PRO 27:4 Parallel View

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ULT Cruelty of heat and a flood of nose,
 ⇔ but who can stand before the face of jealousy?

UST Angry people are cruel and furious people are destructive,
⇔ but no one can resist jealous people!

BSB  ⇔ Wrath is cruel and anger is like a flood,
⇔ but who can withstand jealousy?

OEB Indignation is fierce, anger pours like a flood;
⇔ but who can stand before jealousy?

WEB Wrath is cruel,
⇔ and anger is overwhelming;
⇔ but who is able to stand before jealousy?

NET Wrath is cruel and anger is overwhelming,
 ⇔ but who can stand before jealousy?

LSV Fury [is] fierce, and anger [is] overflowing,
And who stands before jealousy?

FBV Fury may be fierce and cruel, anger may be a destructive flood, but who can withstand jealousy?

T4T  ⇔ It is cruel to be angry with others, and our being angry sometimes destroys others,
⇔ but being jealous of someone is [RHQ] often more cruel than that.

LEB • is wrath and overwhelming is anger, but who will stand before jealousy?

BBE Wrath is cruel, and angry feeling an overflowing stream; but who does not give way before envy?

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JPS Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming; but who is able to stand before jealousy?

ASV Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming;
 ⇔ But who is able to stand before jealousy?

DRA Anger hath no mercy, nor fury when it breaketh forth: and who can bear the violence of one provoked?

YLT Fury [is] fierce, and anger [is] overflowing, And who standeth before jealousy?

DBY Fury is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before jealousy?

RV Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before jealousy?

WBS Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy?

KJB Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy?[fn][fn]
(Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy?)

27.4 Wrath…: Heb. Wrath is cruelty, and anger an overflowing

27.4 envy: or, jealousy?

BB Wrath is a cruell thing, and furiousnesse is a very tempest: but who is able to abide enuie?

GNV Anger is cruell, and wrath is raging: but who can stand before enuie?

CB Wrath is a cruell thige, and furiousnesse is a very tempest: yee who is able to abyde envye?
(Wrath is a cruell thige, and furiousnesse is a very tempest: ye/you_all who is able to abide envye?)

WYC Ire hath no merci, and woodnesse brekynge out `hath no merci; and who mai suffre the fersnesse of a spirit stirid?
(Ire hath/has no merci, and woodnesse brekynge out `hath no merci; and who mai suffer the fersnesse of a spirit stirid?)

LUT Zorn ist ein wütig Ding, und Grimm ist ungestüm; und wer kann vor dem Neid bestehen?
(anger is a wütig Ding, and Grimm is ungestüm; and wer kann before/in_front_of to_him Neid bestehen?)

CLV Ira non habet misericordiam nec erumpens furor, et impetum concitati ferre quis poterit?
(Ira not/no habet misericordiam but_not erumpens furor, and impetum concitati ferre who/any poterit? )

BRN Wrath is merciless, and anger sharp: but envy can bear nothing.

BrLXX Ἀνελεήμων θυμὸς καὶ ὀξεῖα ὀργὴ, ἀλλʼ οὐδὲν ὑφίσταται ζῆλος.
(Aneleaʸmōn thumos kai oxeia orgaʸ, allʼ ouden hufistatai zaʸlos. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

אַכְזְרִיּ֣וּת חֵ֭מָה וְ⁠שֶׁ֣טֶף אָ֑ף

cruel severe_anger and,overwhelming anger

Here, Solomon uses the possessive form to describe heat that is characterized by Cruelty and nose that is characterized by a flood. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a different expression. Alternate translation: “Heat is cruel and nose is a flood”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

חֵ֭מָה & אָ֑ף

severe_anger & anger

Here, heat and nose refer to anger. See how you translated the same use of heat and nose in 15:1.

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

וְ⁠שֶׁ֣טֶף אָ֑ף

and,overwhelming anger

Here, Solomon speaks of the destructive power of anger as if it were a flood. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “and anger destroys like a flood”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

וּ⁠מִ֥י יַ֝עֲמֹד לִ⁠פְנֵ֥י קִנְאָֽה

and,who stand to=(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before jealousy

Solomon is using the question form to emphasize how dangerous jealousy is. If you would not use the question form for this purpose in your language, you could translate this as a statement or an exclamation. Alternate translation: “but surely no one can stand before the face of jealousy!”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

יַ֝עֲמֹד לִ⁠פְנֵ֥י

stand to=(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before

Here, stand before the face of means “resist.” If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “can oppose”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

קִנְאָֽה

jealousy

See how you translated the abstract noun jealousy in 6:34.

Parallel PRO 27:4