PRO 26:16 Parallel Verse View

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Key: khaki:verbs.
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BrLXX Σοφώτερος ἑαυτῷ ὀκνηρὸς φαίνεται, τοῦ ἐν πλησμονῇ ἀποκομίζοντος ἀγγελίαν.
(Sofōteros heautōi oknaʸros fainetai, tou en plaʸsmonaʸ apokomizontos angelian. )

BrTr A sluggard seems to himself wiser than one who [fn]most satisfactorily brings back a message.

UST Lazy people wrongly think that they are wiser
⇔ than many people who answer discreetly.

BSB The slacker is wiser in his own eyes
⇔ than seven men who answer discreetly.

OEB The lazy man thinks himself wiser
⇔ than seven who can answer discreetly.

WEBBE The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes
⇔ than seven men who answer with discretion.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET The sluggard is wiser in his own estimation
⇔ than seven people who respond with good sense.

LSV Wiser [is] the slothful in his own eyes,
Than seven [men] returning a reason.

FBV In their own eyes lazy people are wiser than many[fn] sensible advisors.

26:16 In the text the number seven is given, symbolic of a large number, completion. This is used in a similar way in verse 25.

T4T ⇔ Lazy people think that they are wiser than seven/several people
⇔ who can answer others’ questions with good sense.

LEB • than seven who answer discreetly.

BBE The hater of work seems to himself wiser than seven men who are able to give an answer with good sense.

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JPS The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men that give wise answer.

ASV The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit
⇔ Than seven men that can render a reason.

DRA The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit, than seven men that speak sentences.

YLT Wiser [is] the slothful in his own eyes, Than seven [men] returning a reason.

Drby A sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven [men] that answer discreetly.

RV The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason.

Wbstr The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason.

KJB-1769 The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason.

KJB-1611 The sluggard is wiser in his owne conceit, then seuen men that can render a reason.
(The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit, then seven men that can render a reason.)

Bshps The sluggarde thinketh him selfe wiser then seuen men that sit and teache.
(The sluggarde thinketh himself wiser then seven men that sit and teache.)

Gnva The sluggard is wiser in his owne conceite, then seuen men that can render a reason.
(The sluggard is wiser in his own conceite, then seven men that can render a reason. )

Cvdl The slogarde thinketh him self wyser, then vij. men that sytt and teach.

Wycl A slow man semeth wysere to hym silf, than seuene men spekynge sentensis.
(A slow man seemeth/seems wysere to himself, than seven men speaking sentensis.)

Luth Ein Fauler dünkt sich weiser denn sieben, die da Sitten lehren.
(A Fauler dünkt itself/yourself/themselves weiser because sieben, the there Sitten lehren.)

ClVg Sapientior sibi piger videtur septem viris loquentibus sententias.][fn]
(Sapientior sibi piger videtur seven viris loquentibus sententias.] )

26.16 Sapientior, etc. Septem viri loquentes sententias, etc., usque ad et multos perfecisse monstraverunt.

26.16 Sapientior, etc. Septem viri loquentes sententias, etc., until to and multos perfecisse monstraverunt.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun

עָצֵ֣ל בְּ⁠עֵינָ֑י⁠ו

sluggard in/on/at/with,eyes,his_own

See how you translated A lazy one and his in the previous verse.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

חָכָ֣ם & בְּ⁠עֵינָ֑י⁠ו

wiser & in/on/at/with,eyes,his_own

Here Solomon implies that A lazy one is not actually wise. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “erroneously considers himself wiser in his own eyes”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

בְּ⁠עֵינָ֑י⁠ו

in/on/at/with,eyes,his_own

See how you translated the same use of this phrase in 26:12.

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj

מִ֝⁠שִּׁבְעָ֗ה

than,seven

Solomon is using the adjective seven as a noun to mean seven people. Your language may use adjectives in the same way. If not, you could translate this word with an equivalent phrase. Alternate translation: “seven people”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

מִ֝⁠שִּׁבְעָ֗ה

than,seven

Here, seven is used to refer to multiple people, not specifically seven people. In Hebrew, seven often symbolizes the idea of completion. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “numerous people”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

מְשִׁ֣יבֵי טָֽעַם

answer discreetly

Here Solomon refers to people speaking a reply with discretion to someone else as if they were returning discretion. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. See how you translated the similar use of “returns” in 24:26. Alternate translation: “who speak a discreet reply”

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

טָֽעַם

discreetly

See how you translated the abstract noun discretion in 1:4.

Parallel PRO 26:16