PRO 3:13 Parallel Verse View

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Key: khaki:verbs.
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BrLXX Μακάριος ἄνθρωπος ὃς εὗρε σοφίαν, καὶ θνητὸς ὃς εἶδε φρόνησιν.
(Makarios anthrōpos hos heure sofian, kai thnaʸtos hos eide fronaʸsin. )

BrTr Blessed is the man who has found wisdom, and the mortal who knows prudence.

UST People who gain what is wise are happy.
⇔ Indeed, people who gain what they should understand are truly happy.

BSB ⇔ Blessed is the man who finds wisdom,
⇔ the man who acquires understanding,

OEB Happy those who find wisdom,
⇔ they who obtain understanding.

WEBBE ⇔ Happy is the man who finds wisdom,
⇔ the man who gets understanding.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Blessed is the one who finds wisdom,
⇔ and the one who obtains understanding.

LSV O the blessedness of a man [who] has found wisdom,
And of a man [who] brings forth understanding.

FBV Happy are those who find wisdom and gain understanding,

T4T ⇔ Yahweh is pleased with those who become wise and have good understanding.

LEB • is[fn] who finds wisdom, and one who obtains understanding.

3:? Literally “a man”

BBE Happy is the man who makes discovery of wisdom, and he who gets knowledge.

Moff No Moff PRO book available

JPS Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that obtaineth understanding.

ASV ⇔ Happy is the man that findeth wisdom,
⇔ And the man that getteth understanding.

DRA Blessed is the man that findeth wisdom and is rich in prudence:

YLT O the happiness of a man [who] hath found wisdom, And of a man [who] bringeth forth understanding.

Drby Blessed is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.

RV Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.

Wbstr Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.

KJB-1769 ¶ Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.[fn]

3.13 that getteth…: Heb. that draweth out understanding

KJB-1611 ¶ [fn]Happy is the man that findeth wisedome, and the man that getteth vnderstanding.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above apart from footnotes)

3:13 Hebr. the man that draweth out vnderstanding.

Bshps Well is hym that findeth wysdome, and getteth vnderstandyng:
(Well is him that findeth wisdom, and getteth understanding:)

Gnva Blessed is the man that findeth wisedome, and the man that getteth vnderstanding.
(Blessed is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding. )

Cvdl Well is him that fyndeth wy?dome, & opteyneth vnderstondinge,
(Well is him that fyndeth wisdom, and opteyneth understanding,)

Wycl Blessid is the man that fyndith wisdom, and which flowith with prudence.
(Blessed is the man that fyndith wisdom, and which floweth/flows with prudence.)

Luth Wohl dem Menschen, der Weisheit findet, und dem Menschen, der Verstand bekommt!
(Wohl to_him Menschen, the/of_the Weisheit findet, and to_him Menschen, the/of_the Verstand bekommt!)

ClVg Beatus homo qui invenit sapientiam, et qui affluit prudentia.[fn]
(Beatus human who invenit wisdom, and who affluit prudentia. )

3.13 Beatus homo, etc. Quia positos sub disciplina, etc., usque ad et in futuro ejus visione perfrui. Et qui affluit prudentia. Bene, cum diceret, etc., usque ad corda sua ad percipiendam ejus amplitudinem laxare.

3.13 Beatus homo, etc. Because positos under disciplina, etc., until to and in futuro his visione perfrui. And who affluit prudentia. Bene, when/with diceret, etc., until to corda his_own to percipiendam his amplitudinem laxare.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

אַשְׁרֵ֣י אָ֭דָם מָצָ֣א חָכְמָ֑ה וְ֝⁠אָדָ֗ם יָפִ֥יק תְּבוּנָֽה

happy humankind he/it_found wisdom and=human/ʼĀdām gains understanding

Solomon is leaving out some of the words that in many languages a clause would need in order to be complete. You could supply these words from the previous clause if it would be clearer in your language. Alternate translation: “Happy is a man who finds wisdom and happy is a man who obtains understanding”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

אַשְׁרֵ֣י אָ֭דָם מָצָ֣א חָכְמָ֑ה וְ֝⁠אָדָ֗ם יָפִ֥יק תְּבוּנָֽה

happy humankind he/it_found wisdom and=human/ʼĀdām gains understanding

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 other than and that shows that the second clause is repeating the first one, not saying something additional. Alternate translation: “Happy is a man who finds wisdom, yes, happy is a man who obtains understanding”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun

אָ֭דָם & וְ֝⁠אָדָ֗ם

humankind & and=human/ʼĀdām

In this verse, a man represents a person in general, not one particular man. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use more natural expressions. Alternate translation: “is a person … and a person”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

מָצָ֣א חָכְמָ֑ה

he/it_found wisdom

Here Solomon speaks of attaining wisdom as if it were an object that a person finds. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “who attains wisdom”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

חָכְמָ֑ה & תְּבוּנָֽה

wisdom & understanding

See how you translated the abstract nouns wisdom and understanding in 1:2.

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