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Parallel PRO 26:5

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Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clearImportance=normal(All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV)
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OET-LVAnswer a_fool according_to_folly_his lest he_should_be wise in/on/at/with_eyes_his_own.

UHBעֲנֵ֣ה כְ֭סִיל כְּ⁠אִוַּלְתּ֑⁠וֹ פֶּן־יִהְיֶ֖ה חָכָ֣ם בְּ⁠עֵינָֽי⁠ו׃
   (ˊₐnēh kəşīl kə⁠ʼiūalt⁠ō pen-yihyeh ḩākām bə⁠ˊēynāy⁠v.)

Key: khaki:verbs.
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).

BrLXXἈλλὰ ἀποκρίνου ἄφρονι κατὰ τὴν ἀφροσύνην αὐτοῦ, ἵνα μὴ φαίνηται σοφὸς παρʼ ἑαυτῷ.
   (Alla apokrinou afroni kata taʸn afrosunaʸn autou, hina maʸ fainaʸtai sofos parʼ heautōi. )

BrTrYet answer a fool according to his folly, lest he seem wise in his own conceit.

ULTAnswer a stupid one according to his folly,
 ⇔ lest he become wise in his eyes.

USTSometimes, reply to foolish people according to their foolish way of thinking.
 ⇔ If you do not, then they may think that they are wise.

BSBAnswer a fool according to his folly,
 ⇔ lest he become wise in his own eyes.


OEBAnswer a fool as beseems his folly,
 ⇔ lest he fancy himself to be wise.

WEBBEAnswer a fool according to his folly,
 ⇔ lest he be wise in his own eyes.

WMBB (Same as above)

NETAnswer a fool according to his folly,
 ⇔ lest he be wise in his own estimation.

LSVAnswer a fool according to his folly,
Lest he is wise in his own eyes.

FBVAnswer stupid people following their stupidity, otherwise they'll think they're wise.[fn]


26:5 While this verse appears to contradict the previous one, there is a play on words here. In the first, “following their stupidity” means “agreeing with it.” In the second, the phrase means “as it deserves.”

T4T  ⇔ If you give a foolish answer to someone who asks a foolish question,
 ⇔ he will realize that he is not very wise/foolish►.

LEB•  or else he will be wise in his own eyes.

BBEGive a foolish man a foolish answer, or he will seem wise to himself.

MoffNo Moff PRO book available

JPSAnswer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes.

ASVAnswer a fool according to his folly,
 ⇔ Lest he be wise in his own conceit.

DRAAnswer a fool according to his folly, lest he imagine himself to be wise.

YLTAnswer a fool according to his folly, Lest he be wise in his own eyes.

DrbyAnswer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes.

RVAnswer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.

WbstrAnswer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.

KJB-1769Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.[fn]


26.5 conceit: Heb. eyes

KJB-1611[fn]Answere a foole according to his folly, lest hee be wise in his owne conceit.
   (Answere a foole according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.)


26:5 Heb. his owne eyes.

BshpsBut make the foole an aunswere to his foolishnesse, lest he be wyse in his owne conceipt.
   (But make the foole an answer to his foolishness, lest he be wise in his own conceipt.)

GnvaAnswere a foole according to his foolishnes, least he be wise in his owne conceite.
   (Answere a foole according to his foolishnes, least he be wise in his own conceite. )

Cvdlbut make ye foole an answere to his foolishnesse, lest he be wyse in his owne coceate.
   (but make ye/you_all foole an answer to his foolishness, lest he be wise in his own coceate.)

WycAnswere thou a fool bi his fooli, lest he seme to him silf to be wijs.
   (Answere thou/you a fool by his fooli, lest he seem to him self to be wijs.)

LuthAntworte aber dem Narren nach seiner Narrheit, daß er sich nicht weise lasse dünken.
   (answere but to_him Narren after his Narrheit, that he itself/yourself/themselves not weise let dünken.)

ClVgResponde stulto juxta stultitiam suam, ne sibi sapiens esse videatur.
   (Responde stulto next_to stultitiam his_own, not sibi sapiens esse videatur. )


TSNTyndale Study Notes:

26:4-5 Proverbs are often context sensitive. Whether or not to answer the foolish arguments of fools depends on what kind of fool and what kind of situation.


UTNuW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun

כְ֭סִיל כְּ⁠אִוַּלְתּ֑⁠וֹ פֶּן־יִהְיֶ֖ה חָכָ֣ם בְּ⁠עֵינָֽי⁠ו

fool according_to,folly,his lest will_belong wise in/on/at/with,eyes,his_own

Here, a stupid one, his, and he refer to a type of person in general, not a specific person. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use more natural expressions. See how you translated a stupid one in 10:18. Alternate translation: “any stupid person according to that person’s folly, lest that person become wise in that person’s own eyes”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

כְ֭סִיל כְּ⁠אִוַּלְתּ֑⁠וֹ

fool according_to,folly,his

See how you translated this phrase in the previous verse.

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

חָכָ֣ם בְּ⁠עֵינָֽי⁠ו

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

See how you translated the same use of eyes in 3:7.

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