PRO 12:28 Parallel Verse View

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BrLXX Ἐν ὁδοῖς δικαιοσύνης ζωὴ, ὁδοὶ δὲ μνησικάκων εἰς θάνατον.
(En hodois dikaiosunaʸs zōaʸ, hodoi de mnaʸsikakōn eis thanaton. )

BrTr In the ways of righteousness is life; but the ways of those that remember injuries lead to death.

ULT In the path of righteousness is life,
⇔ and the way of the beaten path is no death.

UST People who do what is righteous will live for a long time.
⇔ Indeed, people who do so will not die too soon.

BSB ⇔ There is life in the path of righteousness,
⇔ but another path leads to death.

OEB In the path of righteousness there is life,
⇔ but the way of wickedness leads to death.

WEBBE In the way of righteousness is life;
⇔ in its path there is no death.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET In the path of righteousness there is life,
⇔ but another path leads to death.

LSV In the path of righteousness [is] life,
And in the way of [that] path [is] no death!

FBV The path of right leads to life, it doesn't lead to death.

T4T ⇔ Those who ◄live righteously/continually do what is right► are walking on the road to a long life;
⇔ ◄it is not a road to death/they will not die when they are still young►.

LEB • and on the way of the path, may there be no death.

BBE In the road of righteousness is life, but the way of the evil-doer goes to death.

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JPS In the way of righteousness is life, and in the pathway thereof there is no death.

ASV In the way of righteousness is life;
⇔ And in the pathway thereof there is no death.

DRA In the path of justice is life: but the by-way leadeth to death.

YLT In the path of righteousness [is] life, And in the way of [that] path [is] no death!

Drby In the path of righteousness is life, and in the pathway thereof there is no death.

RV In the way of righteousness is life; and in the pathway thereof there is no death.

Wbstr In the way of righteousness is life; and in the path of it there is no death.

KJB-1769 In the way of righteousness is life; and in the pathway thereof there is no death.

KJB-1611 In the way of righteousnesse is life, and in the path-way thereof there is no death.

Bshps In the way of ryghteousnesse there is life: & in the same way there is no death.
(In the way of righteousnesse there is life: and in the same way there is no death.)

Gnva Life is in the way of righteousnesse, and in that path way there is no death.
(Life is in the way of righteousness, and in that path way there is no death. )

Cvdl In the waye of righteousnesse there is life, as for eny other waye, it is the path vnto death.
(In the way of righteousnesse there is life, as for any other way, it is the path unto death.)

Wyc Lijf is in the path of riytfulnesse; but the wrong weie leedith to deeth.
(Lijf is in the path of riytfulnesse; but the wrong way leedith to death.)

Luth Auf dem rechten Wege ist Leben, und auf dem gebahnten Pfad ist kein Tod.
(Auf to_him rechten Wege is Leben, and on to_him gebahnten Pfad is kein Tod.)

ClVg In semita justitiæ vita; iter autem devium ducit ad mortem.]
(In semita justitiæ vita; iter however devium ducit to mortem.] )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

בְּ⁠אֹֽרַח־צְדָקָ֥ה חַיִּ֑ים וְ⁠דֶ֖רֶךְ נְתִיבָ֣ה אַל־מָֽוֶת

in/on/at/with,path righteousness life(pl) and,way path not death

These two clauses mean basically the same thing. The second emphasizes the meaning of the first by repeating the same idea with different words. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could connect the phrases with a word other than and that shows that the second phrase is repeating the first one, not saying something additional. Alternate translation: “In the path of righteousness is life, yes, the way of the beaten path is not death”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

בְּ⁠אֹֽרַח־צְדָקָ֥ה

in/on/at/with,path righteousness

See how you translated the path of righteousness in 8:20.

Note 3 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

חַיִּ֑ים & אַל־מָֽוֶת

life(pl) & not death

In this verse, is indicates that what follows is the result of the preceding phrase. Use the most natural way in your language to indicate result. Alternate translation: “results in life … results in no death”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

חַיִּ֑ים

life(pl)

See how you translated the same use of life in 10:16.

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

וְ⁠דֶ֖רֶךְ נְתִיבָ֣ה

and,way path

Here Solomon uses the possessive form to indicate that the way is the beaten path. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “and the way that is the beaten path”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

וְ⁠דֶ֖רֶךְ נְתִיבָ֣ה

and,way path

Here, the way of the beaten path refers to the path of righteousness in the previous clause. Solomon refers to living righteously as if one were walking on a beaten path that is safe because it was made well. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “and living righteously”

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

אַל־מָֽוֶת

not death

Here, no death could refer to: (1) a person not dying earlier than expected, which is the opposite way of saying the same idea used for life in the previous clause. Alternate translation: “is not dying early” (2) a person having immortality. Alternate translation: “is immortality”

Parallel PRO 12:28