PRO 3:21 Parallel Verse View

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BrLXX Υἱὲ, μὴ παραῤῥυῇς, τήρησον δὲ ἐμὴν βουλὴν καὶ ἔννοιαν·
(Huie, maʸ paraɽɽuaʸs, taʸraʸson de emaʸn boulaʸn kai ennoian; )

BrTr My son, let them not [fn]pass from thee, but keep my counsel and understanding:

ULT My son, do not let them depart from your eyes,
⇔ guard prudence and discretion.

UST My son, always remember to do what is prudent and discreet.
⇔ Always be mindful to do those things.

BSB ⇔ My son, do not lose sight of this:
⇔ Preserve sound judgment and discernment.

OEB Observe, my child, discretion and wisdom,
⇔ let them never out of your sight;

WEBBE My son, let them not depart from your eyes.
⇔ Keep sound wisdom and discretion,

WMBB (Same as above)

NET My child, do not let them escape from your sight;
⇔ safeguard sound wisdom and discretion.

LSV My son! Do not let them turn from your eyes,
Keep wisdom and thoughtfulness,

FBV My son, hold on to good judgment and wise decisions—don't let them out of your sight,

T4T ⇔ My son, always keep doing things that are right and things that are smart.
⇔ If you do that,

LEB • [fn] not escape from your [fn] may you keep sound wisdom and prudence.

3:? Grammatically, “they” most likely refers to clouds (3:20). In context, “they” may refer to wisdom and understanding (3:13).

3:? Literally “eyes”

BBE My son, keep good sense, and do not let wise purpose go from your eyes.

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JPS My son, let not them depart from thine eyes; keep sound wisdom and discretion;

ASV My son, let them not depart from thine eyes;
⇔ Keep sound wisdom and discretion:

DRA My son, let not these things depart from thy eyes: keep the law and counsel:

YLT My son! let them not turn from thine eyes, Keep thou wisdom and thoughtfulness,

Drby My son, let them not depart from thine eyes; keep sound wisdom and discretion:

RV My son, let not them depart from thine eyes; keep sound wisdom and discretion;

Wbstr My son, let not them depart from thy eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion:

KJB-1769 ¶ My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion:
(¶ My son, let not them depart from thine/your eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion: )

KJB-1611 ¶ My sonne, let not them depart from thine eyes: keepe sound wisedome and discretion.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps My sonne, let not these thinges depart from thyne eyes, but kepe wysdome and vnderstanding:
(My son, let not these things depart from thine/your eyes, but keep wisdom and understanding:)

Gnva My sonne, let not these things depart from thine eyes, but obserue wisdome, and counsell.
(My son, let not these things depart from thine/your eyes, but observe wisdom, and council/counsel. )

Cvdl My sonne, let not these thinges departe from thyne eyes, but kepe my lawe and my councell:
(My son, let not these things depart from thine/your eyes, but keep my law and my councell:)

Wycl My sone, these thingis flete not awey fro thin iyen; kepe thou my lawe, and my counsel;
(My son, these things flete not away from thin eyes; keep thou/you my law, and my counsel;)

Luth Mein Kind, laß sie nicht von deinen Augen weichen, so wirst du glückselig und klug werden.
(My Kind, let they/she/them not from deinen Augen weichen, so will you glückselig and klug become.)

ClVg [Fili mi, ne effluant hæc ab oculis tuis. Custodi legem atque consilium,[fn]
([Fili mi, not effluant these_things away oculis tuis. Custodi legem atque consilium, )

3.21 Fili mi, ne effluant. Ne disciplina temporali fatigatus, sapientiæ, quæ tanta est, gratiam perdas, præcave.

3.21 Fili mi, not effluant. Ne disciplina temporali fatigatus, sapientiæ, which tanta it_is, gratiam perdas, præcave.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / gendernotations

בְּ֭נִ⁠י

son,my

See how you translated the same use of this phrase in 1:8.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / infostructure

אַל־יָלֻ֣זוּ מֵ⁠עֵינֶ֑י⁠ךָ נְצֹ֥ר תֻּ֝שִׁיָּ֗ה וּ⁠מְזִמָּֽה

not escape from,sight,your keep sound_wisdom and,discretion

If it would be helpful in your language, you could reverse the order of these clauses. Alternate translation: “guard prudence and discretion, do not let them depart from your eyes”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

אַל־יָלֻ֣זוּ מֵ⁠עֵינֶ֑י⁠ךָ

not escape from,sight,your

Here Solomon speaks of not forgetting something as if someone were always able to see that thing with his eyes. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “do not forget them”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

נְצֹ֥ר

keep

Here Solomon speaks of prudence and discretion as if they were things that could be guarded. He means that he wants his son to remember these qualities in order to practice them. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “remember to practice”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

תֻּ֝שִׁיָּ֗ה וּ⁠מְזִמָּֽה

sound_wisdom and,discretion

See how you translated the abstract nouns prudence and discretion in 1:4.

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