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OET (OET-LV) is_good a_youth poor and_wise more_than_a_king old and_a_fool who not he_knows to_be_warned still.
OET (OET-RV) A poor but wise youth is better off
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than an old but foolish king who can’t accept advice,
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
לְהִזָּהֵ֖ר
to,be_warned
The expression to be warned is a passive verbal form. If it would be unnatural to use that form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: [to receive warnings]
Note 2 topic: writing-proverbs
ט֛וֹב יֶ֥לֶד מִסְכֵּ֖ן וְחָכָ֑ם מִמֶּ֤לֶךְ זָקֵן֙ וּכְסִ֔יל
good youth poor and,wise more,than_a_king old and,a_fool
Solomon uses a proverb in order to teach that wisdom is more valuable than power or age. Translate this proverb in a way that will be recognized as a proverb and be meaningful in your language and culture.
OET (OET-LV) is_good a_youth poor and_wise more_than_a_king old and_a_fool who not he_knows to_be_warned still.
OET (OET-RV) A poor but wise youth is better off
⇔
than an old but foolish king who can’t accept advice,
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.