PRO 6:6 Parallel View

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UST You lazy person, go watch ants!
⇔ Consider what ants do so that you can be wise.

BSB  ⇔ Walk in the manner of the ant, O slacker;
⇔ observe its ways and become wise.

OEB Go to the ant, you sluggard;
⇔ consider her ways, and be wise,

WEB  ⇔ Go to the ant, you sluggard.
⇔ Consider her ways, and be wise;

NET Go to the ant, you sluggard;
 ⇔ observe its ways and be wise!

LSV Go to the ant, O slothful one,
See her ways and be wise;

FBV Go and observe the ants, you slacker! Learn from what they do and become wise.

T4T  ⇔ You lazy individual, learn something from watching the ants.
⇔ Become wise from observing what they do.

LEB • Consider its ways and be wise.

BBE Go to the ant, you hater of work; give thought to her ways and be wise:

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JPS Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise;

ASV  ⇔ Go to the ant, thou sluggard;
 ⇔ Consider her ways, and be wise:

DRA Go to the ant, O sluggard, and consider her ways, and learn wisdom:

YLT Go unto the ant, O slothful one, See her ways and be wise;

DBY Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways and be wise:

RV Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:

WBS Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:

KJB ¶ Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
(¶ Go to the ant, thou/you sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: )

BB Go to the emmet thou sluggarde, consider her wayes, and learne to be wyse:
(Go to the emmet thou/you sluggarde, consider her ways, and learn to be wyse:)

GNV Goe to the pismire, O sluggarde: beholde her waies, and be wise.
(Go to the pismire, O sluggarde: behold her waies, and be wise. )

CB Go to the Emmet (thou slogarde) cosidre hir wayes, & lerne to be wyse.
(Go to the Emmet (thou slogarde) cosidre her ways, and learn to be wyse.)

WYC O! thou slowe man, go to the `amte, ether pissemyre; and biholde thou hise weies, and lerne thou wisdom.
(O! thou/you slowe man, go to the `amte, ether pissemyre; and behold thou/you his ways, and learn thou/you wisdom.)

LUT Gehe hin zur Ameise, du Fauler, siehe ihre Weise an und lerne!
(Gehe there zur Ameise, you Fauler, siehe ihre Weise at and lerne!)

CLV [Vade ad formicam, o piger, et considera vias ejus, et disce sapientiam.[fn]
([Vade to formicam, o piger, and considera vias his, and disce wisdom.)

6.6 Vade ad formicam. Hinc vacantem hortatur, etc., usque ad de horreo priscæ actionis quod recondidit proferre.

6.6 Vade to formicam. Hinc vacantem hortatur, etc., usque to about horreo priscæ actionis that recondidit proferre.

BRN Go to the ant, O sluggard; and see, and emulate his ways, and become wiser than he.

BrLXX Ἴθι πρὸς τὸν μύρμηκα ὦ ὀκνηρὲ, καὶ ζήλωσον ἰδὼν τὰς ὁδοὺς αὐτοῦ, καὶ γενοῦ ἐκείνου σοφώτερος.
(Ithi pros ton murmaʸka ō oknaʸre, kai zaʸlōson idōn tas hodous autou, kai genou ekeinou sofōteros. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

לֵֽךְ־אֶל־נְמָלָ֥ה

go to/towards ant

Go here implies going for the purpose of looking at the ant. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “Go and observe the ant”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun

נְמָלָ֥ה

ant

The word ant represents ants in general, not one particular ant. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a more natural expression. Alternate translation: “ants”

Note 3 topic: translate-unknown

נְמָלָ֥ה

ant

An ant is a small insect that lives underground in large groups. Ants are known for diligently working together to collect food and maintain their nests. If your readers would not be familiar with this type of insect, you could use the name of something similar in your area or you could use a more general term. Alternate translation: “the hard-working insect”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

רְאֵ֖ה

consider

See here means to observe for the purpose of learning. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “See and learn”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

דְרָכֶ֣י⁠הָ

ways,its

See how you translated the same use of ways in 3:6.

Note 6 topic: grammar-connect-logic-goal

וַ⁠חֲכָֽם

and,wise

Here, and indicates that what follows is the purpose for doing what Solomon commands his son to do in this verse. Use a connector in your language that indicates a purpose. Alternate translation: “for the purpose of becoming wise”

Parallel PRO 6:6