PRO 20:26 Parallel Verse View

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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).

BrLXX Λικμήτωρ ἀσεβῶν βασιλεὺς σοφὸς, καὶ ἐπιβαλεῖ αὐτοῖς τροχόν.
(Likmaʸtōr asebōn basileus sofos, kai epibalei autois troⱪon. )

ULT A wise king is one who winnows wicked ones,
⇔ and he brings back a wheel over them.

UST Wise kings remove wicked people from their lands,
⇔ and they punish them like farmers crush grain under a threshing wheel.

BSB ⇔ A wise king separates out the wicked
⇔ and drives the threshing wheel over them.

OEB A wise king winnows the wicked,
⇔ and passes the wheel over them,

WEBBE A wise king winnows out the wicked,
⇔ and drives the threshing wheel over them.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET A wise king separates out the wicked;
⇔ he turns the threshing wheel over them.

LSV A wise king is scattering the wicked,
And turns the wheel back on them.

FBV A wise king separates out the wicked by winnowing and punishes them by threshing.[fn]

20:26 This verse refers to activities associated with processing grain after harvest: winnowing and threshing, little known in the modern world.

T4T ⇔ Wise kings find out [MET] which people have done what is wrong,
⇔ and they punish them very severely [IDM].

LEB • and he will drive a wheel over them.

BBE A wise king puts evil-doers to flight, and makes their evil-doing come back on them.

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JPS A wise king sifteth the wicked, and turneth the wheel over them.

ASV A wise king winnoweth the wicked,
⇔ And bringeth the threshing-wheel over them.

DRA A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth over them the wheel.

YLT A wise king is scattering the wicked, And turneth back on them the wheel.

Drby A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them.

RV A wise king winnoweth the wicked, and bringeth the threshing wheel over them.

Wbstr A wise king scatterreth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them.

KJB-1769 A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them.
(A wise king scattereth/scatters the wicked, and bringeth/brings the wheel over them. )

KJB-1611 [fn]A wise king scattereth the wicked, & bringeth the wheele ouer them.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above apart from footnotes)

20:26 Verse 8. psal.101.5. &c.

Bshps A wyse kyng disperseth the vngodly, and bringeth the wheele ouer them.
(A wise king disperseth the ungodly, and bringeth/brings the wheel over them.)

Gnva A wise King scattereth the wicked, and causeth the wheele to turne ouer them.
(A wise King scattereth/scatters the wicked, and causeth the wheel to turn over them. )

Cvdl A wyse kynge destroyeth ye vngodly, & bryngeth the whele ouer them.
(A wise king destroyeth ye/you_all ungodly, and bringeth/brings the whele over them.)

Wycl A wijs kyng scaterith wickid men; and bowith a bouwe of victorie ouer hem.
(A wijs king scaterith wicked men; and bowith a bouwe of victory over them.)

Luth Ein weiser König zerstreuet die GOttlosen und bringet das Rad über sie.
(A weiser king zerstreuet the Godlosen and bringet the Rad above sie.)

ClVg [Dissipat impios rex sapiens, et incurvat super eos fornicem.[fn]
([Dissipat impios king sapiens, and incurvat over them fornicem. )

20.26 Dissipat impios rex sapiens, et incurvat super eos fornicem. Mos fuit antiquis, etc., usque ad cui rotæ est contraria corona vitæ quam repromittit Deus diligentibus se.

20.26 Dissipat impios king sapiens, and incurvat over them fornicem. Mos fuit antiquis, etc., until to cui rotæ it_is contraria corona of_life how repromittit God diligentibus se.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun

מְזָרֶ֣ה & מֶ֣לֶךְ חָכָ֑ם וַ⁠יָּ֖שֶׁב

winnows & king wise and,drives

A wise king, one who scatters, and he refer to a type of kings in general, not a specific king. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use more natural expressions. Alternate translation: “Any wise king is one who scatters … and that king brings back”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

מְזָרֶ֣ה

winnows

See how you translated the same use of winnows in 20:8.

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

וַ⁠יָּ֖שֶׁב עֲלֵי⁠הֶ֣ם אוֹפָֽן

and,drives over,them threshing_wheel

Here Solomon speaks of a king punishing wicked ones as if he were crushing them under a wheel normally used to crush grain. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly or use a simile. Alternate translation: “and he severely punishes them” or “and he severely punishes them as one would crush grain under a wheel”

Note 4 topic: translate-unknown

אוֹפָֽן

threshing_wheel

Here, wheel refers to a “threshing wheel.” This is a tool that farmers used to crush grain and help separate it from the straw and chaff. If your readers would not be familiar with this type of wheel, you could use the name of something similar in your area or you could use a more general term. Alternate translation: “a grain-crushing tool”

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