PROV 27:5 Parallel Verse View

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27:5 OSHB note: Marks a place where we agree with BHQ against BHS in reading L.

27:5 OSHB note: We read one or more accents in L differently than BHS. Often this notation indicates a typographical error in BHS.

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).

BrLXX Κρείσσους ἔλεγχοι ἀποκεκαλυμμένοι κρυπτομένης φιλίας.
(Kreissous elegⱪoi apokekalummenoi kruptomenaʸs filias. )

UST It is better to correct people openly, than to love them without showing them that you love them.

OEB No OEB PROV book available

WEBBE Better is open rebuke
⇔ than hidden love.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Better is open rebuke
⇔ than hidden love.

LSV Better [is] open reproof than hidden love.

FBV Open criticism is better than hidden love.

T4T ⇔ It is better to correct someone openly
⇔ than to show that you l don’t love that person by not correcting him.

LEB • Better a rebuke that is open than a love that is hidden.

BBE Better is open protest than love kept secret.

Moff Better a frank word of reproo
⇔ than the love that will not speak.

JPS Better is open rebuke than love that is hidden.

ASV Better is open rebuke
⇔ Than love that is hidden.

DRA Open rebuke is better than hidden love.

YLT Better [is] open reproof than hidden love.

Drby Open rebuke is better than hidden love.

RV Better is open rebuke than love that is hidden.

SLT Naked rebuke is good above secret love.

Wbstr Open rebuke is better than secret love.

KJB-1769 Open rebuke is better than secret love.

KJB-1611 Open rebuke is better then secret loue.
(Open rebuke is better then secret love.)

Bshps Open rebuke, is better then secrete loue.
(Open rebuke, is better then secret love.)

Gnva Open rebuke is better then secret loue.
(Open rebuke is better then secret love. )

Cvdl An open rebuke is better, then a secrete loue.
(An open rebuke is better, then a secret love.)

Wycl Betere is opyn repreuyng, than loue hid.
(Better is open repreuing, than love hid.)

Luth Öffentliche Strafe ist besser denn heimliche Liebe.
(Publice penalty is better because/than secret love(n).)

ClVg Melior est manifesta correptio quam amor absconditus.[fn]
(Better it_is obvious correptio how love hidden. )

27.5 Melior est manifesta correctio. Amor absconditus, illicitus, etc., usque ad quam studio similiter peccandi clam diligere.

27.5 Better it_is obvious correctio. Amor hidden, thereitus, etc., until to how studio likewise to_sin clam to_love.

SOTN SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 25:1–29:27: This is Hezekiah’s collection of Solomon’s proverbs

This section is the second collection of Solomon’s proverbs. These proverbs were organized and copied by men who served King Hezekiah. Most scholars divide this section into two groups. These groups differ in several ways.

The first group (chapters 25–27) has many more comparisons and admonitions. In Hebrew, most of these comparisons are metaphors in which one or more illustrations precede the topic. Some English versions change the order so that the topic precedes the illustration(s). You should follow the order that expresses the meaning naturally and effectively in your language.

In the first group, many proverbs are one verse long. As with the individual proverbs in the main collection of Solomon’s proverbs (Section 10:1–22:16), they are not related to the proverbs around them. Other proverbs in this group are two or more verses long. Still others are one-verse proverbs that are closely related in theme. Proverbs in all three categories will be marked as separate paragraphs.

The second group (chapters 28–29) has more contrastive proverbs. The proverbs in this group are each one verse long. They will not be marked as separate paragraphs.

Some other headings for this section are:

More Proverbs of Solomon (NIV)

Proverbs of Solomon Collected by Hezekiah (NET)

These are also wise things that Solomon said

Paragraph 27:5–6

These two verses are related by the theme that a true friend is willing to rebuke the one he loves. Both verses also contain one or more unexpected comparisons.

27:5

This proverb compares two situations or types of behavior. The behavior in 27:5a is better than the behavior in 27:5b. Notice the parallel parts that contrast in meaning:

^5aBetter an open rebuke

^5bthan love that is concealed .

This is a four-part “better than” proverb. In each situation there is something good and something bad.

For 27:5, the four parts are:

A: rebuke (undesirable)

B: open (very desirable)

C: love (desirable)

D: concealed (very undesirable)

The overall behavior in the first line (A + B) is better than the overall behavior in the second line (C + D).

See the notes on 12:9 for more details on this type of proverb.

This proverb compares rebuke to love. Normally, people consider it pleasant to be loved and unpleasant to be rebuked. This proverb teaches that a rebuke that is expressed is better than love that is not expressed.Instead of “love that is concealed,” the NJB has “feigned love.” Although this is an interpretation issue, the Notes have not discussed it in the body of the notes because there is no other support for this interpretation in other versions or in the commentaries consulted.

This proverb implies several things:

A person has done something wrong that should be rebuked.
A person who truly loves a wrongdoer will express that love by rebuking him.

In some languages, it may be necessary to make some of this implied information explicit.

27:5a

Better an open rebuke

¶ Criticism that is made known is better
¶ It is better to frankly rebuke your^(sing) fellowman for a fault/wrong

Better an open rebuke: The Hebrew word that the BSB translates as open is literally “uncovered” or “revealed.” The phrase open rebuke refers to criticism or correction that is honestly expressed to someone whose behavior needs to be corrected. As with the abstract emotions in 27:4, open rebuke is an abstract idea. It may need to be translated in terms of a person who rebukes someone. Some other ways to translate this line are:

Better to correct someone openly (GNT)

It is better if you make known your criticism

It is better to rebuke someone honestly for doing wrong

27:5b

than love that is concealed.

than love that is not shown/expressed.
than to hide/withhold your^(sing) love for him by not rebuking him.

than love that is concealed: This phrase refers to love that a person does not express or show to someone else by means of what he says or does. In the context of 27:5a, it is implied that a true friend rebukes someone who has done something wrong. If he fails to rebuke him, he hides his love. Some other ways to translate this line are:

than a love that remains hidden (NAB)

than unexpressed love (GW)

than to have love and not show it (NCV)

General Comment on 27:5a–b

In some languages, it may not be possible to translate this comparison with a phrase such as “better than.” If that is true in your language, another way to translate this comparison is: