PRO 17:14 Parallel Verse View

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BrLXX Ἐξουσίαν δίδωσι λόγοις ἀρχὴ δικαιοσύνης, προηγεῖται δὲ τῆς ἐνδείας στάσις καὶ μάχη.
(Exousian didōsi logois arⱪaʸ dikaiosunaʸs, proaʸgeitai de taʸs endeias stasis kai maⱪaʸ. )

BrTr Rightful rule gives power to words; but sedition and strife precede poverty.

ULT The beginning of a quarrel is the releasing of water,
⇔ so leave the dispute before it breaks out.

UST When people start arguing with each other, it is as difficult to stop as it is to stop water that is leaking out of something,
⇔ so prevent yourself from arguing before you start to argue.

BSB ⇔ To start a quarrel is to release a flood;
⇔ so abandon the dispute before it breaks out.

OEB Strife may be started by idle words;
⇔ so give over contention before there is quarrelling.

WEBBE The beginning of strife is like breaching a dam,
⇔ therefore stop contention before quarrelling breaks out.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Starting a quarrel is like letting out water;
⇔ stop it before strife breaks out!

LSV The beginning of contention [is] a letting out of waters,
And leave the strife before it is meddled with.

FBV The beginning of a quarrel is like the first leak in a water dam, so drop it before a major argument bursts out.

T4T ⇔ Starting a quarrel is like allowing water to start to leak out of a dam;
⇔ they both need to be stopped before they get worse.

LEB • Like the release of water is the beginning of strife; before it breaks out, stop the quarrel.

BBE The start of fighting is like the letting out of water: so give up before it comes to blows.

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JPS The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water; therefore leave off contention, before the quarrel break out.

ASV The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water:
⇔ Therefore leave off contention, before there is quarrelling.

DRA The beginning of quarrels is as when one letteth out water: before he suffereth reproach he forsaketh judgment.

YLT The beginning of contention [is] a letting out of waters, And before it is meddled with leave the strife.

Drby The beginning of contention is [as] when one letteth out water; therefore leave off strife before it become vehement.

RV The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before there be quarrelling.

Wbstr The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore withdraw from contention, before it be meddled with.

KJB-1769 The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.

KJB-1611 The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therfore leaue off contention, before it be medled with.
(The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be medled with.)

Bshps The beginning of strife is, as when a man maketh an issue for water: therfore leaue of before the contention be medled with.
(The beginning of strife is, as when a man maketh an issue for water: therefore leave of before the contention be medled with.)

Gnva The beginning of strife is as one that openeth the waters: therefore or the contention be medled with, leaue off.
(The beginning of strife is as one that openeth/opens the waters: therefore or the contention be medled with, leave off. )

Cvdl He yt soweth discorde & strife, is like one yt dyggeth vp a water broke: but an open enemie is like the water yt breaketh out & reneth abrode.
(He it soweth discorde and strife, is like one it dyggeth up a water broke: but an open enemie is like the water it breaketh out and reneth abroad.)

Wycl He that leeueth watir, is heed of stryues; and bifor that he suffrith wrong, he forsakith dom.
(He that leeueth water, is heed of strives; and before that he suffereth/suffers wrong, he forsakith dom.)

Luth Wer Hader anfähet, ist gleich, als der dem Wasser den Damm aufreißt. Laß du vom Hader, ehe du drein gemenget wirst.
(Who Hader anfähet, is gleich, als the/of_the to_him water the Damm aufreißt. Let you from_the Hader, before you threen gemenget wirst.)

ClVg Qui dimittit aquam caput est jurgiorum, et antequam patiatur contumeliam judicium deserit.]
(Who dimittit waterm caput it_is yurgiorum, and before patiatur contumeliam yudicium deserit.] )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

מָד֑וֹן & הָ⁠רִ֥יב

strife & the,quarrel

See how you translated the abstract nouns quarrel and dispute in 15:18.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

פּ֣וֹטֵֽר מַ֭יִם

letting_out waters

Here Solomon speaks of the difficulty in stopping a quarrel after it starts as if the the beginning of a quarrel were water that began to leak from a container or dam. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly or use a simile. Alternate translation: “is difficult to stop” or “is as difficult to stop as water leaking from a container”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

הָ⁠רִ֥יב נְטֽוֹשׁ

the,quarrel stop

Here Solomon refers to stopping a dispute before it begins as if the dispute were a place that someone could leave. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “avoid the dispute” or “end the dispute”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

הִ֝תְגַּלַּ֗ע

breaks_out

Here Solomon refers to a quarrel starting as if it were water that suddenly breaks out of a container or dam. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “suddenly begins”

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