PRO 15:1 Parallel View

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ULT A gentle answer turns back heat,
 ⇔ but a word of pain lifts up a nose.

UST Replying gently to angry people will calm them,
 ⇔ but speaking harshly will make them angrier.

BSB  ⇔ A gentle answer turns away wrath,
⇔ but a harsh word stirs up anger.

OEB A soft answer turns away wrath,
⇔ but provocative speech stirs up anger.

WEB A gentle answer turns away wrath,
⇔ but a harsh word stirs up anger.

NET A gentle response turns away anger,
 ⇔ but a harsh word stirs up wrath.

LSV A soft answer turns back fury,
And a grievous word raises up anger.

FBV A kind reply wards off anger, but hurtful words make people mad.

T4T When people are angry with you, reply to them gently, and it will calm them;
⇔ but if you reply harshly to them, it causes them to become more angry.

LEB No LEB PRO 15:1 verse available

BBE By a soft answer wrath is turned away, but a bitter word is a cause of angry feelings.

MOF No MOF PRO book available

JPS A soft answer turneth away wrath; but a grievous word stirreth up anger.

ASV A soft answer turneth away wrath;
 ⇔ But a grievous word stirreth up anger.

DRA A mild answer breaketh wrath: but a harsh word stirreth up fury.

YLT A soft answer turneth back fury, And a grievous word raiseth up anger.

DBY A soft answer turneth away fury; but a grievous word stirreth up anger.

RV A SOFT answer turneth away wrath: but a grievous word stirreth up anger.

WBS A SOFT answer turneth away wrath: but a grievous word stirreth up anger.

KJB A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.

BB A soft aunswere appeaseth wrath: but rough wordes stirre vp anger.
(A soft answer appeaseth wrath: but rough words stirre up anger.)

GNV A soft answere putteth away wrath: but grieuous wordes stirre vp anger.
(A soft answer putteth/puts away wrath: but grievous words stirre up anger.)

CB A softe aswere putteth downe displeasure, but frowarde wordes prouoke vnto anger.
(A softe aswere putteth/puts down displeasure, but frowarde words prouoke unto anger.)

WYC A soft answere brekith ire; an hard word reisith woodnesse.
(A soft answer brekith ire; an hard word reisith woodnesse.)

LUT Eine linde Antwort stillet den Zorn; aber ein hart Wort richtet Grimm an.
(Eine linde answer stillet the Zorn; but a hart Wort richtet Grimm an.)

CLV [Responsio mollis frangit iram; sermo durus suscitat furorem.

BRN Anger slays even wise men; yet a submissive answer turns away wrath: but a grievous word stirs up anger.

BrLXX Ὀργὴ ἀπόλλυσι καὶ φρονίμους, ἀπόκρισις δὲ ὑποπίπτουσα ἀποστρέφει θυμὸν, λόγος δὲ λυπηρὸς ἐγείρει ὀργάς.
(Orgaʸ apollusi kai fronimous, apokrisis de hupopiptousa apostrefei thumon, logos de lupaʸros egeirei orgas.)

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

מַֽעֲנֶה־רַּ֭ךְ יָשִׁ֣יב חֵמָ֑ה וּ⁠דְבַר־עֶ֝֗צֶב יַעֲלֶה־אָֽף

answer gentle turns_away severe_anger and,word harsh it_will_ascend anger

In this verse, Solomon implies that the gentle answer and word of pain are spoken to an angry person. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “A gentle answer spoken to an angry person turns back that person’s heat, but a word of pain spoken to an angry person lifts up that person’s nose”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun

מַֽעֲנֶה־רַּ֭ךְ & וּ⁠דְבַר־עֶ֝֗צֶב

answer gentle & and,word harsh

A gentle answer and a word of pain refer to types of things people say, not to a specific answer or word. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use more natural expressions. Alternate translation: “Any gentle answer … but any word of pain”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

יָשִׁ֣יב חֵמָ֑ה

turns_away severe_anger

The phrase is an idiom that refers to decreasing a person’s anger as if that anger were heat that someone turns back. The word heat means “anger” by association with the way that an angry person’s body increases in heat. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “decreases anger” or “causes an angry person to become calm”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

וּ⁠דְבַר־עֶ֝֗צֶב

and,word harsh

The phrase a word of pain refers to something that is spoken harshly, as if what is spoken would cause pain to the listener. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “but what is spoken harshly” or "a hurtful word"

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

יַעֲלֶה־אָֽף

it_will_ascend anger

The phrase is an idiom that refers to increasing a person’s anger. The word nose means “anger” by association with the way that a person who is angry breathes heavily through his nose. Your language and culture may also associate anger with a particular part of the body. If so, you could use an expression involving that part of the body in your translation. You could also use plain language. Alternate translation: “increases anger” or “causes an angry person to become angrier”

Parallel PRO 15:1