InterlinearVerse GEN EXO LEV NUM DEUT JOB YEHO (JOS) HERO (JDG) RUTH 1 SAM 2 SAM PSA AMOS HOS 1 KI 2 KI 1 CHR 2 CHR PROV ECC SNG YOEL (JOEL) MIC ISA ZEP HAB YIR (JER) LAM YNA (JNA) NAH OBAD DAN EZEK EZRA EST NEH HAG ZEC MAL 2 PS WIS TOB MAN BAR G DAN G ESD L ESD ESG JDT 3 MAC SIR 1 MAC 2 MAC 4 MAC YHN (JHN) MARK MAT LUKE ACTs YAC (JAM) GAL 1 TH 2 TH 1 COR 2 COR ROM COL LAOD PHM EPH PHP 1 TIM TIT 1 PET 2 PET 2 TIM HEB YUD (JUD) 1 YHN (1 JHN) 2 YHN (2 JHN) 3 YHN (3 JHN) REV
InterlinearVerse Ecc C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 C11 C12
Ecc 10 V1 V2 V3 V4 V5 V6 V7 V8 V9 V10 V11 V13 V14 V15 V16 V17 V18 V19 V20
OET-LV The_words/messages_of the_mouth_of a_wise_person are_favour and_the_lips_of a_fool it_swallows_him.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
(Occurrence 0) The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious
(Some words not found in UHB: words_of mouth_of wise graciousness/kindness/favour/beauty and_[the],lips_of fool it,swallows_him )
Here the wise man’s speech is represented by his “mouth.” Alternate translation: [The things that a wise man says are gracious]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
(Occurrence 0) the lips of a fool consume him
(Some words not found in UHB: words_of mouth_of wise graciousness/kindness/favour/beauty and_[the],lips_of fool it,swallows_him )
Here the fool’s speech is represented by his “lips.” This speaks of the fool destroying himself by his speech as if it were eating him. Alternate translation: [The things that a foolish man says destroy him] (See also: figs-metaphor)
OET-LV The_words/messages_of the_mouth_of a_wise_person are_favour and_the_lips_of a_fool it_swallows_him.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The Hebrew text, lemmas, and morphology are all thanks to the OSHB and some of the glosses are from Macula Hebrew.