PRO 30:8 Parallel View

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ULT Emptiness and the word of a lie put far away from me.
 ⇔ Do not give to me poverty or riches,
 ⇔ cause me to receive the bread of my portion.

UST I ask that he prevent me from being dishonest or speaking what is not true.
⇔ I also ask that he not let me become too poor or too rich,
⇔ but just provide the proper amount of food for me.

BSB Keep falsehood and deceitful words far from me.
⇔ Give me neither poverty nor riches;
⇔ feed me with the bread that is my portion.

OEB Put falseness and lying away from me;
⇔ give me neither riches nor poverty,
⇔ grant me the food I need;

WEB Remove far from me falsehood and lies.
⇔ Give me neither poverty nor riches.
⇔ Feed me with the food that is needful for me,

NET Remove falsehood and lies far from me;
 ⇔ do not give me poverty or riches,
 ⇔ feed me with my allotted portion of bread,

LSV Put vanity and a lying word far from me,
Do not give poverty or wealth to me,
Cause me to eat the bread of my portion,

FBV Keep me from being false, help me not to tell lies. Don't make me poor or rich; just provide me with the food I need.

T4T Help me never to lie or deceive people
⇔ and do not cause me to become poor or to become rich.
⇔ Just give me the food that I need;

LEB • [fn] far from me; do not give me poverty or wealth; • provide me with food only for my need.

?:? Literally “word of a lie”

BBE Put far from me all false and foolish things: do not give me great wealth or let me be in need, but give me only enough food:

MOF No MOF PRO book available

JPS Remove far from me falsehood and lies; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with mine allotted bread;

ASV Remove far from me falsehood and lies;
 ⇔ Give me neither poverty nor riches;
 ⇔ Feed me with the food that is needful for me:

DRA Remove far from me vanity, and lying words. Give me neither beggary, nor riches: give me only the necessaries of life:

YLT Vanity and a lying word put far from me, Poverty or wealth give not to me, Cause me to eat the bread of my portion,

DBY Remove far from me vanity and lies; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the bread of my daily need:

RV Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the food that is needful for me:

WBS Remove far from me vanity and lies; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me:

KJB Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me:[fn]
(Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me:)

30.8 convenient…: Heb. of my allowance

BB Remoue farre fro me vanitie and lyes, geue me neither pouertie nor riches, only graunt me a necessary lyuyng:
(Remoue far from me vanity and lyes, give me neither pouertie nor riches, only grant me a necessary living:)

GNV Remooue farre from me vanitie and lyes: giue me not pouertie, nor riches: feede me with foode conuenient for me,
(Remooue far from me vanity and lyes: give me not pouertie, nor riches: feede me with foode conuenient for me, )

CB Remoue fro me vanite and lyes: geue me nether pouerte ner riches, only graunte me a necessary lyuynge.
(Remoue from me vanite and lyes: give me neither pouerte nor riches, only grant me a necessary living.)

WYC Make thou fer fro me vanyte and wordis of leesyng; yyue thou not to me beggery and richessis; yyue thou oneli necessaries to my lijflode;
(Make thou/you far from me vanity and words of leesyng; give thou/you not to me beggary and richessis; give thou/you oneli necessaries to my lifelode;)

LUT Abgötterei und Lügen laß ferne von mir sein; Armut und Reichtum gib mir nicht; laß mich aber mein bescheiden Teil Speise dahinnehmen.
(Abgötterei and Lügen laß ferne from to_me sein; Armut and Reichtum gib to_me nicht; laß me but my bescheiden Teil food dahinnehmen.)

CLV vanitatem et verba mendacia longe fac a me; mendicitatem et divitias ne dederis mihi: tribue tantum victui meo necessaria,
(vanitatem and verba mendacia longe fac a me; mendicitatem and divitias ne dederis mihi: tribue tantum victui mine necessaria, )

BRN No BRN PRO 30:8 verse available

BrLXX No BrLXX PRO 30:8 verse available

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / imperative

שָׁ֤וְא ׀ וּֽ⁠דְבַר־כָּזָ֡ב הַרְחֵ֬ק מִמֶּ֗⁠נִּי

falsehood and,words lying keep_~_far from,me

This is an imperative clause, but it communicates a polite request rather than a command. Use a form in your language that communicates a polite request. It may be helpful to add an expression such as “please” to make this clear. Alternate translation: “Please put far away from me emptiness and the word of a lie”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

שָׁ֤וְא ׀ וּֽ⁠דְבַר־כָּזָ֡ב הַרְחֵ֬ק מִמֶּ֗⁠נִּי

falsehood and,words lying keep_~_far from,me

Here, Agur speaks of Emptiness and the word of a lie as if they were objects that could be put far away from a person. He means that he wants God to prevent him from acting or speaking with Emptiness and the word of a lie. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “Keep me from acting with emptiness and speaking the word of a lie”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

שָׁ֤וְא

falsehood

Emptiness here refers to dishonesty or deception. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “Dishonesty”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

וּֽ⁠דְבַר־כָּזָ֡ב

and,words lying

Here, Agur is using the possessive form to describe a word that is a lie. If your language would not use the possessive form for this, you could use a different expression. Alternate translation: “and a lying word”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

וּֽ⁠דְבַר

and,words

See how you translated the same use of word in 12:25.

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / imperative

רֵ֣אשׁ וָ֭⁠עֹשֶׁר אַל־תִּֽתֶּן־לִ֑⁠י הַ֝טְרִיפֵ֗⁠נִי לֶ֣חֶם חֻקִּֽ⁠י

poverty and,riches not give to=me feed,me food/grain/bread need,my

These two clauses are imperative clauses, but they communicate polite requests rather than commands. Use a form in your language that communicates polite requests. It may be helpful to add expressions such as “please” to make this clear. Alternate translation: “Please do not give to me poverty or riches; please cause me to receive the bread of my portion”

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

רֵ֣אשׁ וָ֭⁠עֹשֶׁר אַל־תִּֽתֶּן־לִ֑⁠י

poverty and,riches not give to=me

Here, Agur speaks of being poor or rich as if poverty and riches were physical objects that someone could give to someone else. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “Do not allow me to be poor or rich”

Note 8 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

לֶ֣חֶם חֻקִּֽ⁠י

food/grain/bread need,my

This could refer to: (1) an amount of bread that Yahweh has allotted for Agur. Alternate translation: “the bread you have apportioned for me” (2) the amount of bread Agur needs to live. Alternate translation: “the bread I need”

Note 9 topic: grammar-connect-logic-contrast

הַ֝טְרִיפֵ֗⁠נִי

feed,me

This clause is a strong contrast to the previous clause. Use the most natural way in your language to indicate a contrast. Alternate translation: “rather, cause me to receive” or “cause me to receive instead”

Note 10 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

לֶ֣חֶם

food/grain/bread

See how you translated the same use of bread in 9:5.

Parallel PRO 30:8