PRO 23:34 Parallel Verse View

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BrLXX Καὶ κατακείσῃ ὥσπερ ἐν καρδίᾳ θαλάσσης, καὶ ὥσπερ κυβερνήτης ἐν πολλῷ κλύδωνι.
(Kai katakeisaʸ hōsper en kardia thalassaʸs, kai hōsper kubernaʸtaʸs en pollōi kludōni. )

BrTr And thou shalt lie as in the midst of the sea, and as a pilot in a great storm.

ULT And you will be like one who lies down in the heart of the sea
⇔ and like one who lies down at the head of a mast.

UST You will feel dizzy as if you were trying to sleep on a ship that the sea was tossing back and forth.
⇔ Indeed, you will feel as if you were trying to sleep while swaying at the top of a ship’s sails.

BSB You will be like one sleeping on the high seas
⇔ or lying on the top of a mast:

OEB Like one riding the sea are you
⇔ in the throes of a violent storm.

WEBBE Yes, you will be as he who lies down in the middle of the sea,
⇔ or as he who lies on top of the rigging:

WMBB (Same as above)

NET And you will be like one who lies down in the midst of the sea,
⇔ and like one who lies down on the top of the rigging.

LSV And you have been as one lying down in the heart of the sea,
And as one lying down on the top of a mast.

FBV You'll stumble around like you're on the rolling ocean, you'll be tossed about like someone lying down at the top of a ship's mast, saying,

T4T You will think you are in a ship that is tossing on the sea;
⇔ you be like [SIM] someone who is trying to sleep when the ship is rolling from one side to the other.

LEB • and like him who lies down on top of a mast.

BBE Yes, you will be like him who takes his rest on the sea, or on the top of a sail-support.

Moff No Moff PRO book available

JPS Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.

ASV Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea,
⇔ Or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.

DRA And thou shalt be as one sleeping in the midst of the sea, and as a pilot fast asleep, when the stern is lost.

YLT And thou hast been as one lying down in the heart of the sea, And as one lying down on the top of a mast.

Drby and thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, and as he that lieth down upon the top of a mast:

RV Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.

Wbstr And thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.

KJB-1769 Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.[fn]
(Yea, thou/you shalt be as he that lieth/lies down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth/lies upon the top of a mast. )

23.34 the midst…: Heb. the heart of the sea

KJB-1611 [fn]Yea thou shalt be as he that lyeth downe in the midst of the sea, or as he that lyeth vpon the top of a mast.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)

23:34 Heb. in the heart of the sea.

Bshps Yea thou shalt be as though thou layest in the middest of the sea, or slepest vppon the top of the maste of a ship.
(Yea thou/you shalt be as though thou/you layest in the midst of the sea, or slepest uppon the top of the maste of a ship.)

Gnva And thou shalt bee as one that sleepeth in the middes of the sea, and as hee that sleepeth in the toppe of the maste.
(And thou/you shalt be as one that sleepeth/sleeps in the midst of the sea, and as he that sleepeth/sleeps in the top of the maste. )

Cvdl Yee thou shalt be as though thou slepte, in ye myddest of ye see, or vpo ye toppe of the mast.
(Ye/You_all thou/you shalt be as though thou/you slepte, in ye/you_all myddest of ye/you_all see, or upo ye/you_all top of the mast.)

Wycl And thou schalt be as a man slepinge in the myddis of the see, and as a gouernour aslepid, whanne the steere is lost.
(And thou/you shalt be as a man slepinge in the midst of the see, and as a governor aslepid, when the steere is lost.)

Luth und wirst sein wie einer, der mitten im Meer schläft, und wie einer schläft oben auf dem Mastbaum.
(and will his like one, the/of_the mitten in_the sea schläft, and like einer schläft above on to_him Mastbaum.)

ClVg Et eris sicut dormiens in medio mari, et quasi sopitus gubernator, amisso clavo.[fn]
(And eris like dormiens in in_the_middle mari, and as_if sopitus gubernator, amisso clavo. )

23.34 Et eris sicut dormiens. In medio mari dormiunt, etc., usque ad studium sollicitudinis perdit.

23.34 And eris like dormiens. In in_the_middle of_the_sea dormiunt, etc., until to studium sollicitudinis perdit.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

וְ֭⁠הָיִיתָ כְּ⁠שֹׁכֵ֣ב בְּ⁠לֶב־יָ֑ם וּ֝⁠כְ⁠שֹׁכֵ֗ב בְּ⁠רֹ֣אשׁ חִבֵּֽל

and,be like,lies_down in/on/at/with,midst sea and,like,lies_down in/on/at/with,top mast

These two phrases mean basically the same thing. The second emphasizes the meaning of the first by repeating the same idea with different words. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could connect the phrases with a word other than and in order to show that the second phrase is repeating the first one, not saying something additional. Alternate translation: “And you will be like one who lies down in the heart of the sea; yes, like one who lies down at the head of a mast”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / simile

כְּ⁠שֹׁכֵ֣ב בְּ⁠לֶב־יָ֑ם

like,lies_down in/on/at/with,midst sea

The writer is saying that a drunk person is like someone who lies down in the heart of the sea because that person feels dizzy, nauseous, and unsteady, like someone on a boat in the middle of the ocean. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state that explicitly. Alternate translation: “dizzy and nauseous”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

בְּ⁠לֶב־יָ֑ם

in/on/at/with,midst sea

Here, heart refers to the middle of the sea, which is far away from land. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “in the middle of the sea” or “far out in the ocean”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / simile

וּ֝⁠כְ⁠שֹׁכֵ֗ב בְּ⁠רֹ֣אשׁ חִבֵּֽל

and,like,lies_down in/on/at/with,top mast

The writer is saying that a drunk person is like someone who lies down at the head of a mast, because that person feels dizzy and stumbles like someone who sways back and forth at the top of the mast of a ship in the ocean. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state that explicitly. Alternate translation: “and swaying from side to side”

Note 5 topic: translate-unknown

בְּ⁠רֹ֣אשׁ חִבֵּֽל

in/on/at/with,top mast

The phrase head of a mast refers to the top of a long, wooden pole to which a very large cloth, called a sail, was attached. Wind blown into the sail propelled the ship. The top of the mast would sway back and forth more than any other part of the ship, so someone at the head of a mast could easily become dizzy. If your readers would not be familiar with this type of mast, you could use the name of something similar in your area or you could use a more general term. Alternate translation: “at the highest point on a ship”

Parallel PRO 23:34