PRO 20:24 Parallel Verse View

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Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance=normal (All still tentative.)

20:24 Note: Marks a place where we agree with BHQ against BHS in reading L.

20:24 Note: Marks an anomalous form.

20:24 Note: We read one or more vowels in L differently from BHS.

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 Παρὰ Κυρίου εὐθύνεται τὰ διαβήματα ἀνδρὶ, θνητὸς δὲ πῶς ἂν νοήσαι τὰς ὁδοὺς αὐτοῦ;
(Para Kuriou euthunetai ta diabaʸmata andri, thnaʸtos de pōs an noaʸsai tas hodous autou; )

BrTr A man's goings are directed of the Lord: how then can a mortal understand his ways?

ULT From Yahweh are the steps of a strong man,
⇔ so how can a man understand his way?

UST Yahweh directs what happens to powerful people.
⇔ So then, people surely cannot comprehend what will happen to them!

BSB ⇔ A man’s steps are from the LORD,
⇔ so how can anyone understand his own way?

OEB Since the Lord controls a man’s steps,
⇔ how can man understand his way?

WEBBE A man’s steps are from the LORD;
⇔ how then can man understand his way?

WMBB (Same as above)

NET The steps of a person are ordained by the Lord –
⇔ so how can anyone understand his own way?

LSV The steps of a man [are] from YHWH,
And man—how does he understand his way?

FBV The Lord shows us the way to go, so how would we decide for ourselves?

T4T ⇔ Yahweh is the one who has decided what will happen to us,
⇔ so ◄how can we what will happen before it happens?/we humans certainly cannot what will happen before it happens.► [RHQ]

LEB • Away from Yahweh are the steps of a strong man, and how will humankind understand his ways?

BBE A man's steps are of the Lord; how then may a man have knowledge of his way?

Moff No Moff PRO book available

JPS A man's goings are of the LORD; how then can man look to his way?

ASV A man’s goings are of Jehovah;
⇔ How then can man understand his way?

DRA The steps of man are guided by the Lord: but who is the man that can understand his own way?

YLT From Jehovah [are] the steps of a man, And man — how understandeth he his way?

Drby The steps of a man are from Jehovah; and how can a man understand his own way?

RV A man’s goings are of the LORD; how then can man understand his way?

Wbstr Man's goings are of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?

KJB-1769 Man’s goings are of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?

KJB-1611 [fn]Mans goings are of the LORD; how can a man then vnderstand his owne way?
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)

20:24 Psal. 37. 23. cha. 16. 9. iere.10. 23.

Bshps The Lord ordereth euery mans goinges: how can a man then vnderstand his owne way?
(The Lord ordereth every mans goinges: how can a man then understand his own way?)

Gnva The steps of man are ruled by the Lord: how can a man then vnderstand his owne way?
(The steps of man are ruled by the Lord: how can a man then understand his own way? )

Cvdl The LORDE ordreth euery mas goinges, for what is he, that vnderstondeth his owne wayes?
(The LORD ordreth every mas goinges, for what is he, that understoodth his own ways?)

Wycl The steppis of man ben dressid of the Lord; who forsothe of men mai vndurstonde his weie?
(The steppis of man been dressid of the Lord; who forsothe of men mai understonde his weie?)

Luth Jedermanns Gänge kommen vom HErr’s. Welcher Mensch verstehet seinen Weg?
(Yedermanns Gänge coming from_the LORD’s. Welcher person verstehet his Weg?)

ClVg A Domino diriguntur gressus viri: quis autem hominum intelligere potest viam suam?
(A Master diriguntur gressus viri: who/any however of_men intelligere potest road suam? )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

מֵ⁠יהוָ֥ה מִצְעֲדֵי

by,LORD steps

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: “Yahweh directs a person’s steps”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

מִצְעֲדֵי & דַּרְכּֽ⁠וֹ

steps & its=road/course

In this verse, steps and way refer to the things that people experience during their lives. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. See how you translated the similar use of “path” in 4:18. Alternate translation: “are the life experiences of … his life experiences”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun

גָ֑בֶר וְ֝⁠אָדָ֗ם & דַּרְכּֽ⁠וֹ

man's and=human/ʼĀdām & its=road/course

Here, a strong man, a man, and his refer to types of people in general, not to a specific man. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use more natural expressions. Alternate translation: “any strong person, so … a person … that person’s way”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

וְ֝⁠אָדָ֗ם מַה־יָּבִ֥ין דַּרְכּֽ⁠וֹ

and=human/ʼĀdām what? understand its=road/course

Solomon is using the question form to emphasize the truth of what he is saying. If you would not use the question form for this purpose in your language, you could translate this as a statement or an exclamation. Alternate translation: “so surely a man cannot understand his way!”

Note 5 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

וְ֝⁠אָדָ֗ם מַה־יָּבִ֥ין

and=human/ʼĀdām what? understand

Here, so introduces the result of what was stated in the previous clause. Use the most natural way in your language to indicate result. You may need to start a new sentence. Alternate translation: “Therefore, how can a man understand”

Parallel PRO 20:24