PRO 31:2 Parallel View

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UST She says: You are my son; I carried you in my womb;
⇔ you are the son, I made promises to Yahweh for you.

BSB  ⇔ What shall I say,[fn] O my son?
⇔ What, O son of my womb?
⇔ What, O son of my vows?

31:2 Or What or What are you doing

OEB O son whom I bore, give heed to my words;
⇔ and observe my sayings, you son of my vows.

WEB  ⇔ “Oh, my son!
⇔ Oh, son of my womb!
⇔ Oh, son of my vows!

NET O my son, O son of my womb,
 ⇔ O son of my vows,

LSV “What, my son? And what, son of my womb? And what, son of my vows?

FBV What shall I tell you, my son?—the son I gave birth to, the son given in response to my vows.

T4T You are my son; I gave birth to you [RHQ];
⇔ you are the son that God gave me in answer to my prayers.

LEB • And what, son of my vows?

BBE What am I to say to you, O Lemuel, my oldest son? and what, O son of my body? and what, O son of my oaths?

MOF No MOF PRO book available

JPS What, my son? and what, O son of my womb? and what, O son of my vows?

ASV  ⇔ What, my son? and what, O son of my womb?
 ⇔ And what, O son of my vows?

DRA What, O my beloved, what, O the beloved of my womb, what, O the beloved of my vows?

YLT 'What, my son? and what, son of my womb? And what, son of my vows?

DBY What, my son? and what, O son of my womb? and what, O son of my vows?

RV What, my son? and what, O son of my womb, and what, O son of my vows?

WBS What, my son? and what, the son of my womb? and what, the son of my vows?

KJB What, my son? and what, the son of my womb? and what, the son of my vows?

BB What my sonne? what the sonne of my body? and what O my deare beloued sonne?
(What my sonne? what the son of my body? and what O my dear beloved sonne?)

GNV What my sonne! and what ye sonne of my wombe! and what, O sonne of my desires!
(What my sonne! and what ye/you_all son of my womb! and what, O son of my desires! )

CB My sonne, thou sonne of my body: O my deare beloued sonne,
(My son, thou/you son of my body: O my dear beloved son,)

WYC What my derlyng? what the derlyng of my wombe? what the derlyng of my desiris?
(What my derlyng? what the derlyng of my womb? what the derlyng of my desiris?)

LUT Ach, mein Auserwählter, ach, du Sohn meines Leibes, ach, mein gewünschter Sohn,
(Ach, my Auserwählter, ach, you son meines Leibes, ach, my gewünschter son,)

CLV [Quid, dilecte mi? quid, dilecte uteri mei? quid, dilecte votorum meorum?

BRN No BRN PRO 31:2 verse available

BrLXX No BrLXX PRO 31:2 verse available

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / quotemarks

מַה־בְּ֭רִ⁠י

what? son,my

32:2–31 is a long quotation of what Lemuel’s mother told him. If it would be helpful in your language, you could indicate this with quotation marks or with whatever other punctuation or convention your language uses to indicate a quotation.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

מַה־בְּ֭רִ⁠י וּ⁠מַֽה־בַּר־בִּטְנִ֑⁠י וּ֝⁠מֶה בַּר־נְדָרָֽ⁠י

what? son,my and,what son womb,my and,what son vows,my

Lemuel’s mother 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: “What should I say to you, my son? And what should I say to you, son of my womb? And what should I say to you, son of my vows?”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

מַה־בְּ֭רִ⁠י וּ⁠מַֽה־בַּר־בִּטְנִ֑⁠י וּ֝⁠מֶה בַּר־נְדָרָֽ⁠י

what? son,my and,what son womb,my and,what son vows,my

These three questions could be: (1) rhetorical questions that Lemuel’s mother asks in order to emphasize that her son should listen to what she is about to say. Alternate translation: “This is what I should tell you, my son! And this is what I should tell you, son of my womb! And this is what I should tell you, son of my vows!” (2) exclamations in which What is not introducing a question. Alternate translation: “O, my son! O, son of my womb! O, son of my vows!”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

בַּר־בִּטְנִ֑⁠י

son womb,my

Here, Lemuel’s mother is using the possessive form to describe a son whom she had carried in her womb. If your language would not use the possessive form for this, you could use a different expression. Alternate translation: “son whom I carried in my womb”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

בַּר־נְדָרָֽ⁠י

son son vows,my

Here, vows could mean: (1) the promise Lemuel’s mother made to dedicate her son to God if he allowed her to have a child. Alternate translation: “son whom I dedicated to Yahweh” (2) Lemuel is the result of God hearing his mother’s vows, in which case vows would refer to prayers. Alternate translation: “son whom I prayed for”

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