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OET-LV I love_me[fn] I_love and_seek_me find_me.
8:17 Variant note: אהבי/ה: (x-qere) ’אֹהֲבַ֣/י’: lemma_157 morph_HVqrmpc/Sp1cs id_20eeu אֹהֲבַ֣/י
UHB אֲ֭נִי אֹהֲבַ֣י[fn] אֵהָ֑ב וּ֝מְשַׁחֲרַ֗י יִמְצָאֻֽנְנִי׃ ‡
(ʼₐnī ʼohₐⱱay ʼēhāⱱ ūməshaḩₐray yimʦāʼunənī.)
Key: yellow: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).
K אהביה
ULT I myself love those who love me,
⇔ and those who diligently seek me will find me.
UST I am what is wise, and I benefit anyone who loves me.
⇔ Anyone who earnestly tries to become wise will succeed.
BSB ⇔ I love those who love me,
⇔ and those who seek me early shall find me.
OEB Those that love me I love,
⇔ and those that seek me find me.
WEB I love those who love me.
⇔ Those who seek me diligently will find me.
NET I love those who love me,
⇔ and those who seek me find me.
LSV I love those loving me,
And those seeking me earnestly find me.
FBV I love those who love me, and those who really look for me will find me.
T4T I, wisdom, love all those who love me,
⇔ and all those who truly seek me will find me.
LEB • [fn] and those who seek me diligently shall find me.
?:? Literally “her lovers”
BBE Those who have given me their love are loved by me, and those who make search for me with care will get me.
MOF No MOF PRO book available
JPS I love them that love me, and those that seek me earnestly shall find me.
ASV I love them that love me;
⇔ And those that seek me diligently shall find me.
DRA I love them that love me: and they that in the morning early watch for me, shall find me.
YLT I love those loving me, And those seeking me earnestly do find me.
DBY I love those that love me; and they that seek me early shall find me.
RV I love them that love me; and those that seek me diligently shall find me.
WBS I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.
KJB I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.
BB I am louing vnto those that loue me: and they that seeke me early, shall finde me.
(I am louing unto those that love me: and they that seek me early, shall find me.)
GNV I loue them that loue me: and they that seeke me earely, shall finde me.
(I love them that love me: and they that seek me earely, shall find me. )
CB I am louynge vnto those that loue me, and they that seke me early, shal fynde me.
(I am louynge unto those that love me, and they that seek me early, shall find me.)
WYC I loue hem that louen me; and thei that waken eerli to me, schulen fynde me.
(I love them that love me; and they that waken early to me, should find me.)
LUT Ich liebe, die mich lieben; und die mich frühe suchen, finden mich.
(I liebe, the me lieben; and the me frühe suchen, finden mich.)
CLV Ego diligentes me diligo, et qui mane vigilant ad me, invenient me.[fn]
(I diligentes me diligo, and who mane vigilant to me, invenient me.)
8.17 Ego diligentes, etc. Qui diligit me, diligetur a Patre: et ego diligam eum, et manifestabo ei meipsum Joan. 14.. Mane quippe ad sapientiam vigilant, qui innovato mentis studio ad Christi visionem attingere satagunt.
8.17 I diligentes, etc. Who diligit me, diligetur a Patre: and I diligam him, and manifestabo to_him meipsum Yoan. 14.. Mane quippe to wisdom vigilant, who innovato mentis studio to Christi visionem attingere satagunt.
BRN I love those that love me; and they that seek me shall find me.
BrLXX Ἐγὼ τοὺς ἐμὲ φιλοῦντας ἀγαπῶ, οἱ δὲ ἐμὲ ζητοῦντες εὑρήσουσιν.
(Egō tous eme filountas agapō, hoi de eme zaʸtountes heuraʸsousin. )
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / rpronouns
אֲ֭נִי & אֵהָ֑ב
I & love
Wisdom uses the word myself to emphasize how significant it is that wisdom is like a woman who loves those who love her. Use a way that is natural in your language to indicate this significance. Alternate translation: “Even I love”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / personification
אֲ֭נִי אֹהֲבַ֣י אֵהָ֑ב
I (Some words not found in UHB: I love,me love and,seek,me find,me )
Here, wisdom is depicted as if it were a person who can love and be loved by people. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly or use a simile. Alternate translation: “Wisdom benefits those who value it” or “It is as if wisdom were a woman who loves those who love her”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / personification
וּ֝מְשַׁחֲרַ֗י יִמְצָאֻֽנְנִי
and,seek,me find,me
Here, people trying to be wise and succeeding is spoken of as if wisdom were a person whom people can seek and find. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “and those who diligently try to become wise will become wise”