PROV 7:15 Parallel Verse View

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

OET (OET-RV) That’s why I came out to meet you—
⇔ to look all around until I found you.

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 Ἕνεκα τούτου ἐξῆλθον εἰς συνάντησίν σοι, ποθοῦσα τὸ σὸν πρόσωπον, εὕρηκά σε.
(Heneka toutou exaʸlthon eis sunantaʸsin soi, pothousa to son prosōpon, heuraʸka se. )

BrTr therefore I came forth to meet thee, desiring thy face; and I have found thee.

ULT Therefore, I came out to meet you,
⇔ to diligently seek your face, and I found you.

UST So I have come out here to meet you.
⇔ I have come out to look everywhere for you, and now I have found you!

OEB No OEB PROV book available

WEBBE Therefore I came out to meet you,
⇔ to diligently seek your face,
⇔ and I have found you.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET That is why I came out to meet you,
⇔ to look for you, and I found you!

LSV Therefore I have come forth to meet you,
To earnestly seek your face, and I find you.

FBV That's why I came out to meet you. I was looking for you and now I've found you!

T4T And now I have come out to meet/see you.
⇔ I was searching for you, and now I have found you!

LEB • So[fn] I have come out to meet you, to seek your face, and I have found you.

7:? Hebrew “thus”

BBE So I came out in the hope of meeting you, looking for you with care, and now I have you.

Moff so I came out to meet you,
⇔ to look for you--now I have found you!

JPS Therefore came I forth to meet thee, to seek thy face, and I have found thee.

ASV Therefore came I forth to meet thee,
⇔ Diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.

DRA Therefore I am come out to meet thee, desirous to see thee, and I have found thee.

YLT Therefore I have come forth to meet thee, To seek earnestly thy face, and I find thee.

Drby therefore came I forth to meet thee, to seek earnestly thy face, and I have found thee.

RV Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.
(Therefore came I forth to meet thee/you, diligently to seek thy/your face, and I have found thee/you. )

SLT For this, I shall come forth to thy meeting, to seek thy face, and I shall find thee.

Wbstr Therefore I came forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.

KJB-1769 Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.
(Therefore came I forth to meet thee/you, diligently to seek thy/your face, and I have found thee/you. )

KJB-1611 Therefore came I forth to meete thee, diligently to seeke thy face, and I haue found thee.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps Therefore came I foorth to meete thee, that I might seeke thy face, and so haue I founde thee.
(Therefore came I forth to meet thee/you, that I might seek thy/your face, and so have I found thee/you.)

Gnva Therefore came I forth to meete thee, that I might seeke thy face: and I haue found thee.
(Therefore came I forth to meet thee/you, that I might seek thy/your face: and I have found thee/you. )

Cvdl Therfore came I forth to mete the, that I might seke thy face, and so I haue founde the.
(Therefore came I forth to meet them, that I might seek thy/your face, and so I have found them.)

Wycl Therfor Y yede out in to thi meetyng, and Y desiride to se thee; and Y haue founde thee.
(Therefore I went out in to thy/your meeting, and I desired to see thee/you; and I have found thee/you.)

Luth Darum bin ich herausgegangen, dir zu begegnen, dein Angesicht frühe zu suchen, und habe dich funden.
(Therefore am I out_of_heregegangen, you/to_you(sg) to/for meet/encounter, your(s) face early to/for search_for, and have you/yourself found.)

ClVg idcirco egressa sum in occursum tuum, desiderans te videre, et reperi.
(therefore gone_out I_am in/into/on meeting your(sg), desiderans you(sg) to_see, and find. )

SOTN SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 7:1–27: Tenth lesson: Here is an example of a young man who was seduced by a married woman

This lesson is another warning to avoid adultery. It begins with an appeal that the son pay attention to his father’s advice. This advice will protect him from being seduced by an adulteress (7:1–5). The main part of the lesson has the form of a first person narrative. The narrator tells how he observed a young man being seduced (7:6–23). First the story focuses on the young man (7:6–9), then it describes the adulteress (7:10–12) and her enticing words (7:13–20). Finally it tells how the young man yielded to the temptation (7:21–23). The lesson concludes with an appeal that the son follow his father’s advice rather than be seduced by the adulteress, because involvement with her will lead to death (7:24–27).

Some other headings for this section are:

Warning Against the Adulteress (NIV)

The story about an adulteress who tempted a young man

Paragraph 7:13–20

This paragraph tells how the woman seduced the young man. After first kissing him (7:13), she then used words in order to seduce him. She told about the favorable circumstances (7:14), used flattery (7:15), appealed to his anticipation of physical pleasure (7:16–18), and reassured him of her husband’s absence (7:19–20).

7:15

So I came out to meet you; I sought you, and I have found you.

So I came out here to look for you^(sing). I am very happy that I have found you.
That is why I came out of my house to look for you. I truly wanted to find you. And here you are!

So: This word introduces what the woman did as a result of fulfilling her vows and having meat available to eat (7:14).

I came out to meet you; I sought you, and I have found you: This verse does not contain parallel lines.According to Fox (page 246), this verse contains two sentences in Hebrew. They are not parallel (also Toy, page 152). The woman said these words in order to flatter the young man and make him feel important. She implied that she came out of her house for a purpose. She specifically wanted to find him.

I sought you: The Hebrew phrase that the BSB translates as I sought you is literally “to seek your face.” This expression implies that the woman looked eagerly and diligently for the young man. For example:

to seek you eagerly (RSV)

I wanted to find you (GNT)

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

לְ⁠שַׁחֵ֥ר

to,seek_eagerly

The woman is leaving out some of the words that in many languages a clause would need in order to be complete. You could supply these words from earlier in the sentence if it would be clearer in your language. Alternate translation: “I came out to diligently seek”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

פָּ֝נֶ֗י⁠ךָ

face_of,your

Here, face refers to being in the presence of the whole person. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “your presence” or “where you were”

Parallel PROV 7:15

Section 7:1–27: Tenth lesson: Here is an example of a young man who was seduced by a married woman

Paragraph 7:13–20

7:15