PRO 3:7 Parallel Verse View

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Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance=normal (All still tentative.)

Key: khaki:verbs, green:YHWH.
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).

BrLXX Μὴ ἴσθι φρόνιμος παρὰ σεαυτῷ, φοβοῦ δὲ τὸν Θεὸν, καὶ ἔκκλινε ἀπὸ παντὸς κακοῦ.
(Maʸ isthi fronimos para seautōi, fobou de ton Theon, kai ekkline apo pantos kakou. )

UST Do not think that you are wise.
⇔ Instead, reverently fear Yahweh and refuse to do what is evil.

OEB Do not pride yourself on your wisdom;
⇔ fear the Lord and turn from evil.

WEBBE Don’t be wise in your own eyes.
⇔ Fear the LORD, and depart from evil.

WMBB (Same as above)

MSG ^(5-12)Trust God from the bottom of your heart;
  don’t try to figure out everything on your own.
Listen for God’s voice in everything you do, everywhere you go;
  he’s the one who will keep you on track.
Don’t assume that you know it all.
  Run to God! Run from evil!
Your body will glow with health,
  your very bones will vibrate with life!
Honor God with everything you own;
  give him the first and the best.
Your barns will burst,
  your wine vats will brim over.
But don’t, dear friend, resent God’s discipline;
  don’t sulk under his loving correction.
It’s the child he loves that God corrects;
  a father’s delight is behind all this.

NET Do not be wise in your own estimation;
⇔ fear the Lord and turn away from evil.

LSV Do not be wise in your own eyes,
Fear YHWH, and turn aside from evil.

FBV Don't think you're wise—respect God and avoid evil.

T4T ⇔ Do not be proud of being wise.
⇔ Instead, revere Yahweh
⇔ and turn away from doing evil.

LEB • fear Yahweh and retreat from evil.

BBE Put no high value on your wisdom: let the fear of the Lord be before you, and keep yourself from evil:

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JPS Be not wise in thine own eyes; fear the LORD, and depart from evil;

ASV Be not wise in thine own eyes;
⇔ Fear Jehovah, and depart from evil:

DRA I Be not wise in thy own conceit: fear God, and depart from evil:

YLT Be not wise in thine own eyes, Fear Jehovah, and turn aside from evil.

Drby Be not wise in thine own eyes; fear Jehovah, and depart from evil:

RV Be not wise in thine own eyes; fear the LORD, and depart from evil:

Wbstr Be not wise in thy own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.

KJB-1769 ¶ Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.
(¶ Be not wise in thine/your own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil. )

KJB-1611 ¶ [fn]Be not wise in thine owne eyes: feare the LORD, and depart from euill.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above apart from footnotes)

3:7 Rom. 12. 16

Bshps Be not wise in thine owne conceipt: but feare the Lorde, and depart from euyll:
(Be not wise in thine/your own conceipt: but fear the Lord, and depart from evil:)

Gnva Be not wise in thine owne eyes: but feare the Lord, and depart from euill.
(Be not wise in thine/your own eyes: but fear the Lord, and depart from evil. )

Cvdl Be not wyse in thine owne conceate, but feare ye LORDE and departe from euell:
(Be not wise in thine/your own conceate, but fear ye/you_all LORD and depart from evil:)

Wycl Be thou not wijs anentis thi silf; drede thou God, and go awei fro yuel.
(Be thou/you not wijs anentis thyself/yourself; dread thou/you God, and go away from evil.)

Luth Dünke dich nicht weise zu sein, sondern fürchte den HErr’s und weiche vom Bösen.
(Dünke you/yourself not weise to sein, rather fear the LORD’s and weiche from_the Bösen.)

ClVg Ne sis sapiens apud temetipsum; time Deum, et recede a malo:[fn]
(Ne sis sapiens apud temetipsum; time God, and recede from malo: )

3.7 Time Deum et recede a malo. Quale est illud in Job, etc., usque ad divini timoris memoria cœrcet.

3.7 Time God and recede from malo. Quale it_is illud in Yob, etc., until to divini timoris memoria cœrcet.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

בְּ⁠עֵינֶ֑י⁠ךָ

in/on/at/with,eyes,your_own

Here Solomon speaks of a person’s opinion as if that person were seeing something with his eyes. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “in your own opinion”

Note 2 topic: grammar-connect-logic-contrast

יְרָ֥א אֶת־יְ֝הוָ֗ה וְ⁠ס֣וּר מֵ⁠רָֽע

fear DOM YHWH and,turn_away from,evil

This clause is a strong contrast with the previous clause. While the previous clause said what a person should not do, this clause says what that person should do instead. Use the most natural way in your language to indicate a contrast. You may need to start a new sentence. Alternate translation: “Rather, fear Yahweh and turn from evil”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

וְ⁠ס֣וּר מֵ⁠רָֽע

and,turn_away from,evil

Here Solomon speaks of refusing to do evil actions as if a person were turning away from evil. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “and do not commit evil”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

מֵ⁠רָֽע

from,evil

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

Parallel PRO 3:7