PRO 26:12 Parallel View

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ULT You see a man wise in his eyes.
 ⇔ There is more hope for a stupid one than him.

UST Consider this: it is more likely that what stupid people hope for will occur
⇔ than what people who wrongly think they are wise hope for.

BSB Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes?
⇔ There is more hope for a fool than for him.

OEB If you see a man who thinks himself wise,
⇔ there is far more hope for a fool than for him.

WEB Do you see a man wise in his own eyes?
⇔ There is more hope for a fool than for him.

NET Do you see a man wise in his own eyes?
 ⇔ There is more hope for a fool than for him.

LSV You have seen a man wise in his own eyes,
More hope of a fool than of him!

FBV Have you seen a man who is wise in his own eyes? There's more hope for stupid people than for him!

T4T  ⇔ God can help/bless foolish people more easily
⇔ than he can help/bless people who are not wise [RHQ], but think that they are wise.

LEB • Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

BBE Have you seen a man who seems to himself to be wise? There is more hope for the foolish than for him.

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JPS Seest thou a man wise in his own eyes? there is more hope of a fool than of him.

ASV Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit?
 ⇔ There is more hope of a fool than of him.

DRA Hast thou seen a man wise in his own conceit? there shall be more hope of a fool than of him.

YLT Thou hast seen a man wise in his own eyes, More hope of a fool than of him!

DBY Hast thou seen a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope of a fool than of him.

RV Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him.

WBS Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him.

KJB Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him.
(Seest thou/you a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him. )

BB If thou seest a man that is wise in his owne conceipt: there is more hope in a foole, then in hym.
(If thou/you seest a man that is wise in his own conceipt: there is more hope in a foole, then in him.)

GNV Seest thou a man wise in his owne conceite? more hope is of a foole then of him.
(Seest thou/you a man wise in his own conceite? more hope is of a foole then of him. )

CB Yf thou seyest a man yt is wyse in his owne conceate, there is more hope in a foole then in hi.
(If thou/you seyest a man it is wise in his own conceate, there is more hope in a foole then in hi.)

WYC Thou hast seyn a man seme wijs to hym silf; an vnkunnyng man schal haue hope more than he.
(Thou hast seen a man seem wijs to himself; an unkunnyng man shall have hope more than he.)

LUT Wenn du einen siehest, der sich weise dünket, da ist an einem Narren mehr Hoffnung denn an ihm.
(Wenn you a siehest, the itself/yourself/themselves weise dünket, there is at one Narren mehr Hoffnung because at him.)

CLV Vidisti hominem sapientem sibi videri? magis illo spem habebit insipiens.][fn]
(Vidisti hominem sapientem sibi videri? magis illo spem habebit insipiens.])

26.12 Vidisti hominem. In judicium ergo in hunc mundum veni Joan. 9., ut qui non vident videant, et qui vident, cæci fiant Eccl. 10..

26.12 Vidisti hominem. In yudicium ergo in this_one the_world veni Yoan. 9., as who not/no vident videant, and who vident, cæci fiant Eccl. 10..

BRN I have seen a man who seemed [fn]to himself to be wise; but a fool had more hope than he.

26:12 Gr. by.

BrLXX Εἶδον ἄνδρα δόξαντα παρʼ αὐτῷ σοφὸν εἶναι, ἐλπίδα μέντοι ἔσχε μᾶλλον ἄφρων αὐτοῦ.
(Eidon andra doxanta parʼ autōi sofon einai, elpida mentoi esⱪe mallon afrōn autou. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

רָאִ֗יתָ אִ֭ישׁ חָכָ֣ם בְּ⁠עֵינָ֑י⁠ו

see (a)_man wise in/on/at/with,eyes,his_own

Although the Hebrew text is not worded like a question, many translations make this clause into a rhetorical question. If it would be helpful in your language, you could translate this as a question. See how you translated the similar use of You see in 22:29. Alternate translation: “Have you seen a man wise in his eyes?”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun

אִ֭ישׁ חָכָ֣ם בְּ⁠עֵינָ֑י⁠ו & לִ⁠כְסִ֣יל מִמֶּֽ⁠נּוּ

(a)_man wise in/on/at/with,eyes,his_own & for,fool more_~_than,him

Here, a man, his, a stupid one, and him refer to types of people in general, not specific people. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use more natural expressions. See how you translated a stupid one in 10:18. Alternate translation: “any person wise in that person’s eyes … for any stupid person than that person”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

חָכָ֣ם בְּ⁠עֵינָ֑י⁠ו

wise in/on/at/with,eyes,his_own

Here, Solomon implies that this man is not actually wise. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “wise in his eyes who is not really wise”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

בְּ⁠עֵינָ֑י⁠ו

in/on/at/with,eyes,his_own

See how you translated the same use of eyes in 3:7.

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

תִּקְוָ֖ה

hope

See how you translated the abstract noun hope in 10:28.

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