PRO 19:23 Parallel Verse View

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Key: khaki:verbs, green:YHWH.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

BrLXX Φόβος Κυρίου εἰς ζωὴν ἀνδρὶ· ὁ δὲ ἄφοβος αὐλισθήσεται ἐν τόποις οὗ οὐκ ἐπισκοπεῖται γνῶσις.
(Fobos Kuriou eis zōaʸn andri; ho de afobos aulisthaʸsetai en topois hou ouk episkopeitai gnōsis. )

BrTr The fear of the Lord is life to a man: [fn]and he shall lodge without fear in places where knowledge is not seen.

19:23 Or, 'but he that is without fear (sc. of the Lord) shall dwell' etc.

ULT The fear of Yahweh is to life
⇔ and the satisfied one will stay overnight;
⇔ he will not be visited by evil.

UST Reverently fearing Yahweh causes people to live for a long time;
⇔ such people rest contently,
⇔ nothing will harm them.

BSB ⇔ The fear of the LORD leads to life,
⇔ that one may rest content, without visitation from harm.

OEB The fear of the Lord is the pathway to life,
⇔ to that quiet content which no evil can visit.

WEBBE The fear of the LORD leads to life, then contentment;
⇔ he rests and will not be touched by trouble.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Fearing the Lord leads to life,
⇔ and one who does so will live satisfied; he will not be afflicted by calamity.

LSV The fear of YHWH [is] to life,
And he remains satisfied—he is not charged with evil.

FBV Honoring the Lord is life, and you will rest contentedly, safe from harm.

T4T ⇔ Those who have an awesome respect for Yahweh will live a long life;
⇔ they rest peacefully and are not harmed during the night.

LEB • leads to life; he who is filled with it will rest—he will not suffer harm.

BBE The fear of the Lord gives life: and he who has it will have need of nothing; no evil will come his way.

Moff No Moff PRO book available

JPS The fear of the LORD tendeth to life; and he that hath it shall abide satisfied, he shall not be visited with evil.

ASV The fear of Jehovah tendeth to life;
⇔ And he that hath it shall abide satisfied;
⇔ He shall not be visited with evil.

DRA The fear of the Lord is unto life: and he shall abide in fulness without being visited with evil.

YLT The fear of Jehovah [is] to life, And satisfied he remaineth — he is not charged with evil.

Drby The fear of Jehovah [tendeth] to life, and he [that hath it] shall rest satisfied without being visited with evil.

RV The fear of the LORD tendeth to life: and he that hath it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.

Wbstr The fear of the LORD tendeth to life: and he that hath it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.

KJB-1769 The fear of the LORD tendeth to life: and he that hath it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.
(The fear of the LORD tendeth to life: and he that hath/has it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil. )

KJB-1611 The feare of the LORD tendeth to life, and he that hath it shall abide satisfied: he shall not be visited with euill.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps The feare of the Lord bringeth a man to lyfe: and he shall rest the whole night in plenteousnesse without visitation of any plague.
(The fear of the Lord bringeth/brings a man to life: and he shall rest the whole night in plenteousnesse without visitation of any plague.)

Gnva The feare of the Lord leadeth to life: and he that is filled therewith, shall continue, and shall not be visited with euill.
(The fear of the Lord leadeth to life: and he that is filled therewith, shall continue, and shall not be visited with evil. )

Cvdl The feare of the LORDE preserueth the life, yee it geueth pleteousnes, without the visitacio of any plage.
(The fear of the LORD preserveth the life, ye/you_all it giveth/gives pleteousnes, without the visitacio of any plage.)

Wycl The drede of the Lord ledith to lijf `of blis; and he `that dredith God schal dwelle in plentee, with outen visityng `of the worste.
(The dread of the Lord leadeth/leads to life `of blis; and he `that dredith God shall dwell in plentee, without visityng `of the worste.)

Luth Die Furcht des HErr’s fördert zum Leben und wird satt bleiben, daß kein Übel sie heimsuchen wird.
(The Furcht the LORD’s fördert for_the life and becomes satt bleiben, that kein Übel they/she/them heimsuchen wird.)

ClVg Timor Domini ad vitam, et in plenitudine commorabitur absque visitatione pessima.]
(Timor Master to vitam, and in plenitudine commorabitur without visitatione pessima.] )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

יִרְאַ֣ת יְהוָ֣ה

fear YHWH

See how you translated this phrase in 1:7.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

לְ⁠חַיִּ֑ים

leads_to,life

See how you translated this phrase in 10:16.

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun

וְ⁠שָׂבֵ֥עַ & בַּל־יִפָּ֥קֶד

and,satisfied & not suffer

Here, the satisfied one and he refer to a type of person in general, not a specific person. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use more natural expressions. Alternate translation: “and any satisfied one … that person will not be visited by”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

וְ⁠שָׂבֵ֥עַ

and,satisfied

Here, the satisfied one refers to a person who has The fear of Yahweh. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “and such a person is a satisfied one who”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

יָ֝לִ֗ין

rests

The phrase stay overnight here is an idiom that refers to resting or sleeping. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “will rest”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

בַּל־יִפָּ֥קֶד רָֽע

not suffer harm

If your language does not use the passive form in this way, you could state this in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “evil will not visit him”

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / personification

בַּל־יִפָּ֥קֶד רָֽע

not suffer harm

Here Solomon speaks of a person experiencing evil as if evil were a person who could visit him. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “he will not experience evil”

Note 8 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

רָֽע

harm

Here, evil refers to trouble that someone might experience as a result of evil. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “trouble”

Parallel PRO 19:23