PRO 3:30 Parallel Verse View

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3:30 Variant note: תרוב: (x-qere) ’תָּרִ֣יב’: lemma_7378 morph_HVqj2ms id_20emQ תָּרִ֣יב

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).

ULT Do not contend with a man without cause,
 ⇔ if he has not done you evil.

BSB Do not accuse a man without cause,
⇔ when he has done you no harm.

OEB Do not idly quarrel with anyone
⇔ who has not done you any harm.

WEB Don’t strive with a man without cause,
⇔ if he has done you no harm.

NET Do not accuse anyone without legitimate cause,
 ⇔ if he has not treated you wrongly.

LSV Do not strive with a man without cause,
If he has not done you evil.

FBV Don't quarrel with anybody for no reason, when they haven't done anything to hurt you.

T4T If someone has not harmed you,
⇔ do not accuse him by saying that he has harmed you.

LEB • when he did not do you harm.

BBE Do not take up a cause at law against a man for nothing, if he has done you no wrong.

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JPS Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm.

ASV Strive not with a man without cause,
 ⇔ If he have done thee no harm.

DRA Strive not against a man without cause, when he hath done thee no evil.

YLT Strive not with a man without cause, If he have not done thee evil.

DBY Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm.

RV Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm.

WBS Strive not with a man without cause, if he hath done thee no harm.

KJB ¶ Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm.

BB Striue not with any man without a cause, where as he hath done thee no harme.
(Striue not with any man without a cause, where as he hath/has done thee no harme.)

GNV Striue not with a man causelesse, when he hath done thee no harme.
(Striue not with a man causelesse, when he hath/has done thee no harme. )

CB Stryue not lightly wt eny man, where as he hath done ye no harme.
(Stryue not lightly with any man, where as he hath/has done ye/you_all no harme.)

WYC Stryue thou not ayens a man with out cause, whanne he doith noon yuel to thee.
(Stryue thou/you not against a man with out cause, when he doith noon yuel to thee.)

LUT Hadre nicht mit jemand ohne Ursache, so er dir kein Leid getan hat.
(Hadre not with someone without Ursache, so he you kein Leid getan hat.)

CLV Ne contendas adversus hominem frustra, cum ipse tibi nihil mali fecerit.[fn]
(Ne contendas adversus hominem frustra, when/with himself to_you nihil mali fecerit.)

3.30 Non contendas adversus hominem. Non vetat contendere adversus eum qui male facit, ut corrigatur, quia hoc frustra non fit, quod certa necessitas cogit. Imo qui ait: Si peccaverit in te frater tuus, increpa illum Matth. 18., ipse vult, ut errantem, quantum vales, ad viam veritatis reducas.

3.30 Non contendas adversus hominem. Non vetat contendere adversus him who male facit, as corrigatur, because hoc frustra not/no fit, that certa necessitas cogit. Imo who ait: When/But_if peccaverit in you(sg) frater tuus, increpa illum Matth. 18., himself vult, as errantem, quantum vales, to road veritatis reducas.

BRN Be not ready to quarrel with a man without a cause, lest he do thee some harm.

BrLXX Μὴ φιλεχθρήσῃς πρὸς ἄνθρωπον μάτην, μήτί σε ἐργάσηται κακόν.
(Maʸ fileⱪthraʸsaʸs pros anthrōpon mataʸn, maʸti se ergasaʸtai kakon. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun

אָדָ֣ם & לֹ֖א גְמָלְ⁠ךָ֣

humankind & not done,you

Here, man and he represent a person in general, not one particular man. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use more natural expressions. Alternate translation: “a person … that person has not done you”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / infostructure

חִנָּ֑ם אִם־לֹ֖א גְמָלְ⁠ךָ֣ רָעָֽה

without_cause if not done,you harm

This clause gives the reason why the contention mentioned in the beginning of the sentence would be without cause. If it would be helpful in your language, you could change the sentence structure to show this explicitly. Alternate translation: “who has not done you evil when there is no reason to argue”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

רָעָֽה

harm

See how you translated the abstract noun evil in 1:16.

Parallel PRO 3:30