PRO 18:12 Parallel Verse View

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ULT Before the face of breaking the heart of a man is exalted,
 ⇔ but before the face of honor is humility.

UST If people think proudly, then something will destroy them;
⇔ people must be humble before other people respect them.

BSB  ⇔ Before his downfall a man’s heart is proud,
⇔ but humility comes before honor.

OEB Pride of heart goes before destruction,
⇔ and before honour goes humility.

WEB Before destruction the heart of man is proud,
⇔ but before honor is humility.

NET Before destruction the heart of a person is proud,
 ⇔ but humility comes before honor.

LSV The heart of man is high before destruction,
And humility [is] before honor.

FBV Pride leads to destruction; humility goes before honor.

T4T  ⇔ Proud people are on the road to being ruined,
⇔ but being humble leads to being honored.

LEB • [fn] of a man will be haughty, but in the presence of honor, humble.

?:? Or “mind”

BBE Before destruction the heart of man is full of pride, and before honour goes a gentle spirit.

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JPS Before destruction the heart of a man is haughty, and before honour goeth humility.

ASV Before destruction the heart of man is haughty;
 ⇔ And before honor goeth humility.

DRA Before destruction, the heart of a man is exalted: and before he be glorified, it is humbled.

YLT Before destruction the heart of man is high, And before honour [is] humility.

DBY Before destruction the heart of man is haughty; and before honour [goeth] humility.

RV Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour goeth humility.

WBS Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honor is humility.

KJB Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour is humility.
(Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour is humility. )

BB Before destruction the heart of a man is proude: and before honour goeth humilitie.
(Before destruction the heart of a man is proud: and before honour goeth/goes humilitie.)

GNV Before destruction the heart of a man is hautie, and before glory goeth lowlines.
(Before destruction the heart of a man is hautie, and before glory goeth/goes lowlines. )

CB After pryde cometh destruccio, and honor after lowlynes.
(After pryde cometh/comes destruccio, and honor after lowlynes.)

WYC The herte of man is enhaunsid, bifor that it be brokun; and it is maad meke, bifore that it be glorified.
(The heart of man is enhaunsid, before that it be brokun; and it is made meke, before that it be glorified.)

LUT Wenn einer zugrund gehen soll, wird sein Herz zuvor stolz; und ehe man zu Ehren kommt, muß man zuvor leiden.
(Wenn einer zugrund gehen soll, becomes his Herz zuvor stolz; and before man to Ehren kommt, must man zuvor leiden.)

CLV Antequam conteratur, exaltatur cor hominis, et antequam glorificetur, humiliatur.
(Antequam conteratur, exaltatur heart hominis, and before glorificetur, humiliatur. )

BRN Before ruin a man's heart is exalted, and before honour it is humble.

BrLXX Πρὸ συντριβῆς ὑψοῦται καρδία ἀνδρὸς, καὶ πρὸ δόξης ταπεινοῦνται.
(Pro suntribaʸs hupsoutai kardia andros, kai pro doxaʸs tapeinountai. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / personification

לִ⁠פְנֵי־שֶׁ֭בֶר

to=(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before destruction

Here, Solomon refers to someone being proud before experiencing breaking as if breaking were a person with a face that the heart of a man could be exalted in front of. See how you translated this phrase in 16:18. Alternate translation: “Before breaking” or “Before he is ruined”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

יִגְבַּ֣הּ לֵב־אִ֑ישׁ

haughty heart (a)_man

If your language does not use this passive form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “a man exalts his heart”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

לֵב

heart

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

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / gendernotations

אִ֑ישׁ

(a)_man

Although the term man is masculine, Solomon is using the word 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: “a person”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / personification

וְ⁠לִ⁠פְנֵ֖י כָב֣וֹד עֲנָוָֽה

and,in,presence honor (Some words not found in UHB: to=(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before destruction haughty heart (a)_man and,in,presence honor humility )

See how you translated the same clause in 15:33.

Parallel PRO 18:12