PRO 16:24 Parallel Verse View

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BrLXX Κηρία μέλιτος λόγοι καλοί, γλύκασμα δὲ αὐτοῦ ἴασις ψυχῆς.
(Kaʸria melitos logoi kaloi, glukasma de autou iasis psuⱪaʸs. )

BrTr Good words are honeycombs, and the sweetness thereof is a healing of the soul.

ULT A dripping of honey are words of pleasantness,
⇔ sweet to the soul and healing to the bone.

UST The pleasing things that people say are like a honeycomb:
⇔ they cause people to feel pleasant and healthy.

BSB ⇔ Pleasant words are a honeycomb,
⇔ sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.

OEB Winsome words are a honeycomb,
⇔ sweet to the soul and healing to the body.

WEBBE Pleasant words are a honeycomb,
⇔ sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Pleasant words are like a honeycomb,
⇔ sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.

LSV Sayings of pleasantness [are] a honeycomb,
Sweet to the soul, and healing to the bone.

FBV Kind words are like a honeycomb—they taste sweet and are healthy for the body.

T4T ⇔ Kind words are like honey [SIM]:
⇔ We enjoy them both, and both cause our bodies to be healthy/strong.

LEB • are a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and healing to the bones.

BBE Pleasing words are like honey, sweet to the soul and new life to the bones.

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JPS Pleasant words are as a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

ASV Pleasant words are as a honeycomb,
⇔ Sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

DRA Well ordered words are as a honeycomb: sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

YLT Sayings of pleasantness [are] a honeycomb, Sweet to the soul, and healing to the bone.

Drby Pleasant words are [as] a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health for the bones.

RV Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

Wbstr Pleasant words are as a honey-comb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

KJB-1769 Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

KJB-1611 Pleasant words are as an honycombe, sweete to the soule, and health to the bones.
(Pleasant words are as an honeycombe, sweete to the soul, and health to the bones.)

Bshps Fayre wordes are an hony combe, a refresshyng of the mynde, and health of the bones.
(Fayre words are an honeycomb, a refresshyng of the mind, and health of the bones.)

Gnva Faire wordes are as an hony combe, sweetenesse to the soule, and health to the bones.
(Faire words are as an honeycomb, sweetenesse to the soul, and health to the bones. )

Cvdl Fayre wordes are an hony combe, a refreshinge of ye mynde, & health of ye bones.
(Fayre words are an honeycomb, a refreshinge of ye/you_all mind, and health of ye/you_all bones.)

Wycl Wordis wel set togidere is a coomb of hony; helthe of boonys is the swetnesse of soule.
(Wordis well set together is a coomb of honey; health of boonys is the swetnesse of soul.)

Luth Die Reden des Freundlichen sind Honigseim, trösten die SeeLE und erfrischen die Gebeine.
(The Reden the Freundlichen are Honigseim, trösten the SeeLE and erfrischen the Gebeine.)

ClVg Favus mellis composita verba; dulcedo animæ sanitas ossium.[fn]
(Favus mellis composita verba; dulcedo animæ sanitas ossium. )

16.24 Favus mellis composita verba, etc. Multi per eloquentiam, etc., usque ad quæ ex interna animæ dulcedine procedunt.

16.24 Favus mellis composita verba, etc. Multi through eloquentiam, etc., until to which from interna animæ dulcedine procedunt.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

צוּף־דְּ֭בַשׁ

Tsuf honey

Here Solomon is speaking of words of pleasantness* as if they were A dripping of honey. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “extremely pleasing” or “pleasing like a honeycomb”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / possession
אִמְרֵי־נֹ֑עַם

words pleasant

Here Solomon is using the possessive form to describe words that are characterized by pleasantness. If your language would not use the possessive form for this, you could use a different expression. See how you translated words of pleasantness in 15:26. Alternate translation: “pleasant words”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis
מָת֥וֹק לַ֝⁠נֶּפֶשׁ וּ⁠מַרְפֵּ֥א לָ⁠עָֽצֶם

sweet to_the,soul and,healing to_the,bones

Solomon is leaving out some of the words that in many languages a clause would need in order to be complete. You could supply these words from the context if it would be clearer in your language. Alternate translation: “words that are sweet to the soul and healing to the bone”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche
מָת֥וֹק לַ֝⁠נֶּפֶשׁ

sweet to_the,soul

Here, soul refers to the whole person. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “pleasing to a person”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche
וּ⁠מַרְפֵּ֥א לָ⁠עָֽצֶם

and,healing to_the,bones

Here, bone refers to a person’s whole body. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. See how you translated a similar use of bone in 15:30. Alternate translation: “healing to the body”

Parallel PRO 16:24