PRO 24:14 Parallel Verse View

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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 Οὕτως αἰσθητήσῃ σοφίαν τῇ σῇ ψυχῇ· ἐὰν γὰρ εὕρῃς, ἔσται καλὴ ἡ τελευτή σου, καὶ ἐλπίς σε οὐκ ἐγκαταλείψει.
(Houtōs aisthaʸtaʸsaʸ sofian taʸ saʸ psuⱪaʸ; ean gar heuraʸs, estai kalaʸ haʸ teleutaʸ sou, kai elpis se ouk egkataleipsei. )

BrTr Thus shalt thou perceive wisdom in thy soul: for if thou find it, thine end shall be good, and hope shall not fail thee.

ULT Know wisdom is thus for your soul;
⇔ if you find it, then there will be a future
⇔ and your hope will not be cut off.

UST Be aware that what is wise is like honey for you.
⇔ If you become wise, then you will have a good future,
⇔ and what you hope will happen will indeed occur!

BSB Know therefore that wisdom is sweet to your soul.
⇔ If you find it, there is a future for you,
⇔ and your hope will never be cut off.

OEB even so, be assured, to your soul is wisdom.

WEBBE so you shall know wisdom to be to your soul.
⇔ If you have found it, then there will be a reward:
⇔ Your hope will not be cut off.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Likewise, know that wisdom is sweet to your soul;
⇔ if you find it, you will have a future,
⇔ and your hope will not be cut off.

LSV So [is] the knowledge of wisdom to your soul,
If you have found that there is a posterity
And your hope is not cut off.

FBV In the same way, you should know that wisdom is good for you; if you find it, there will be a future for you, and your hope will not be crushed.

T4T Similarly, being wise is good for your soul;
⇔ if you become wise,
⇔ you will be happy in the future,
⇔ and God will certainly do for you what you are confidently expecting him to do [LIT].

LEB • the sake of your soul,[fn] if you find it, then there is a future, • and your hope will not be cut off.

24:? Or “life,” or “inner self”

BBE So let your desire be for wisdom: if you have it, there will be a future, and your hope will not be cut off.

Moff No Moff PRO book available

JPS So know thou wisdom to be unto thy soul; if thou hast found it, then shall there be a future, and thy hope shall not be cut off.

ASV So shalt thou know wisdom to be unto thy soul;
⇔ If thou hast found it, then shall there be a reward,
⇔ And thy hope shall not be cut off.

DRA So also is the doctrine of wisdom to thy soul: which when thou hast found, thou shalt have hope in the end, and thy hope shall not perish.

YLT So [is] the knowledge of wisdom to thy soul, If thou hast found that there is a posterity And thy hope is not cut off.

Drby so consider wisdom for thy soul; if thou hast found it, there shall be a result, and thine expectation shall not be cut off.

RV So shalt thou know wisdom to be unto thy soul: if thou hast found it, then shall there be a reward, and thy hope shall not be cut off.

Wbstr So shall the knowledge of wisdom be to thy soul: when thou hast found it , then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off.

KJB-1769 So shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul: when thou hast found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off.
(So shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy/your soul: when thou/you hast found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy/your expectation shall not be cut off. )

KJB-1611 [fn]So shall the knowledge of wisedome be vnto thy soule: when thou hast found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above apart from footnotes)

24:14 Chap.23. 18.

Bshps So sweete shal the knowledge of wysdome be vnto thy soule when thou hast found it: and there shalbe hope, and thy hope shall not be cut of.
(So sweete shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy/your soul when thou/you hast found it: and there shall be hope, and thy/your hope shall not be cut of.)

Gnva So shall the knowledge of wisdome be vnto thy soule, if thou finde it, and there shall be an ende, and thine hope shall not be cut off.
(So shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy/your soul, if thou/you find it, and there shall be an end, and thine/your hope shall not be cut off. )

Cvdl Euen so shall ye knowlege of wysdome be vnto yi soule, as soone as thou hast gotte it. And there is good hope, yee yi hope shal not be in vayne.
(Even so shall ye/you_all knowledge of wisdom be unto yi soul, as soon as thou/you hast gotte it. And there is good hope, ye/you_all yi hope shall not be in vayne.)

Wycl `So and the techyng of wisdom is good to thi soule; and whanne thou hast founde it, thou schalt haue hope in the laste thingis, and thin hope schal not perische.
(`So and the teaching of wisdom is good to thy/your soule; and when thou/you hast found it, thou/you shalt have hope in the last things, and thin hope shall not perische.)

Luth Also lerne die Weisheit für deine SeeLE. Wenn du sie findest, so wird‘s hernach wohlgehen, und deine Hoffnung wird nicht umsonst sein.
(So lerne the Weisheit for your SeeLE. When you they/she/them findest, so wird‘s hernach wohlgehen, and your Hoffnung becomes not umsonst sein.)

ClVg Sic et doctrina sapientiæ animæ tuæ: quam cum inveneris, habebis in novissimis spem, et spes tua non peribit.
(So and doctrina sapientiæ animæ tuæ: how when/with inveneris, habebis in novissimis spem, and spes your not/no peribit. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / simile

כֵּ֤ן

yes/correct/thus/so

Here, thus indicates that the writer is comparing wisdom with honey, which was mentioned in the previous verse. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state that explicitly. Alternate translation: “is similar to honey”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

חָכְמָ֗ה

wisdom

See how you translated the abstract noun wisdom in 1:2.

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

לְ⁠נַ֫פְשֶׁ֥⁠ךָ

for,soul,your

See how you translated the same use of soul in 2:10.

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

מָ֭צָאתָ

find

See how you translated the same use of find in 16:20.

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

וְ⁠יֵ֣שׁ אַחֲרִ֑ית וְ֝⁠תִקְוָתְ⁠ךָ֗ לֹ֣א תִכָּרֵֽת

and,there_is future and,hope,your not cut_off

See how you translated the same clauses in 23:18.

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