trouble.

WEB Whoever guards his mouth and his tongue
⇔ keeps his soul from troubles.

NET The one who guards his mouth and his tongue
 ⇔ keeps his life from troubles.

LSV Whoever is keeping his mouth and his tongue,
Is keeping his soul from adversities.

FBV If you watch what you say, you can save yourself a lot of trouble.

T4T  ⇔ Those who are very careful about what they say [MTY]
⇔ are able to avoid trouble.

LEB • he guards his life[fn] from danger.

?:? Or “soul,” or “inner self”

BBE He who keeps watch over his mouth and his tongue keeps his soul from troubles.

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JPS Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.

ASV Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue
 ⇔ Keepeth his soul from troubles.

DRA He that keepeth his mouth and his tongue, keepeth his soul from distress.

YLT Whoso is keeping his mouth and his tongue, Is keeping from adversities his soul.

DBY Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.

RV Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.

WBS Whoever keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.

KJB Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.
(Whoso keepeth/keeps his mouth and his tongue keepeth/keeps his soul from troubles. )

BB Who so kepeth his mouth and his tongue, the same kepeth his soule from troubles.
(Who so keepeth/keeps his mouth and his tongue, the same keepeth/keeps his soule from troubles.)

GNV He that keepeth his mouth and his tongue, keepeth his soule from afflictions.
(He that keepeth/keeps his mouth and his tongue, keepeth/keeps his soule from afflictions. )

CB Who so kepeth his mouth and his tonge, the same kepeth his soule from troubles.
(Who so keepeth/keeps his mouth and his tongue, the same keepeth/keeps his soule from troubles.)

WYC He that kepith his mouth and his tunge, kepith his soule from angwischis.
(He that keepeth/keeps his mouth and his tunge, keepeth/keeps his soule from angwischis.)

LUT Wer seinen Mund und Zunge bewahret, der bewahret seine SeeLE vor Angst.
(Who his Mund and Zunge bewahret, the bewahret his SeeLE before/in_front_of Angst.)

CLV Qui custodit os suum et linguam suam custodit ab angustiis animam suam.
(Who custodit os his_own and linguam his_own custodit away angustiis animam suam. )

BRN He that keeps his mouth and his tongue keeps his soul from trouble.

BrLXX Ὃς φυλάσσει τὸ στόμα αὐτοῦ καὶ τὴν γλῶσσαν, διατηρεῖ ἐκ θλίψεως τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ.
(Hos fulassei to stoma autou kai taʸn glōssan, diataʸrei ek thlipseōs taʸn psuⱪaʸn autou. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun

שֹׁמֵ֣ר פִּ֭י⁠ו וּ⁠לְשׁוֹנ֑⁠וֹ שֹׁמֵ֖ר & נַפְשֽׁ⁠וֹ

he/it_was_watching mouth,his and,tongue,his he/it_was_watching & life,his

One who keeps and his refer to a type of person in general, not one specific person. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use more natural expressions. Alternate translation: “Any person who keeps that person’s own mouth and tongue keep that person’s life”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

שֹׁמֵ֣ר

he/it_was_watching

Here, Solomon refers to a person being careful about what he says with his mouth and his tongue as if they were objects that he keeps. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “One who is careful with”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / doublet

פִּ֭י⁠ו וּ⁠לְשׁוֹנ֑⁠וֹ

mouth,his and,tongue,his

The terms mouth and tongue mean similar things. They both refer to what a person says. Solomon is using the two terms together for emphasis. If it would be clearer for your readers, you could express the emphasis with a single phrase. Alternate translation: “whatever he says”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

נַפְשֽׁ⁠וֹ

life,his

Here, life refers to the person himself. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “himself”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

מִ⁠צָּר֣וֹת

from,trouble

See how you translated the abstract noun distress in 1:27.

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