PRO 4:22 Parallel Verse View

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BrLXX Ζωὴ γάρ ἐστι τοῖς εὑρίσκουσιν αὐτὰς, καὶ πάσῃ σαρκὶ ἴασις.
(Zōaʸ gar esti tois heuriskousin autas, kai pasaʸ sarki iasis. )

BrTr For they are life to those that find them, and [fn]health to all their flesh.

ULT For they are life to those who find them
⇔ and healing to all of his flesh.

UST Do this because those who do so will live for a long time,
⇔ even their whole bodies will be healthy.

BSB For they are life to those who find them,
⇔ and health to the whole body.

OEB They are life to those who find them,
⇔ and health to all their being.

WEBBE For they are life to those who find them,
⇔ and health to their whole body.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET for they are life to those who find them
⇔ and healing to one’s entire body.

LSV For they [are] life to those finding them,
And healing to all their flesh.

FBV for they are life to anyone who finds them, and make the whole body healthy.

T4T because you will have [PRS] a good life and good health if you search for them and find them.

LEB • and healing[fn]

4:? Literally “for all his flesh”

BBE For they are life to him who gets them, and strength to all his flesh.

Moff No Moff PRO book available

JPS For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.

ASV For they are life unto those that find them,
⇔ And health to all their flesh.

DRA For they are life to those that find them, and health to all flesh.

YLT For life they [are] to those finding them, And to all their flesh healing.

Drby For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.

RV For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.

Wbstr For they are life to those that find them, and health to all their flesh.

KJB-1769 For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.[fn]

4.22 health: Heb. medicine

KJB-1611 [fn]For they are life vnto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above apart from footnotes)

4:22 Heb. medicine.

Bshps For they are life vnto those that finde them, and health vnto all their bodyes.
(For they are life unto those that find them, and health unto all their bodyes.)

Gnva For they are life vnto those that find them, and health vnto all their flesh.
(For they are life unto those that find them, and health unto all their flesh. )

Cvdl For they are life vnto all those that finde the, and health vnto all their bodies.
(For they are life unto all those that find them, and health unto all their bodies.)

Wycl For tho ben lijf to men fyndynge thoo, and heelthe `of al fleisch.
(For those been life to men fyndynge thoo, and heelthe `of all flesh.)

Luth Denn sie sind das Leben denen, die sie finden, und gesund ihrem ganzen Leibe.
(Because they/she/them are the life denen, the they/she/them finden, and healed their entire Leibe.)

ClVg vita enim sunt invenientibus ea, et universæ carni sanitas.
(vita because are invenientibus ea, and universæ carni sanitas. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-pronouns

הֵ֭ם לְ⁠מֹצְאֵי⁠הֶ֑ם

they to,find,them

In this verse, the pronouns they and them refer to the “sayings” mentioned in 4:20. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “my sayings … to those who find my sayings”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

חַיִּ֣ים הֵ֭ם לְ⁠מֹצְאֵי⁠הֶ֑ם

life(pl) they to,find,them

Here Solomon speaks of his sayings as if they were the lives of those who remember them. He means that those who remember what he says will preserve their lives. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “they preserve the life of those who find them” or “they cause those who find them to keep living”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

לְ⁠מֹצְאֵי⁠הֶ֑ם

to,find,them

Here Solomon speaks of people remembering his sayings as if those people have found them. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “to those who remember them”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

וּֽ⁠לְ⁠כָל־בְּשָׂר֥⁠וֹ מַרְפֵּֽא

and=to/for=all body,their health

Here Solomon uses the word flesh to refer to a person’s whole body, which is made of flesh. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “and healing to all of his body”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / gendernotations

בְּשָׂר֥⁠וֹ

body,their

Although his is masculine, here it refers to anyone who remembers Solomon’s sayings. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “a person’s flesh”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

וּֽ⁠לְ⁠כָל־בְּשָׂר֥⁠וֹ מַרְפֵּֽא

and=to/for=all body,their health

Here Solomon speaks of his sayings as if they were healing for those who remember them. He means that those who remember what he says will have healthy bodies. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “and they preserve their health” or “and they cause their bodies to stay healthy”

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