PRO 3:22 Parallel View

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UST Doing so will help you live for a long time
⇔ and will make you respectable, as if you had an attractive necklace around your neck.

BSB They will be life to your soul
⇔ and adornment to your neck.

OEB so will they be life to you.
⇔ An ornament round your neck.

WEB so they will be life to your soul,
⇔ and grace for your neck.

NET So they will give life to you,
 ⇔ and grace to adorn your neck.

LSV And they are life to your soul, and grace to your neck.

FBV for they will be life to you, and an ornament for your neck.

T4T you will live many years and be honored and respected {people will honor and respect you}.

LEB • [fn] and adornment[fn] for your neck.

?:? Or “inner self”

?:? Or “favor”

BBE So they will be life for your soul, and grace for your neck.

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JPS So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck.

ASV So shall they be life unto thy soul,
 ⇔ And grace to thy neck.

DRA And there shall be life to thy soul, and grace to thy mouth.

YLT And they are life to thy soul, and grace to thy neck.

DBY so shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace unto thy neck.

RV So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck.

WBS So shall they be life to thy soul, and grace to thy neck.

KJB So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck.
(So shall they be life unto thy/your soul, and grace to thy/your neck. )

BB So they shall be lyfe vnto thy soule, and grace vnto thy mouth.
(So they shall be life unto thy/your soule, and grace unto thy/your mouth.)

GNV So they shalbe life to thy soule, and grace vnto thy necke.
(So they shall be life to thy/your soule, and grace unto thy/your necke. )

CB so shal it be life vnto thy soule, & grace vnto yi mouth.
(so shall it be life unto thy/your soule, and grace unto yi mouth.)

WYC and lijf schal be to thi soule, and grace `schal be to thi chekis.
(and life shall be to thy/your soule, and grace `schal be to thy/your chekis.)

LUT Das wird deiner SeeLE Leben sein, und dein Mund wird holdselig sein.
(The becomes deiner SeeLE life sein, and your Mund becomes holdselig sein.)

CLV et erit vita animæ tuæ, et gratia faucibus tuis.[fn]
(and will_be vita animæ tuæ, and gratia faucibus tuis.)

3.22 Et erit vita animæ tuæ. Habet anima tua vitam cum Deo, si ejus decreta custodieris: quamvis caro disciplina correctionis aut etiam mortis prematur. Et gratia faucibus tuis. Habet ergo sensus animi fauces suas, etc., usque ad: beatus vir qui sperat in eo.

3.22 And will_be vita animæ tuæ. Habet anima tua life cum Deo, when/but_if his decreta custodieris: quamvis caro disciplina correctionis aut also mortis prematur. And gratia faucibus tuis. Habet ergo sensus animi fauces suas, etc., usque ad: beatus man who sperat in eo.

BRN that thy soul may live, and that there may be grace round thy neck;

BrLXX ἵνα ζήσῃ ἡ ψυχή σου, καὶ χάρις ᾖ περὶ σῷ τραχήλῳ·
(hina zaʸsaʸ haʸ psuⱪaʸ sou, kai ⱪaris aʸ peri sōi traⱪaʸlōi; )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

וְ⁠יִֽהְי֣וּ

and,be

Here, and introduces the result of obeying the commands stated in the previous verse. Use the most natural way in your language to indicate results. You may need to start a new sentence. Alternate translation: “and this will result in them being” or “If you do this, then they will be”

Note 2 topic: writing-pronouns

וְ⁠יִֽהְי֣וּ

and,be

Here, they refers to the “prudence” and “discretion” mentioned in the previous verse. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “and prudence and discretion will be”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

לְ⁠נַפְשֶׁ֑⁠ךָ

for,soul,your

See how you translated the same use of soul in 2:10.

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

וְ⁠יִֽהְי֣וּ חַיִּ֣ים לְ⁠נַפְשֶׁ֑⁠ךָ

and,be life(pl) for,soul,your

This phrase is an idiom that refers to having a long life. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “and they will cause you to have a long life”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

וְ֝⁠חֵ֗ן לְ⁠גַרְגְּרֹתֶֽי⁠ךָ

and,adornment for,neck,your

Here, grace refers to something that looks graceful or attractive to others. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “and graceful ornaments for your neck”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

וְ֝⁠חֵ֗ן לְ⁠גַרְגְּרֹתֶֽי⁠ךָ

and,adornment for,neck,your

Here Solomon speaks of “prudence” and “discretion” as if they were objects that a person could wear around their neck like a necklace. The image suggests that these are valuable things that the person displays outwardly. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly or use similes. See how you translated a similar expression in 1:9. Alternate translation: “and a gracious display, like a necklace around your neck”

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