PRO 15:29 Parallel Verse View

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Key: khaki:verbs, green:YHWH.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

BrLXX Μακρὰν ἀπέχει ὁ Θεὸς ἀπὸ ἀσεβῶν, εὐχαῖς δὲ δικαίων ἐπακούει·
(Makran apeⱪei ho Theos apo asebōn, euⱪais de dikaiōn epakouei; )

BrTr God is far from the ungodly; but he hearkens to the prayers of the righteous.

ULT Yahweh is far from the wicked ones,
⇔ but the prayer of the righteous ones he hears.

UST Yahweh does not listen to wicked people,
⇔ but he listens to what righteous people pray.

BSB ⇔ The LORD is far from the wicked,
⇔ but He hears the prayer of the righteous.

OEB The Lord is far from the wicked,
⇔ but the prayer of the righteous he hears.

WEBBE The LORD is far from the wicked,
⇔ but he hears the prayer of the righteous.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET The Lord is far from the wicked,
⇔ but he hears the prayer of the righteous.

LSV YHWH [is] far from the wicked,
And He hears the prayer of the righteous.

FBV The Lord keeps his distance from the wicked, but he hears the prayers of the good.

T4T ⇔ Yahweh does not listen [MTY] to what wicked people request him to do;
⇔ he listens to righteous people when they pray.

LEB • but the prayers of the righteous he will hear.

BBE The Lord is far from sinners, but his ear is open to the prayer of the upright.

Moff No Moff PRO book available

JPS The LORD is far from the wicked; but He heareth the prayer of the righteous.

ASV Jehovah is far from the wicked;
⇔ But he heareth the prayer of the righteous.

DRA The Lord is far from the wicked: and he will hear the prayers of the just.

YLT Far [is] Jehovah from the wicked, And the prayer of the righteous He heareth.

Drby Jehovah is far from the wicked; but he heareth the prayer of the righteous.

RV The LORD is far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the righteous.

Wbstr The LORD is far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the righteous.

KJB-1769 The LORD is far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the righteous.
(The LORD is far from the wicked: but he hears the prayer of the righteous. )

KJB-1611 [fn]The LORD is farre from the wicked: but hee heareth the prayer of the righteous.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above apart from footnotes)

15:29 Psal. 34. 16. and 145. 18.

Bshps The Lorde is farre from the vngodly: but he heareth the prayer of the ryghteous.
(The Lord is far from the ungodly: but he hears the prayer of the righteous.)

Gnva The Lord is farre off from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the righteous.
(The Lord is far off from the wicked: but he hears the prayer of the righteous. )

Cvdl The LORDE is farre from the vngodly, but he heareth ye prayer of the rightuous.
(The LORD is far from the ungodly, but he hears ye/you_all prayer of the rightuous.)

Wycl The Lord is fer fro wickid men; and he schal here the preyers of iust men.
(The Lord is far from wicked men; and he shall here the preyers of just men.)

Luth Der HErr ist ferne von den GOttlosen; aber der Gerechten Gebet erhöret er.
(The LORD is ferne from the Godlosen; but the/of_the righteous_ones Gebet erhöret er.)

ClVg Longe est Dominus ab impiis, et orationes justorum exaudiet.
(Longe it_is Master away impiis, and orationes justorum exaudiet. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

רָח֣וֹק יְ֭הוָה מֵ⁠רְשָׁעִ֑ים

far YHWH from,wicked

Here Solomon speaks of Yahweh not listening to the wicked ones as if he were physically far away from them. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “Yahweh does not heed wicked people”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun

וּ⁠תְפִלַּ֖ת

and,prayer

The word prayer represents prayers in general, not one particular prayer. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a more natural expression. Alternate translation: “but the prayers of”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

וּ⁠תְפִלַּ֖ת

and,prayer

See how you translated the abstract noun prayer in 15:8.

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

יִשְׁמָֽע

hears

Here, hears implies that Yahweh hears and responds to what he hears. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “he hears, and he responds to that prayer”

Parallel PRO 15:29