PRO 26:23 Parallel Verse View

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BrLXX Ἀργύριον διδόμενον μετὰ δόλου, ὥσπερ ὄστρακον ἡγητέον· χείλη λεῖα καρδίαν καλύπτει λυπηράν.
(Argurion didomenon meta dolou, hōsper ostrakon haʸgaʸteon; ⱪeilaʸ leia kardian kaluptei lupaʸran. )

BrTr Silver dishonestly given is to be considered as a potsherd: smooth lips cover a grievous heart.

ULT Silver of dross overlaid on a clay vessel
⇔ are burning lips and a heart of evil.

UST What people fervently say while thinking evilly is as deceptive as
⇔ a clay pot that someone has covered with a shiny coating.

BSB ⇔ Like glaze covering an earthen vessel
⇔ are burning [fn] lips and a wicked heart.

OEB Like a sherd overlaid with silver slag
⇔ is a wicked heart with glowing lips.

WEBBE Like silver dross on an earthen vessel
⇔ are the lips of a fervent one with an evil heart.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Like a coating of glaze over earthenware
⇔ are fervent lips with an evil heart.

LSV Silver of dross spread over potsherd,
[Are] burning lips and an evil heart.

FBV Smooth[fn] talking with evil intent is like a shiny lead glaze on an earthenware pot.[fn]

26:23 Septuagint reading.

26:23 The implication here is that like a fine finish given to a cheap pot, pleasant words can mask bad motives.

T4T ⇔ People who say nice things when they are thinking about doing evil things
⇔ are like a nice glaze/covering on a cheap clay pot.

LEB • Like[fn] which overlays an earthen vessel, so are smooth lips and an evil heart[fn].

26:? Literally “silver of impurities”

26:? Or “mind”

BBE Smooth lips and an evil heart are like a vessel of earth plated with silver waste.

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JPS Burning lips and a wicked heart are like an earthen vessel overlaid with silver dross.

ASV Fervent lips and a wicked heart
⇔ Are like an earthen vessel overlaid with silver dross.

DRA Swelling lips joined with a corrupt heart, are like an earthen vessel adorned with silver dross.

YLT Silver of dross spread over potsherd, [Are] burning lips and an evil heart.

Drby Ardent lips, and a wicked heart, are [as] an earthen vessel overlaid with silver dross.

RV Fervent lips and a wicked heart are like an earthen vessel overlaid with silver dross.

Wbstr Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver dross.

KJB-1769 Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver dross.

KJB-1611 Burning lips, and a wicked heart, are like a potsheard couered with siluer drosse.
(Burning lips, and a wicked heart, are like a potsheard covered with silver drosse.)

Bshps Burning lippes and a wicked heart, are like a potsharde couered with siluer drosse.
(Burning lippes and a wicked heart, are like a potsharde covered with silver drosse.)

Gnva As siluer drosse ouerlayde vpon a potsheard, so are burning lips, and an euill heart.
(As silver drosse overlaide upon a potsheard, so are burning lips, and an evil heart. )

Cvdl Venymous lippes & a wicked herte, are like a potsherde couered wt syluer drosse.
(Venymous lippes and a wicked heart, are like a potsherde covered with silver drosse.)

Wycl As if thou wolt ourne a vessel of erthe with foul siluer; so ben bolnynge lippis felouschipid with `the werste herte.
(As if thou/you wolt ourne a vessel of earth with foul silver; so been bolnynge lippis felouschipid with `the werste heart.)

Luth Giftiger Mund und böses Herz ist wie ein Scherben mit Silberschaum überzogen.
(Giftiger Mund and böses heart is like a Scherben with Silberschaum überzogen.)

ClVg Quomodo si argento sordido ornare velis vas fictile, sic labia tumentia cum pessimo corde sociata.
(Quomodo when/but_if with_silver sordido ornare velis vas fictile, so labia tumentia when/with pessimo corde sociata. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / infostructure

כֶּ֣סֶף סִ֭יגִים מְצֻפֶּ֣ה עַל־חָ֑רֶשׂ שְׂפָתַ֖יִם דֹּלְקִ֣ים וְ⁠לֶב־רָֽע

silver impure overlays on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in earthen_vessel lips fervent and,heart evil

If it would be more natural in your language, you could change the order of these clauses. Alternate translation: “Burning lips and a heart of evil are silver of dross overlaid on a clay vessel”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

כֶּ֣סֶף סִ֭יגִים מְצֻפֶּ֣ה עַל־חָ֑רֶשׂ

silver impure overlays on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in earthen_vessel

Here Solomon refers to burning lips and a heart of evil as if they are Silver of dross overlaid on a clay vessel. The point is that both are deceptive. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly or use a simile. Alternate translation: “Very deceptive” or “Like silver of dross overlaid on a clay vessel”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

כֶּ֣סֶף סִ֭יגִים

silver impure

Here Solomon is using the possessive form to describe dross that is removed from silver when someone refines it. If your language would not use the possessive form for this, you could use a different expression. Alternate translation: “Dross from silver”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

מְצֻפֶּ֣ה

overlays

If your language does not use this passive form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “that someone overlaid”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

שְׂפָתַ֖יִם דֹּלְקִ֣ים וְ⁠לֶב־רָֽע

lips fervent and,heart evil

Here, and indicates that someone has both burning lips and a heart of evil at the same time. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “are burning lips with a heart of evil”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

שְׂפָתַ֖יִם דֹּלְקִ֣ים

lips fervent

See how you translated the same use of lips in 10:18.

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

דֹּלְקִ֣ים

fervent

Here Solomon refers to something being emotional or fervent as if that thing were burning. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “passionate”

Note 8 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

וְ⁠לֶב־רָֽע

and,heart evil

Here Solomon is using the possessive form to describe a heart that is characterized by evil. If your language would not use the possessive form for this, you could use a different expression. Alternate translation: “and an evil heart”

Note 9 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

וְ⁠לֶב

and,heart

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

Parallel PRO 26:23