PRO 27:16 Parallel View

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ULT The one who hides her hides the wind,
 ⇔ and oil meets his right hand.

UST It is as difficult to stop her from arguing as stopping the wind,
⇔ or catching oil in one hand.

BSB restraining her is like holding back the wind
⇔ or grasping oil with one’s right hand.

OEB he hides the wind that would hide her,
⇔ and his hand grasps at oil.

WEB restraining her is like restraining the wind,
⇔ or like grasping oil in his right hand.

NET Whoever hides her hides the wind
 ⇔ or grasps oil with his right hand.

LSV Whoever is hiding her has hidden the wind,
And the ointment of his right hand calls out.

FBV Trying to stop her is like trying to make the wind stop or trying to hold olive oil in your hand.

T4T Trying to restrain/stop her from doing that is as difficult [SIM] as trying to stop the wind
⇔ or trying to hold oil in your hand.

LEB • In restraining her, he restrains wind,[fn]and his right hand will grasp oil[fn].

?:? Or “breath, or “spirit”

?:? Or “fat”

BBE He who keeps secret the secret of his friend, will get himself a name for good faith.

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JPS He that would hide her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand betrayeth itself.

ASV He that would restrain her restraineth the wind;
 ⇔ And his right hand encountereth oil.

DRA He that retaineth her, is as he that would hold the wind, and shall call in the oil of his right hand.

YLT Whoso is hiding her hath hidden the wind, And the ointment of his right hand calleth out.

DBY whosoever will restrain her restraineth the wind, and his right hand encountereth oil.

RV He that would restrain her restraineth the wind, and his right hand encountereth oil.

WBS Whoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand which bewrayeth itself .

KJB Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, which bewrayeth itself.
(Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, which bewrayeth itself. )

BB He that stilleth her, stilleth the winde, and stoppeth the smell of the oyntment in his hande.
(He that stilleth her, stilleth the wind, and stoppeth the smell of the ointment in his hande.)

GNV He that hideth her, hideth the winde, and she is as ye oyle in his right hand, that vttereth it selfe.
(He that hideth her, hideth the wind, and she is as ye/you_all oil in his right hand, that vttereth itself. )

CB He that refrayneth her, refrayneth the wynde, and holdeth oyle fast in his hode.
(He that refrayneth her, refrayneth the wynde, and holdeth oil fast in his hode.)

WYC He that withholdith hir, as if he holdith wynd; and auoidith the oile of his riyt hond.
(He that withholdith her, as if he holdith wynd; and auoidith the oile of his right hond.)

LUT Wer sie aufhält, der hält den Wind und will das Öl mit der Hand fassen.
(Who they/she/them aufhält, the hält the wind and will the Öl with the Hand fassen.)

CLV Qui retinet eam quasi qui ventum teneat, et oleum dexteræ suæ vocabit.
(Who retinet her as_if who ventum teneat, and oleum dexteræ suæ vocabit. )

BRN The north wind is sharp, but it is called by name propitious.

BrLXX Βορέας σκληρὸς ἄνεμος, ὀνόματι δὲ ἐπιδέξιος καλεῖται.
(Boreas sklaʸros anemos, onomati de epidexios kaleitai. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

צֹפְנֶ֥י⁠הָ צָֽפַן

restrain,her restrains

The word translated as hides in this verse is considered by some scholars to also mean “restrains.” If a translation of the Bible exists in your region, you may wish to use the reading that it uses. If a translation of the Bible does not exist in your region, you may wish to use the reading of the ULT.

Note 1 topic: writing-pronouns

צֹפְנֶ֥י⁠הָ

restrain,her

Here, her refers to “a woman of quarrels” mentioned in the previous verse. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “The one who hides a woman of quarrels”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun

צֹפְנֶ֥י⁠הָ & יְמִינ֣⁠וֹ

restrain,her & right_hand,his

The one who hides and his represent any man with a quarrelsome wife in general, not a specific man. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use more natural expressions. Alternate translation: “Any person who hides her … that person’s right hand”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

צָֽפַן־ר֑וּחַ וְ⁠שֶׁ֖מֶן יְמִינ֣⁠וֹ יִקְרָֽא

restrains wind and,oil right_hand,his he/it_called/named

Here, Solomon speaks of hiding a quarrelsome woman as if one were trying to hide the wind or grasp oil in his hand, both of which are impossible tasks. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly or use a simile. Alternate translation: “is doing something impossible” or “is like one who tries to hide the wind or grasp oil in his right hand”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

יִקְרָֽא

he/it_called/named

Here, the word translated as meets refers to trying to grasp or hold on to something in a hand. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “grasps”

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