PRO 10:21 Parallel Verse View

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BrLXX Χείλη δικαίων ἐπίσταται ὑψηλὰ, οἱ δὲ ἄφρονες ἐν ἐνδείᾳ τελευτῶσιν.
(Ⱪeilaʸ dikaiōn epistatai hupsaʸla, hoi de afrones en endeia teleutōsin. )

BrTr The lips of the righteous know sublime truths: but the foolish die in want.

ULT The lips of the righteous one shepherd many,
⇔ but fools die by lack of heart.

UST What righteous people say benefits many people,
⇔ but foolish people die because they do not think wisely.

BSB ⇔ The lips of the righteous feed many,
⇔ but fools die for lack of judgment.

OEB The speech of the righteous is sustenance to many,
⇔ but lack of sense is the death of fools.

WEBBE The lips of the righteous feed many,
⇔ but the foolish die for lack of understanding.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET The teaching of the righteous feeds many,
⇔ but fools die for lack of wisdom.

LSV The lips of the righteous delight many,
And fools die for lack of heart.

FBV Advice from good people helps feed many others, but stupid people die because they have no sense.

T4T ⇔ What righteous people say [MTY] benefits many people,
⇔ but foolish people die because of the stupid things that they do.

LEB • but fools[fn]

10:? Literally “in the lack of heart, they die”

BBE The lips of the upright man give food to men, but the foolish come to death for need of sense.

Moff No Moff PRO book available

JPS The lips of the righteous feed many; but the foolish die for want of understanding.

ASV The lips of the righteous feed many;
⇔ But the foolish die for lack of understanding.

DRA The lips of the just teach many: but they that are ignorant, shall die in the want of understanding.

YLT The lips of the righteous delight many, And fools for lack of heart die.

Drby The lips of a righteous [man] feed many; but fools die for want of understanding.

RV The lips of the righteous feed many: but the foolish die for lack of understanding.

Wbstr The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.

KJB-1769 The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.[fn]

10.21 of wisdom: Heb. of heart

KJB-1611 [fn]The lippes of the righteous feed many: but fooles die for want of wisedome.
(The lippes of the righteous feed many: but fooles die for want of wisdom.)

10:21 Hebr. of heart.

Bshps The lippes of the ryghteous feede a whole multitude: but fooles shall dye in their owne follie.
(The lippes of the righteous feed a whole multitude: but fooles shall dye in their own follie.)

Gnva The lippes of the righteous doe feede many: but fooles shall die for want of wisedome.
(The lippes of the righteous do feed many: but fooles shall die for want of wisdom. )

Cvdl The lippes of the rightuous fede a whole multitude, but fooles shal dye in their owne foly.
(The lippes of the rightuous fede a whole multitude, but fooles shall dye in their own foly.)

Wycl The lippis of a iust man techen ful manye men; but thei that ben vnlerned, schulen die in nedinesse of herte.
(The lippis of a just man techen full many men; but they that been unlerned, should die in nedinesse of heart.)

Luth Des Gerechten Lippen weiden viele; aber die Narren werden in ihrer Torheit sterben.
(Des righteous_ones lips weiden viele; but the Narren become in of_their/her Torheit die.)

ClVg Labia justi erudiunt plurimos; qui autem indocti sunt in cordis egestate morientur.]
(Labia justi erudiunt plurimos; who however indocti are in cordis egestate morientur.] )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

שִׂפְתֵ֣י

lips

Here, lips refers to what people say by moving their lips. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “The sayings of”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun

צַ֭דִּיק

law-abiding/just

See how you translated this phrase in 10:16.

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / personification

יִרְע֣וּ

feed

Here Solomon speaks of what righteous people say benefitting people as if their words were shepherding the hearers. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “help”

Note 4 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

בַּ⁠חֲסַר־לֵ֥ב יָמֽוּתוּ

in/on/at/with,lack sense die

Here, by indicates that what follows is the reason why fools die. Use the most natural way in your language to indicate a reason. Alternate translation: “die as a result of lacking heart”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

לֵ֥ב

sense

See how you translated the same use of heart in 6:32.

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