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OET interlinear PROV 28:13

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Hebrew word order

    1. Hebrew word
    2. Hebrew lemma
    3. OET-LV words
    4. OET-RV words
    5. Strongs
    6. Role/Morphology
    7. Gloss
    8. CAPS codes
    9. OET tags
    10. OET word #
    1. מְכַסֶּה
    2. 397366
    3. one who conceals
    4. -
    5. 3680
    6. V-Vprmsa
    7. [one_who]_conceals
    8. S
    9. Y-700
    10. 277265
    1. פְשָׁעָי,ו
    2. 397367,397368
    3. transgressions of his
    4. -
    5. 6588
    6. O-Ncmpc,Sp3ms
    7. transgressions_of,his
    8. -
    9. Y-700
    10. 277266
    1. לֹא
    2. 397369
    3. not
    4. won't
    5. 3808
    6. S-Tn
    7. not
    8. -
    9. Y-700
    10. 277267
    1. יַצְלִיחַ
    2. 397370
    3. he will prosper
    4. prosper
    6. V-Vhi3ms
    7. he_will_prosper
    8. -
    9. Y-700
    10. 277268
    1. וּ,מוֹדֶה
    2. 397371,397372
    3. and one who confesses
    4. confesses
    5. 3034
    6. S-C,Vhrmsa
    7. and,[one_who]_confesses
    8. -
    9. Y-700
    10. 277269
    1. וְ,עֹזֵב
    2. 397373,397374
    3. and one who forsakes them
    4. -
    6. S-C,Vqrmsa
    7. and,[one_who]_forsakes_[them]
    8. -
    9. Y-700
    10. 277270
    1. יְרֻחָם
    2. 397375
    3. he will be shown mercy
    4. shown mercy
    5. 7355
    6. V-VPi3ms
    7. he_will_be_shown_mercy
    8. -
    9. Y-700
    10. 277271
    2. 397376
    3. -
    4. -
    6. -x-sof-pasuq
    8. -
    9. -
    10. 277272

OET (OET-LV) one_who_conceals transgressions_of_his not he_will_prosper and_one_who_confesses and_one_who_forsakes_them he_will_be_shown_mercy.

OET (OET-RV) Someone covering their faults won’t prosper,
 ⇔ ^ but the one who confesses and then abandons their bad behaviour, will be shown mercy.

SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 25:1–29:27: This is Hezekiah’s collection of Solomon’s proverbs

This section is the second collection of Solomon’s proverbs. These proverbs were organized and copied by men who served King Hezekiah. Most scholars divide this section into two groups. These groups differ in several ways.

The first group (chapters 25–27) has many more comparisons and admonitions. In Hebrew, most of these comparisons are metaphors in which one or more illustrations precede the topic. Some English versions change the order so that the topic precedes the illustration(s). You should follow the order that expresses the meaning naturally and effectively in your language.

In the first group, many proverbs are one verse long. As with the individual proverbs in the main collection of Solomon’s proverbs (Section 10:1–22:16), they are not related to the proverbs around them. Other proverbs in this group are two or more verses long. Still others are one-verse proverbs that are closely related in theme. Proverbs in all three categories will be marked as separate paragraphs.

The second group (chapters 28–29) has more contrastive proverbs. The proverbs in this group are each one verse long. They will not be marked as separate paragraphs.

Some other headings for this section are:

More Proverbs of Solomon (NIV)

Proverbs of Solomon Collected by Hezekiah (NET)

These are also wise things that Solomon said

28:13

Notice the parallel parts that contrast in meaning:

13a He who conceals his sins does not prosper,

13bbut whoever confesses and renounces them will find mercy.

28:13a

He who conceals his sins will not prosper,

He who conceals his sins: A person who covers or conceals his sins tries to hide them. In light of the parallel phrase in 28:13b, it means that he refuses to confess them.

sins: In this context, the word sins refers to evil deeds or offenses that a person commits. The verse does not specify whether these sins are against God or people. If possible, leave this information implied. If it is necessary to make it explicit in your language, these sins are probably against other people.Fox (p. 826) comments that elsewhere in Proverbs (10:18, 11:13, 17:9, 26:26), “covering up” a sin “refers to hiding one’s feelings and offenses toward other people.” Waltke (p. 417) defines the sins here as “legal offenses against the personal and property rights of others.”

Some other ways to translate this clause are:

The one who covers his transgressions (NET)

If you hide your sins (NCV)

If you don’t confess your sins (CEV)

will not prosper: The phrase will not prosper means that he will not make progress toward reaching his goals. He will not succeed in doing what he intended.Waltke (p. 417), UBS (p. 594), TWOT #1917. This phrase may imply material prosperity, but according to most scholars, that is not the main meaning. Some other ways to translate this phrase are:

will not succeed (NJPS)

will not be able to do what he planned

will be a failure (CEV)

General Comment on 28:13a

In some languages, it may be more natural to state the negative meaning of this line in a different way. For example:

No one who conceals transgressions will prosper (NRSV)

It may also be more natural to reorder some of the parallel parts. For example:

You will never succeed in life if you try to hide your sins. (GNT)

28:13b

but whoever confesses and renounces them will find mercy.

but whoever confesses and renounces them will find mercy: This line is more literally “but one who confesses and one who forsakes them, he will be shown mercy.” This verse does not make explicit that a person confesses his sins to the LORD, nor does it specify that the LORD is the one who shows him mercy. In some languages, it may be necessary to make this implied information explicit in one or both phrases.

confesses and renounces: The word confesses means here that the person who has sinned admits or acknowledges that he has done wrong.Several scholars point out that the word translated here as “confesses” usually means “acknowledges with public praise.” Almost all conclude that in this context it means to acknowledge or confess sin. See UBS (p. 594), Waltke (p. 417), TWOT #847, and NIDOTTE (H3344) for more details. All English versions consulted translated the word as “confess/confesses.” The word renounces means that a person abandons or turns away from his sin.

Some other ways to translate 28:13b are:

but if they confess and turn from them, they will receive mercy (NLT)

Confess them and give them up; then God will show mercy to you. (GNT)

General Comment on 28:13b

In some languages, it may be more natural to reorder some of the parts of this line. For example:

But God will be merciful if you confess your sins and give them up. (CEV)

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun

מְכַסֶּ֣ה פְ֭שָׁעָי⁠ו & וּ⁠מוֹדֶ֖ה

(Some words not found in UHB: conceals transgressions_of,his not prosper and,[one_who]_confesses and,[one_who]_forsakes_[them] obtain_mercy )

One covering, his, and one confessing refer to types of people in general, not specific people. If it would be helpful, you could use more natural expressions in your language. Alternate translation: [Any person who covers that person’s own transgressions … but any person who confesses]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

מְכַסֶּ֣ה

(Some words not found in UHB: conceals transgressions_of,his not prosper and,[one_who]_confesses and,[one_who]_forsakes_[them] obtain_mercy )

Here Solomon refers to someone concealing his transgressions as if transgressions were objects that someone is covering. See how you translated covers in [10:6](../10/06.md).

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

פְ֭שָׁעָי⁠ו

(Some words not found in UHB: conceals transgressions_of,his not prosper and,[one_who]_confesses and,[one_who]_forsakes_[them] obtain_mercy )

See how you translated the abstract noun transgressions in [10:12](../10/12.md).

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

וּ⁠מוֹדֶ֖ה וְ⁠עֹזֵ֣ב

and,[one_who]_confesses and,[one_who]_forsakes_[them]

Solomon is leaving out some of the words that in many languages a sentence would need in order to be complete. You could supply these words from earlier in the sentence if it would be clearer in your language. Alternate translation: [but one who confesses and forsakes his transgressions]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

יְרֻחָֽם

obtain_mercy

If your language does not use the passive form in this way, you could state this in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. The context implies that Yahweh will do the action. Alternate translation: [Yahweh will show mercy to]

OET-LV English word order (‘Reverse’ interlinear)

    1. OET-LV words
    2. OET-RV words
    3. Strongs
    4. Hebrew word
    5. Hebrew lemma
    6. Role/Morphology
    7. Gloss
    8. CAPS codes
    9. OET tags
    10. OET word #
    1. one who conceals
    2. -
    3. 3635
    5. 397366
    6. V-Vprmsa
    8. S
    9. Y-700
    10. 277265
    1. transgressions of his
    2. -
    3. 6286,1978
    5. 397367,397368
    6. O-Ncmpc,Sp3ms
    8. -
    9. Y-700
    10. 277266
    1. not
    2. won't
    3. 3835
    5. 397369
    6. S-Tn
    8. -
    9. Y-700
    10. 277267
    1. he will prosper
    2. prosper
    3. 6647
    5. 397370
    6. V-Vhi3ms
    8. -
    9. Y-700
    10. 277268
    1. and one who confesses
    2. confesses
    3. 1987,3208
    5. 397371,397372
    6. S-C,Vhrmsa
    8. -
    9. Y-700
    10. 277269
    1. and one who forsakes them
    2. -
    3. 1987,5920
    5. 397373,397374
    6. S-C,Vqrmsa
    8. -
    9. Y-700
    10. 277270
    1. he will be shown mercy
    2. shown mercy
    3. 7278
    5. 397375
    6. V-VPi3ms
    8. -
    9. Y-700
    10. 277271

OET (OET-LV) one_who_conceals transgressions_of_his not he_will_prosper and_one_who_confesses and_one_who_forsakes_them he_will_be_shown_mercy.

OET (OET-RV) Someone covering their faults won’t prosper,
 ⇔ ^ but the one who confesses and then abandons their bad behaviour, will be shown mercy.

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.OET logo mark

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