PRO 30:28 Parallel View

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Key: yellow:verbs.
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ULT You can catch a lizard with hands,
 ⇔ yet it is in the palaces of the king.

UST Although lizards are small enough to hold in your hands,
⇔ you can find them inside kings’ palaces.

BSB • and the lizard can be caught in one’s hands, yet it is found in the palaces of kings.

OEB And a lizard you could crush in your hand
⇔ finds her way into royal palaces.

WEB You can catch a lizard with your hands,
⇔ yet it is in kings’ palaces.

NET a lizard you can catch with the hand,
 ⇔ but it gets into the palaces of the king.

LSV A spider with two hands takes hold,
And is in the palaces of a king.

FBV Lizards—you can catch them in your hands, but they live in the king's palace.

T4T Lizards/Geckos are very small and you can hold them in your hand,
⇔ but they are cleverly able to get inside kings’ palaces.

LEB • can seize with hands, yet it is in palaces of kings.

BBE You may take the lizard in your hands, but it is in kings' houses.

MOF No MOF PRO book available

JPS The spider thou canst take with the hands, yet is she in kings' palaces.

ASV The lizard taketh hold with her hands,
 ⇔ Yet is she in kings’ palaces.

DRA The stellio supporteth itself on hands, and dwelleth in kings’ houses.

YLT A spider with two hands taketh hold, And is in the palaces of a king.

DBY thou takest hold of the lizard with the hands, yet is she in kings' palaces.

RV The lizard taketh hold with her hands, yet is she in kings’ palaces,

WBS The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in king's palaces.

KJB The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings’ palaces.

BB The spyder laboureth with her handes, and is in kynges palaces.
(The spyder laboureth with her hands, and is in kings palaces.)

GNV The spider taketh holde with her handes, and is in Kings palaces.
(The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in Kings palaces. )

CB The spyder laboureth wt hir hades, & yt in ye kynges palace.
(The spyder laboureth with her hades, and it in ye/you_all kings palace.)

WYC and dwellith in the housis of kingis.
(and dwells in the houses of kingis.)

LUT die Spinne wirkt mit ihren Händen und ist in der Könige Schlössern.
(die Spinne wirkt with your hands and is in the kinge Schlössern.)

CLV stellio manibus nititur, et moratur in ædibus regis.[fn]
(stellio manibus nititur, and moratur in ædibus regis.)

30.28 Stellio manibus. Stellio alas non habet, etc., usque ad obtinenda æterni regni mœnia virtus operationis levat.

30.28 Stellio manibus. Stellio alas not/no habet, etc., usque to obtinenda æterni regni mœnia virtus operationis levat.

BRN No BRN PRO 30:28 verse available

BrLXX No BrLXX PRO 30:28 verse available

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun

שְׂ֭מָמִית & וְ֝⁠הִ֗יא & מֶֽלֶךְ

lizard & and=she & king

Here, a lizard, it, and the king represent lizards and kings in general, not one particular lizard or king. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use more natural expressions. Alternate translation: “any lizard … yet any lizard … any king”

Note 2 topic: translate-unknown

שְׂ֭מָמִית

lizard

A lizard is a small animal that crawls on the ground and can hide in houses. If your readers would not be familiar with this type of animal, you could use the name of something similar in your area or you could use a more general term. Alternate translation: “a small crawling animal”

Parallel PRO 30:28