PRO 12:25 Parallel Verse View

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ULT Concern in the heart of a man weighs it down,
 ⇔ but a good word gladdens it.

UST When people worry, they feel sad,
⇔ but when someone says what is good, those people feel happy.

BSB  ⇔ Anxiety weighs down the heart of a man,
⇔ but a good word cheers it up.

OEB Care bows down a man’s heart,
⇔ but a good word makes it glad.

WEB Anxiety in a man’s heart weighs it down,
⇔ but a kind word makes it glad.

NET Anxiety in a person’s heart weighs him down,
 ⇔ but an encouraging word brings him joy.

LSV Sorrow in the heart of a man bows down,
And a good word makes him glad.

FBV If you're anxious, you're weighed down, but an encouraging word will cheer you up.

T4T  ⇔ When people are anxious/worried, they become depressed/dejected,
⇔ but when others speak kindly to them, it causes them to be cheerful again.

LEB • [fn] of a man will weigh him down, but a good word will cheer him.

?:? Or “mind”

BBE Care in the heart of a man makes it weighted down, but a good word makes it glad.

MOF No MOF PRO book available

JPS Care in the heart of a man boweth it down; but a good word maketh it glad.

ASV Heaviness in the heart of a man maketh it stoop;
 ⇔ But a good word maketh it glad.

DRA Grief in the heart of a man shall bring him low, but with a good word he shall be made glad.

YLT Sorrow in the heart of a man boweth down, And a good word maketh him glad.

DBY Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop; but a good word maketh it glad.

RV Heaviness in the heart of a man maketh it stoop; but a good word maketh it glad.

WBS Heaviness in the heart of man depresseth it: but a good word maketh it glad.

KJB Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad.

BB Heauinesse discourageth the heart of man: but a good worde maketh it glad agayne.
(Heauinesse discourageth the heart of man: but a good word maketh it glad again.)

GNV Heauines in the heart of man doeth bring it downe: but a good worde reioyceth it.
(Heauines in the heart of man doeth bring it down: but a good word reioyceth it. )

CB Heuynesse discorageth ye herte of man, but a good worde maketh it glad agayne.
(Heuynesse discorageth ye/you_all heart of man, but a good word maketh it glad again.)

WYC Morenynge in the herte of a iust man schal make hym meke; and he schal be maad glad bi a good word.
(Morenynge in the heart of a just man shall make him meke; and he shall be made glad by a good word.)

LUT Sorge im Herzen kränket; aber ein freundlich Wort erfreuet.
(Sorge in_the Herzen kränket; but a freundlich Wort erfreuet.)

CLV Mœror in corde viri humiliabit illum, et sermone bono lætificabitur.[fn]
(Mœror in corde viri humiliabit illum, and sermone bono lætificabitur.)

12.25 Mæror in corde, etc., quia necesse est ut prius peccatorem mœror pœnitentiæ salubriter humiliet, et post per judicium sacerdotis datæ reconciliationis sermo lætificet vel reficiat. Qui negligit damnum, etc. Si hoc ad litteram accipitur, etc., usque ad vel ipsam carnem morti tradit?

12.25 Mæror in corde, etc., because necesse it_is as first/before peccatorem mœror pœnitentiæ salubriter humiliet, and after per yudicium sacerdotis datæ reconciliationis sermo lætificet or reficiat. Who negligit damnum, etc. When/But_if hoc to litteram accipitur, etc., usque to or ipsam carnem morti tradit?

BRN A terrible word troubles the heart of a righteous man; but a good message rejoices him.

BrLXX Φοβερὸς λόγος καρδίαν ταράσσει ἀνδρὸς δικαίου, ἀγγελία δὲ ἀγαθὴ εὐφραίνει αὐτόν.
(Foberos logos kardian tarassei andros dikaiou, angelia de agathaʸ eufrainei auton. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

דְּאָגָ֣ה

anxiety

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of Concern, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: “That which is concerning”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

בְ⁠לֶב

in/on/at/with,heart

See how you translated the same use of heart in 2:2.

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / gendernotations

אִ֣ישׁ

(a)_man

Although man is masculine, here it refers to any person in general. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “a person”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

יַשְׁחֶ֑⁠נָּה

weighs_~_down,it

Here Solomon refers to Concern making a person depressed as if it were something that weighs down a person. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “causes the heart of a man to become sad”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

וְ⁠דָבָ֖ר ט֣וֹב

and,word good

Here Solomon uses the phrase good word to describe something kind that someone says by using words. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “but a kind word that someone speaks”

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