PRO 3:17 Parallel Verse View

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BrLXX Αἱ ὁδοὶ αὐτῆς ὁδοὶ καλαί, καὶ πάσαι αἱ τρίβοι αὐτῆς ἐν εἰρήνῃ.
(Hai hodoi autaʸs hodoi kalai, kai pasai hai triboi autaʸs en eiraʸnaʸ. )

ULT Her ways are ways of pleasantness
⇔ and all her beaten paths are peace.

UST Being wise will make you live pleasantly.
⇔ Indeed, in every way being wise will make you live peacefully.

OEB Her ways are pleasant ways,
⇔ and all her paths are peace.

WEBBE Her ways are ways of pleasantness.
⇔ All her paths are peace.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Her ways are very pleasant,
⇔ and all her paths are peaceful.

LSV Her ways [are] ways of pleasantness,
And all her paths [are] peace.

FBV She brings true happiness, and leads to peaceful prosperity.

T4T If you are wise, your life will be pleasant,
⇔ and things will go well for you.

LEB • are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.

BBE Her ways are ways of delight, and all her goings are peace.

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JPS Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.

ASV Her ways are ways of pleasantness,
⇔ And all her paths are peace.

DRA Her ways are beautiful ways, and all her paths are peaceable.

YLT Her ways [are] ways of pleasantness, And all her paths [are] peace.

Drby Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.

RV Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.

Wbstr Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.

KJB-1769 Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.

KJB-1611 Her wayes are wayes of plesantnesse: and all her pathes are peace.
(Her ways are ways of plesantnesse: and all her paths are peace.)

Bshps Her wayes are pleasaunt wayes, and all her pathes are peaceable.
(Her ways are pleasant ways, and all her paths are peaceable.)

Gnva Her wayes are wayes of pleasure, and all her pathes prosperitie.
(Her ways are ways of pleasure, and all her paths prosperity. )

Cvdl Hir wayes are pleasaunt wayes, and all hir pathes are peaceable.
(Hir ways are pleasant ways, and all her paths are peaceable.)

Wycl The weies therof ben feire weies, and alle the pathis therof ben pesible.
(The ways thereof been feire ways, and all the pathis thereof been peaceable.)

Luth Ihre Wege sind liebliche Wege, und alle ihre Steige sind Friede.
(Ihre ways are liebliche Wege, and all their/her Steige are Friede.)

ClVg Viæ ejus viæ pulchræ, et omnes semitæ illius pacificæ.[fn]
(Viæ his viæ pulchræ, and everyone semitæ illius pacificæ. )

3.17 Viæ ejus. Actiones et doctrinæ, etc., usque ad pacis et dilectionis exempla pertinent.

3.17 Viæ his. Actiones and doctrinæ, etc., until to pacis and dilectionis exempla pertinent.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / personification

דְּרָכֶ֥י⁠הָ & נְתִ֖יבוֹתֶ֣י⁠הָ

ways,her & paths,her

Her and her here refer to wisdom as if it were a woman. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “Wisdom’s ways … wisdom’s beaten paths”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

דְּרָכֶ֥י⁠הָ דַרְכֵי־נֹ֑עַם וְֽ⁠כָל־נְתִ֖יבוֹתֶ֣י⁠הָ שָׁלֽוֹם

ways,her ways pleasant and=all paths,her peace

These two phrases mean similar things. Solomon is using repetition to emphasize the idea that the phrases express. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could combine the phrases and express the emphasis in another way. Alternate translation: “Her way of life is one of peaceful pleasantness”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

דְּרָכֶ֥י⁠הָ דַרְכֵי & נְתִ֖יבוֹתֶ֣י⁠הָ שָׁלֽוֹם

ways,her ways & paths,her peace

In this verse, ways and beaten paths refer to how being wise guides a person’s behavior. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “Wise behavior is behavior of … wise behavior brings peace”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

דַרְכֵי־נֹ֑עַם

ways pleasant

Here Solomon is using the possessive form to describe ways that result in pleasantness. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “are ways that lead to pleasantness”

Note 5 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

שָׁלֽוֹם

peace

Here Solomon implies that peace is the result of following the beaten paths. Use a natural way in your language to indicate result. Alternate translation: “lead to being peaceful” or “result in living peacefully”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

שָׁלֽוֹם

peace

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of peace, you could express the same idea in another Alternate translation: “are what is peaceful”

Parallel PRO 3:17