PRO 22:23 Parallel Verse View

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Key: khaki:verbs, green:YHWH.
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BrLXX Ὁ γὰρ Κύριος κρινεῖ αὐτοῦ τὴν κρίσιν, καὶ ῥύσῃ σὴν ἄσυλον ψυχήν.
(Ho gar Kurios krinei autou taʸn krisin, kai ɽusaʸ saʸn asulon psuⱪaʸn. )

BrTr For the Lord will plead his cause, and thou shalt deliver thy soul in safety.

ULT For Yahweh will plead their dispute,
⇔ and he will plunder of life those who plunder them.

UST Do not do these things because Yahweh will defend those poor people when you dispute with them,
⇔ and he will kill the people who stole from them.

BSB for the LORD will take up their case
⇔ and will plunder those who rob them.

OEB For the Lord will defend their cause,
⇔ and will rob of their lives those who rob them.

WEBBE for the LORD will plead their case,
⇔ and plunder the life of those who plunder them.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET for the Lord will plead their case
⇔ and will rob those who are robbing them.

LSV For YHWH pleads their cause,
And has spoiled the soul of their spoilers.

FBV for the Lord will plead their case, and he will take back whatever was stolen from them.

T4T because Yahweh will speak to defend them,
⇔ and he will punish those who steal things from others—by causing them to die.

LEB • and despoil those who despoil them of life.[fn]

22:? Or “soul,” or “inner self”

BBE For the Lord will give support to their cause, and take the life of those who take their goods.

Moff No Moff PRO book available

JPS For the LORD will plead their cause, and despoil of life those that despoil them.

ASV For Jehovah will plead their cause,
⇔ And despoil of life those that despoil them.

DRA Because the Lord will judge his cause, and will afflict them that have afflicted his soul.

YLT For Jehovah pleadeth their cause, And hath spoiled the soul of their spoilers.

Drby for Jehovah will plead their cause, and despoil the soul of those that despoil them.

RV For the LORD will plead their cause, and despoil of life those that despoil them.

Wbstr For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.

KJB-1769 For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.
(For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoild them. )

KJB-1611 [fn]For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoile the soule of those that spoiled them.
(For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoild them.)

22:23 Chap. 23. 11. iob.31. 21.

Bshps For the Lorde him selfe wyll defende their cause, and do violence vnto them that haue vsed violence.
(For the Lord himself will defende their cause, and do violence unto them that have used violence.)

Gnva For the Lord will defende their cause, and spoyle the soule of those that spoyle them.
(For the Lord will defende their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoil them. )

Cvdl for ye LORDE himself wyl defende their cause, and do violence vnto them yt haue vsed violence.
(for ye/you_all LORD himself will defende their cause, and do violence unto them it have used violence.)

Wyc For the Lord schal deme his cause, and he schal turmente hem, that turmentiden his soule.
(For the Lord shall deme his cause, and he shall torment them, that turmentiden his soul.)

Luth denn der HErr wird ihre Sache handeln und wird ihre Untertreter untertreten.
(denn the/of_the LORD becomes their/her matter handeln and becomes their/her Untertreter untertreten.)

ClVg quia judicabit Dominus causam ejus, et configet eos qui confixerunt animam ejus.
(because yudicabit Master causam his, and configet them who confixerunt animam his. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

יְ֭הוָה יָרִ֣יב רִיבָ֑⁠ם

YHWH plead case,their

Here, the writer refers to Yahweh protecting “an afflicted one” as if he were a lawyer defending that person in court. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly or use a simile. Alternate translation: “Yahweh will protect them” or “Yahweh will protect them like a lawyer who defends them in court”

Note 2 topic: writing-pronouns

רִיבָ֑⁠ם & קֹבְעֵי⁠הֶ֣ם

case,their & despoil,them

In this verse, their and them refer to the afflicted and poor people referenced in the previous verse. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “the dispute of poor people … those who plunder poor people”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

רִיבָ֑⁠ם

case,their

See how you translated the abstract noun dispute in 15:18.

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

וְ⁠קָבַ֖ע & נָֽפֶשׁ

and,plunder & soul

Here, the writer refers to Yahwehkilling a person who tries to plunder a poor person as if he were a thief who plunders that person’s life. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “he will cause to die”

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