PRO 5:10 Parallel View

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ULT Lest strangers be satisfied with your strength
 ⇔ and your toils be in the house of a foreigner,

UST If you go to her, people you do not know will satisfy themselves with what you gained when you were strong,
⇔ and a foreign person will fill his house with what you labored to gain.

BSB lest strangers feast on your wealth,
⇔ and your labors enrich the house of a foreigner.

OEB and so strangers enjoy your substance,
⇔ and a family of foreigners your toil;

WEB lest strangers feast on your wealth,
⇔ and your labors enrich another man’s house.

NET lest strangers devour your strength,
 ⇔ and your labor benefit another man’s house.

LSV Lest strangers be filled [with] your power,
And your labors in the house of a stranger,

FBV Strangers will spend your wealth; everything you've worked for will go to someone else.

T4T Foreigners will take your money,
⇔ and all the good things that you have worked for will ◄end up in their hands/become their possessions►.

LEB • their fill of your strength, and your labors go to the house of a foreigner,

BBE And strange men may be full of your wealth, and the fruit of your work go to the house of others;

MOF No MOF PRO book available

JPS Lest strangers be filled with thy strength, and thy labours be in the house of an alien;

ASV Lest strangers be filled with thy strength,
 ⇔ And thy labors be in the house of an alien,

DRA Lest strangers be filled with thy strength, and thy labours be in another man’s house,

YLT Lest strangers be filled [with] thy power, And thy labours in the house of a stranger,

DBY lest strangers be filled with thy wealth, and the fruits of thy toil [come] into the house of a stranger;

RV Lest strangers be filled with thy strength; and thy labours be in the house of an alien;

WBS Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labors be in the house of a stranger;

KJB Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger;[fn]
(Lest strangers be filled with thy/your wealth; and thy/your labours be in the house of a stranger;)

5.10 thy wealth: Heb. thy strength

BB That other men be not filled with thy vertues, and that thy labours come not in a straunge house.
(That other men be not filled with thy/your virtuees, and that thy/your labours come not in a strange house.)

GNV Least the stranger should be silled with thy strength, and thy labours bee in the house of a stranger,
(Least the stranger should be silled with thy/your strength, and thy/your labours be in the house of a stranger, )

CB That other men be not fylled with thy goodes, & that thy labours come not in a straunge house.
(That other men be not fylled with thy/your goodes, and that thy/your labours come not in a strange house.)

WYC lest perauenture straungeris be fillid with thi strengthis, and lest thi trauels be in an alien hous;
(lest perauenture strangeris be filled with thy/your strengthis, and lest thy/your trauels be in an alien hous;)

LUT daß sich nicht Fremde von deinem Vermögen sättigen, und deine Arbeit nicht sei in eines andern Haus,
(daß itself/yourself/themselves not Fremde from deinem Vermögen sättigen, and your Arbeit not be in eines change Haus,)

CLV ne forte implentur extranei viribus tuis, et labores tui sint in domo aliena,[fn]
(ne forte implentur extranei viribus tuis, and labores yours sint in domo aliena,)

5.10 Ne forte impleantur extranei. Ne dæmoniorum facta adjuves, etc., usque ad utinam lateret. Et gemas, etc. Ideo te castum custodi, etc., usque ad dicant quæ sequuntur.

5.10 Ne forte impleantur extranei. Ne dæmoniorum facts adyuves, etc., usque to utinam lateret. And gemas, etc. Ideo you(sg) castum custodi, etc., usque to dicant which sequuntur.

BRN lest strangers be filled with thy strength, and thy labours come into the houses of strangers;

BrLXX Ἵνα μὴ πλησθῶσιν ἀλλότριοι σῆς ἰσχύος, οἱ δὲ σοὶ πόνοι εἰς οἴκους ἀλλοτρίων ἔλθεσι·
(Hina maʸ plaʸsthōsin allotrioi saʸs isⱪuos, hoi de soi ponoi eis oikous allotriōn elthesi; )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases

פֶּֽן

lest

Lest here indicates that what follows in this verse is what would happen to people if they do not obey the commands in 5:8. Use a natural form in your language for connecting this statement to the previous one. Alternate translation: “If you do this, then”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

יִשְׂבְּע֣וּ

take_~_fillof

If your language does not use this passive form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language, as in the UST.

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

כֹּחֶ֑⁠ךָ

strength,your

Here, your strength refers to everything that a person achieves during the time in a person’s life when he has the most strength. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “with what you achieved when you were strong”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

וַ֝⁠עֲצָבֶ֗י⁠ךָ

and,labors,your

Here, your toils refers to everything that a person earns by working hard. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “and what you gain from toiling”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

בְּ⁠בֵ֣ית נָכְרִֽי

in=house_of (Some words not found in UHB: lest take_~_fillof strangers strength,your and,labors,your in=house_of alien )

Here, house could refer to: (1) the house where the foreigner keeps the things he takes from this person, as in the UST. (2) the people who live in the house of a foreigner. Alternate translation: “be with the household or a foreigner”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

נָכְרִֽי

(Some words not found in UHB: lest take_~_fillof strangers strength,your and,labors,your in=house_of alien )

Here, a foreigner could refer to: (1) one person, possibly the adulterous woman or her husband. Alternate translation: “a foreign person” (2) a group of foreign people who are called strangers in the previous clause. Alternate translation: “to foreign people”

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