PROV 8:31 Parallel Verse View

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BrLXX ὅτε ἐνευφραίνετο τὴν οἰκουμένην συντελέσας, καὶ ἐνευφραίνετο ἐν υἱοῖς ἀνθρώπων.
(hote eneufraineto taʸn oikoumenaʸn suntelesas, kai eneufraineto en huiois anthrōpōn. )

BrTr For he rejoiced when he had completed the world, and rejoiced among the children of men.

ULT Frolicking in the world of his earth,
⇔ and my delights were with the sons of man.

UST I was rejoicing in the whole world that Yahweh had made.
⇔ I was also happy with the people he had made.

OEB No OEB PROV book available

WEBBE rejoicing in his whole world.
⇔ My delight was with the sons of men.

WMBB (Same as above)

MSG ^(22-31)“God sovereignly made me—the first, the basic—
  before he did anything else.
I was brought into being a long time ago,
  well before Earth got its start.
I arrived on the scene before Ocean,
  yes, even before Springs and Rivers and Lakes.
Before Mountains were sculpted and Hills took shape,
  I was already there, newborn;
Long before God stretched out Earth’s Horizons,
  and tended to the minute details of Soil and Weather,
And set Sky firmly in place,
  I was there.
When he mapped and gave borders to wild Ocean,
  built the vast vault of Heaven,
  and installed the fountains that fed Ocean,
When he drew a boundary for Sea,
  posted a sign that said no trespassing,
And then staked out Earth’s Foundations,
  I was right there with him, making sure everything fit.
Day after day I was there, with my joyful applause,
  always enjoying his company,
Delighted with the world of things and creatures,
  happily celebrating the human family.

NET rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth,
⇔ and delighting in its people.

LSV Rejoicing in the habitable part of His earth,
And my delights [are] with the sons of men.

FBV I was so happy in the world he created, celebrating together with human beings.

T4T I was delighted with the world that he created;
⇔ I was happy with the people whom he created, too.

LEB • rejoicing in the world of his earth, and my delight was with the children of humankind.

BBE Playing in his earth; and my delight was with the sons of men.

Moff playing here and there over his world,
⇔ finding my delight in human-kind.
¶ 

JPS Playing in His habitable earth, and my delights are with the sons of men.

ASV Rejoicing in his habitable earth;
⇔ And my delight was with the sons of men.

DRA Playing in the world: and my delights were to be with the children of men.

YLT Rejoicing in the habitable part of His earth, And my delights [are] with the sons of men.

Drby rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth, and my delights [were] with the sons of men.

RV Rejoicing in his habitable earth; and my delight was with the sons of men.

SLT Smiling in the habitable globe of his earth; and my delight with the sons of man.

Wbstr Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights were with the sons of men.

KJB-1769 Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights were with the sons of men.

KJB-1611 Reioycing in the habitable part of his earth, and my delights were with the sonnes of men.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps As for the rounde compasse of this worlde I make it ioyfull: for my delite is to be among the chyldren of men.
(As for the round compass/all_around of this world I make it joyful: for my delight is to be among the children of men.)

Gnva And tooke my solace in the compasse of his earth: and my delite is with the children of men.
(And took my solace in the compass/all_around of his earth: and my delight is with the children of men. )

Cvdl As for the roude copase of his worlde, I make it ioyfull, for my delyte is to be amoge the children of men.
(As for the round compass/all_around of his world, I make it joyful, for my delight is to be among the children of men.)

Wycl and Y pleiede in the world; and my delices ben to be with the sones of men.
(and I pleiede in the world; and my delices been to be with the sons of men.)

Luth und spielte auf seinem Erdboden; und meine Lust ist bei den Menschenkindern.
(and played on/in/to his ground; and my desire/lust(n) is at/in the human_children.)

ClVg ludens in orbe terrarum; et deliciæ meæ esse cum filiis hominum.[fn]
(playing in/into/on around_the_world the_world; and delights my to_be when/with to_the_children of_men. )

8.31 Ludens in orbe. Quia cum tempora et creaturæ orbis terræ cœpissent, ipse, quod erat, in Patre Filius manebat: hoc ideo, ne quis eum cum creaturis et temporibus esse prohiberet.

8.31 Playing in/into/on around_the_world. Because when/with times and creatures world of_the_earth/land they_would_have_begun, exactly_that/himself, that was, in/into/on Father Son remained: this therefore/for_that_reason, not who/any him when/with creatures and times to_be to_prohibitt.

SOTN SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 8:1–36: Wisdom calls out to people and reminds them of the benefits of being wise

In contrast to the previous section describing the adulterous woman, this section describes personified Wisdom. The public setting for Wisdom’s speech is described in 8:1–3. In 8:4–11, she addresses all mankind and describes her own character. In 8:12–21, she provides reasons why people should choose her. Additional motivation is given in 8:22–31: Wisdom was with the LORD when he created the world. The section ends with Wisdom appealing to mankind to follow her teaching (8:32–36).

This section is a speech by personified Wisdom. As in Wisdom’s speech in 1:20–33, the Notes have used a capital letter for Wisdom in most verses. However, in her speech, Wisdom sometimes refers to “wisdom” as an ability that people have or use or should try to obtain. In some of these contexts, the Notes have used small letters for “wisdom.” The Display will often give more than one option. You may use either option in your language, depending on what is appropriate in each context.

Some other headings for this section are:

Wisdom’s Call (NIV)

Listen to Wisdom (NCV)

The good qualities of Wisdom

Wisdom’s second invitation to people

Paragraph 8:22–31

In this paragraph, Wisdom gives additional reasons why people should choose her. The LORD created Wisdom before anything else (8:22–26), and she was present with the LORD when he created the world (8:27–29). She also delighted in what the LORD created (8:30–31).

8:31

Notice the parallel parts that are similar in meaning:

^31a I was rejoicing in His whole world,

^31b delighting together in the sons of men.

8:31a

I was rejoicing in His whole world,

I also rejoiced at the whole world he had created.

I was rejoicing in His whole world: In Hebrew, this phrase is literally “in the world of his earth.” There are two ways to interpret this repetition of synonyms:

It means “his whole world.” For example:
at play everywhere on his earth (NJB) (BSB, NAB, NASB, NIV, REB, NJB, NCV, NLT)
It means the inhabited part of his world. For example:
his inhabited world (NRSV) (ESV, NET, NJPS, NRSV, GW)

It is recommended that you follow interpretation (1), along with most versions and scholars.TWOT (#835h) gives a third interpretation (the inhabitants living in the whole earth), but lists Proverbs 8:26 and 8:31 under the first interpretation, which is the entire earth, including the atmosphere or heavens. UBS (page 195), Whybray (page 137) and Toy (page 178) all support the first interpretation. Toy says that the two terms are synonyms, “the first being poetic, the second the ordinary prose word.” The previous verses describe Wisdom being present at the creation of oceans, mountains, and sky. There is nothing to suggest that Wisdom rejoiced only in the inhabited part of the earth.

The GNT and the CEV both leave implied the emphasis of whole world, and the GNT also omits “his.” It has “happy with the world.” It is recommended that you retain the emphasis and the pronoun “his” if possible. If it is unnatural in your language to say “his entire world,” another way to express the meaning is:

the entire world that he created

everything that he created

8:31a–b

(combined/reordered)

Indeed, my happiness was great on account of the whole earth and the people that he had created.

8:31b

delighting together in the sons of men.

Specifically, I was happy with the people he had made.

delighting together in the sons of men: Other ways to translate this phrase are:

and pleased with the human race (GNT)

and delighted with all its people (NCV)

General Comment on 8:30b–c and 8:31a–b

The words “delight” and “rejoicing” in 8:30 are here reversed to “rejoicing” and “delighting,” forming a chiasm to complete this paragraph. In some languages, it will not be possible to retain the chiasm due to a lack of synonyms. However, it may be possible to emphasize the idea of rejoicing/delighting by saying something like:

Indeed, I was very happy at the whole world that he created, including people.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

מְ֭שַׂחֶקֶת

rejoicing

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Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

בְּ⁠תֵבֵ֣ל אַרְצ֑⁠וֹ

in,the_world_of his_earth_of,of

The phrase world of his earth could refer to: (1) the whole world. Alternate translation: “his entire world” (2) the inhabited part of the world. Alternate translation: “his inhabited world”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

וְ֝⁠שַׁעֲשֻׁעַ֗⁠י

and,my_of,delight(s)

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Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / gendernotations

בְּנֵ֥י אָדָֽם

sons_of humankind

See how you translated this phrase in [8:4](../08/04.md)