PRO 20:20 Parallel Verse View

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20:20 Variant note: ב/אישון: (x-qere) ’בֶּ/אֱשׁ֥וּן’: lemma_b/380 morph_HR/Ncmsc id_20hMA בֶּ/אֱשׁ֥וּן

Key: khaki:verbs.
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).

ULT One who curses his father and his mother,
⇔ his lamp will be extinguished in the pupil of darkness.

UST People who curse their parents
⇔ will die like an oil lamp that stops burning oil in a totally dark place.

BSB ⇔ Whoever curses his father or mother,
⇔ his lamp will be extinguished in deepest darkness.

OEB He who curses his father or mother –
⇔ his lamp will go out in thick darkness.

WEBBE Whoever curses his father or his mother,
⇔ his lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET The one who curses his father and his mother,
⇔ his lamp will be extinguished in the blackest darkness.

LSV Whoever is vilifying his father and his mother, his lamp is extinguished in blackness of darkness.

FBV Anyone who curses their father or mother will have their light put out and end in utter darkness.

T4T ⇔ If someone curses his father or his mother,
⇔ his life will be ended, just like a lamp is extinguished.

LEB • his lamp will be extinguished[fn]

20:? Literally “in a pupil of darkness”

BBE If anyone puts a curse on his father or his mother, his light will be put out in the blackest night.

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JPS Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in the blackest darkness.

ASV Whoso curseth his father or his mother,
⇔ His lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.

DRA He that curseth his father, and mother, his lamp shall be put out in the midst of darkness.

YLT Whoso is vilifying his father and his mother, Extinguished is his lamp in blackness of darkness.

Drby Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in the blackest darkness.

RV Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in the blackest darkness.

Wbstr Whoever curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.

KJB-1769 Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.[fn]

20.20 lamp: or, candle

KJB-1611 [fn][fn]Who so curseth his father or his mother, his lampe shall be put out in obscure darkenesse.
(Who so curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.)

20:20 Exod.21. 17. leuit.20. 9. matt.15. 4.

20:20 Or, candle.

Bshps Who so curseth his father and mother, his light shalbe put out in the depth of darknesse.
(Who so curseth his father and mother, his light shall be put out in the depth of darkness.)

Gnva He that curseth his father or his mother, his light shalbe put out in obscure darkenes.
(He that curseth his father or his mother, his light shall be put out in obscure darkness. )

Cvdl Who so curseth his father and mother, his light shalbe put out in the myddest of darcknesse.
(Who so curseth his father and mother, his light shall be put out in the myddest of darknessse.)

Wycl The liyt of hym that cursith his fadir and modir, schal be quenchid in the myddis of derknessis.
(The light of him that cursith his father and modir, shall be quenched in the midst of darkness.)

Luth Wer seinem Vater und seiner Mutter flucht, des Leuchte wird verlöschen mitten in Finsternis.
(Who his father and his mother flucht, the Leuchte becomes verlöschen mitten in darkness.)

ClVg Qui maledicit patri suo et matri, extinguetur lucerna ejus in mediis tenebris:
(Who maledicit patri his_own and matri, extinguetur lucerna his in mediis darkness: )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun

מְ֭קַלֵּל אָבִ֣י⁠ו וְ⁠אִמּ֑⁠וֹ & נֵ֝ר֗⁠וֹ

curses his/its=father and,mother,his & lamp,his

One who curses and his 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: “Any person who curses that person’s father and mother, that person’s lamp”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

יִֽדְעַ֥ךְ נֵ֝ר֗⁠וֹ

go_out lamp,his

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: “Yahweh will extinguish his lamp”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

יִֽדְעַ֥ךְ נֵ֝ר֗⁠וֹ

go_out lamp,his

See how you translated the same use of lamp and will be extinguished in 13:9.

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

ב⁠אישון חֹֽשֶׁךְ

in/on/at/with,deep darkness

Here Solomon refers to a very dark place as if it were in the pupil, which is the dark circle in the center of an eye. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “in the darkest darkness” or “in the deepest dark place”

Parallel PRO 20:20