PRO 29:13 Parallel Verse View

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Key: khaki:verbs, green:YHWH.
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BrLXX Δανιστοῦ καὶ χρεωφειλέτου ἀλλήλοις συνελθόντων, ἐπισκοπὴν ἀμφοτέρων ποιεῖται ὁ Κύριος.
(Danistou kai ⱪreōfeiletou allaʸlois sunelthontōn, episkopaʸn amfoterōn poieitai ho Kurios. )

ULT One who is poor and a man of oppression meet together;
⇔ the one who enlightens the eyes of them both is Yahweh.

UST Poor people and the people who oppress them have at least one thing in common:
⇔ Yahweh is the one who caused them to live.

BSB ⇔ The poor man and the oppressor have this in common:
⇔ The LORD gives light to the eyes of both.

OEB Oppressor and poor meet together,
⇔ but the light in the eyes of them both is the Lord’s.

WEBBE The poor man and the oppressor have this in common:
⇔ The LORD gives sight to the eyes of both.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET The poor person and the oppressor have this in common:
⇔ the Lord gives light to the eyes of them both.

LSV The poor and the man of frauds have met together,
YHWH is enlightening the eyes of them both.

FBV Poor people and their oppressors have this in common: the Lord gives life to all of them.

T4T ⇔ There is one thing that is true about both poor people and those who oppress them:
⇔ Yahweh enables all of them to see.

LEB • this in common: Yahweh gives[fn]

29:? Literally “light of the eyes of the two of them”

BBE The poor man and his creditor come face to face: the Lord gives light to their eyes equally.

Moff No Moff PRO book available

JPS The poor man and the oppressor meet together; the LORD giveth light to the eyes of them both.

ASV The poor man and the oppressor meet together;
⇔ Jehovah lighteneth the eyes of them both.

DRA The poor man and the creditor have met one another: the Lord is the enlightener of them both.

YLT The poor and the man of frauds have met together, Jehovah is enlightening the eyes of them both.

Drby The indigent and the oppressor meet together; Jehovah lighteneth the eyes of them both.

RV The poor man and the oppressor meet together: the LORD lighteneth the eyes of them both.

Wbstr The poor and the deceitful man meet together: the LORD enlighteneth both their eyes.

KJB-1769 The poor and the deceitful man meet together: the LORD lighteneth both their eyes.[fn]

29.13 the deceitful…: or, the usurer

KJB-1611 [fn][fn]The poore and the deceitful man meet together: the LORD lightneth both their eyes.
(The poor and the deceitful man meet together: the LORD lightneth both their eyes.)

29:13 Cha.22.2.

29:13 Or, the vsurer.

Bshps The poore and the lender meete together, and the Lorde lyghteneth both their eyes.
(The poor and the lender meet together, and the Lord lighteneth both their eyes.)

Gnva The poore and the vsurer meete together, and the Lord lighteneth both their eyes.
(The poor and the usurer meet together, and the Lord lighteneth both their eyes. )

Cvdl The poore and the lender mete together, the LORDE lighteneth both their eyes.
(The poor and the lender meet together, the LORD lighteneth both their eyes.)

Wycl A pore man and a leenere metten hem silf; the Lord is liytnere of euer ethir.
(A poor man and a leenere metten them silf; the Lord is lightnere of ever ethir.)

Luth Arme und Reiche begegnen einander; aber beider Augen erleuchtet der HErr.
(Arme and Reiche begegnen einander; but beider Augen erleuchtet the/of_the LORD.)

ClVg Pauper et creditor obviaverunt sibi: utriusque illuminator est Dominus.[fn]
(Pauper and he_believesor obviaverunt sibi: utriusque illuminator it_is Master. )

29.13 Pauper et creditor obviaverunt. Pauper, etc., usque ad unde, sine me nihil potestis facere.

29.13 Pauper and he_believesor obviaverunt. Pauper, etc., until to unde, sine me nihil potestis facere.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun

רָ֤שׁ וְ⁠אִ֣ישׁ תְּכָכִ֣ים

poor and,man oppression

One who is poor and a man of oppression refer to types of people in general, not specific people. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use different more natural expressions. Alternate translation: “Any person who is poor and any man of oppression”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

וְ⁠אִ֣ישׁ תְּכָכִ֣ים

and,man oppression

Here Solomon is using the possessive form to describe a man who is characterized by oppressing other people. If your language would not use the possessive form for this, you could use a different expression. Alternate translation: “a man who oppresses others”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

נִפְגָּ֑שׁוּ

have_~_incommon

See how you translated the same use of meet together in 22:2.

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

מֵ֤אִיר־עֵינֵ֖י שְׁנֵי⁠הֶ֣ם

gives_light both_eyes_of both_of=them

Here, enlightens the eyes is an idiom that means “enables someone to live” or “makes someone alive” If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “the one who enables both of them to live”

Parallel PRO 29:13