PRO 7:27 Parallel Verse View

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Key: khaki:verbs.
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BrLXX Ὁδοὶ ᾅδου ὁ οἶκος αὐτῆς, κατάγουσαι εἰς τὰ ταμιεῖα τοῦ θανάτου.
(Hodoi hadou ho oikos autaʸs, katagousai eis ta tamieia tou thanatou. )

UST Going to an adulterous woman’s house is doing something that will result in that person dying.
⇔ Doing that will result in that person going to the place where the spirits of dead people are.

OEB Her house is the road to Sheol,
⇔ straight down to the chambers of Death.

WEBBE Her house is the way to Sheol,[fn]
⇔ going down to the rooms of death.

7:27 Sheol is the place of the dead.

WMBB (Same as above including footnotes)

NET Her house is the way to the grave,
⇔ going down to the chambers of death.

LSV The ways of Sheol—her house,
Going down to inner chambers of death!

FBV Her house leads to the grave—it goes down to the rooms of death.

T4T The road to her house is the road to the grave.
⇔ Those who enter her bedroom [PRS] will die as a result.

LEB • [fn] are her house, descending to chambers of death.

7:? A term for the place where the dead reside, i.e., the Underworld

BBE Her house is the way to the underworld, going down to the rooms of death.

Moff No Moff PRO book available

JPS Her house is the way to the nether-world, going down to the chambers of death.

ASV Her house is the way to Sheol,
⇔ Going down to the chambers of death.

DRA Her house is the way to hell, reaching even to the inner chambers of death.

YLT The ways of Sheol — her house, Going down unto inner chambers of death!

Drby Her house is the way to Sheol, going down to the chambers of death.

RV Her house is the way to Sheol, going down to the chambers of death.

Wbstr Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.

KJB-1769 Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.
(Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chamber/rooms of death. )

KJB-1611 [fn]Her house is the way to hell, going downe to the chambers of death.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above apart from footnotes)

7:27 Chap.2. 18. & 5.5.

Bshps Her house is the way vnto hell, and bryng men downe into the chaumbers of death.
(Her house is the way unto hell, and bring men down into the chamber/rooms of death.)

Gnva Her house is the way vnto ye graue, which goeth downe to the chambers of death.
(Her house is the way unto ye/you_all graue, which goeth/goes down to the chamber/rooms of death. )

Cvdl Hir house is the waye vnto hell, where men go downe to the chambers of death.
(Hir house is the way unto hell, where men go down to the chamber/rooms of death.)

Wycl The weies of helle is hir hous; and persen in to ynnere thingis of deeth.
(The ways of hell is her hous; and persen in to ynnere things of death.)

Luth Ihr Haus sind Wege zur Hölle, da man hinunterfährt in des Todes Kammer.
(You house are Wege to hell, there man hinunterfährt in the Todes Kammer.)

ClVg Viæ inferi domus ejus, penetrantes in interiora mortis.][fn]
(Viæ inferi home his, penetrantes in interiora mortis.] )

7.27 Viæ inferi domus ejus, penetrantes. Sed de Ecclesia Dominus ait: Portæ inferi non prævalebunt adversus eam Matth. 16.. Interiora mortis. Obscuriora et arctiora gehennæ tormenta, quibus hæreticos et fornicatores constat esse mergendos.

7.27 Viæ inferi home his, penetrantes. But about Ecclesia Master he_said: Portæ inferi not/no prævalebunt adversus eam Matth. 16.. Interiora mortis. Obscuriora and arctiora gehennæ tormenta, to_whom hæreticos and fornicatores constat esse mergendos.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

בֵּיתָ֑⁠הּ

house,her

See how you translated the same use of Her house in 2:18.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

דַּרְכֵ֣י שְׁא֣וֹל

way sheol

Although ways here is plural, it refers to the singular house at the beginning of this verse. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use the singular form here. Alternate translation: “is the way of Sheol”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

דַּרְכֵ֣י שְׁא֣וֹל

way sheol

Here Solomon is using the possessive form to describe ways that result in someone going to Sheol. If your language would not use the possessive form for this, you could use a different expression. Alternate translation: “is the way that leads to Sheol” or “is the way that causes one to go to Sheol”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

דַּרְכֵ֣י

way

See how you translated the same use of ways in 3:6.

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

יֹ֝רְד֗וֹת אֶל־חַדְרֵי־מָֽוֶת

descending to/towards chambers death

Here Solomon speaks of a man doing something that would result in his death as if he were going on a path that is descending to the rooms of death. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “results in a man dying” or “causes a man to die”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

חַדְרֵי־מָֽוֶת

chambers death

This phrase refers to the place where people’s spirits go when they die, which was called Sheol in the previous clause. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “the place where the spirits of dead people dwell” or “the place of the dead”

Parallel PRO 7:27