ECC 8:1 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) Who’s like the wise person and understands what’s going on?
⇔ A person’s wisdom makes their face lighten up
⇔ and gives their face a certain firmness.

Key: khaki:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

BrLXX Σοφία ἀνθρώπου φωτιεῖ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἀναιδὴς προσώπῳ αὐτοῦ μισηθήσεται.
(Sofia anthrōpou fōtiei prosōpon autou, kai anaidaʸs prosōpōi autou misaʸthaʸsetai. )

BrTr A man's wisdom will lighten his countenance; but a man of shameless countenance will be hated.

ULT Who is like the wise person
⇔ and who knows the interpretation of a matter?
⇔ The wisdom of a person gives light to his face
⇔ and the strength of his face is changed.

UST I will tell you about those who are truly wise,
⇔ with the result that they can explain why everything happens.
⇔ Being wise enables people to be happy
⇔ and enables them to smile.

BSB Who is like the wise man? Who knows the interpretation of a matter? A man’s wisdom brightens his face, and the sternness of his face is changed.

OEB Who is like the wise man?
⇔ Who is skilled in interpretation?
⇔ A man’s wisdom illumines his face,
⇔ And a face that is harsh is transfigured.

WEBBE Who is like the wise man? And who knows the interpretation of a thing? A man’s wisdom makes his face shine, and the hardness of his face is changed.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Who is a wise person? Who knows the solution to a problem?
⇔ A person’s wisdom brightens his appearance, and softens his harsh countenance.

LSV Who [is] as the wise? And who knows the interpretation of a thing? The wisdom of man causes his face to shine, and the hardness of his face is changed.

FBV Who can compare to the truly wise?[fn] Who knows how to interpret things? If you have wisdom your face lights up, and your stern look is softened.

8:1 In the sense that to be wise is the highest ambition. Literally, “Who is like the wise?”

T4T I will tell you about those who are truly wise [RHQ]
⇔ with the result that they can explain why everything happens.
⇔ Being wise enables people to be happy [MTY]
⇔ and enables them to smile.

LEB No LEB ECC book available

BBE Who is like the wise man? and to whom is the sense of anything clear? A man's wisdom makes his face shining, and his hard face will be changed.

Moff No Moff ECC book available

JPS Who is as the wise man? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? A man's wisdom maketh his face to shine, and the boldness of his face is changed.

ASV Who is as the wise man? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? A man’s wisdom maketh his face to shine, and the hardness of his face is changed.

DRA The wisdom of a man shineth in his countenance, and the most mighty will change his face.

YLT Who [is] as the wise? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? The wisdom of man causeth his face to shine, and the hardness of his face is changed.

Drby Who is as the wise? and who knoweth the explanation of things? A man's wisdom maketh his face to shine, and the boldness of his face is changed.

RV Who is as the wise man? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? A man’s wisdom maketh his face to shine, and the hardness of his face is changed.
(Who is as the wise man? and who knoweth/knows the interpretation of a thing? A man’s wisdom maketh/makes his face to shine, and the hardness of his face is changed. )

SLT Who as the wise one? and who will know the interpretation of the word? The wisdom of man shall enlighten his face, and the hard of face shall be hated.

Wbstr Who is as the wise man ? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? a man's wisdom maketh his face to shine, and the boldness of his face shall be changed.

KJB-1769 Who is as the wise man? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? a man’s wisdom maketh his face to shine, and the boldness of his face shall be changed.[fn]
(Who is as the wise man? and who knoweth/knows the interpretation of a thing? a man’s wisdom maketh/makes his face to shine, and the boldness of his face shall be changed. )

8.1 the boldness: Heb. the strength

KJB-1611 ¶ [fn]Who is as the Wise man? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? a mans wisedome maketh his face to shine, and the boldnes of his face shalbe changed.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation and footnotes)

8:1 Heb. the strength.

Bshps No Bshps ECC book available

Gnva Who is as the wise man? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? the wisedome of a man doth make his face to shine: and the strength of his face shalbe changed.
(Who is as the wise man? and who knoweth/knows the interpretation of a thing? the wisdom of a man doth/does make his face to shine: and the strength of his face shall be changed. )

Cvdl No Cvdl ECC book available

Wycl No Wycl ECC book available

Luth No Luth ECC book available

ClVg [Sapientia hominis lucet in vultu ejus, et potentissimus faciem illius commutabit.
([Wisdom of_man shines in/into/on face his, and most_powerful face of_that will_exchange. )

RP-GNT No RP-GNT ECC book available

UTN uW Translation Notes:

(Occurrence 0) Who is a wise man? Who knows what the events in life mean?

(Some words not found in UHB: who? like,the,wise and,who knows interpretation_of thing wisdom_of humankind makes_~_shine his/its=faces/face and,hardness_of his/its=faces/face changed )

The writer asks these as leading questions to provide the answer in what he says next.

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

(Occurrence 0) causes his face to shine

(Some words not found in UHB: who? like,the,wise and,who knows interpretation_of thing wisdom_of humankind makes_~_shine his/its=faces/face and,hardness_of his/its=faces/face changed )

This means that the person’s face will show that he has wisdom. Alternate translation: “shows on his face”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

(Occurrence 0) the hardness of his face

(Some words not found in UHB: who? like,the,wise and,who knows interpretation_of thing wisdom_of humankind makes_~_shine his/its=faces/face and,hardness_of his/its=faces/face changed )

This is an idiom. Alternate translation: “his harsh appearance”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

(Occurrence 0) is changed

(Some words not found in UHB: who? like,the,wise and,who knows interpretation_of thing wisdom_of humankind makes_~_shine his/its=faces/face and,hardness_of his/its=faces/face changed )

If your language does not use the passive form in this way, you can state this in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “changes”

Parallel ECC 8:1