PROV 6:17 Parallel Verse View

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BrLXX Ὀφθαλμὸς ὑβριστοῦ, γλῶσσα ἄδικος· χεῖρες ἐκχέουσαι αἷμα δικαίου,
(Ofthalmos hubristou, glōssa adikos; ⱪeires ekⱪeousai haima dikaiou, )

BrTr The eye of the haughty, a tongue unjust, hands shedding the blood of the just;

ULT uplifted eyes, a tongue of falsehood,
⇔ and hands pouring out innocent blood,

UST being proud, speaking falsely,
⇔ someone murdering a person who has not done anything wrong,

OEB No OEB PROV book available

WEBBE arrogant eyes, a lying tongue,
⇔ hands that shed innocent blood,

WMBB (Same as above)

NET haughty eyes, a lying tongue,
⇔ and hands that shed innocent blood,

LSV High eyes,
False tongues,
And hands shedding innocent blood,

FBV arrogant eyes, a lying tongue, hands that murder the innocent,

T4T People who show by their eyes that they are very proud;
⇔ people who lie [MTY];
⇔ people [SYN] who kill others [SYN] who have done nothing wrong;

LEB • haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,

BBE Eyes of pride, a false tongue, hands which take life without cause;

Moff haughty eyes, a lying tongue,
⇔ hands that shed innocent blood,

JPS Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood;

ASV Haughty eyes, a lying tongue,
⇔ And hands that shed innocent blood;

DRA Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,

YLT Eyes high — tongues false — And hands shedding innocent blood —

Drby haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood;

RV Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood;

SLT Eyes being lifted up; a tongue of falsehood, and hands shedding innocent blood,

Wbstr A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood.

KJB-1769 A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,[fn]

6.17 A proud…: Heb. Haughty eyes

KJB-1611 [fn]A proude looke, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood:
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)

6:17 Hebr. haughtie eyes.

Bshps A proude loke, a lying tongue, handes that shed innocent blood,
(A proud loke, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,)

Gnva The hautie eyes, a lying tongue, and the hands that shed innocent blood,
(The haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and the hands that shed innocent blood, )

Cvdl A proude loke, a dyssemblynge tonge, hades that shed innocent bloude,
(A proud loke, a dyssembling tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,)

Wycl Hiye iyen, a tunge liere, hondis schedinge out innocent blood,
(Hiye eyes, a tongue liare, hands shedding out innocent blood,)

Luth hohe Augen, falsche Zungen, Hände, die unschuldig Blut vergießen;
(height eyes, false tongues, hands, the innocent blood shed(v);)

ClVg oculos sublimes, linguam mendacem, manus effundentes innoxium sanguinem,[fn]
(the_eyes sublimes, tongue/language liar, hands effundentes harmless/innocent blood, )

6.17 Oculos, etc. Enumerat sex capitalia crimina, etc., usque ad qui concordiam fraternæ unitatis sciderunt.

6.17 Oculos, etc. Enumerat six headslia crimes, etc., until to who/which concordiam brothernæ unitatis sciderunt.

SOTN SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 6:1–19: Here are several practical admonitions and warnings

This section contains practical warnings about four specific and unrelated areas of behavior. The first warning is about the danger of cosigning a loan for another person (6:1–5). The second paragraph speaks highly of the diligence of the ant and warns against laziness (6:6–11). The third paragraph briefly describes the behavior of a worthless scoundrel (6:12–15). The last paragraph is in the form of a numerical proverb and lists seven sins that the LORD hates (6:16–19).

Some other headings for this section are:

More Warnings (GNT)

Dangers of Being Foolish (NCV)

Warnings Against Folly (NIV)

Paragraph 6:16–19

This paragraph begins with a numerical proverb (6:16). In a numerical proverb, the second line contains a number (in this case, seven) that is one greater than the parallel number (six) in the first line. This kind of proverb is always followed by a list of items corresponding to the number in the second line. The two numbers are primarily a poetic feature. They should not imply that the author is unsure of the number of items or that he changed his mind. Four other numerical proverbs occur in chapter 30.

6:17a

haughty eyes,

proud looks,
He hates it when people are proud/haughty.
He is disgusted when people think they are better/higher than others.

haughty eyes: This phrase is a figure of speech. It can refer to a “proud look” (GNT) in the eyes of a person with an arrogant attitude or to people who are proud. In some languages, it may not be possible to speak of haughty eyes or a “proud look.” Other ways to translate these expressions are:

pride

Those who are too proud (CEV)

when people think they are better/higher than others

6:17b

a lying tongue,

a mouth that speaks lies,
He hates it when people tell lies

a lying tongue: This phrase is a figure of speech. It can refer either to lies or deceiving words that are spoken by the tongue. It can also refer to people who tell lies. For example:

those who…tell lies (CEV)

Some languages may have a different expression for lying that uses the word “tongue” or “mouth.” You may use any of these options to translate this phrase.

6:17c

hands that shed innocent blood,

hands that kill people who have done no wrong,
or kill someone who has not committed any crime.

hands that shed innocent blood: People generally use their hands in some way when they kill someone. To shed innocent blood means to murder someone who has done nothing wrong. For example:

hands that kill innocent people (NCV)

In languages that cannot use the word hands figuratively like this, it may be possible to say:

The LORD hates…the killing of innocent people.

The LORD hates those who murder an innocent person.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

עֵינַ֣יִם רָ֭מוֹת

eyes haughty

Here Solomon refers to pride as uplifted eyes, which is a characteristic facial expression of proud people. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “pride”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

לְשׁ֣וֹן שָׁ֑קֶר

tongue_of lying

Here Solomon is using the possessive form to describe a tongue that is characterized by falsehood. If your language would not use the possessive form for this, you could use a different expression. Alternate translation: “a false tongue” or “lying” or “telling lies”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

לְשׁ֣וֹן שָׁ֑קֶר

tongue_of lying

Here, tongue represents what a person says. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “telling lies”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

וְ֝⁠יָדַ֗יִם

and,hands

Here, hands refers to the whole person who does this action with his hands. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “and people”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

שֹׁפְכ֥וֹת דָּם־נָקִֽי

shed blood innocent

See how you translated a similar phrase in [1:16](../01/16.md).

Parallel PROV 6:17

Section 6:1–19: Here are several practical admonitions and warnings

Paragraph 6:16–19

6:17a

6:17b

6:17c