PRO 5:9 Parallel View

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ULT Lest you give to others your splendor
 ⇔ and your years to a cruel one.

UST If you go to her, people will weaken you,
⇔ and a merciless person will take away what you have gained in the best time of your life.

BSB lest you concede your vigor to others,
⇔ and your years to one who is cruel;

OEB or you might give your wealth to others,
⇔ your years to the implacable,

WEB lest you give your honor to others,
⇔ and your years to the cruel one;

NET lest you give your vigor to others
 ⇔ and your years to a cruel person,

LSV Lest you give your splendor to others,
And your years to the fierce,

FBV Otherwise you'll surrender your honor to others, and your character to cruel people.

T4T If you enter the home of one of them, you will lose your ◄self-respect/good reputation►
⇔ and that woman’s husband will not act mercifully toward you;
 ⇔ he will kill you and take everything that you have acquired during your life!

LEB • and your years to the merciless,

BBE For fear that you may give your honour to others, and your wealth to strange men:

MOF No MOF PRO book available

JPS Lest thou give thy vigour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel;

ASV Lest thou give thine honor unto others,
 ⇔ And thy years unto the cruel;

DRA Give not thy honour to strangers, and thy years to the cruel.

YLT Lest thou give to others thy honour, And thy years to the fierce,

DBY lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel;

RV Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel:

WBS Lest thou give thy honor to others, and thy years to the cruel:

KJB Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel:
(Lest thou/you give thine/your honour unto others, and thy/your years unto the cruel: )

BB That thou geue not thy honour vnto other, and thy yeres to the cruell:
(That thou/you give not thy/your honour unto other, and thy/your years to the cruell:)

GNV Least thou giue thine honor vnto others, and thy yeeres to the cruell:
(Least thou/you give thine/your honor unto others, and thy/your years to the cruell: )

CB That thou geue not thine honor vnto another, and thy yeares to the cruell.
(That thou/you give not thine/your honor unto another, and thy/your years to the cruell.)

WYC Yyue thou not thin onour to aliens, and thi yeeris to the cruel;
(Yyue thou/you not thin honour to aliens, and thy/your yearis to the cruel;)

LUT daß du nicht den Fremden gebest deine Ehre und deine Jahre dem Grausamen,
(daß you not the Fremden gebest your Ehre and your years to_him Grausamen,)

CLV Ne des alienis honorem tuum, et annos tuos crudeli:[fn]
(Ne des alienis honorem tuum, and years tuos crudeli:)

5.9 Ne des, etc. Ne honorem, quo ad imaginem Dei creatus es, immundorum spirituum voluntatibus subdas neque accepta vivendi spatia ad libitum adversarii crudelis expendas.

5.9 Ne des, etc. Ne honorem, quo to imaginem God creatus es, immundorum spirituum voluntatibus subdas neque accepta vivendi spatia to libitum adversarii crudelis expendas.

BRN lest thou give away thy life to others, and thy substance to the merciless:

BrLXX ἵνα μὴ πρόῃ ἄλλοις ζωήν σου, καὶ σὸν βίον ἀνελεήμοσιν·
(hina maʸ proaʸ allois zōaʸn sou, kai son bion aneleaʸmosin; )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases

פֶּן

lest

Lest here indicates that what follows in this verse is what would happen to people if they do not obey the commands in the previous verse. 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 / metaphor

תִּתֵּ֣ן לַ⁠אֲחֵרִ֣ים הוֹדֶ֑⁠ךָ

give to,others honor,your

Here, splendor could refer to: (1) everything that a person achieves during the time in a person’s life when he is the strongest, which would be the same meaning as your years in the next clause. Alternate translation: “you give to others your vigor” or “you give to others your achievements from your vigorous time of life” (2) a person’s reputation, in which case this clause would refer to a person getting a bad reputation. Alternate translation: “you will lose your good reputation with others”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

וּ֝⁠שְׁנֹתֶ֗י⁠ךָ

and,years,your

Solomon is leaving out some of the words that in many languages a clause would need in order to be complete. You could supply these words from earlier in the sentence if it would be clearer in your language. Alternate translation: “and lest you give your years”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

וּ֝⁠שְׁנֹתֶ֗י⁠ךָ

and,years,your

Here, your years could refer to: (1) everything that a person achieves during the time in a person’s life when he is his healthiest and strongest. Alternate translation: “and all you have achieved in the best years of your life” (2) the years that a person is alive, meaning that a cruel one would kill this person. Alternate translation: “and your life”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

לְ⁠אַכְזָרִֽי

to,cruel

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

Parallel PRO 5:9