Verse List for PROV 21:14

Note: This view shows ‘verses’ which are not necessarily natural language units and hence sometimes only part of a sentence will be visible—click on any Bible version abbreviation down the left-hand side to see the verse in more of its context. Normally the OET discourages the reading of individual ‘verses’, but this view is only designed as a tool for doing comparisons of different translations—the older translations are further down the page (so you can read up from the bottom to trace the English translation history). The OET segments on this page are still early looks into the drafted texts of the Open English Translation of the Bible—please double-check these texts in advance before using in public.

B I ◄ ← Prov 21:14 ↓ → ► ═ ©

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

OET (OET-RV) A discreet gift subdues anger, ⇔ ≈ and a bribe quietens down a strong rage.

OET-LV A _gift in_secrecy it _subdues anger and_a _bribe in_bosom rage strong.

ULT A gift in secrecy subdues nose, ⇔ and a bribe in the bosom, strong heat.

UST Secretly giving something to an angry person will stop him from being angry. ⇔  Indeed, secretly bribing a furious person will calm him down.

BSB & MSB A gift in secret soothes anger, ⇔  and a covert bribe[fn] [pacifies] great wrath.

OEB No OEB PROV book available

WEBBE & WMBB A gift in secret pacifies anger, ⇔  and a bribe in the cloak, strong wrath.

NET A gift given in secret subdues anger, ⇔ and a bribe given secretly subdues strong wrath.

LSV A gift in secret pacifies anger,
And a bribe in the bosom—strong fury.

FBV A gift given in secret calms down anger, and a hidden bribe soothes furious rage.

T4T ⇔  When someone is angry with you, ⇔  if you secretly give him a gift, he will stop being angry.

LEB • A gift in secret[fn] will avert anger ,[fn]
• and a concealed bribe ,[fn] strong wrath.

BBE By a secret offering wrath is turned away, and the heat of angry feelings by money in the folds of the robe.

Moff A secret bribe appeases anger, ⇔  a present slipped into the hand will allay fury.

JPS A gift in secret pacifieth anger, and a present in the bosom strong wrath.

ASV A gift in secret pacifieth anger; ⇔ And a present in the bosom, strong wrath.

DRA A secret present quencheth anger: and a gift in the bosom the greatest wrath.

YLT A gift in secret pacifieth anger, And a bribe in the bosom strong fury.

Drby A gift in secret pacifieth anger; and a present in the bosom, vehement fury.

RV A gift in secret pacifieth anger, and a present in the bosom strong wrath.

SLT Giving in secret will subdue anger: and a gift in the bosom, strong wrath.

Wbstr A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in the bosom, strong wrath.

KJB-1769 A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in the bosom strong wrath.

KJB-1611 A gift in secret pacifieth anger; and a reward in the bosome, strong wrath.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps A priuie rewarde pacifieth displeasure: and a gyft in the bosome stylleth furiousnesse.
(A privy/private reward pacifieth displeasure: and a gift in the bosom stylleth furiousness.)

Gnva A gift in secret pacifieth anger, and a gift in the bosome great wrath.
(A gift in secret pacifieth anger, and a gift in the bosom great wrath.)

Cvdl A preuy rewarde pacifieth displeasure, and a gifte in the bosome stilleth furiousnesse.
(A privy/private reward pacifieth displeasure, and a gift in the bosom stilleth furiousness.)

Wycl A yift hid quenchith chidyngis; and a yift in bosum quenchith the moost indignacioun.
(A yift hid quenchith chidyngis; and a yift in bosom quenchith the most indignation.)

Luth Eine heimliche Gabe stillet den Zorn und ein Geschenk im Schoß den heftigen Grimm.
(A/One secret gift/present quietens the anger and a gift(n) in_the lap(n) the violent wrath/fury.)

ClVg Munus absconditum extinguit iras, et donum in sinu indignationem maximam.
(Munus hidden extinguit anger, and a_gift/present/donation in/into/on pocket indignation the_greatest.)

UHB מַתָּ֣ן בַּ֭⁠סֵּתֶר יִכְפֶּה־אָ֑ף וְ⁠שֹׁ֥חַד בַּ֝⁠חֵ֗ק חֵמָ֥ה עַזָּֽה׃ ‡

BrLXX Δόσις λάθριος ἀνατρέπει ὀργάς, δώρων δὲ ὁ φειδόμενος θυμὸν ἐγείρει ἰσχυρόν.

BrTr A secret gift calms anger: but he that forbears to give stirs up strong wrath.