PRO 20:15 Parallel Verse View

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ULT There is gold and an abundance of corals,
⇔ but lips of knowledge are a vessel of preciousness.

UST Gold and precious jewels are plentiful,
⇔ but the knowledgeable things that people say are extremely precious.

BSB ⇔ There is an abundance of gold and rubies,
⇔ but lips of knowledge are a rare treasure.

OEB Lips of wisdom are store of gold,
⇔ wealth of coral and precious vessels.

WEBBE There is gold and abundance of rubies,
⇔ but the lips of knowledge are a rare jewel.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET There is gold, and an abundance of rubies,
⇔ but words of knowledge are like a precious jewel.

LSV Substance, gold, and a multitude of rubies,
Indeed, a precious vessel, [are] lips of knowledge.

FBV There's gold and plenty of expensive gemstones, but talking sense is a more valuable jewel.

T4T ⇔ Gold and precious stones are valuable,
⇔ but wise words [MTY] are more valuable.

LEB • but precious jewels are lips of knowledge.

BBE There is gold and a store of corals: but the lips of knowledge are a jewel of great price.

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JPS There is gold, and a multitude of rubies; but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.

ASV There is gold, and abundance of rubies;
⇔ But the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.

DRA There is gold, and a multitude of jewels: but the lips of knowledge are a precious vessel.

YLT Substance, gold, and a multitude of rubies, Yea, a precious vessel, [are] lips of knowledge.

Drby There is gold, and a multitude of rubies; but the lips of knowledge are a precious Jewel.

RV There is gold, and abundance of rubies: but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.

Wbstr There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.

KJB-1769 There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.

KJB-1611 There is gold, and a multitude of Rubies: but the lips of knowledge are a precious iewell.

Bshps There is golde, and a multitude of precious stones: but the lippes of knowledge are a precious iewell.
(There is gold, and a multitude of precious stones: but the lippes of knowledge are a precious iewell.)

Gnva There is golde, and a multitude of precious stones: but the lips of knowledge are a precious iewel.
(There is gold, and a multitude of precious stones: but the lips of knowledge are a precious iewel. )

Cvdl A mouth of vnderstodinge is more worth then golde, many precious stones, and costly Iewels.
(A mouth of understanding is more worth then gold, many precious stones, and costly Yewels.)

Wyc Gold, and the multitude of iemmes, and a preciouse vessel, ben the lippis of kunnyng.
(Gold, and the multitude of iemmes, and a preciouse vessel, been the lippis of cunning.)

Luth Es ist Gold und viel Perlen; aber ein vernünftiger Mund ist ein edel Kleinod.
(It is Gold and many Perlen; but a vernünftiger Mund is a edel Kleinod.)

ClVg Est aurum et multitudo gemmarum, et vas pretiosum labia scientiæ.][fn]
(Est aurum and multitudo gemmarum, and vas pretiosum labia scientiæ.] )

20.15 Est aurum et multitudo. Hæc est gloriatio sapientis emptoris, etc., usque ad et vasis esse assimilanda pretiosis.

20.15 Est aurum and multitudo. This it_is gloriatio sapientis emptoris, etc., until to and vasis esse assimilanda pretiosis.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: translate-unknown

פְּנִינִ֑ים

costly_stones

See how you translated corals in 3:15.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

וּ⁠כְלִ֥י יְ֝קָ֗ר שִׂפְתֵי־דָֽעַת

and,jewel precious lips knowledge

Here Solomon speaks of the value of lips of knowledge as if they were a vessel of preciousness. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “but lips of knowledge are as valuable as a vessel of preciousness”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

שִׂפְתֵי־דָֽעַת

lips knowledge

See how you translated this phrase in 14:7.

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

וּ⁠כְלִ֥י יְ֝קָ֗ר

and,jewel precious

Here Solomon is using the possessive form to describe a vessel that is characterized by preciousness. If your language would not use the possessive form for this, you could use a different expression. Alternate translation: “but … are a precious vessel”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

וּ⁠כְלִ֥י יְ֝קָ֗ר

and,jewel precious

Solomon contrasts abundance in the previous clause with preciousness in this clause in order to imply that lips of knowledge are rarer and more valuable than gold and corals. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “but … are a vessel that is even more precious than those”

Parallel PRO 20:15