PRO 5:6 Parallel Verse View

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Key: khaki:verbs, red:negative.
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BrLXX Ὁδοὺς γὰρ ζωῆς οὐκ ἐπέρχεται, σφαλεραὶ δὲ αἱ τροχιαὶ αὐτῆς, καὶ οὐκ εὔγνωστοι.
(Hodous gar zōaʸs ouk eperⱪetai, sfalerai de hai troⱪiai autaʸs, kai ouk eugnōstoi. )

BrTr For she goes not upon the paths of life; but her ways are slippery, and not easily known.

ULT Lest she observe the path of life,
⇔ she does not know her tracks are unstable.

UST She does not want to do what will cause her to live for a long time.
⇔ She does not realize that she lives precariously like someone who is walking on an uneven path.

BSB She does not consider the path of life;
⇔ she does not know that her ways are unstable.

OEB No smooth way of life does she walk;
⇔ her paths wander – she doesn’t know where.

WEBBE She gives no thought to the way of life.
⇔ Her ways are crooked, and she doesn’t know it.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Lest she should make level the path leading to life,
⇔ her paths are unstable but she does not know it.

LSV The path of life—lest you ponder,
Her paths have moved—you do not know.

FBV She doesn't follow the path that leads to life—she wanders away and doesn't even know she's lost.

T4T She is not concerned about the roads that lead to a long life.
⇔ She walks down a crooked path,
⇔ and she does not realize that she is on the wrong road.

LEB • [fn] the path of life; her ways wander, and she does not know it.
¶

5:? Or “examine, weigh”

BBE She never keeps her mind on the road of life; her ways are uncertain, she has no knowledge.

Moff No Moff PRO book available

JPS Lest she should walk the even path of life, her ways wander, but she knoweth it not.

ASV So that she findeth not the level path of life:
⇔ Her ways are unstable, and she knoweth it not.

DRA They walk not by the path of life, her steps are wandering, and unaccountable.

YLT The path of life — lest thou ponder, Moved have her paths — thou knowest not.

Drby Lest she should ponder the path of life, her ways wander, she knoweth not [whither].

RV So that she findeth not the level path of life: her ways are unstable and she knoweth it not.

Wbstr Lest thou shouldst ponder the path of life, her ways are movable, that thou canst not know them .

KJB-1769 Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them.
(Lest thou/you should ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou/you canst not know them. )

KJB-1611 Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her wayes are moueable, that thou canst not know them.
(Lest thou/you should ponder the path of life, her ways are moueable, that thou/you canst not know them.)

Bshps Perchaunce thou wylt ponder the path of her lyfe: so vnstedfast are her wayes that thou canst not know them.
(Perchance thou/you wilt/will ponder the path of her life: so unstedfast are her ways that thou/you canst not know them.)

Gnva She weigheth not the way of life: her paths are moueable: thou canst not knowe them.
(She weigheth not the way of life: her paths are moueable: thou/you canst not know them. )

Cvdl She regardeth not the path of life, so vnstedfast are hir wayes, that thou canst not knowe them.
(She regardeth not the path of life, so unstedfast are her ways, that thou/you canst not know them.)

Wycl Tho goon not bi the path of lijf; hir steppis ben vncerteyn, and moun not be souyt out.
(Tho gone not by the path of life; her steppis been uncertain, and moun not be souyt out.)

Luth Sie gehet nicht stracks auf dem Wege des Lebens; unstet sind ihre Tritte, daß sie nicht weiß, wo sie gehet.
(They/She gehet not stracks on to_him ways the life; unstet are their/her Tritte, that they/she/them not weiß, where they/she/them gehet.)

ClVg Per semitam vitæ non ambulant; vagi sunt gressus ejus et investigabiles.[fn]
(Per semitam of_life not/no ambulant; vagi are gressus his and investigabiles. )

5.6 Vagi, etc. Vagi sunt gressus hæreticorum, etc., usque ad quia una eademque cunctis est agnita per totum orbem fidelibus.

5.6 Vagi, etc. Vagi are gressus hæreticorum, etc., until to because una eademque cunctis it_is agnita through totum orbem fidelibus.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

אֹ֣רַח חַ֭יִּים פֶּן־תְּפַלֵּ֑ס

path life(pl) lest ponder

Lest here implies that the adulterous woman has an aversion to the path of life. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “She refuses to observe the path of life”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

אֹ֣רַח חַ֭יִּים פֶּן־תְּפַלֵּ֑ס

path life(pl) lest ponder

Here Solomon speaks of behavior that results in living a long life as if it were a path that leads to life and can be observed. If it would be helpful for your readers, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “Lest she cares about behavior that leads to life”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

מַ֝עְגְּלֹתֶ֗י⁠הָ

ways,her

See how you translated the same use of tracks in 2:15.

Parallel PRO 5:6