PRO 8:12 Parallel Verse View

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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 Ἐγὼ ἡ σοφία κατεσκήνωσα βουλὴν καὶ γνῶσιν, καὶ ἔννοιαν ἐγὼ ἐπεκαλεσάμην.
(Egō haʸ sofia kateskaʸnōsa boulaʸn kai gnōsin, kai ennoian egō epekalesamaʸn. )

BrTr I wisdom have dwelt with counsel and knowledge, and I have called upon understanding.

UST I am what is wise. I am related to what is prudent.
⇔ I enable someone to know what is discreet.

BSB ⇔ I, wisdom, dwell together with prudence,
⇔ and I find knowledge and discretion.

OEB I, Wisdom, possess intelligence;
⇔ knowledge and insight are mine.

WEBBE ⇔ “I, wisdom, have made prudence my dwelling.
⇔ Find out knowledge and discretion.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET “I, wisdom, live with prudence,
⇔ and I find knowledge and discretion.

LSV I, wisdom, have dwelt with prudence,
And I find out a knowledge of purposes.

FBV I, wisdom, am at home with good decisions. I know how to find knowledge and discernment.

T4T ⇔ I, wisdom, and understanding of what is smart to do, cannot be separated.
⇔ We are like two people who live in the same house.
⇔ I know how to be wise and how to make smart decisions.

LEB • and I find knowledge and discretion.

BBE I, wisdom, have made wise behaviour my near relation; I am seen to be the special friend of wise purposes.

Moff No Moff PRO book available

JPS I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of devices.

ASV ⇔ I wisdom have made prudence my dwelling,
⇔ And find out knowledge and discretion.

DRA I wisdom dwell in counsel, and am present in learned thoughts.

YLT I, wisdom, have dwelt with prudence, And a knowledge of devices I find out.

Drby I wisdom dwell [with] prudence, and find the knowledge [which cometh] of reflection.

RV I wisdom have made subtilty my dwelling, and find out knowledge and discretion.

Wbstr I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of ingenious inventions.

KJB-1769 I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of witty inventions.[fn]

8.12 prudence: or, subtilty

KJB-1611 [fn]I wisedome dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of witty inuentions.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above apart from footnotes)

8:12 Or, subtiltie.

Bshps I wysdome dwell with counsell, and finde out knowledge and vnderstanding.
(I wisdom dwell with counsell, and find out knowledge and understanding.)

Gnva I wisdome dwell with prudence, and I find foorth knowledge and counsels.
(I wisdom dwell with prudence, and I find forth knowledge and counsels. )

Cvdl I wysdome haue my dwellynge wt knowlege, and prudent councell is myne owne.
(I wisdom have my dwelling with knowledge, and prudent council/counsel is mine owne.)

Wycl Y, wisdom, dwelle in counsel; and Y am among lernyd thouytis.
(I, wisdom, dwell in counsel; and I am among lernyd thouytis.)

Luth Ich, Weisheit, wohne bei dem Witz und ich weiß guten Rat zu geben.
(Ich, Weisheit, wohne at to_him Witz and I know guten advice to give.)

ClVg [Ego sapientia, habito in consilio, et eruditis intersum cogitationibus.
([I sapientia, habito in consilio, and eruditis intersum cogitationibus. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / personification

שָׁכַ֣נְתִּי עָרְמָ֑ה

dwell prudence

Here, Wisdom speaks of being associated with prudence as if prudence were a person whom Wisdom dwells with. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly or use a simile. Alternate translation: “What is wise is associated with what is prudent” or “I dwell with prudence like two people live in the same house”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

חָ֭כְמָה & עָרְמָ֑ה וְ⁠דַ֖עַת מְזִמּ֣וֹת

wisdom & prudence and,knowledge discretion

See how you translated the abstract nouns Wisdom in 1:2, and prudence, knowledge, and discretion in 1:4.

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

וְ⁠דַ֖עַת מְזִמּ֣וֹת

and,knowledge discretion

Here, Wisdom is using the possessive form to describe a knowledge that is about discretion. If your language would not use the possessive form for this, you could use a different expression. Alternate translation: “and knowledge about discretion”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

וְ⁠דַ֖עַת מְזִמּ֣וֹת אֶמְצָֽא

and,knowledge discretion find

Here, Wisdom speaks of enabling people to have knowledge of discretion as if they were objects that one could find. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “I enable you to acquire knowledge of discretion” or “What is wise enables you to acquire knowledge of discretion”

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