PRO 5:2 Parallel Verse View

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

Key: khaki:verbs.
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BrLXX ἵνα φυλάξῃς ἔννοιαν ἀγαθήν· αἴσθησις δὲ ἐμῶν χειλέων ἐντέλλεταί σοι·
(hina fulaxaʸs ennoian agathaʸn; aisthaʸsis de emōn ⱪeileōn entelletai soi; )

BrTr that thou mayest keep good understanding, and the discretion of my lips gives thee a charge.
¶ Give no heed to a worthless woman;

UST Do this so that you may remain discreet,
⇔ and you may preserve what you know when you speak.

BSB that you may maintain discretion
⇔ and your lips may preserve knowledge.

OEB so that discretion may watch over you,
⇔ and that knowledge may preserve you.

WEBBE that you may maintain discretion,
⇔ that your lips may preserve knowledge.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET in order to safeguard discretion,
⇔ and that your lips may guard knowledge.

LSV To observe thoughtfulness,
And your lips keep knowledge.

FBV so you can make good decisions and protect knowledge with your lips.[fn]

5:2 “Protect knowledge in what you say”: literally, “your lips will guard knowledge.”

T4T If you do that, you will be able to choose wisely what to do,
⇔ and you will know the right things to say [MTY].

LEB • in order to keep prudence, and knowledge will guard your lips.

BBE So that you may be ruled by a wise purpose, and your lips may keep knowledge.

Moff No Moff PRO book available

JPS That thou mayest preserve discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge.

ASV That thou mayest preserve discretion,
⇔ And that thy lips may keep knowledge.

DRA That thou mayst keep thoughts, and thy lips may preserve instruction. Mind not the deceit of a woman.

YLT To observe thoughtfulness, And knowledge do thy lips keep.

Drby that thou mayest keep reflection, and that thy lips may preserve knowledge.

RV That thou mayest preserve discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge.

Wbstr That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge.

KJB-1769 That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge.
(That thou/you mayest/may regard discretion, and that thy/your lips may keep knowledge. )

KJB-1611 That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keepe knowledge.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps That thou mayest regarde good counsell, and that thy lippes may kepe knowledge.
(That thou/you mayest/may regarde good council/counsel, and that thy/your lippes may keep knowledge.)

Gnva That thou maiest regarde counsell, and thy lippes obserue knowledge.
(That thou/you mayest/may regarde council/counsel, and thy/your lippes obserue knowledge. )

Cvdl yt thou mayest regarde good councell, and that thy lippes maye kepe nurtoure.
(yt thou/you mayest/may regarde good council/counsel, and that thy/your lippes may keep nurtoure.)

Wycl and thi lippis kepe teching. Yyue thou not tent to the falsnesse of a womman;
(and thy/your lippis keep teaching. Yyue thou/you not tent to the falsnesse of a woman;)

Luth daß du behaltest guten Rat und dein Mund wisse Unterschied zu haben.
(daß you behaltest guten advice and your Mund wisse Unterschied to have.)

ClVg ut custodias cogitationes, et disciplinam labia tua conservent. Ne attendas fallaciæ mulieris;[fn]
(ut custodias cogitationes, and disciplinam labia your conservent. Ne attendas fallaciæ mulieris; )

5.2 Labia tua. Labia, etc., usque ad vel turpia faciendo commaculat.

5.2 Labia your. Labia, etc., until to or turpia faciendo commaculat.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

לִ⁠שְׁמֹ֥ר מְזִמּ֑וֹת וְ֝⁠דַ֗עַת & יִנְצֹֽרוּ

to=guard/protect discretion and,knowledge & guard

In this verse, Solomon speaks of discretion as if it were an object that someone should keep, and he speaks of knowledge as if it were an object that someone’s lips should guard. He means that he wants his son to preserve or remember what he has taught him. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “in order to remember discretion, and your lips may preserve knowledge”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

מְזִמּ֑וֹת

discretion

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

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

וְ֝⁠דַ֗עַת שְׂפָתֶ֥י⁠ךָ יִנְצֹֽרוּ

and,knowledge lips,your guard

Here, lips represents the person who speaks by moving his lips. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “and you may guard knowledge by what you say”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

וְ֝⁠דַ֗עַת

and,knowledge

Here, knowledge refers to what the son has learned from his father. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “and … what you have learned”

Parallel PRO 5:2