PRO 7:3 Parallel View

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UST Always remember what I have commanded you as if it were tied around your fingers.
⇔ Remember it at all times!

BSB Tie them to your fingers;
⇔ write them on the tablet of your heart.

OEB Bind them upon your fingers;
⇔ write them on the tablet of your heart.

WEB Bind them on your fingers.
⇔ Write them on the tablet of your heart.

NET Bind them on your forearm;
 ⇔ write them on the tablet of your heart.

LSV Bind them on your fingers,
Write them on the tablet of your heart.

FBV Tie them to your fingers; write them in your mind.

T4T Tie my commands around your fingers in order that they will remind you to obey them.
⇔ Always keep them in mind [MET].

LEB • write them on the tablet of your heart.

BBE Let them be fixed to your fingers, and recorded in your heart.

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JPS Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thy heart.

ASV Bind them upon thy fingers;
 ⇔ Write them upon the tablet of thy heart.

DRA Bind it upon thy fingers, write it upon the tables of thy heart.

YLT Bind them on thy fingers, Write them on the tablet of thy heart.

DBY Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the tablet of thy heart.

RV Bind them upon thy fingers; write them upon the table of thine heart.

WBS Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thy heart.

KJB Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart.
(Bind them upon thy/your fingers, write them upon the table of thine/your heart. )

BB Binde them vpon thy fingers, and wryte them in the table of thyne heart.
(Binde them upon thy/your fingers, and write them in the table of thine/your heart.)

GNV Binde them vpon thy fingers, and write them vpon the table of thine heart.
(Binde them upon thy/your fingers, and write them upon the table of thine/your heart. )

CB Bynde them vpon thy fyngers, & wryte the in the table of thine hert.
(Bynde them upon thy/your fyngers, and write the in the table of thine/your hert.)

WYC Bynde thou it in thi fyngris; write thou it in the tablis of thin herte.
(Bynde thou/you it in thy/your fyngris; write thou/you it in the tablis of thin heart.)

LUT Binde sie an deine Finger, schreibe sie auf die Tafel deines Herzens!
(Binde they/she/them at your Finger, schreibe they/she/them on the Tafel deines Herzens!)

CLV liga eam in digitis tuis, scribe illam in tabulis cordis tui.
(liga her in digitis tuis, scribe illam in tabulis cordis tui. )

BRN And bind them on thy fingers, and write them on the table of thine heart.

BrLXX Περίθου δὲ αὐτοὺς σοῖς δακτύλοις, ἐπίγραψον δὲ ἐπὶ τὸ πλάτος τῆς καρδίας σου.
(Perithou de autous sois daktulois, epigrapson de epi to platos taʸs kardias sou. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

קָשְׁרֵ֥⁠ם עַל־אֶצְבְּעֹתֶ֑י⁠ךָ

bind,them on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in fingers,your

Here Solomon speaks of always remembering something as if what should be remembered were an object tied to the person’s fingers. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “Remember them at all times”

Note 2 topic: writing-pronouns

קָשְׁרֵ֥⁠ם & כָּ֝תְבֵ֗⁠ם

bind,them & write,them

In this verse, them refers to “my commandments,” which are referred to in the previous two verses. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “Tie my commandments … write my commandments”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

כָּ֝תְבֵ֗⁠ם עַל־ל֥וּחַ לִבֶּֽ⁠ךָ

write,them on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in tablet heart,your

See how you translated this clause in 3:3.

Parallel PRO 7:3