PRO 14:22 Parallel Verse View

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ULT Do not devisers of evil go astray?
 ⇔ But covenant faithfulness and trustworthiness are for devisers of good.

UST People who plan to act evilly certainly act deceptively,
⇔ but people are faithful and trustworthy to people who plan to do what is good.

BSB  ⇔ Do not those who contrive evil go astray?
⇔ But those who plan goodness find [fn] loving devotion and faithfulness.

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OEB Surely those that plan evil will stray to destruction,
⇔ but those that plan good meet with kindness and faithfulness.

WEB Don’t they go astray who plot evil?
⇔ But love and faithfulness belong to those who plan good.

NET Do not those who devise evil go astray?
 ⇔ But those who plan good exhibit faithful covenant love.

LSV Do they who are devising evil not err? And kindness and truth [are] to those devising good,

FBV Aren't people who plan to do evil wrong? But those who plan to do good have trustworthy love and faithfulness.

T4T  ⇔ Those who plan to do things that are evil/wrong are walking on the wrong road;
⇔ people faithfully love, respect and are loyal to those who plan to do what is good.

LEB • But loyalty and faithfulness belong to those who plan good.

BBE Will not the designers of evil come into error? But mercy and good faith are for the designers of good.

MOF No MOF PRO book available

JPS Shall they not go astray that devise evil? But mercy and truth shall be for them that devise good.

ASV Do they not err that devise evil?
 ⇔ But mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good.

DRA They err that work evil: but mercy and truth prepare good things.

YLT Do not they err who are devising evil? And kindness and truth [are] to those devising good,

DBY Do they not err that devise evil? but loving-kindness and truth are for those that devise good.

RV Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good.

WBS Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good.

KJB Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good.
(Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good. )

BB Without doubt they erre that worke wickednesse: but they that muse vpon good thynges, vnto such shall happen mercie and trueth.
(Without doubt they erre that work wickedness: but they that muse upon good things, unto such shall happen mercie and truth.)

GNV Doe not they erre that imagine euill? but to them that thinke on good things, shalbe mercie and trueth.
(Doe not they erre that imagine evil? but to them that thinke on good things, shall be mercie and truth. )

CB They that ymagin wickednes, shalbe disapoynted: but they that muse vpo good thinges, vnto soch shal happen mercy and faithfulnesse.
(They that ymagin wickednes, shall be disappointd: but they that muse upo good things, unto such shall happen mercy and faithfulnesse.)

WYC thei erren that worchen yuel. Merci and treuthe maken redi goodis;
(thei erren that worchen yuel. Merci and truth maken ready goods;)

LUT Die mit bösen Ränken umgehen, werden fehlen; die aber Gutes denken, denen wird Treue und Güte widerfahren.
(The with evil Ränken umgehen, become fehlen; the but Gutes denken, denen becomes Treue and Güte widerfahren.)

CLV Errant qui operantur malum; misericordia et veritas præparant bona.
(Errant who operantur malum; misericordia and veritas præparant bona. )

BRN They that go astray devise evils: but the good devise mercy and truth. The framers of evil do not understand mercy and truth: but compassion and faithfulness are with the framers of good.

BrLXX Πλανώμενοι τεκταίνουσι κακά, ἔλεον δὲ καὶ ἀλήθειαν τεκταίνουσιν ἀγαθοί· οὐκ ἐπίστανται ἔλεον καὶ πίστιν τέκτονες κακῶν, ἐλεημοσύναι δὲ καὶ πίστεις παρὰ τέκτοσιν ἀγαθοῖς.
(Planōmenoi tektainousi kaka, eleon de kai alaʸtheian tektainousin agathoi; ouk epistantai eleon kai pistin tektones kakōn, eleaʸmosunai de kai pisteis para tektosin agathois. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

הֲֽ⁠לוֹא־יִ֭תְעוּ חֹ֣רְשֵׁי רָ֑ע

am=not go_astray plan evil

Solomon is using the question form to emphasize what he is saying. If you would not use the question form for this purpose in your language, you could translate this as a statement or an exclamation. Alternate translation: “Devisers of evil certainly go astray!”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

רָ֑ע וְ⁠חֶ֥סֶד וֶ֝⁠אֱמֶ֗ת & טֽוֹב

evil and,loyalty and,faithfulness & good

See how you translated the abstract nouns evil in 1:16, covenant faithfulness and trustworthiness in 3:3, and good in 11:27.

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

הֲֽ⁠לוֹא־יִ֭תְעוּ

am=not go_astray

Here Solomon uses the phrase go astray to refer to being deceptive. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “Are not … deceptive”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

חֹ֣רְשֵׁי טֽוֹב

plan plan good

Here, are for indicates that devisers of good are those who will benefit from receiving the covenant faithfulness and trustworthiness of others. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “benefit devisers of good”

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