PRO 31:18 Parallel Verse View

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31:18 Variant note: ב/ליל: (x-qere) ’בַ/לַּ֣יְלָה’: lemma_b/3915 morph_HRd/Ncmsa id_20UMb בַ/לַּ֣יְלָה

Key: khaki:verbs, red:negative.
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 Καὶ ἐγεύσατο ὅτι καλόν ἐστι τὸ ἐργάζεσθαι, καὶ οὐκ ἀποσβέννυται ὁ λύχνος αὐτῆς ὅλην τὴν νύκτα.
(Kai egeusato hoti kalon esti to ergazesthai, kai ouk aposbennutai ho luⱪnos autaʸs holaʸn taʸn nukta. )

BrTr And she finds by experience that working is good; and her candle goes not out all night.

ULT She perceives that her profit is good;
⇔ her lamp does not go out in the night.

UST She knows when she is getting a good profit from her business.
⇔ She keeps a lamp burning all night long.

BSB She sees that her gain is good,
⇔ and her lamp is not extinguished at night.

OEB She perceives that her profit is good;
⇔ her lamp never goes out in the night.

WEBBE She perceives that her merchandise is profitable.
⇔ Her lamp doesn’t go out by night.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET She knows that her merchandise is good,
⇔ and her lamp does not go out in the night.

LSV She has perceived when her merchandise [is] good,
Her lamp is not extinguished in the night.

FBV She knows that the things she makes are valuable. She keeps busy—her lamp burns late into the night.

T4T She knows when she is getting a good profit from her business.
⇔ When it is necessary, she works [MTY] until it is late at night.

LEB • is good; her lamp does not go out in the night.

BBE She sees that her marketing is of profit to her: her light does not go out by night.

Moff No Moff PRO book available

JPS She perceiveth that her merchandise is good; her lamp goeth not out by night.

ASV She perceiveth that her merchandise is profitable;
⇔ Her lamp goeth not out by night.

DRA She hath tasted and seen that her traffic is good: her lamp shall not be put out in the night.

YLT She hath perceived when her merchandise [is] good, Her lamp is not extinguished in the night.

Drby She perceiveth that her earning is good; her lamp goeth not out by night.

RV She perceiveth that her merchandise is profitable: her lamp goeth not out by night.

Wbstr She perceiveth that her merchandise is good: her candle goeth not out by night.

KJB-1769 She perceiveth that her merchandise is good: her candle goeth not out by night.[fn]
(She perceiveth that her merchandise is good: her candle goeth/goes not out by night. )

31.18 She…: Heb. She tasteth

KJB-1611 [fn]She perceiueth that her merchandise is good; her candle goeth not out by night.
(She perceiveth that her merchandise is good; her candle goeth/goes not out by night.)

31:18 Hebr. she tasteth.

Bshps And yf she perceaue that her huswiferie doth good, her candell goeth not out by nyght.
(And if she perceaue that her huswiferie doth good, her candell goeth/goes not out by night.)

Gnva She feeleth that her marchandise is good: her candle is not put out by night.

Cvdl And yf she perceaue that hir houswifrie doth good, hir candle goeth not out by night.
(And if she perceaue that her houswifrie doth good, her candle goeth/goes not out by night.)

Wyc Sche taastide, and siy, that hir marchaundie was good; hir lanterne schal not be quenchid in the niyt.
(She taastide, and siy, that her marchaundie was good; her lanterne shall not be quenched in the niyt.)

Luth Sie merkt, wie ihr Handel Frommen bringt; ihre Leuchte verlöscht des Nachts nicht.
(They/She merkt, like you/their/her Handel Frommen bringt; their/her Leuchte verlöscht the Nachts not.)

ClVg Gustavit, et vidit quia bona est negotiatio ejus; non extinguetur in nocte lucerna ejus.[fn]
(Gustavit, and he_saw because good it_is negotiatio his; not/no extinguetur in nocte lucerna his. )

31.18 Gustavit et vidit quia bona est. Agri scilicet illius, etc., usque ad sic sed et nocte accensa lucerna manibus operatur.

31.18 Gustavit and he_saw because good it_is. Agri scilicet illius, etc., until to so but and nocte accensa lucerna manibus operatur.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

סַחְרָ֑⁠הּ

merchandise,her

See how you translated the abstract noun profit in 3:14.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

לֹֽא־יִכְבֶּ֖ה בַלַּ֣יְלָה נֵרָֽ⁠הּ

not go_out (Some words not found in UHB: perceives that/for/because/then/when good merchandise,her not go_out in/on/at/with,night lamp,her )

Here, Lemuel’s mother implies that this woman’s lamp does not go out because the woman is working. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “her lamp does not go out in the night because she is working”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / hyperbole

לֹֽא־יִכְבֶּ֖ה בַלַּ֣יְלָה נֵרָֽ⁠הּ

not go_out (Some words not found in UHB: perceives that/for/because/then/when good merchandise,her not go_out in/on/at/with,night lamp,her )

Lemuel’s mother uses this clause as an overstatement in order emphasize that such a woman works until late at night, but not necessarily all night long. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a different way to express the emphasis. Alternate translation: “She burns a lamp late the night as she works”

Parallel PRO 31:18