PRO 16:2 Parallel Verse View

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Key: khaki:verbs, green:YHWH.
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BrLXX Πάντα τὰ ἔργα τοῦ ταπεινοῦ φανερὰ παρὰ τῷ Θεῷ, οἱ δὲ ἀσεβεῖς ἐν ἡμέρᾳ κακῇ ὀλοῦνται.
(Panta ta erga tou tapeinou fanera para tōi Theōi, hoi de asebeis en haʸmera kakaʸ olountai. )

BrTr All the works of the humble man are manifest with God; but the ungodly shall perish in an evil day.

ULT All the ways of a man are pure in his eyes,
⇔ but Yahweh examines spirits.

UST People think that everything they do is right,
⇔ but Yahweh rightly evaluates what they think.

BSB ⇔ All a man’s ways are pure in his own eyes,
⇔ but his motives are weighed out by the LORD.

OEB A man’s life may seem thoroughly pure to himself,
⇔ but the Lord weighs the spirit.

WEBBE All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes,
⇔ but the LORD weighs the motives.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET All a person’s ways seem right in his own opinion,
⇔ but the Lord evaluates the motives.

LSV All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes,
And YHWH is pondering the spirits.

FBV People think that whatever they do is fine, but the Lord looks at their intentions.

T4T ⇔ People may think that their actions are right,
⇔ but Yahweh really knows why people do what they do.

LEB • are pure in his own eyes, but Yahweh weighs the spirit.[fn]

16:? Or “breath”

BBE All a man's ways are clean to himself; but the Lord puts men's spirits into his scales.

Moff No Moff PRO book available

JPS All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weigheth the spirits.

ASV All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes;
⇔ But Jehovah weigheth the spirits.

DRA All the ways of a man are open to his eyes: the Lord is the weigher of spirits.

YLT All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes, And Jehovah is pondering the spirits.

Drby All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but Jehovah weigheth the spirits.

RV All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes: but the LORD weigheth the spirits.

Wbstr All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weigheth the spirits.

KJB-1769 All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weigheth the spirits.

KJB-1611 [fn]All the wayes of a man are cleane in his owne eyes: but the LORD weigheth the spirits.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)

16:2 Cha.21.2.

Bshps A man thynketh all his wayes to be cleane: but it is the Lorde that iudgeth the myndes.
(A man thinkth all his ways to be cleane: but it is the Lord that judgeth the minds.)

Gnva All the wayes of a man are cleane in his owne eyes: but the Lord pondereth the spirits.
(All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes: but the Lord pondereth the spirits. )

Cvdl A ma thinketh all his waies to be clene, but it is ye LORDE yt fashioneth ye myndes.
(A man thinketh all his waies to be clene, but it is ye/you_all LORD it fashioneth ye/you_all minds.)

Wycl Alle the weies of men ben opyn to the iyen of God; the Lord is a weiere of spiritis.
(All the ways of men been opyn to the eyes of God; the Lord is a weiere of spirits.)

Luth Einen jeglichen dünken seine Wege rein sein; aber allein der HErr macht das Herz gewiß.
(Einen jeglichen dünken his ways rein sein; but alone the/of_the LORD macht the heart gewiß.)

ClVg Omnes viæ hominis patent oculis ejus; spirituum ponderator est Dominus.[fn]
(All_of_them viæ of_man patent oculis his; spirituum ponderator it_is Master. )

16.2 Omnes viæ. Ita actiones omnium bonorum, scilicet, et malorum quid in occulto cogitent, certa lance discernit, unde subdit.

16.2 All_of_them viæ. Ita actiones omnium bonorum, scilicet, and malorum quid in occulto cogitent, certa lance discernit, whence subdit.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

דַּרְכֵי

ways

See how you translated the same use of ways in 3:6.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / gendernotations

אִ֭ישׁ & בְּ⁠עֵינָ֑י⁠ו

(a)_man & in/on/at/with,eyes,him

Although the terms man and his are masculine, Solomon is using these words in a generic sense that includes both men and women. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a phrase that makes this clear. Alternate translation: “any person … in that person’s eyes”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

בְּ⁠עֵינָ֑י⁠ו

in/on/at/with,eyes,him

See how you translated the same use of eyes in 3:4.

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

וְ⁠תֹכֵ֖ן & יְהוָֽה

and,weighs & YHWH

Here, examines refers to judging or evaluating. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “but Yahweh judges”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

רוּח֣וֹת

motives

Here, spirits refers to the thoughts and motives of people. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “people’s thoughts”

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