PRO 14:23 Parallel Verse View

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Key: khaki:verbs.
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BrLXX Ἐν παντὶ μεριμνῶντι ἔνεστι περισσόν, ὁ δὲ ἡδὺς καὶ ἀνάλγητος ἐν ἐνδείᾳ ἔσται.
(En panti merimnōnti enesti perisson, ho de haʸdus kai analgaʸtos en endeia estai. )

BrTr With every one who is careful there is abundance: but the pleasure-taking and indolent shall be in want.

UST Whenever people work hard, they will earn money,
⇔ but when people only talk, they will only remain poor.

BSB ⇔ There is profit in all labor,
⇔ but mere talk leads only to poverty.

OEB In all labour there is profit,
⇔ but mere talk tends only to penury.

WEBBE In all hard work there is profit,
⇔ but the talk of the lips leads only to poverty.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET In all hard work there is profit,
⇔ but merely talking about it only brings poverty.

LSV In all labor there is advantage,
And a thing of the lips [is] only to want.

FBV There's profit in hard work, but chatting just leads to poverty.

T4T ⇔ If you work hard, you will ◄accomplish something good/get a good income►,
⇔ but if all you do is to talk and not work, you will remain poor.

LEB • but the[fn] of lips leads only to poverty.

14:? Literally “word, matter, thing”

BBE In all hard work there is profit, but talk only makes a man poor.

Moff No Moff PRO book available

JPS In all labour there is profit; but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.

ASV In all labor there is profit;
⇔ But the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.

DRA In much work there shall be abundance: but where there are many words, there is oftentimes want.

YLT In all labour there is advantage, And a thing of the lips [is] only to want.

Drby In all labour there is profit; but the talk of the lips [tendeth] only to want.

RV In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.

Wbstr In all labor there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.

KJB-1769 In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.

KJB-1611 In all labour there is profit: but the talke of the lippes tendeth onely to penury.
(In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lippes tendeth only to penury.)

Bshps In euery labour there is some profite: but vayne wordes bryng foorth onely penurie.
(In every labour there is some profite: but vayne words bring forth only penurie.)

Gnva In all labour there is abundance: but the talke of the lippes bringeth onely want.
(In all labour there is abundance: but the talk of the lippes bringeth/brings only want. )

Cvdl Diliget labor bryngeth riches, but where many vayne wordes are, truly there is scarcenesse.
(Diliget labour bringeth/brings riches, but where many vayne words are, truly there is scarcenesse.)

Wycl abundaunce `schal be in ech good werk. Sotheli where ful many wordis ben, there nedynesse is ofte.
(abundance `schal be in each good work. Truly where full many words ben, there nedynesse is ofte.)

Luth Wo man arbeitet, da ist genug; wo man aber mit Worten umgeht, da ist Mangel.
(Where man works, there is enough; where man but with words umgeht, there is Mangel.)

ClVg In omni opere erit abundantia; ubi autem verba sunt plurima, ibi frequenter egestas.
(In all opere will_be abundantia; where however words are plurima, there frequenter egestas. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

עֶ֭צֶב & מוֹתָ֑ר & לְ⁠מַחְסֽוֹר

toil & profit & leads_~_to,poverty

See how you translated the abstract nouns “toils” in 5:10, profit in 3:14, and lack in 6:11.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

וּ⁠דְבַר־שְׂ֝פָתַ֗יִם

and,talk lips

Here Solomon implies that this refers to the words of lips without any toil. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “but the word of lips without toil” or “but the word of lips by itself”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

וּ⁠דְבַר־שְׂ֝פָתַ֗יִם

and,talk lips

Here Solomon is using the possessive form to describe the word that is spoken with lips. If your language would not use the possessive form for this, you could use a different expression. Alternate translation: “but the word spoken by lips”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

וּ⁠דְבַר

and,talk

See how you translated the similar use of word in 12:25.

Note 5 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

אַךְ־לְ⁠מַחְסֽוֹר

only leads_~_to,poverty

Here, is only indicates that lack is the result of the preceding phrase. Use the most natural way in your language to indicate result. Alternate translation: “results only in lack”

Parallel PRO 14:23