PRO 3:31 Parallel Verse View

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BrLXX Μὴ κτήσῃ κακῶν ἀνδρῶν ὀνείδη, μηδὲ ζηλώσῃς τὰς ὁδοὺς αὐτῶν.
(Maʸ ktaʸsaʸ kakōn andrōn oneidaʸ, maʸde zaʸlōsaʸs tas hodous autōn. )

ULT Do not be envious of a man of violence
⇔ and do not choose any of his ways.

OEB ⇔ Do not envy the violent,
⇔ or choose any one of their ways.

WEBBE Don’t envy the man of violence.
⇔ Choose none of his ways.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Do not envy a violent man,
⇔ and do not choose to imitate any of his ways;

LSV Do not be envious of a man of violence,
Nor fix on any of his ways.

FBV Don't be jealous of violent people—don't choose to follow their example!

T4T ⇔ Do not envy people who obtain things by violent actions,
⇔ and do not imitate/do what they do.

LEB • and do not choose any of his ways,

BBE Have no envy of the violent man, or take any of his ways as an example.

Moff No Moff PRO book available

JPS Envy thou not the man of violence, and choose none of his ways.

ASV Envy thou not the man of violence,
⇔ And choose none of his ways.

DRA Envy not the unjust man, and do not follow his ways:

YLT Be not envious of a man of violence, Nor fix thou on any of his ways.

Drby Envy not the man of violence, and choose none of his ways.

RV Envy thou not the man of violence, and choose none of his ways.

Wbstr Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.

KJB-1769 ¶ Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.[fn]
(¶ Envy thou/you not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways. )

3.31 the oppressor: Heb. a man of violence

KJB-1611 ¶ [fn][fn]Enuie thou not the oppressour, and choose none of his wayes.
(¶ Enuie thou/you not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.)

3:31 Psal. 37 1.

3:31 Hebr. a man of violence.

Bshps Folowe not a wicked man, and chose none of his wayes:
(Follow not a wicked man, and chose none of his ways:)

Gnva Bee not enuious for the wicked man, neither chuse any of his wayes.
(Be not enuious for the wicked man, neither choose any of his ways. )

Cvdl Folowe not a wicked man, and chose none of his wayes:
(Follow not a wicked man, and chose none of his ways:)

Wycl Sue thou not an vniust man, sue thou not hise weies.
(Pursue thou/you not an uniust man, sue thou/you not his ways.)

Luth Eifre nicht einem Freveln nach und erwähle seiner Wege keinen.
(Eifre not one Freveln after and erwähle his ways keinen.)

ClVg Ne æmuleris hominem injustum, nec imiteris vias ejus:
(Ne æmuleris hominem injustum, but_not imiteris vias his: )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

בְּ⁠אִ֣ישׁ חָמָ֑ס

in/on/at/with,man violence/cruelty

Here Solomon is using the possessive form to describe a man who is characterized by violence. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “of a violent man”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun

בְּ⁠אִ֣ישׁ

in/on/at/with,man

Here, man represents a person in general, not one particular man. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a more natural expression. Alternate translation: “of any person of”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

דְּרָכָֽי⁠ו

ways,his

Here Solomon uses ways to refer to the behavior of a man of violence. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “the things he does”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

וְ⁠אַל־תִּ֝בְחַ֗ר בְּ⁠כָל־דְּרָכָֽי⁠ו

and,not choose in=all ways,his

Solomon assumes that his readers will understand that this command refers to choosing not to do something. You could include this information if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: “and do not choose to do anything he does”

Parallel PRO 3:31