PRO 16:1 Parallel Verse View

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Key: green:YHWH.
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ULT The arrangements of the heart are a man’s,
⇔ but the answer of the tongue is from Yahweh.

UST People plan what they want to say,
⇔ but Yahweh determines how they will reply.

BSB ⇔ The plans of the heart belong to man,
⇔ but the reply of the tongue is from the LORD.

OEB Man may order his thoughts,
⇔ but the word on his tongue is from God.

WEBBE The plans of the heart belong to man,
⇔ but the answer of the tongue is from the LORD.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET The intentions of the heart belong to a man,
⇔ but the answer of the tongue comes from the Lord.

LSV Arrangements of the heart [are] of man,
An answer of the tongue from YHWH.

FBV Human beings may make plans in their minds, but the final decision is the Lord's.

T4T People plan what they want to do,
⇔ but Yahweh is the one who decides [MTY] what really will happen.

LEB No LEB PRO 16:1 verse available

BBE The designs of the heart are man's, but the answer of the tongue comes from the Lord.

Moff No Moff PRO book available

JPS The preparations of the heart are man's, but the answer of the tongue is from the LORD.

ASV The plans of the heart belong to man;
⇔ But the answer of the tongue is from Jehovah.

DRA It is the part of man to prepare the soul: and of the Lord to govern the tongue.

YLT Of man [are] arrangements of the heart, And from Jehovah an answer of the tongue.

Drby The purposes of the heart are of man, but the answer of the tongue is from Jehovah.

RV The preparations of the heart belong to man: but the answer of the tongue is from the LORD.

Wbstr The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, are from the LORD.

KJB-1769 The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the LORD.[fn]

16.1 preparations: or, disposings

KJB-1611 ¶ [fn][fn]The preparations of the heart in man, and the answere of the tongue, is from the LORD.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)

16:1 Vers.9. and chap. 19.21. and 20.24. ier. 10.23.

16:1 Or. disposings.

Bshps A man may wel purpose a thyng in his heart: but the aunswere of the tongue commeth of the Lorde.
(A man may well purpose a thing in his heart: but the answer of the tongue cometh/comes of the Lord.)

Gnva The preparations of the heart are in man: but the answere of the tongue is of the Lord.
(The preparations of the heart are in man: but the answer of the tongue is of the Lord. )

Cvdl A man maye well purpose a thinge in his harte, but ye answere of ye tonge cometh of ye LORDE.
(A man may well purpose a thing in his harte, but ye/you_all answer of ye/you_all tongue cometh/comes of ye/you_all LORD.)

Wycl It perteyneth to man to make redi the soule; and it perteyneth to the Lord to gouerne the tunge.
(It pertaineth/pertains to man to make ready the soule; and it pertaineth/pertains to the Lord to govern the tongue.)

Luth Der Mensch setzt ihm wohl vor im Herzen; aber vom HErr’s kommt, was die Zunge reden soll.
(The person setzt him probably before/in_front_of in_the hearts; but from_the LORD’s kommt, what/which the Zunge reden soll.)

ClVg [Hominis est animam præparare, et Domini gubernare linguam.[fn]
([Hominis it_is animam præparare, and Master gubernare linguam. )

16.1 Hominis est animum præparare. Quomodo ergo hominis est animum præparare, et Dei gubernare linguam? sed persecutionis tempus significat, de quo dicitur, Nolite cogitare quomodo, aut quod loquamini: datur enim in illa hora, quid loquamini Matth. 10..

16.1 Hominis it_is animum præparare. Quomodo therefore of_man it_is animum præparare, and of_God gubernare linguam? but persecutionis tempus significat, about quo it_is_said, Don't cogitare quomodo, aut that loquamini: datur because in that hora, quid loquamini Matth. 10..

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun

לְ⁠אָדָ֥ם מַֽעַרְכֵי־לֵ֑ב וּ֝⁠מֵ⁠יְהוָ֗ה מַעֲנֵ֥ה לָשֽׁוֹן

to/for=ʼĀdām/humankind plans heart and,from,LORD answer tongue

Here, the heart, a man's, the answer, and the tongue refer to these things and people in general, not a specific thing or person. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use more natural expressions. Alternate translation: “The arrangements of the hearts are those people’s, but the answers of the tongues are from Yahweh”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

מַֽעַרְכֵי־לֵ֑ב & מַעֲנֵ֥ה לָשֽׁוֹן

plans heart & answer tongue

If your language does not use abstract nouns for the ideas of arrangements and answer, you could express the same ideas in other ways. See how you translated answer in 15:1. Alternate translation: “Things that the heart arranges … what the tongue answers”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

מַֽעַרְכֵי־לֵ֑ב

plans heart

The arrangements of the heart here could mean: (1) arrangements about what to say, which is suggested by the phrase the answer of the tongue in the next clause. Alternate translation: “The arrangements of the heart regarding what to say” (2) human arrangements in general. Alternate translation: “The arrangements of the heart about something”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

לֵ֑ב

heart

See how you translated the same use of heart in 2:2.

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

לְ⁠אָדָ֥ם

to/for=ʼĀdām/humankind

Here Solomon is using the possessive form to describe arrangements that are determined by the person who makes them. If your language would not use the possessive form for this, you could use a different expression. Alternate translation: “are determined by a man” or “are determined by those who make them”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

מַעֲנֵ֥ה לָשֽׁוֹן

answer tongue

Here, the answer of the tongue refers to the answer that someone speaks by using the tongue. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. See how you translated the same use of tongue in 6:17. Alternate translation: “what one says in reply” or “the spoken answer”

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

מַעֲנֵ֥ה לָשֽׁוֹן

answer tongue

Here, the answer of the tongue could refer to: (1) an answer related to the arrangements in the previous clause. Alternate translation: “the answer of the tongue about those arrangements” (2) an answer in general. Alternate translation: “any answer of the tongue”

Note 8 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

וּ֝⁠מֵ⁠יְהוָ֗ה

and,from,LORD

Here, the phrase is from Yahweh indicates that Yahweh is who determines the answer of the tongue. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “is determined by Yahweh”

Parallel PRO 16:1