PRO 2:11 Parallel Verse View

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

Key: khaki:verbs.
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BrLXX βουλὴ καλὴ φυλάξει σε, ἔννοια δὲ ὁσία τηρήσει σε·
(boulaʸ kalaʸ fulaxei se, ennoia de hosia taʸraʸsei se; )

UST Being discreet will make you safe.
⇔ Indeed, being insightful will make you secure.

OEB discretion will watch over you,
⇔ and understanding will guard you,

WEBBE Discretion will watch over you.
⇔ Understanding will keep you,

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Discretion will protect you,
⇔ understanding will guard you,

LSV Thoughtfulness watches over you,
Understanding keeps you,

FBV Good decisions will keep you on track; thinking logically will keep you safe.

T4T If you know [PRS] how to choose what is right to do
⇔ and if you understand what God wants you to do,
⇔ God will protect you and guard you and keep you safe.

LEB • understanding will protect you,

BBE Wise purposes will be watching over you, and knowledge will keep you;

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JPS Discretion shall watch over thee, discernment shall guard thee;

ASV Discretion shall watch over thee;
⇔ Understanding shall keep thee:

DRA Counsel shall keep thee, and prudence shall preserve thee,

YLT Thoughtfulness doth watch over thee, Understanding doth keep thee,

Drby discretion shall keep thee, understanding shall preserve thee:

RV Discretion shall watch over thee, understanding shall keep thee:

Wbstr Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:

KJB-1769 Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:
(Discretion shall preserve thee/you, understanding shall keep thee/you: )

KJB-1611 Discretion shall preserue thee, vnderstanding shall keepe thee:
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps Then shall counsayle preserue thee, and vnderstandyng shall kepe thee,
(Then shall counsayle preserve thee/you, and understanding shall keep thee/you,)

Gnva Then shall counsell preserue thee, and vnderstanding shall keepe thee,
(Then shall council/counsel preserve thee/you, and understanding shall keep thee/you, )

Cvdl then shal councell preserue the, and vnderstondinge shal kepe the.
(then shall council/counsel preserve them, and understanding shall keep them.)

Wycl good councel schal kepe thee, and prudence schal kepe thee; that thou be delyuered fro an yuel weie,
(good council/counsel shall keep thee/you, and prudence shall keep thee/you; that thou/you be delivered from an evil way,)

Luth so wird dich guter Rat bewahren und Verstand wird dich behüten,
(so becomes you/yourself good advice bewahren and Verstand becomes you/yourself behüten,)

ClVg consilium custodiet te, et prudentia servabit te:
(consilium custodiet you(sg), and prudentia servabit te: )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

2:11–17 are one long sentence. If you divide these verses into multiple sentences, as the UST does, then you may need to repeat some phrases in order to make the meaning clear.

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

מְ֭זִמָּה תִּשְׁמֹ֥ר עָלֶ֗י⁠ךָ תְּבוּנָ֥ה תִנְצְרֶֽ⁠כָּה

discretion watch over,you understanding guard,you

These two clauses mean basically the same thing. The second emphasizes the meaning of the first by repeating the same idea with different words. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could connect the clauses with a word that shows that the second clause is repeating the first one, not saying something additional. Alternate translation: “Discretion will preserve over you, yes, understanding will protect you”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / personification

מְ֭זִמָּה תִּשְׁמֹ֥ר עָלֶ֗י⁠ךָ תְּבוּנָ֥ה תִנְצְרֶֽ⁠כָּה

discretion watch over,you understanding guard,you

Here Solomon speaks of discretion and understanding as if they were people who could protect someone else. He means that someone who has discretion and understanding will be safe. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “If you have discretion, you will be safe; if you have understanding, you will be secure”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

מְ֭זִמָּה & תְּבוּנָ֥ה

discretion & understanding

See how you translated Discretion in 1:4 and understanding in 1:2.

Parallel PRO 2:11