PRO 30:10 Parallel Verse View

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30:10 Variant note: אדנ/ו: (x-qere) ’אֲדֹנָ֑י/ו’: lemma_113 n_1 morph_HNcmpc/Sp3ms id_206WH אֲדֹנָ֑י/ו

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).

ULT Do not slander a slave to his master,
⇔ lest he curse you and you be found guilty.

UST Never say bad things about servants to the people whom they serve.
⇔ If you do, then they will curse you, and people will hold you responsible for what you said.

BSB ⇔ Do not slander a servant to his master,
⇔ or he will curse you, and you will bear the guilt.

OEB To a master defame not his servant,
⇔ lest he curse you and you have to smart for it.

WEBBE ⇔ “Don’t slander a servant to his master,
⇔ lest he curse you, and you be held guilty.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Do not slander a servant to his master,
⇔ lest he curse you, and you are found guilty.

LSV Do not accuse a servant to his lord,
Lest he disapprove of you, and you are found guilty.

FBV Don't slander a servant to his master, or he will curse you and you'll suffer for it.

T4T ⇔ Do not ◄slander/say bad things about► a worker to his boss;
⇔ if you do that, the worker will curse you, and cause you to have trouble.

LEB • or else he will curse you and you will be guilty.

BBE Do not say evil of a servant to his master, or he will put a curse on you, and you will get into trouble.

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JPS Slander not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty.

ASV ⇔ Slander not a servant unto his master,
⇔ Lest he curse thee, and thou be held guilty.

DRA Accuse not a servant to his master, lest he curse thee, and thou fall.

YLT Accuse not a servant unto his lord, Lest he disesteem thee, and thou be found guilty.

Drby Speak not too much about a servant to his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be held guilty.

RV Slander not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be held guilty.

Wbstr Accuse not a servant to his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty.

KJB-1769 Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty.[fn]
(Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee/you, and thou/you be found guilty. )

30.10 Accuse…: Heb. Hurt not with thy tongue

KJB-1611 [fn]Accuse not a seruant vnto his master; lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)

30:10 Heb. hurt not with thy tongue.

Bshps Accuse not a seruaunt vnto his maister, lest he speake euyll of thee, and thou be hurt.
(Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he speak evil of thee/you, and thou/you be hurt.)

Gnva Accuse not a seruant vnto his master, lest he curse thee, when thou hast offended.
(Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee/you, when thou/you hast offended. )

Cvdl Accuse not a seruaunt vnto his master, lest he speake euell of the also, and thou be hurte.
(Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he speak evil of the also, and thou/you be hurte.)

Wycl Accuse thou not a seruaunt to his lord, lest perauenture he curse thee, and thou falle doun.
(Accuse thou/you not a servant to his lord, lest peradventure/perhaps he curse thee/you, and thou/you fall down.)

Luth Verrate den Knecht nicht gegen seinen HErr’s; er möchte dir fluchen und du die Schuld tragen müssest.
(Verrate the Knecht not gegen his LORD’s; he möchte you/to_you fluchen and you the Schuld tragen müssest.)

ClVg Ne accuses servum ad dominum suum, ne forte maledicat tibi, et corruas.]
(Ne accuses servum to dominum his_own, not forte malelet_him_say tibi, and corruas.] )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun

עֶ֭בֶד אֶל־אדנ⁠ו & יְקַלֶּלְ⁠ךָ֥

servant to/towards master,his & curse,you

Here, a slave, his, and he refer to slaves in general, not a specific slave. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use more natural expressions. Alternate translation: “any slave to that slave’s master … that slave curse you”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

וְ⁠אָשָֽׁמְתָּ

and,held_guilty

If your language does not use this passive form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “and people consider you to be guilty”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

וְ⁠אָשָֽׁמְתָּ

and,held_guilty

Agur implies that this person is guilty of slandering. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “and you be found guilty of slander”

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