PRO 2:5 Parallel Verse View

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

Key: khaki:verbs, blue:Elohim, green:YHWH.
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 Τότε συνήσεις φόβον Κυρίου, καὶ ἐπίγνωσιν Θεοῦ εὑρήσεις.
(Tote sunaʸseis fobon Kuriou, kai epignōsin Theou heuraʸseis. )

BrTr then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God.

ULT then you will understand the fear of Yahweh
⇔ and the knowledge of God you will find.

UST If you do those things, then you will understand how to reverently fear Yahweh.
⇔ You will even succeed in knowing God.

BSB then you will discern the fear of the LORD
⇔ and discover the knowledge of God.

OEB then the fear of the Lord will be plain to you,
⇔ and the knowledge of God you will find.

WEBBE then you will understand the fear of the LORD,
⇔ and find the knowledge of God.[fn]

2:5 The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim).

WMBB (Same as above including footnotes)

NET then you will understand how to fear the Lord,
⇔ and you will discover knowledge about God.

LSV Then you understand the fear of YHWH,
And you find the knowledge of God.

FBV then you will understand how to relate to the Lord and discover the truth about God.

T4T If you do that, you will understand how to revere Yahweh,
⇔ and you will succeed in knowing God.

LEB • and the knowledge of God you will find.

BBE Then the fear of the Lord will be clear to you, and knowledge of God will be yours.

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JPS Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.

ASV Then shalt thou understand the fear of Jehovah,
⇔ And find the knowledge of God.

DRA Then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and shalt find the knowledge of God.

YLT Then understandest thou fear of Jehovah, And knowledge of God thou findest.

Drby then shalt thou understand the fear of Jehovah, and find the knowledge of [fn]God.

2.5 Elohim

RV Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.

Wbstr Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.

KJB-1769 Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.
(Then shalt thou/you understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God. )

KJB-1611 Then shalt thou vnderstand the feare of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps Then shalt thou vnderstand the feare of the Lorde, and finde the knowledge of God.
(Then shalt thou/you understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God.)

Gnva Then shalt thou vnderstand the feare of the Lord, and finde the knowledge of God.
(Then shalt thou/you understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God. )

Cvdl The shalt thou vnderstonde ye feare of the LORDE, and fynde ye knowlege of God.
(The shalt thou/you understood ye/you_all fear of the LORD, and find ye/you_all knowledge of God.)

Wycl thanne thou schalt vndirstonde the drede of the Lord, and schalt fynde the kunnyng of God.
(thanne thou/you shalt undirstonde the dread of the Lord, and shalt find the cunning of God.)

Luth alsdann wirst du die Furcht des HErr’s vernehmen und Gottes Erkenntnis finden.
(alsdann will you the Furcht the LORD’s vernehmen and God’s Erkenntnis finden.)

ClVg tunc intelliges timorem Domini, et scientiam Dei invenies,[fn]
(tunc intelliges timorem Master, and scientiam of_God invenies, )

2.5 Tunc intelliges. Timorem amicabilem, etc., usque ad sed etiam scientiam ipsius divinitatis quæ perpetuo beatum facit invenies.

2.5 Tunc intelliges. Timorem amicabilem, etc., until to but also scientiam ipsius divinitatis which perpetuo beatum facit invenies.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

אָ֗ז

then

Here, then indicates that what follows is the result of meeting the conditions that are stated in 2:1–4. If you divided this long sentence in 2:1–5 into shorter sentences, then you will need to indicate the condition before the result here in this new sentence, as in the UST. Alternate translation: “If you do so, then the result will be that”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

יִרְאַ֣ת יְהוָ֑ה

fear YHWH

See how you translated this phrase in 1:7.

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

וְ⁠דַ֖עַת אֱלֹהִ֣ים תִּמְצָֽא

and,knowledge ʼElohīm find

Obtaining the knowledge of God is spoken of as if the knowledge of God were an object that a person can find by searching for it. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “and you will have the knowledge of God”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

וְ⁠דַ֖עַת אֱלֹהִ֣ים תִּמְצָֽא

and,knowledge ʼElohīm find

Here Solomon is using the possessive form to describe knowing God. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “and you will find how to know God”

Parallel PRO 2:5