PRO 17:2 Parallel Verse View

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Key: khaki:verbs.
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BrLXX Οἰκέτης νοήμων κρατήσει δεσποτῶν ἀφρόνων, ἐν δὲ ἀδελφοῖς διελεῖται μέρη.
(Oiketaʸs noaʸmōn krataʸsei despotōn afronōn, en de adelfois dieleitai meraʸ. )

BrTr A wise servant shall have rule over foolish masters, and shall divide portions among brethren.

ULT A servant who has insight will rule over a son who acts shamefully
⇔ and in the midst of brothers he will share an inheritance.

UST An insightful slave will rule over his master’s disgraceful son.
⇔ People will consider that slave to be one of his master’s sons,
⇔ and he will inherit some of what his master’s sons inherit.

BSB ⇔ A wise servant will rule over a disgraceful son
⇔ and share his inheritance as one of the brothers.

OEB A wise slave becomes lord of a profligate son;
⇔ he will share the estate with the brothers.

WEBBE A servant who deals wisely will rule over a son who causes shame,
⇔ and shall have a part in the inheritance amongst the brothers.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET A servant who acts wisely will rule
⇔ over an heir who behaves shamefully,
⇔ and will share the inheritance along with the relatives.

LSV A wise servant rules over a son causing shame,
And he apportions an inheritance in the midst of brothers.

FBV A servant who acts wisely will be put in charge of a disgraced son, and will share the family inheritance with the brothers.

T4T ⇔ A slave who acts wisely will some day be the boss of his master’s disgraceful son
⇔ and when his master dies, the slave will receive part of his master’s possessions.

LEB • and in the midst of brothers he will share his inheritance.

BBE A servant who does wisely will have rule over a son causing shame, and will have his part in the heritage among brothers.

Moff No Moff PRO book available

JPS A servant that dealeth wisely shall have rule over a son that dealeth shamefully, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.

ASV A servant that dealeth wisely shall have rule over a son that causeth shame,
⇔ And shall have part in the inheritance among the brethren.

DRA A wise servant shall rule over foolish sons, and shall divide the inheritance among the brethren.

YLT A wise servant ruleth over a son causing shame, And in the midst of brethren He apportioneth an inheritance.

Drby A wise servant shall rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part in the inheritance among the brethren.

RV A servant that dealeth wisely shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part in the inheritance among the brethren.

Wbstr A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.

KJB-1769 A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.
(A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren/brothers. )

KJB-1611 A wise seruant shall haue rule ouer a son that causeth shame: and shall haue part of the inheritance among the brethren.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps A discrete seruaunt shall haue rule ouer a lewde sonne, and shal haue heritage with the brethren.
(A discrete servant shall have rule over a lewde son, and shall have heritage with the brethren/brothers.)

Gnva A discrete seruant shall haue rule ouer a lewde sonne, and hee shall deuide the heritage among the brethren.
(A discrete servant shall have rule over a lewde son, and he shall deuide the heritage among the brethren/brothers. )

Cvdl A discrete seruaut shal haue more rule then the sonnes yt haue no wysdome, and shal haue like heretage wt the brethren.
(A discrete servant shall have more rule then the sons it have no wisdom, and shall have like heretage with the brethren/brothers.)

Wycl A wijs seruaunt schal be lord of fonned sones; and he schal departe eritage among britheren.
(A wijs servant shall be lord of fonned sons; and he shall depart heritage among brethren/brothers.)

Luth Ein kluger Knecht wird herrschen über unfleißige Erben und wird unter den Brüdern das Erbe austeilen.
(A kluger Knecht becomes herrschen above unfleißige Erben and becomes under the brothersn the heritage austeilen.)

ClVg Servus sapiens dominabitur filiis stultis, et inter fratres hæreditatem dividet.
(Servus sapiens dominabitur childrens stultis, and between brothers inheritance dividet. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun

עֶֽבֶד & בְּ⁠בֵ֣ן & יַחֲלֹ֥ק

servant & in/on/at/with,son & share

A servant, a son, and he refer to types of people in general, not to a specific servant or son. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use more natural expressions. Alternate translation: “Any servant … any son … that person will share”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

מַשְׂכִּ֗יל

deals_wisely

See how you translated the abstract nouns insight in 1:3.

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

בְּ⁠בֵ֣ן & אַ֝חִ֗ים

in/on/at/with,son & brothers

Here Solomon implies that a son and brothers refer to the children of the master who owns the servant. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “his master’s son … the brothers of his master’s son”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

וּ⁠בְ⁠ת֥וֹךְ אַ֝חִ֗ים

and,in/on/at/with,midst brothers

Here Solomon refers to the servant having equal status with these brothers as if he were in the midst of them. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “and as an equal of the son’s brothers”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

נַחֲלָֽה

inheritance

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of inheritance, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: “what people inherit”

Parallel PRO 17:2