PRO 6:4 Parallel Verse View

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

Key: khaki:verbs.
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 δῷς ὕπνον σοῖς ὄμμασι, μηδὲ ἐπινυστάξῃς σοῖς βλεφάροις,
(Maʸ dōis hupnon sois ommasi, maʸde epinustaxaʸs sois blefarois, )

OEB give no sleep to your eyes.
⇔ nor slumber to your eyelids,

WEBBE Give no sleep to your eyes,
⇔ nor slumber to your eyelids.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Permit no sleep to your eyes
⇔ or slumber to your eyelids.

LSV Do not give sleep to your eyes,
And slumber to your eyelids,

FBV Don't delay, saying that you'll sleep on it. Don't rest until you've done it.

T4T Do not wait until tomorrow; go immediately!
⇔ Do not rest until you go and talk with him.

LEB • or slumber to your eyelids.

BBE Give no sleep to your eyes, or rest to them;

Moff No Moff PRO book available

JPS Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.

ASV Give not sleep to thine eyes,
⇔ Nor slumber to thine eyelids;

DRA Give not sleep to thy eyes, neither let thy eyelids slumber.

YLT Give not sleep to thine eyes, And slumber to thine eyelids,

Drby Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids:

RV Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.

Wbstr Give not sleep to thy eyes, nor slumber to thy eyelids.

KJB-1769 Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.
(Give not sleep to thine/your eyes, nor slumber to thine/your eyelids. )

KJB-1611 Giue not sleepe to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps Let not thyne eyes sleepe, nor thyne eye liddes slumber.
(Let not thine/your eyes sleepe, nor thine/your eye liddes slumber.)

Gnva Giue no sleepe to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.
(Give no sleep to thine/your eyes, nor slumber to thine/your eyelids. )

Cvdl let not thyne eyes slepe, ner thine eye lyddes slomber.
(let not thine/your eyes slepe, nor thine/your eye lyddes slomber.)

Wycl yyue thou not sleep to thin iyen, nether thin iyeliddis nappe.
(yyue thou/you not sleep to thin eyes, neither thin iyeliddis nappe.)

Luth Laß deine Augen nicht schlafen noch deine Augenlider schlummern!
(Let your Augen not sleep still your Augenlider schlummern!)

ClVg Ne dederis somnum oculis tuis, nec dormitent palpebræ tuæ.[fn]
(Ne dederis somnum oculis tuis, but_not dormitent palpebræ tuæ. )

6.4 Ne dederis somnum oculis, etc., usque ad sed hæc propter mentis tædium digna invectione non corrigit.

6.4 Ne dederis somnum oculis, etc., until to but these_things propter mentis tædium digna invectione not/no corrigit.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

אַל־תִּתֵּ֣ן שֵׁנָ֣ה לְ⁠עֵינֶ֑י⁠ךָ וּ֝⁠תְנוּמָ֗ה לְ⁠עַפְעַפֶּֽי⁠ךָ

not give sleep to,eyes,your and,slumber to,eyelids,your

Solomon is leaving out some of the words in the second clause that in many languages a clause would need in order to be complete. You could supply these words from the first clause if it would be clearer in your language. Alternate translation: “Do not give sleep to your eyes and do not give slumber to your eyelids”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

אַל־תִּתֵּ֣ן שֵׁנָ֣ה לְ⁠עֵינֶ֑י⁠ךָ וּ֝⁠תְנוּמָ֗ה לְ⁠עַפְעַפֶּֽי⁠ךָ

not give sleep to,eyes,your and,slumber to,eyelids,your

These two clauses mean basically the same thing. The second clause emphasizes the meaning of the first by repeating the same idea with different words. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could connect the clauses with a word other than and that shows that the second clause is repeating the first one, not saying something additional. Alternate translation: “Do not give sleep to your eyes, yes, do not give slumber to your eyelids”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

אַל־תִּתֵּ֣ן שֵׁנָ֣ה לְ⁠עֵינֶ֑י⁠ךָ וּ֝⁠תְנוּמָ֗ה לְ⁠עַפְעַפֶּֽי⁠ךָ

not give sleep to,eyes,your and,slumber to,eyelids,your

Here Solomon is speaking of allowing oneself to sleep and slumber as if they were objects that one could give to oneself. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “Do not let your eyes sleep or your eyelids slumber”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

אַל־תִּתֵּ֣ן שֵׁנָ֣ה

not give sleep

Solomon implies that this person should not allow himself to sleep until he goes to his neighbor to get out of the agreement. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “Until you rescue yourself from this problem, do not give sleep”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

לְ⁠עֵינֶ֑י⁠ךָ & לְ⁠עַפְעַפֶּֽי⁠ךָ

to,eyes,your & to,eyelids,your

Here Solomon is using eyes and eyelids to refer to one’s whole body. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “to yourself … to yourself”

Parallel PRO 6:4