PRO 27:18 Parallel View

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ULT One who guards a fig tree will eat its fruit
 ⇔ and one who protects his masters will be honored.

UST Just as people who take care of fruit trees will eat the fruit from those trees as a result,
⇔ so too will masters honor their servants who guard them.

BSB  ⇔ Whoever tends a fig tree will eat its fruit,
⇔ and he who looks after his master will be honored.

OEB He that tends a fig tree will eat its fruit;
⇔ so one who attends to his lord will get honour.

WEB Whoever tends the fig tree shall eat its fruit.
⇔ He who looks after his master shall be honored.

NET The one who tends a fig tree will eat its fruit,
 ⇔ and whoever takes care of his master will be honored.

LSV The keeper of a fig tree eats its fruit,
And the preserver of his master is honored.

FBV Those who care for a fig tree eat its fruit, and those who care for their master are rewarded.

T4T  ⇔ Those who take care of fig trees will have figs to eat;
⇔ similarly, servants who protect their master will be honored by him.

LEB • and he who guards his master will be honored.

BBE Whoever keeps a fig-tree will have its fruit; and the servant waiting on his master will be honoured.

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JPS Whoso keepeth the fig-tree shall eat the fruit thereof; and he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured.

ASV Whoso keepeth the fig-tree shall eat the fruit thereof;
 ⇔ And he that regardeth his master shall be honored.

DRA He that keepeth the fig tree, shall eat the fruit thereof: and he that is the keeper of his master, shall be glorified.

YLT The keeper of a fig-tree eateth its fruit, And the preserver of his master is honoured.

DBY Whoso keepeth the fig-tree shall eat the fruit thereof; and he that guardeth his master shall be honoured.

RV Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof; and he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured.

WBS Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof; and he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured.

KJB Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured.
(Whoso keepeth/keeps the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured.)

BB Whoso kepeth his figge tree, shall eate the fruites thereof: so he that wayteth vpon his maister, shall come to honour.
(Whoso keepeth/keeps his fig tree, shall eat the fruites thereof: so he that wayteth upon his master, shall come to honour.)

GNV He that keepeth the fig tree, shall eate the fruite thereof: so he that waiteth vpon his master, shall come to honour.
(He that keepeth/keeps the fig tree, shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth upon his master, shall come to honour.)

CB Who so kepeth his fyge tre, shal enioye the frutes therof: he that wayteth vpon his master, shal come to honoure.
(Who so keepeth/keeps his fig tree, shall enioye the frutes therof: he that wayteth upon his master, shall come to honoure.)

WYC He that kepith a fige tre, schal ete the fruytis therof; and he that is a kepere of his lord, schal be glorified.
(He that keepeth/keeps a fig tree, shall eat the fruytis therof; and he that is a kepere of his lord, shall be glorified.)

LUT Wer seinen Feigenbaum bewahret, der isset Früchte davon; und wer seinen Herrn bewahret, wird geehret.
(Who his Feigenbaum bewahret, the isset Früchte davon; and wer his Herrn bewahret, becomes geehret.)

CLV Qui servat ficum comedet fructus ejus, et qui custos est domini sui glorificabitur.
(Qui servat ficum comedet fructus eyus, and who custos it_is domini sui glorificabitur.)

BRN He that plants a fig-tree shall eat the fruits of it: so he that waits on his own master shall be honoured.

BrLXX Ὃς φυτεύει συκὴν φάγεται τοὺς καρποὺς αὐτῆς, ὃς δὲ φυλάσσει τὸν ἑαυτοῦ κύριον τιμηθήσεται.
(Hos futeuei sukaʸn fagetai tous karpous autaʸs, hos de fulassei ton heautou kurion timaʸthaʸsetai.)

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun

נֹצֵ֣ר תְּ֭אֵנָה יֹאכַ֣ל פִּרְיָ֑⁠הּ וְ⁠שֹׁמֵ֖ר אֲדֹנָ֣י⁠ו

tends fig_tree eat fruit,its and,looks_after master,his

One who guards, a fig tree, its, one who protects, and his represent fig trees and types of people in general. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use more natural expressions. Alternate translation: “Any person who guards any fig tree will eat the fruit of that tree, and any person who protects that person’s master”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / simile

וְ⁠שֹׁמֵ֖ר

and,looks_after

Here, and indicates that Solomon is comparing what follows to what he said in the previous clause. Solomon is saying that one who protects his masters is like One who guards a fig tree because both receive a reward for their work. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state that explicitly. Alternate translation: “in the same way one who protects”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

יְכֻבָּֽד

honored

If your language does not use the passive form in this way, you could state this in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “those masters will honor”

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