PRO 14:30 Parallel Verse View

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BrLXX Πρᾳΰθυμος ἀνὴρ καρδίας ἰατρὸς, σὴς δὲ ὀστέων καρδία αἰσθητική·
(Prauthumos anaʸr kardias iatros, saʸs de osteōn kardia aisthaʸtikaʸ; )

BrTr A meek-spirited man is a healer of the heart: but a sensitive heart is a corruption of the bones.

ULT A heart of healing is life to the body,
⇔ but envy is the decay of bones.

UST Feeling peaceful makes a person’s body healthy,
⇔ but envying others makes a person’s body unhealthy, like something that rots a person’s bones.

OEB A tranquil mind is the life of the body,
⇔ but passion rots the bones.

WEBBE The life of the body is a heart at peace,
⇔ but envy rots the bones.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET A tranquil spirit revives the body,
⇔ but envy is rottenness to the bones.

LSV A healed heart [is] life to the flesh,
And rottenness to the bones [is] envy.

FBV A peaceful mind makes your body healthy, but jealousy makes your bones rot.

T4T ⇔ Having a mind that is peaceful results in having a healthy body;
⇔ having a mind that is often in turmoil is like [MET] cancer in a person’s bones.

LEB • [fn] of tranquility[fn] is life to the flesh, but causes bones of passion to rot.

14:? Or “mind”

14:? Or “he who heals”

BBE A quiet mind is the life of the body, but envy is a disease in the bones.

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JPS A tranquil heart is the life of the flesh; but envy is the rottenness of the bones.

ASV A tranquil heart is the life of the flesh;
⇔ But envy is the rottenness of the bones.

DRA Soundness of heart is the life of the flesh: but envy is the rottenness of the bones.

YLT A healed heart [is] life to the flesh, And rottenness to the bones [is] envy.

Drby A sound heart is the life of the flesh; but envy the rottenness of the bones.

RV A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy is the rottenness of the bones.

Wbstr A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.

KJB-1769 A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.

KJB-1611 A sound heart, is the life of the flesh: but enuie, the rottennesse of the bones.

Bshps A mery heart is the lyfe of the body: but enuie consumeth away the bones.
(A merry heart is the life of the body: but enuie consumeth away the bones.)

Gnva A sounde heart is the life of the flesh: but enuie is the rotting of the bones.
(A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but enuie is the rotting of the bones. )

Cvdl A mery herte is the life of the body, but rancoure consumeth awaye the bones.
(A merry heart is the life of the body, but rancoure consumeth away the bones.)

Wycl Helthe of herte is the lijf of fleischis; enuye is rot of boonys.
(Helthe of heart is the life of fleshis; enuye is rot of boonys.)

Luth Ein gütiges Herz ist des Leibes Leben; aber Neid ist Eiter in Beinen.
(A gütiges heart is the Leibes Leben; but Neid is Eiter in Beinen.)

ClVg Vita carnium sanitas cordis; putredo ossium invidia.[fn]
(Vita carnium sanitas cordis; putredo ossium invidia. )

14.30 Vita carnium. Per carnem infirma, per ossa firma. Si mentis innocentia custoditur, etsi quæ foris infirma sunt, quandoque roborantur; unde subdit: Putredo ossium invidia, quia per livoris vitium ante oculos Dei pereunt ea quæ humanis oculis fortia videntur. Ossa enim per invidiam putrescere, est robusta quæque perire.

14.30 Vita carnium. Per carnem infirma, through ossa firma. When/But_if mentis innocentia custoditur, etsi which foris infirma are, quandoque roborantur; whence subdit: Putredo ossium invidia, because through livoris vitium before oculos of_God pereunt ea which humanis oculis fortia videntur. Ossa because through invidiam putrescere, it_is robusta quæque perire.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

לֵ֣ב מַרְפֵּ֑א

heart tranquil

Here Solomon is using the possessive form to describe a heart that is characterized by healing. If your language would not use the possessive form for this, you could use a different expression. Alternate translation: “A healed heart” or “A sound heart”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

לֵ֣ב

heart

Here Solomon uses heart to refer to a person’s inner being or mind. See how you translated the same use of heart in 2:2.

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun

בְ֭שָׂרִים לֵ֣ב

body heart

A heart of healing and the body refer to hearts and bodies in general, not to a specific heart and body. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use more natural expressions. Alternate translation: “Any heart of … any body”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

חַיֵּ֣י בְ֭שָׂרִים

life body

Here, life to the body refers to a something being healthy for a person’s body. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “is healthy for one’s body” or “causes one’s body to be healthy”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

וּ⁠רְקַ֖ב עֲצָמ֣וֹת קִנְאָֽה

and,rot bones passion

Here Solomon is saying that envy harms a person’s health like a disease that causes the decay of bones. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly or use a simile. Alternate translation: “but envy ruins a person’s health” or “but envy harms one’s health like disease decays one’s bones”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

קִנְאָֽה

passion

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of envy, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: “being envious”

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