PROV 6:31 Interlinear View

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. וְ,נִמְצָא
2. 389284,389285
3. And he will be found out
4. caught
5. 4672
6. SV-C,VNq3ms
7. and,he_will_be_found_out
8. S
9. Y-1000
10. 271007
1. יְשַׁלֵּם
2. 389286
3. he will make restitution
4. -
6. V-Vpi3ms
7. he_will_make_restitution
8. -
9. Y-1000
10. 271008
1. שִׁבְעָתָיִם
2. 389287
3. sevenfold
4. seven
5. 7659
6. O-Acbda
7. sevenfold
8. -
9. Y-1000
10. 271009
1. אֶת
2. 389288
3. DOM
4. -
5. 853
6. O-To
7. DOM
8. -
9. Y-1000
10. 271010
2. 389289
3. -
4. -
6. -x-maqqef
8. -
9. -
10. 271011
1. כָּל
2. 389290
3. all of
4. -
5. 3605
6. O-Ncmsc
7. all_of
8. -
9. Y-1000
10. 271012
2. 389291
3. -
4. -
6. -x-maqqef
8. -
9. -
10. 271013
1. הוֹן
2. 389292
3. the wealth of
4. -
5. 1952
6. O-Ncmsc
7. the_wealth_of
8. -
9. Y-1000
10. 271014
1. בֵּית,וֹ
2. 389293,389294
3. his house of his
4. house
6. O-Ncmsc,Sp3ms
7. his_house_of,his
8. -
9. Y-1000
10. 271015
1. יִתֵּן
2. 389295
3. he will give
4. -
5. 5414
6. V-Vqi3ms
7. he_will_give
8. -
9. Y-1000
10. 271016
2. 389296
3. -
4. -
6. -x-sof-pasuq
8. -
9. -
10. 271017

SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 6:20–35: Ninth lesson: If you commit adultery, you will be severely punished

This lesson may be summarized as follows: The son should heed his parents’ teaching, because it will keep him from the dangers of adultery (6:20–24). He should strictly avoid being tempted by another man’s wife. An affair with such a woman will have inevitable and disastrous consequences (6:25–33), resulting from the jealous fury of the husband (6:34–35).

Some other headings for this section are:

Warning Against Adultery (NIV)

Avoid adultery

More Advice About Avoiding Adultery (GW)

The terrible consequences of committing adultery

Paragraph 6:20–35

In these notes, this section forms a single paragraph (as in the NRSV). If a long paragraph like this is not natural in your language, you may want to make paragraph breaks as in the section summary above. Some other ways to divide the paragraphs are:

6:20–26, 27–35 (GNT)
6:20–22, 23–29, 30–35 (CEV)
6:20–29, 30–35 (NIV)

Divide the paragraphs in a way that fits the natural patterns of your language.

6:31

Notice the parallel parts that are similar in meaning. The phrase “all the wealth of his house” in the second line explains or limits what is meant by “sevenfold” in the first line.

^31aYet if caught, he must pay sevenfold;

^31b he must give up all the wealth of his house.

6:31a

Yet if caught, he must pay sevenfold;

But if he is caught, he will be forced to repay seven times the value of what he stole,
they will still make him pay seven times what he stole if they catch him.

Yet if caught, he must pay sevenfold: The clause he must pay sevenfold literally means that the thief will have to pay a fine to the owner that is seven times the value of what he stole (see the NLT). However, sevenfold should probably not be interpreted literally, since Israelite laws at that time specified a lower amount. The word sevenfold is probably a figurative way of saying “a great deal” or “everything,” as the next clause explains.

If you translate sevenfold literally, you may want to add a footnote that explains the nonfigurative meaning. Here is a suggested footnote:

According to the Israelite laws about stealing in Exodus 22:1–4, and 22:7, a thief had to repay between two and five times the value of what he stole. Because of this, some scholars think that “sevenfold” means “a great deal” or “everything.”

6:31b

he must give up all the wealth of his house.

even if he has to give all that he owns.
He may have to sell everything that he has.

he must give up all the wealth of his house: The phrase all the wealth of his house refers to everything that the thief owns. It does not literally refer to only the things that were located in his house. Other ways to translate this clause are:

and it may cost him everything he owns (NCV)

even if he has to sell everything he owns

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun

וְ֭⁠נִמְצָא יְשַׁלֵּ֣ם & בֵּית֣⁠וֹ יִתֵּֽן

and,he_will_be_found_out pay & his_house_of,his he/it_gave

Here, he and his refer to any person who steals, as indicated in the previous verse. If there are more natural expressions in your language, you could use them here. Alternate translation: “But if someone is found … that person must repay … that person’s house that person must give”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

וְ֭⁠נִמְצָא

and,he_will_be_found_out

Here. found implies not only discovering the thief but also catching him. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “But if he is caught”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

וְ֭⁠נִמְצָא

and,he_will_be_found_out

If your language does not use this passive form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “but if someone finds him” or “but if someone catches him”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

יְשַׁלֵּ֣ם שִׁבְעָתָ֑יִם

pay sevenfold

This clause implies that, as punishment for stealing, the thief must repay seven times the amount of what he stole to those from whom he stole it. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “he must repay to the people from whom he stole, sevenfold the amount of what he stole from them”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

אֶת־כָּל־ה֖וֹן בֵּית֣⁠וֹ

DOM all/each/any/every wealth_of his_house_of,his

This phrase is an idiom that refers to everything that someone owns. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “all that he has”

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

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.