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OET-LV All the_day he_craves a_craving and_righteous he_gives and_not he_keeps_back.
UHB כָּל־הַ֭יּוֹם הִתְאַוָּ֣ה תַאֲוָ֑ה וְצַדִּ֥יק יִ֝תֵּ֗ן וְלֹ֣א יַחְשֹֽׂךְ׃ ‡
(kāl-hayyōm hitʼaūāh taʼₐvāh vəʦaddiq yittēn vəloʼ yaḩsok.)
Key: khaki:verbs, red:negative.
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 All the day he desires desire for himself,
⇔ but a righteous one gives and does not withhold.
UST Lazy people always want more things for themselves,
⇔ but righteous people generously give what they have to others.
BSB All day long he covets more,
⇔ but the righteous give without restraint.
OEB Desires and petitions are endless,
⇔ but the righteous gives unsparingly.
WEB There are those who covet greedily all day long;
⇔ but the righteous give and don’t withhold.
WMB (Same as above)
NET All day long he craves greedily,
⇔ but the righteous gives and does not hold back.
LSV All the day desiring he has desired,
And the righteous gives and does not withhold.
FBV Some people only want more and more all the time, but the good give generously.
T4T ⇔ All during the day wicked people desire to obtain things,
⇔ but righteous people have plenty, with the result that they are able to give things generously to others.
LEB • [fn] he craves a craving, but the righteous will give and not hold back.
?:? Literally “All the day”
BBE All the day the sinner goes after his desire: but the upright man gives freely, keeping nothing back.
MOF No MOF PRO book available
JPS There is that coveteth greedily all the day long; but the righteous giveth and spareth not.
ASV There is that coveteth greedily all the day long;
⇔ But the righteous giveth and withholdeth not.
DRA He longeth and desireth all the day: but he that is just, will give, and will not cease.
YLT All the day desiring he hath desired, And the righteous giveth and withholdeth not.
DBY He coveteth greedily all the day long; but the righteous giveth and spareth not.
RV There is that coveteth greedily all the day long: but the righteous giveth and withholdeth not.
WBS He coveteth greedily all the day long: but the righteous giveth and spareth not.
KJB-1769 He coveteth greedily all the day long: but the righteous giveth and spareth not.
KJB-1611 No KJB-1611 PRO book available
BB He coueteth greedyly all day long: but the righteous geueth and spareth not.
(He coueteth greedyly all day long: but the righteous giveth/gives and spareth not.)
GNV He coueteth euermore greedily, but the righteous giueth and spareth not.
(He coueteth evermore greedily, but the righteous giueth and spareth not. )
CB He coueteth and desyreth all the daye longe, but the rightuous is allwaye geuynge & kepeth nothinge backe.
(He coueteth and desires all the day long, but the rightuous is allwaye geuynge and keepeth/keeps nothing backe.)
WYC Al dai he coueitith and desirith; but he that is a iust man, schal yyue, and schal not ceesse.
(Al day he coueitith and desires; but he that is a just man, shall give, and shall not ceesse.)
LUT Er wünscht täglich; aber der Gerechte gibt und versagt nicht.
(He wünscht daily; but the Gerechte gibt and versagt nicht.)
CLV Tota die concupiscit et desiderat; qui autem justus est, tribuet, et non cessabit.
(Tota die concupiscit and desiderat; who however justus it_is, tribuet, and not/no cessabit. )
BRN An ungodly man entertains evil desires all the day: but the righteous is unsparingly merciful and compassionate.
BrLXX Ἀσεβὴς ἐπιθυμεῖ ὅλην τὴν ἡμέραν ἐπιθυμίας κακὰς, ὁ δὲ δίκαιος ἐλεᾷ καὶ οἰκτείρει ἀφειδῶς.
(Asebaʸs epithumei holaʸn taʸn haʸmeran epithumias kakas, ho de dikaios elea kai oikteirei afeidōs. )
21:26 Generosity is a trait of the godly, while stinginess is characteristic of fools (29:7, 14). Paradoxically, the more you give, the more you get (11:24).
Note 1 topic: writing-pronouns
הִתְאַוָּ֣ה תַאֲוָ֑ה
craves craving
Here, he and himself refer to the lazy person mentioned in the previous verse. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “the lazy person desires desire for that person”
Note 2 topic: writing-poetry
הִתְאַוָּ֣ה תַאֲוָ֑ה
craves craving
Here, desires desire is an emphatic construction that uses a verb and its object that come from the same root. You may be able to use the same construction in your language to express the meaning here. Alternatively, your language may have another way of showing the emphasis.
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun
וְצַדִּ֥יק
and,righteous
See how you translated a righteous one in 9:9.
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis
יִ֝תֵּ֗ן וְלֹ֣א יַחְשֹֽׂךְ
he/it_gave and=not hold_back
Solomon is leaving out some of the words that in many languages a clause would need in order to be complete. You could supply these words from the context if it would be clearer in your language. Alternate translation: “gives what he has and does not withhold it”