PRO 27:19 Parallel View

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ULT As the water, the face to the face,
 ⇔ so the heart of the man, to the man.

UST When people look in water, the water reflects their faces.
⇔ In the same way, what people think reveals what kinds of people they are.

BSB  ⇔ As water reflects the face,
⇔ so the heart reflects the true man.

OEB As face answers to face
⇔ so the mind of one man to another.

WEB Like water reflects a face,
⇔ so a man’s heart reflects the man.

NET As in water the face is reflected as a face,
 ⇔ so a person’s heart reflects the person.

LSV As [in] water the face [is] to face,
So the heart of man to man.

FBV Just as water reflects your face, your mind reflects who you really are.[fn]

27:19 The meaning of the second phrase is unclear.

T4T  ⇔ When a person looks in the water, he sees his own face;
⇔ similarly [SIM], when we look at a person’s behavior, we know what he is thinking.

LEB • reflect[fn] so the heart of a person reflects the person.

?:? Literally “the faces to the faces”

BBE Like face looking at face in water, so are the hearts of men to one another.

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JPS As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.

ASV As in water face answereth to face,
 ⇔ So the heart of man to man.

DRA As the faces of them that look therein, shine in the water, so-the hearts of men are laid open to the wise.

YLT As [in] water the face [is] to face, So the heart of man to man.

DBY As [in] water face [answereth] to face, so the heart of man to man.

RV As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.

WBS As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.

KJB As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.
(As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man. )

BB Like as in one water there appeare diuers faces: euen so diuers men haue diuers heartes.
(Like as in one water there appear diverse/various faces: even so diverse/various men have diverse/various hearts.)

GNV As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.

CB Like as in one water there apeare dyuerse faces, eue so dyuerse men haue dyuerse hertes.
(Like as in one water there apeare dyuerse faces, eue so dyuerse men have dyuerse hearts.)

WYC As the cheris of men biholdinge schynen in watris; so the hertis of men ben opyn to prudent men.
(As the cheris of men beholding schynen in waters; so the hearts of men been opyn to prudent men.)

LUT Wie der Schemen im Wasser ist gegen das Angesicht, also ist eines Menschen Herz gegen den andern.
(How the Schemen in_the water is gegen the Angesicht, also is eines Menschen Herz gegen the andern.)

CLV Quomodo in aquis resplendent vultus prospicientium, sic corda hominum manifesta sunt prudentibus.
(Quomodo in awho/any resplendent vultus prospicientium, so corda hominum manifesta are prudentibus. )

BRN As faces are not like other faces, so neither are the thoughts of men.

BrLXX Ὥσπερ οὐχ ὅμοια πρόσωπα προσώποις, οὕτως οὐδὲ αἱ διάνοιαι τῶν ἀνθρώπων.
(Hōsper ouⱪ homoia prosōpa prosōpois, houtōs oude hai dianoiai tōn anthrōpōn. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

כַּ֭⁠מַּיִם הַ⁠פָּנִ֣ים לַ⁠פָּנִ֑ים כֵּ֤ן לֵֽב־הָ֝⁠אָדָ֗ם לָ⁠אָדָֽם

as_the,water the,face to_the, yes/correct/thus/so לֵב the=humankind to/for,

Solomon is leaving out some of the words that in many languages a sentence 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: “As the water reflects the face to the face, so the heart of the man reflects to the man”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / simile

כַּ֭⁠מַּיִם הַ⁠פָּנִ֣ים לַ⁠פָּנִ֑ים כֵּ֤ן לֵֽב־הָ֝⁠אָדָ֗ם לָ⁠אָדָֽם

as_the,water the,face to_the, yes/correct/thus/so לֵב the=humankind to/for,

The words As and so in this verse indicate that Solomon is comparing water with the heart of a man. The point is that both reveal what someone really is. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make this more explicit. Alternate translation: “Just like the water shows the face to the face, so the heart of a man shows to the man who he really is”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun

כַּ֭⁠מַּיִם הַ⁠פָּנִ֣ים לַ⁠פָּנִ֑ים כֵּ֤ן לֵֽב־הָ֝⁠אָדָ֗ם לָ⁠אָדָֽם

as_the,water the,face to_the, yes/correct/thus/so לֵב the=humankind to/for,

Here, the water, the face, the heart, and the man refer to things and people in general. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use more natural expressions. Alternate translation: “As water reflects any face to itself, so any person’s heart reflects to that person”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

לֵֽב

לֵב

See how you translated the same use of heart in 2:2.

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