PRO 23:26 Parallel Verse View

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23:26 Variant note: תרצנה: (x-qere) ’תִּצֹּֽרְנָה’: lemma_5341 n_0 morph_HVqj3fp id_20RFy תִּצֹּֽרְנָה

23:26 Note: Adaptations to a Qere which L and BHS, by their design, do not indicate.

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).

BSB ⇔ My son, give me your heart,
⇔ and let your eyes delight in my ways.

OEB ⇔ Give heed to me, my son.
⇔ Let your eyes take note of my ways.

WEBBE My son, give me your heart;
⇔ and let your eyes keep in my ways.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Give me your heart, my son,
⇔ and let your eyes observe my ways;

LSV Give, my son, your heart to me,
And let your eyes watch my ways.

FBV My son, give me your undivided attention, and cheerfully follow my example.

T4T My son, heed what I say to you,
⇔ and allow what I do to be an example for you.

LEB • [fn] to me, and may your eyes delight in my ways.

?:? Or “mind”

BBE My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes take delight in my ways.

Moff No Moff PRO book available

JPS My son, give me thy heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.

ASV My son, give me thy heart;
⇔ And let thine eyes delight in my ways.

DRA My son, give me thy heart: and let thy eyes keep my ways.

YLT Give, my son, thy heart to me, And let thine eyes watch my ways.

Drby My son, give me thy heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.

RV My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes delight in my ways.

Wbstr My son, give me thy heart, and let thy eyes observe my ways.

KJB-1769 My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.
(My son, give me thine/your heart, and let thine/your eyes observe my ways. )

KJB-1611 My sonne, giue me thine heart, and let thine eyes obserue my wayes.
(My son, give me thine/your heart, and let thine/your eyes obserue my ways.)

Bshps My sonne geue me thyne heart, and let thyne eyes haue pleasure in my wayes:
(My son give me thine/your heart, and let thine/your eyes have pleasure in my ways:)

Gnva My sonne, giue mee thine heart, and let thine eyes delite in my wayes.
(My son, give me thine/your heart, and let thine/your eyes delite in my ways. )

Cvdl My sonne, geue me thyne herte, and let thine eyes haue pleasure in my wayes.
(My son, give me thine/your heart, and let thine/your eyes have pleasure in my ways.)

Wyc My sone, yyue thin herte to me, and thin iyen kepe my weyes.
(My son, give thin heart to me, and thin iyen keep my weyes.)

Luth Gib mir, mein Sohn, dein Herz und laß deinen Augen meine Wege wohlgefallen.
(Give mir, my son, your heart and let deinen Augen my Wege wohlgefallen.)

ClVg Præbe, fili mi, cor tuum mihi, et oculi tui vias meas custodiant.
(Præbe, son mi, heart your mihi, and oculi yours vias meas custodiant. )

BrTr My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.

BrLXX Δός μοι υἱὲ σὴν καρδίαν, οἱ δὲ σοὶ ὀφθαλμοὶ ἐμὰς ὁδοὺς τηρείτωσαν.
(Dos moi huie saʸn kardian, hoi de soi ofthalmoi emas hodous taʸreitōsan. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

23:26–28 is Saying 17 of the 30 “words of the wise ones.”

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

תְּנָֽ⁠ה & לִבְּ⁠ךָ֣ לִ֑⁠י

give, & heart,your to=me

Here, the writer refers to paying careful attention to someone as if the son were to give his heart to him. The word heart here refers to a person’s mind, as in 2:2. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “pay careful attention to me”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / declarative

וְ֝⁠עֵינֶ֗י⁠ךָ דְּרָכַ֥⁠י תִּצֹּֽרְנָה

and,eyes,your ways,my (Some words not found in UHB: give, son,my heart,your to=me and,eyes,your ways,my observe )

The writer is using an appeal statement to give a command. If it would be helpful in your language, you could translate these words using a command form. Alternate translation: “and make your eyes watch my ways”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

וְ֝⁠עֵינֶ֗י⁠ךָ & תִּצֹּֽרְנָה

and,eyes,your & (Some words not found in UHB: give, son,my heart,your to=me and,eyes,your ways,my observe )

Here, eyes the whole person. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “and may you look carefully at”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

דְּרָכַ֥⁠י

ways,my

See how you translated the same use of ways in 3:6.

Parallel PRO 23:26