PRO 22:11 Parallel Verse View

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22:11 Variant note: טהור: (x-qere) ’טְהָר’: lemma_2889 morph_HAamsc id_20CAN טְהָר

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 Ἀγαπᾷ Κύριος ὁσίας καρδίας, δεκτοὶ δὲ αὐτῷ πάντες ἄμωμοι· χείλεσι ποιμαίνει βασιλεύς.
(Agapa Kurios hosias kardias, dektoi de autōi pantes amōmoi; ⱪeilesi poimainei basileus. )

BrTr The Lord loves holy hearts, and all blameless persons are acceptable with him: a king rules with his lips.

ULT One who loves a pure heart,
⇔ his lips are gracious, the king is his friend.

UST People who love thinking purely
⇔ speak graciously and are companions of kings.

BSB ⇔ He who loves a pure heart and gracious lips
⇔ will have the king for a friend.

OEB The pure in heart are beloved of the Lord,
⇔ and the winsome of speech have the king for a friend.

WEBBE He who loves purity of heart and speaks gracefully
⇔ is the king’s friend.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET The one who loves a pure heart
⇔ and whose speech is gracious – the king will be his friend.

LSV Whoever is loving cleanness of heart,
His lips [are] grace,
A king [is] his friend.

FBV Anyone who loves sincerity[fn] and a gracious way of speaking will have the king as their friend.

22:11 Literally, “purity of heart.”

T4T ⇔ If you always act sincerely [IDM] and always speak kindly,
⇔ the king will be your friend.

LEB • and has[fn] his friend is the king.

22:? Literally “grace of his lips”

BBE He whose heart is clean is dear to the Lord; for the grace of his lips the king will be his friend.

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JPS He that loveth pureness of heart, that hath grace in his lips, the king shall be his friend.

ASV He that loveth pureness of heart,
⇔ For the grace of his lips the king will be his friend.

DRA He that loveth cleanness of heart, for the grace of his lips shall have the king for his friend.

YLT Whoso is loving cleanness of heart, Grace [are] his lips, a king [is] his friend.

Drby He that loveth pureness of heart, upon whose lips is grace, the king is his friend.

RV He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend.

Wbstr He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend.

KJB-1769 He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend.[fn]
(He that loveth/loves pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend. )

22.11 for…: or, and hath grace in his lips

KJB-1611 [fn]He that loueth purenesse of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend.
(He that loveth/loves purenesse of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend.)

22:11 Or, and hath grace in his lips.

Bshps Who so loueth cleannes of heart, for the grace of his lippes the kyng shalbe his frende.
(Who so loveth/loves cleannes of heart, for the grace of his lippes the king shall be his friend.)

Gnva Hee that loueth purenesse of heart for the grace of his lippes, the King shalbe his friend.
(He that loveth/loves purenesse of heart for the grace of his lippes, the King shall be his friend. )

Cvdl Who so delyteth to be of a clene herte and of gracious lyppes, ye kynge shal be his frende.
(Who so delightth to be of a clene heart and of gracious lyppes, ye/you_all king shall be his friend.)

Wycl He that loueth the clennesse of herte, schal haue the kyng a freend, for the grace of hise lippis.
(He that loveth/loves the clennesse of heart, shall have the king a friend, for the grace of his lippis.)

Luth Wer ein treu Herz und liebliche Rede hat, des Freund ist der König.
(Who a treu heart and liebliche Rede has, the Freund is the/of_the king.)

ClVg Qui diligit cordis munditiam, propter gratiam labiorum suorum habebit amicum regem.
(Who diligit cordis munditiam, propter gratiam labiorum suorum habebit amicum regem. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun

אֹהֵ֥ב & שְׂ֝פָתָ֗י⁠ו רֵעֵ֥⁠הוּ מֶֽלֶךְ

loves & speech,whose his/its=neighbour king

One who loves, his, and the king refer to these types of people in general, not to specific people. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use more natural expressions. Alternate translation: “Any person who loves … that person’s lips … any king is that person’s friend”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

אֹהֵ֥ב טהור־לֵ֑ב

loves pure heart

This phrase refers to a person who wants to have pure thoughts, and the word heart refers to that person’s mind or thoughts. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. See how you translated the same use of heart in 2:2. Alternate translation: “One who wants to have a pure mind”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

שְׂ֝פָתָ֗י⁠ו

speech,whose

See how you translated the same use of lips in 10:18.

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