PRO 25:25 Parallel Verse View

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BrLXX Ὥσπερ ὕδωρ ψυχρὸν ψυχῇ διψώσῃ προσηνὲς, οὕτως ἀγγελία ἀγαθὴ ἐκ γῆς μακρόθεν.
(Hōsper hudōr psuⱪron psuⱪaʸ dipsōsaʸ prosaʸnes, houtōs angelia agathaʸ ek gaʸs makrothen. )

BrTr As cold water is agreeable to a thirsting soul, so is a good message from a land far off.

UST When people hear something good from a far away place,
⇔ it is as refreshing as drinking cold water when you are thirsty.

BSB ⇔ Like cold water to a weary soul
⇔ is good news from a distant land.

OEB Like cool water to one that is weary
⇔ is good news from a distant land.

WEBBE Like cold water to a thirsty soul,
⇔ so is good news from a far country.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Like cold water to a weary person,
⇔ so is good news from a distant land.

LSV [As] cold waters for a weary soul,
So [is] a good report from a far country.

FBV Good news from a distant country is like cold water to an exhausted traveler.

T4T ⇔ Receiving good news from a country far away refreshes our spirits
⇔ like [SIM] cold water refreshes us when we are very thirsty.

LEB • Like cold water[fn] upon a weary soul,[fn] so too is good news from a distant place.

25:? Hebrew “waters”

25:? Or “life,” or “inner self”

BBE As cold water to a tired soul, so is good news from a far country.

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JPS As cold waters to a faint soul, so is good news from a far country.

ASV As cold waters to a thirsty soul,
⇔ So is good news from a far country.

DRA As cold water to a thirsty soul, so is good tidings from a far country.

YLT [As] cold waters for a weary soul, So [is] a good report from a far country.

Drby [As] cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.

RV As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.

Wbstr As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.

KJB-1769 As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.

KJB-1611 As cold waters to a thirstie soule: so is good newes from a farre countrey.
(As cold waters to a thirsty soul: so is good newes from a far country.)

Bshps Good newes from a straunge countrey, are as colde water to a thirstie soule.
(Good newes from a strange country, are as colde water to a thirsty soul.)

Gnva As are the colde waters to a weary soule, so is good newes from a farre countery.
(As are the colde waters to a weary soul, so is good newes from a far countery. )

Cvdl A good reporte out of a farre countre, is like colde water to a thyrstie soule.
(A good reporte out of a far country, is like colde water to a thyrstie soul.)

Wycl Coold watir to a thirsti man; and a good messanger fro a fer lond.
(Coold water to a thirsti man; and a good messanger from a far land.)

Luth Ein gut Gerücht aus fernen Landen in wie kalt Wasser einer durstigen SeeLE.
(A good Gerücht out_of fernen landn in like kalt water einer durstigen SeeLE.)

ClVg Aqua frigida animæ sitienti, et nuntius bonus de terra longinqua.[fn]
(Aqua frigida animæ sitienti, and nuntius bonus about earth/land longinqua. )

25.25 Aqua frigida. Aqua ergo frigida, etc., usque ad vel finito certamine ad palmam retributionis inducunt.

25.25 Aqua frigida. Aqua therefore frigida, etc., until to or finito certamine to palmam retributionis inducunt.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / infostructure

מַ֣יִם קָ֭רִים עַל־נֶ֣פֶשׁ עֲיֵפָ֑ה וּ⁠שְׁמוּעָ֥ה ט֝וֹבָ֗ה מֵ⁠אֶ֥רֶץ מֶרְחָֽק

waters cold on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in creature weary and,news good from,land distant

If it would be helpful in your language, you could reverse the order of these clauses. Alternate translation: “Good news from a distant land is like cool water over a weary soul”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

נֶ֣פֶשׁ עֲיֵפָ֑ה

creature weary

Here Solomon implies that this soul is weary with thirst. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “a soul weary from thirst”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

נֶ֣פֶשׁ

creature

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

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / simile

וּ⁠שְׁמוּעָ֥ה ט֝וֹבָ֗ה מֵ⁠אֶ֥רֶץ מֶרְחָֽק

and,news good from,land distant

Solomon is saying that good news from a distant land is like Cool water over a weary soul because both of these are refreshing. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state that explicitly. Alternate translation: “so also is good news from a distant land refreshing”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

וּ⁠שְׁמוּעָ֥ה ט֝וֹבָ֗ה

and,news good

See how you translated good news in 15:30.

Parallel PRO 25:25