PRO 20:5 Parallel Verse View

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BrLXX Ὕδωρ βαθὺ βουλὴ ἐν καρδίᾳ ἀνδρὸς, ἀνὴρ δὲ φρόνιμος ἐξαντλήσει αὐτήν.
(Hudōr bathu boulaʸ en kardia andros, anaʸr de fronimos exantlaʸsei autaʸn. )

BrTr Counsel in a man's heart is deep water; but a prudent man will draw it out.

ULT Counsel in the heart of a man is deep waters,
⇔ and a man of understanding will draw it out.

UST Discerning what people are thinking about advising others is as difficult as drawing water out of a deep well,
⇔ but understanding people are able to do so.

BSB ⇔ The intentions of a man’s heart are deep waters,
⇔ but a man of understanding draws them out.

OEB A plan may lie deep in the heart like well-water,
⇔ but a skilful man knows how to draw it up.

WEBBE Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water,
⇔ but a man of understanding will draw it out.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Counsel in a person’s heart is like deep water,
⇔ but an understanding person draws it out.

LSV Counsel in the heart of a man [is] deep water,
And a man of understanding draws it up.

FBV Discovering what someone is planning in their mind is like looking at deep water, but a person who has understanding will find out.

T4T ⇔ Just as it is difficult to bring up water from a deep well, it is difficult to know what people are thinking,
⇔ but someone who has good sense/insight will be able to find out what people are thinking.

LEB • are like purpose in the heart[fn] of a man, and a man of understanding will draw it[fn] out.

20:? Or “mind”

20:? Or “her”; referring to “purpose”

BBE The purpose in the heart of a man is like deep water, but a man of good sense will get it out.

Moff No Moff PRO book available

JPS Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.

ASV Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water;
⇔ But a man of understanding will draw it out.

DRA Counsel in the heart of a man is like deep water: but a wise man will draw it out.

YLT Counsel in the heart of a man [is] deep water, And a man of understanding draweth it up.

Drby Counsel in the heart of man is deep water, and a man of understanding draweth it out.

RV Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.

Wbstr Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.

KJB-1769 Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.

KJB-1611 [fn]Counsell in the heart of man is like deepe water: but a man of vnderstanding will draw it out.
(Counsell in the heart of man is like deepe water: but a man of understanding will draw it out.)

20:5 Chap. 18.4.

Bshps Counsayle in the heart of man is like deepe water: but a man of vnderstanding wyll drawe it out.
(Counsayle in the heart of man is like deepe water: but a man of understanding will drawe it out.)

Gnva The counsell in the heart of man is like deepe waters: but a man that hath vnderstanding, will drawe it out.
(The counsell in the heart of man is like deepe waters: but a man that hath/has understanding, will drawe it out. )

Cvdl Wyse councell in the herte of man is like a water in the depe of the earth, but he that hath vnderstondinge, bryngeth it forth.
(Wyse council/counsel in the heart of man is like a water in the depe of the earth, but he that hath/has understanding, bringeth/brings it forth.)

Wycl As deep watir, so counsel is in the herte of a man; but a wijs man schal drawe it out.
(As deep water, so council/counsel is in the heart of a man; but a wijs man shall drawe it out.)

Luth Der Rat im Herzen eines Mannes ist wie tiefe Wasser; aber ein Verständiger kann‘s merken, was er meinet.
(The advice in_the hearts one Mannes is like tiefe water; but a Verständiger kann‘s merken, what/which he meinet.)

ClVg Sicut aqua profunda, sic consilium in corde viri; sed homo sapiens exhauriet illud.
(Sicut water profunda, so consilium in corde viri; but human sapiens exhauriet illud. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

עֵצָ֣ה

purposes

See how you translated the abstract noun Counsel in 1:25.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

בְ⁠לֶב

in/on/at/with,heart

See how you translated the same use of heart in 2:2.

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / gendernotations

אִ֑ישׁ וְ⁠אִ֖ישׁ

(a)_man and,man

Although the term man is masculine, Solomon is using the word in a generic sense that includes both men and women. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a phrase that makes this clear. Alternate translation: “a person … and a person of”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

מַ֣יִם עֲ֭מֻקִּים & יִדְלֶֽ⁠נָּה

waters deep & draws_~_out,it

Here Solomon speaks of how difficult it is to discern a person's Counsel as if it were waters that one must draw out from a well. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly or use a simile. Alternate translation: “is difficult to understand … is able to understand it” or “is difficult like deep waters … is able to draw it out”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

וְ⁠אִ֖ישׁ תְּבוּנָ֣ה

and,man understanding

See how you translated a man of understanding in 10:23.

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