Open Bible Data Home About News OET Key
OET OET-RV OET-LV ULT UST BSB BLB AICNT OEB WEBBE WMBB NET LSV FBV TCNT T4T LEB BBE Moff JPS Wymth ASV DRA YLT Drby RV SLT Wbstr KJB-1769 KJB-1611 Bshps Gnva Cvdl TNT Wycl SR-GNT UHB BrLXX BrTr Related Topics Parallel Interlinear Reference Dictionary Search
interlinearVerse GEN EXO LEV NUM DEU JOB JOS JDG RUTH 1SA 2SA PSA AMOS HOS 1KI 2KI 1CH 2CH PRO ECC SNG JOEL MIC ISA ZEP HAB JER LAM YNA NAH OBA DAN EZE EZRA EST NEH HAG ZEC MAL YHN MARK MAT LUKE ACTs YAC GAL 1TH 2TH 1COR 2COR ROM COL PHM EPH PHP 1TIM TIT 1PET 2PET 2TIM HEB YUD 1YHN 2YHN 3YHN REV
Pro C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 C15 C16 C17 C18 C19 C20 C21 C22 C23 C24 C25 C26 C27 C28 C29 C30 C31
Pro 21 V2 V3 V4 V5 V6 V7 V8 V9 V10 V11 V12 V13 V14 V15 V16 V17 V18 V19 V20 V21 V22 V23 V24 V25 V26 V27 V28 V29 V30 V31
OET (OET-LV) is_streams_of water the_heart_of a_king in/on/at/with_hand_of YHWH to all_of that he_desires turns_it.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun
לֶב־מֶ֭לֶךְ
heart_of king
The heart of a king refers to the heart of any king in general, not a specific king. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use more natural expressions. Alternate translation: “The heart of any king”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
לֶב
heart_of
See how you translated the same use of heart in [2:2](../02/02.md).
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
פַּלְגֵי־מַ֣יִם & בְּיַד־יְהוָ֑ה & יַטֶּֽנּוּ
stream_of waters & in/on/at/with,hand_of YHWH & turns,it
In this verse, Solomon speaks of Yahweh using the heart of a king to accomplish his purposes as if the heart were water streams that he steers to go to the places where he wants them to go. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly or use a synonym. Alternate translation: “is controlled by Yahweh to do” or “is controlled by Yahweh like a farmer controls streams to act”
21:1 A king was the most powerful individual in an ancient nation, and it seemed that he could do as he pleased. However, God directs the heart of the king.
OET (OET-LV) is_streams_of water the_heart_of a_king in/on/at/with_hand_of YHWH to all_of that he_desires turns_it.
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.