PRO 21:4 Parallel Verse View

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BrLXX Μεγαλόφρων ἐν ὕβρει θρασυκάρδιος, λαμπτὴρ δὲ ἀσεβῶν ἁμαρτία.
(Megalofrōn en hubrei thrasukardios, lamptaʸr de asebōn hamartia. )

BrTr A high-minded man is stout-hearted in his pride; and the lamp of the wicked is sin.

ULT Height of eyes and broadness of heart,
⇔ the lamp of wicked ones, are sin.

UST Being proud and arrogant guide what wicked people do like a lamp shows people where to go;
⇔ both are sinful.

BSB ⇔ Haughty eyes and a proud heart—
⇔ the guides of the wicked—are sin.

OEB A haughty look, a heart of pride,
⇔ the soil of the wicked is sin.

WEBBE A high look and a proud heart,
⇔ the lamp of the wicked, is sin.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Haughty eyes and a proud heart –
⇔ the agricultural product of the wicked is sin.

LSV Loftiness of eyes, and breadth of heart,
Tillage of the wicked [is] sin.

FBV Pride and arrogance are the sins the wicked live by.[fn]

21:4 Literally, “Proud eyes and arrogant heart the lamp of the wicked sin.”

T4T ⇔ Being proud and arrogant [DOU] is like a lamp [MTY] that guides wicked people;
⇔ being proud and arrogant characterizes ◄wicked people’s whole behavior/everything that wicked people do►.

LEB • the eyes and pride of heart, the lamp of the wicked are sin.

BBE A high look and a heart of pride, ***of the evil-doer is sin.

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JPS A haughty look, and a proud heart — the tillage of the wicked is sin.

ASV A high look, and a proud heart,
⇔ Even the lamp of the wicked, is sin.

DRA Haughtiness of the eyes is the enlarging of the heart: the lamp of the wicked is sin.

YLT Loftiness of eyes, and breadth of heart, Tillage of the wicked [is] sin.

Drby Lofty eyes, and a proud heart, the lamp of the wicked, is sin.

RV An high look, and a proud heart, even the lamp of the wicked, is sin.

Wbstr A high look, and a proud heart, and the plowing of the wicked, is sin.

KJB-1769 An high look, and a proud heart, and the plowing of the wicked, is sin.[fn][fn]

21.4 An…: Heb. Haughtiness of eyes

21.4 the plowing: or, the light

KJB-1611 [fn][fn][fn]An high looke, and a proud heart, and the plowing of the wicked, is sinne.
(An high looke, and a proud heart, and the plowing of the wicked, is sin.)

21:4 Chap.6. 17.

21:4 Hebr. hautines of eyes.

21:4 Or, the light of the wicked.

Bshps An high looke, a proude heart, and the plowing of the vngodly is sinne.
(An high looke, a proud heart, and the plowing of the ungodly is sin.)

Gnva A hautie looke, and a proude heart, which is the light of the wicked, is sinne.
(A haughty looke, and a proud heart, which is the light of the wicked, is sin. )

Cvdl A presumptuous loke, a proude stomacke, & the lanterne of the vngodly is synne.
(A presumptuous loke, a proud stomacke, and the lanterne of the ungodly is sin.)

Wycl Enhaunsyng of iyen is alargyng of the herte; the lanterne of wickid men is synne.
(Enhaunsyng of eyes is alargyng of the herte; the lanterne of wicked men is sin.)

Luth Hoffärtige Augen und stolzer Mut und die Leuchte der GOttlosen ist Sünde.
(Hoffärtige Augen and stolzer Mut and the Leuchte the/of_the Godlosen is Sünde.)

ClVg Exaltatio oculorum est dilatatio cordis; lucerna impiorum peccatum.
(Exaltatio oculorum it_is dilatatio cordis; lucerna impiorum peccatum. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

רוּם־עֵ֭ינַיִם

haughty eyes

Here Solomon refers to pride as Height of eyes, which is a characteristic facial expression of proud people. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. See how you translated the similar expression “uplifted eyes” in 6:17. Alternate translation: “Pride”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

וּ⁠רְחַב־לֵ֑ב

and,proud heart

Here, broadness of heart refers to thinking arrogantly. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “and thinking arrogantly”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / distinguish

נִ֖ר רְשָׁעִ֣ים

lamp wicked

This phrase gives further information about the two sins described in the previous clause. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make the relationship between these phrases clearer. Alternate translation: “that is, the lamp of the wicked ones”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

נִ֖ר רְשָׁעִ֣ים

lamp wicked

Here, the word translated as lamp could refer to: (1) the sins mentioned in the previous clause being like a lamp that shows wicked ones what to do. Alternate translation: “what guides the wicked ones” (2) the sins in the previous clause being like "uncultivated ground" (another possible meaning for the Hebrew word used here) that produces nothing good. Alternate translation: “the fruitlessness of the wicked ones”

Parallel PRO 21:4