PRO 19:2 Parallel Verse View

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ULT Also, a life with no knowledge is not good,
 ⇔ and one who hurries with feet sins.

UST Furthermore, it is very bad for people to not know what they should know;
⇔ people sin who act hastily.

BSB  ⇔ Even zeal is no good without knowledge,
⇔ and he who hurries his footsteps misses the mark.

OEB To act without knowledge is foolish;
⇔ the hasty foot misses the goal.

WEB It isn’t good to have zeal without knowledge,
⇔ nor being hasty with one’s feet and missing the way.

NET It is dangerous to have zeal without knowledge,
 ⇔ and the one who acts hastily makes poor choices.

LSV Also, without knowledge the soul [is] not good,
And the hasty in feet is sinning.

FBV It's not good to be someone who doesn't think. If you rush, things go wrong.

T4T  ⇔ Being enthusiastic but not thinking carefully about what we are about to do is not good;
⇔ doing things hastily can cause us a lot of trouble [IDM].

LEB • [fn] without knowledge is not good, and he who moves quickly with his feet[fn]

?:? Or “soul,” or “inner self”

?:? Or “sins”

BBE Further, without knowledge desire is not good; and he who is over-quick in acting goes out of the right way.

MOF No MOF PRO book available

JPS Also, that the soul be without knowledge is not good; and he that hasteth with his feet sinneth.

ASV Also, that the soul be without knowledge is not good;
 ⇔ And he that hasteth with his feet sinneth.

DRA Where there is no knowledge of the soul, there is no good: and he that is hasty with his feet shall stumble.

YLT Also, without knowledge the soul [is] not good, And the hasty in feet is sinning.

DBY Also that a person be without knowledge is not good; and he that hasteth with his feet maketh false steps.

RV Also, that the soul be without knowledge is not good; and he that hasteth with his feet sinneth.

WBS Also, that the soul be without knowledge, it is not good; and he that hasteth with his feet sinneth.

KJB Also, that the soul be without knowledge, it is not good; and he that hasteth with his feet sinneth.
(Also, that the soul be without knowledge, it is not good; and he that hasteth with his feet sinneth. )

BB The desire without discretion is not good: but as a man whiche hasteth with his feete offendeth.
(The desire without discretion is not good: but as a man which hasteth with his feet offendeth.)

GNV For without knowledge the minde is not good, and he that hasteth with his feete, sinneth.
(For without knowledge the minde is not good, and he that hasteth with his feet, sinneth. )

CB Where no discrecion is, there the soule is not well: and who so is swifte on fote, stombleth hastely.
(Where no discrecion is, there the soule is not well: and who so is swifte on fote, stumbles hastely.)

WYC Where is not kunnyng of the soule, is not good; and he that is hasti, in feet hirtith.
(Where is not cunning/knowledge of the soule, is not good; and he that is hasti, in feet hirtith.)

LUT Wo man nicht mit Vernunft handelt, da geht es nicht wohl zu; und wer schnell ist mit Füßen, der tut Schaden.
(Where man not with Vernunft handelt, there geht it not wohl zu; and wer schnell is with Füßen, the tut Schaden.)

CLV Ubi non est scientia animæ, non est bonum, et qui festinus est pedibus offendet.[fn]
(Ubi not/no it_is scientia animæ, not/no it_is bonum, and who festinus it_is feet offendet.)

19.2 Ubi non, etc. Animæ humanæ scientia vitæ cœlestis necessaria est, etc., usque ad a statu beatitudinis in pœnam miseriæ et mortalitatis inciderunt.

19.2 Ubi non, etc. Animæ humanæ scientia of_life cœlestis necessaria it_is, etc., usque to a statu beatitudinis in pœnam miseriæ and mortalitatis inciderunt.

BRN No BRN PRO 19:2 verse available

BrLXX No BrLXX PRO 19:2 verse available

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun

נֶ֣פֶשׁ & וְ⁠אָ֖ץ

creature & and,moves_quickly

Here, a life and one who hurries refer to types of people in general, not specific people. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use more natural expressions. Alternate translation: “any life … and any person who hurries”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

נֶ֣פֶשׁ

creature

Here, life could refer to: (1) a living person. Alternate translation: “a person” (2) a person’s desire or zeal. Alternate translation: “desire”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

דַ֣עַת

knowledge

See how you translated the abstract noun knowledge in 1:4.

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / litotes

לֹא־ט֑וֹב

not good

Solomon is using a figure of speech here that expresses a strongly positive meaning by using a negative word, not, together with an expression that is the opposite of the intended meaning. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the positive meaning. Alternate translation: “is extremely bad”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

וְ⁠אָ֖ץ בְּ⁠רַגְלַ֣יִם

and,moves_quickly in/on/at/with,feet

Here, Solomon speaks of a person doing something too hastily as if he hurries by running with his feet. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “and one who acts too quickly”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

וְ⁠אָ֖ץ בְּ⁠רַגְלַ֣יִם

and,moves_quickly in/on/at/with,feet

If you translated life in the previous clause as “person,” then this parallel clause would refer to someone who hurries to do something before having the knowledge to act rightly. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “and one who acts too quickly without knowledge”

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

חוֹטֵֽא

misses

Here, the word translated as sins could refer to: (1) someone acting sinfully, which is the most frequent meaning for this word. Alternate translation: “acts sinfully” (2) someone making a mistake. Alternate translation: “makes a mistake” or “errs”

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