PRO 22:20 Parallel Verse View

Note: This view shows ‘verses’ which are not natural language units and hence sometimes only part of a sentence will be visible. Normally the OET discourages the reading of individual ‘verses’, but this view is only designed for doing comparisons of different translations. Click on any Bible version abbreviation down the left-hand side to see the verse in more of its context. The OET segments on this page are still very early looks into the unfinished texts of the Open English Translation of the Bible. Please double-check these texts in advance before using in public.

Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance=normal (All still tentative.)

22:20 Variant note: שלשום: (x-qere) ’שָׁלִישִׁ֑ים’: lemma_7991 c n_1 morph_HAompa id_20aYb שָׁלִישִׁ֑ים

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).

BrLXX Καὶ σὺ δὲ ἀπόγραψαι αὐτὰ σεαυτῷ τρισσῶς, εἰς βουλὴν καὶ γνῶσιν ἐπὶ τὸ πλάτος τῆς καρδίας σου.
(Kai su de apograpsai auta seautōi trissōs, eis boulaʸn kai gnōsin epi to platos taʸs kardias sou. )

BrTr And do thou too repeatedly record them for thyself on the table of thine heart, for counsel and knowledge.

ULT Have I not written for you thirty things [fn]
⇔ with counsels and knowledge,

Instead of thirty things some manuscripts have three times. The Hebrew word could also be read as officers.

BSB Have I not written for you thirty sayings [fn]
⇔ about counsel and knowledge,

22:20 Or written for you excellent sayings or written for you three times

OEB As I wrote for you heretofore
⇔ concerning counsels of wisdom –

WEBBE Haven’t I written to you thirty excellent things
⇔ of counsel and knowledge,

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Have I not written thirty sayings for you,
⇔ sayings of counsel and knowledge,

LSV Have I not written to you three times
With counsels and knowledge?

FBV Haven't I written down for you thirty sayings of advice and wisdom?

T4T I have written [RHQ] 30 ◄sayings/things that wise people have said►
⇔ from which you will receive good advice and you will be able you to know many good/useful things.

LEB • sayings with admonitions and knowledge?

BBE Have I not put in writing for you thirty sayings, with wise suggestions and knowledge,

Moff No Moff PRO book available

JPS Have not I written unto thee excellent things of counsels and knowledge;

ASV Have not I written unto thee excellent things
⇔ Of counsels and knowledge,

DRA Behold I have described it to thee three manner of ways, in thoughts and knowledge:

YLT Have I not written to thee three times With counsels and knowledge?

Drby Have not I written to thee excellent things, in counsels and knowledge,

RV Have not I written unto thee excellent things of counsels and knowledge;

Wbstr Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge,

KJB-1769 Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge,
(Have not I written to thee/you excellent things in counsels and knowledge, )

KJB-1611 Haue not I written to thee excellent things in counsailes and knowledge:
(Have not I written to thee/you excellent things in counsailes and knowledge:)

Bshps Haue not I warned thee very oft with counsayle and learning,
(Have not I warned thee/you very often with counsayle and learning,)

Gnva Haue not I written vnto thee three times in counsels and knowledge,
(Have not I written unto thee/you three times in counsels and knowledge, )

Cvdl Haue not I warned ye very oft with councell and lerninge?
(Have not I warned ye/you_all very often with council/counsel and lerninge?)

Wycl Lo! Y haue discryued it in thre maneres, in thouytis and kunnyng,
(Lo! I have discryued it in three manners, in thoughts and cunning,)

Luth Hab ich dir‘s nicht mannigfaltiglich vorgeschrieben mit Raten und Lehren,
(Hab I dir‘s not mannigfaltiglich vorwritten with Raten and Lehren,)

ClVg Ecce descripsi eam tibi tripliciter, in cogitationibus et scientia:
(Behold descripsi her to_you tripliciter, in cogitationibus and scientia: )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

הֲ⁠לֹ֤א כָתַ֣בְתִּי

?,not written

This phrase indicates that Solomon is using the question form in this verse and the next verse in order to emphasize the truth of what he is saying. If you would not use the question form for this purpose in your language, you could translate this as a statement or an exclamation. Alternate translation: “I have surely written”

Note 2 topic: translate-tense

הֲ⁠לֹ֤א כָתַ֣בְתִּי

?,not written

Solomon uses the past tense here in order to refer to something that is happening while he is writing these verses, which is the time he calls today in the previous verse. If it would not be natural to do that in your language, you could use the present tense. Alternate translation: “Am I not writing”

Note 3 topic: translate-textvariants

שָׁלִישִׁ֑ים

(Some words not found in UHB: ?,not written to/for=yourself(m) thirty in/on/at/with,counsel and,knowledge )

Some ancient manuscripts read, “excellent sayings.” If a translation of the Bible exists in your region, you may wish to use the reading that it uses. If a translation of the Bible does not exist in your region, you may wish to use the reading of the ULT.

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

בְּ⁠מ֖וֹעֵצֹ֣ת וָ⁠דָֽעַת

in/on/at/with,counsel and,knowledge

Here, counsels and knowledge refer to what the 30 things are. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “that are counsels and knowledge”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

בְּ⁠מ֖וֹעֵצֹ֣ת וָ⁠דָֽעַת

in/on/at/with,counsel and,knowledge

If your language does not use abstract nouns for the ideas of counsels and knowledge, you could express the same ideas in other ways. See how you translated knowledge in 1:4. Alternate translation: “that can counsel you and make you knowledgeable”

Parallel PRO 22:20