Verse List for PROV 16:26

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Text critical issues=small word differences Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=Narrator (All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV) The workers’ appetites work on their behalf, ⇔ → because their hunger presses them on. ⇔  ⇔  …

OET-LV the_appetite _of a _labourer it _toils for_him/it if/because it _presses on/upon/above_him/it mouth _of_his.

ULT The appetite of the laborer labors for him, ⇔ for his mouth presses on him.

UST Being hungry helps working people work ⇔  because wanting to eat motivates people to keep on working.

BSB & MSB A worker ’s appetite works for him ⇔  because his hunger drives him onward.

OEB No OEB PROV book available

WEBBE & WMBB The appetite of the labouring man labours for him, ⇔  for his mouth urges him on.

NET A laborer’s appetite works on his behalf, ⇔ for his hunger urges him to work.

LSV A laboring man has labored for himself,
For his mouth has caused [him] to bend over it.

FBV A good appetite helps workers—hunger encourages them.

T4T ⇔  If a worker ◄has an appetite/is hungry►, that urges him to work hard ⇔  because he [SYN] wants to earn money to buy things to eat.

LEB • The life[fn] of a worker works for him,
• for his hunger[fn] urges him.

BBE The desire of the working man is working for him, for his need of food is driving him on.

Moff A labourer’s appetite labours for him; ⇔  his hunger drives him to work.

JPS The hunger of the labouring man laboureth for him; for his mouth compelleth him.

ASV The appetite of the laboring man laboreth for him; ⇔ For his mouth urgeth him thereto.

DRA The soul of him that laboureth, laboureth for himself, because his mouth hath obliged him to it.

YLT A labouring man hath laboured for himself, For his mouth hath caused [him] to bend over it.

Drby The appetite of the labourer laboureth for him, for his mouth urgeth him on.

RV The appetite of the labouring man laboureth for him; for his mouth craveth it of him.

SLT The soul of him laboring, labored for himself; for his mouth urged upon him.

Wbstr He that laboreth laboreth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him.

KJB-1769 He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him.[fn][fn]

KJB-1611 [fn][fn]Hee that laboureth, laboureth for himselfe; for his mouth craueth it of him.
(He that laboureth, laboureth for himself; for his mouth craueth it of him.)

Bshps A troublous soule disquieteth her selfe, for her owne mouth hath brought her therto.
(A troubled soul disquieteth herself, for her own mouth hath/has brought her thereto.)

Gnva The person that traueileth, traueileth for himselfe: for his mouth craueth it of him.
(The person that travaileth/travails, travaileth/travails for himself: for his mouth craueth it of him.)

Cvdl A troublous soule disquyeteth hir selfe, for hir owne mouth hath brought her therto.
(A troubled soul disquyeteth herself, for her own mouth hath/has brought her thereto.)

Wycl The soule of a man trauelinge trauelith to hym silf; for his mouth compellide hym.
(The soul of a man travailing travelith to himself; for his mouth compellide him.)

Luth Mancher kommt zu großem Unglück durch sein eigen Maul.
(Mancher comes to/for large accident/misfortune/disaster through be own mouth.)

ClVg Anima laborantis laborat sibi, quia compulit eum os suum.[fn]
(Soul they_work_hardis works to_himself, because compulit him mouth his_own.)

UHB נֶ֣פֶשׁ עָ֭מֵל עָ֣מְלָה לּ֑⁠וֹ כִּֽי־אָכַ֖ף עָלָ֣י⁠ו פִּֽי⁠הוּ׃ ‡

BrLXX Ἀνὴρ ἐν πόνοις πονεῖ ἑαυτῷ, καὶ ἐκβιάζεται τὴν ἀπώλειαν ἑαυτοῦ. Ὁ μέντοι σκολιὸς ἐπὶ τῷ ἑαυτοῦ στόματι φορεῖ τὴν ἀπώλειαν·

BrTr A man who labours, labours for himself, and drives from him his own ruin.