PRO 12:26 Parallel Verse View

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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 Ἐπιγνώμων δίκαιος ἑαυτοῦ φίλος ἔσται, ἁμαρτάνοντας δὲ καταδιώξεται κακὰ, ἡ δὲ ὁδὸς τῶν ἀσεβῶν πλανήσει αὐτούς.
(Epignōmōn dikaios heautou filos estai, hamartanontas de katadiōxetai kaka, haʸ de hodos tōn asebōn planaʸsei autous. )

BrTr A just arbitrator shall be his own friend; but mischief shall pursue sinners; and the way of ungodly men shall lead them astray.

ULT A righteous one searches out from his neighbor,
⇔ but the way of the wicked ones will lead them astray.

UST Righteous people will guide the people they know,
⇔ but what wicked people do causes them to do what will destroy them.

BSB ⇔ A righteous man is cautious in friendship,
⇔ but the ways of the wicked lead them astray.

OEB The righteous departs from evil;
⇔ but the way of the wicked is error.

WEBBE A righteous person is cautious in friendship,
⇔ but the way of the wicked leads them astray.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET The righteous person is cautious in his friendship,
⇔ but the way of the wicked leads them astray.

LSV The righteous searches his companion,
And the way of the wicked causes them to err.

FBV Good people look out for their friends,[fn] but the way the wicked live leads them astray.

12:26 The Hebrew of this line is unclear.

T4T ⇔ Godly/Righteous people try to give good advice to their friends (OR, try to make friends with others),
⇔ but the manner in which wicked people live misleads their friends.

LEB • but the way of the wicked will lead them astray.

BBE The upright man is a guide to his neighbour, but the way of evil-doers is a cause of error to them.

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JPS The righteous is guided by his friend; but the way of the wicked leadeth them astray.

ASV The righteous is a guide to his neighbor;
⇔ But the way of the wicked causeth them to err.

DRA He that neglecteth a loss for the sake of a friend, is just: but the way of the wicked shall deceive them.

YLT The righteous searcheth his companion, And the way of the wicked causeth them to err.

Drby The righteous guideth his neighbour; but the way of the wicked misleadeth them.

RV The righteous is a guide to his neighbour: but the way of the wicked causeth them to err.

Wbstr The righteous is more excellent than his neighbor: but the way of the wicked seduceth them.

KJB-1769 The righteous is more excellent than his neighbour: but the way of the wicked seduceth them.[fn]

12.26 excellent: or, abundant

KJB-1611 [fn]The righteous is more excellent then his neighbour: but the way of the wicked seduceth them.

12:26 Or, abundant.

Bshps The ryghteous excelleth his neyghbour: but the way of the vngodly wyll deceaue them selues.
(The righteous excelleth his neighbour: but the way of the ungodly will deceaue themselves.)

Gnva The righteous is more excellent then his neighbour: but the way of the wicked will deceiue them.
(The righteous is more excellent then his neighbour: but the way of the wicked will deceive them. )

Cvdl The righteous is liberall vnto his neghboure, but the waye of the vngodly wil disceaue them selues.
(The righteous is liberall unto his neighbour, but the way of the ungodly will deceive themselves.)

Wycl He that dispisith harm for a frend, is a iust man; but the weie of wickid men schal disseyue hem.
(He that dispisith harm for a frend, is a just man; but the way of wicked men shall disseyue them.)

Luth Der Gerechte hat‘s besser denn sein Nächster; aber der GOttlosen Weg verführet sie.
(The Gerechte hat‘s better because his Nächster; but the/of_the Godlosen path verführet sie.)

ClVg Qui negligit damnum propter amicum, justus est; iter autem impiorum decipiet eos.
(Who negligit damnum propter amicum, justus est; iter however impiorum decipiet them. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun

צַדִּ֑יק

law-abiding/just

See how you translated this phrase in 9:9.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

יָתֵ֣ר מֵ⁠רֵעֵ֣⁠הוּ

guide to,neighbor,his

This could mean: (1) A righteous one guides his neighbor. Alternate translation: “guides his neighbor” (2) A righteous one carefully examines a person before choosing that person to be his neighbor. Alternate translation: “examines carefully whom he chooses to be his neighbor”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / gendernotations

מֵ⁠רֵעֵ֣⁠הוּ

to,neighbor,his

Although the term his is masculine, Solomon is using the word in a generic sense that includes both men and women. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a phrase that makes this clear. Alternate translation: “from that person’s neighbor”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

וְ⁠דֶ֖רֶךְ רְשָׁעִ֣ים

and,way wicked

See how you translated the way of the wicked ones in 4:19.

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / personification

תַּתְעֵֽ⁠ם

leads_~_astray,them

Here Solomon refers to wicked ones deliberately doing wicked things that will result in their destruction as if their behavior is a person who leads them astray. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. See how you translated a similar meaning for astray in 10:17. Alternate translation: “will cause them to do what will result in their destruction”

Parallel PRO 12:26