SNG 4:2 Parallel Verse View

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ULT Your teeth are like a flock of shorn sheep that have come up from the washing,
 ⇔ all of which bear twins,
 ⇔ and there is not among them one which is bereaved.

UST Your teeth are very white.
⇔ White like a flock of sheep whose wool people have just cut off
 ⇔ and who have just come up from washing in a stream.
 ⇔ You have all of your teeth on both sides of your mouth;
⇔ none of them is missing.

BSB Your teeth are like a flock of newly shorn sheep
⇔ coming up from the washing;
 ⇔ each has its twin,
⇔ and not one of them is lost.

OEB your teeth like a white flock new shorn
⇔ just come up from the washing,
 ⇔ ranged in a double row,
⇔ not one of them lacking;

WEB Your teeth are like a newly shorn flock,
⇔ which have come up from the washing,
⇔ where every one of them has twins.
⇔ None is bereaved among them.

NET Your teeth are like a flock of newly-shorn sheep
 ⇔ coming up from the washing place;
 ⇔ each of them has a twin,
 ⇔ and not one of them is missing.

LSV Your teeth as a row of the shorn ones that have come up from the washing,
For all of them are forming twins,
And a bereaved one is not among them.

FBV Your teeth are as white as a flock of sheep that are just shorn and washed. None of them are missing—they are all perfectly matched.[fn]

4:2 In other words, each upper tooth is matched by a lower tooth.

T4T Your teeth are very white
⇔ like [SIM] a flock of sheep whose wool has just been ◄shorn/cut off►
 ⇔ and that have come up from being washed in a stream.
 ⇔ You have all of your teeth;
⇔ none of them is missing.

LEB • are like a flock of shorn ewes that came up from the washing, • all of them bearing twins, • and there is none bereaved among them.

BBE Your teeth are like a flock of sheep whose wool is newly cut, which come up from the washing; every one has two lambs, and there is not one without young.

MOF No MOF SNG book available

JPS Thy teeth are like a flock of ewes all shaped alike, which are come up from the washing; whereof all are paired, and none faileth among them.

ASV Thy teeth are like a flock of ewes that are newly shorn,
 ⇔ Which are come up from the washing,
 ⇔ Whereof every one hath twins,
 ⇔ And none is bereaved among them.

DRA Thy teeth as flocks of sheep, that are shorn which come up from the washing, all with twins, and there is none barren among them.

YLT Thy teeth as a row of the shorn ones That have come up from the washing, For all of them are forming twins, And a bereaved one is not among them.

DBY Thy teeth are like a flock of shorn sheep, Which go up from the washing; Which have all borne twins, And none is barren among them.

RV Thy teeth are like a flock of ewes that are newly shorn, which are come up from the washing; whereof every one hath twins, and none is bereaved among them.

WBS Thy teeth are like a flock of sheep that are even shorn, which came up from the washing; all of which bear twins, and none is barren among them.

KJB Thy teeth are like a flock of sheep that are even shorn, which came up from the washing; whereof every one bear twins, and none is barren among them.
(Thy teeth are like a flock of sheep that are even shorn, which came up from the washing; whereof every one bear twins, and none is barren among them. )

BB Thy teeth are like a flocke of sheepe of the same bignesse whiche went vp from the washing place, where euery one beareth two twinnes, and not one vnfruitfull among them.
(Thy teeth are like a flocke of sheep of the same bignesse which went up from the washing place, where every one beareth two twins, and not one unfruitfull among them.)

GNV Thy teeth are like a flocke of sheepe in good order, which go vp from the washing: which euery one bring out twinnes, and none is barren among them.
(Thy teeth are like a flocke of sheep in good order, which go up from the washing: which every one bring out twins, and none is barren among them. )

CB Thy hayrie lockes are like a flocke of shepe that be clypped, which go first vp from the washinge place: where euery one beareth two twyns, and not one vnfrutefull amoge them.
(Thy hayrie lockes are like a flocke of sheep that be clypped, which go first up from the washinge place: where every one beareth two twins, and not one unfrutefull among them.)

WYC Thi teeth ben as the flockis of clippid sheep, that stieden fro waischyng; alle ben with double lambren, and no bareyn is among tho.
(Thi teeth been as the flocks of clippid sheep, that stieden from waischyng; all been with double lambren, and no bareyn is among tho.)

LUT Deine Zähne sind wie die Herde mit beschnittener Wolle, die aus der Schwemme kommen, die allzumal Zwillinge tragen, und ist keine unter ihnen unfruchtbar.
(Deine teeth are like the Herde with beschnittener Wolle, the out of the Schwemme kommen, the allzumal Zwillinge tragen, and is no under ihnen unfruchtbar.)

CLV Dentes tui sicut greges tonsarum quæ ascenderunt de lavacro; omnes gemellis fœtibus, et sterilis non est inter eas.[fn]
(Dentes yours like greges tonsarum which ascenderunt about lavacro; everyone gemellis fœtibus, and sterilis not/no it_is between eas.)

4.2 Dentes tui sicut greges tonsarum. Sicut in capillis, fragiliores Ecclesiæ populi, qui numerositatem præstant, signantur: sic in dentibus fortiores quique et ad regendam Ecclesiam apti, qui firmitate prævalent. De lavacro, omnes. Omnium est, baptismo purificari: perfectorum est, et maxime eorum, quibus cura ovium est commissa, renuntiare omnibus quæ possident. Gemellis fetibus. Id est consimilibus fetibus, quia tales alios reddunt quales ipsi sunt. Vel, duplices fetus, opera geminæ charitatis, ut fideles conversi de utroque populo. Vel, fides et opus. Et sterilis non est. Nec illi inter steriles deputantur, qui abluti statim ex hac vita rapiuntur. Habuerunt enim sobolem fidei quam vel ipsi pro se, vel alii pro ipsis confessi sunt. Habuerunt etiam votum bonæ operationis, quod inter oves Christi, si exspectati fuissent, socialiter exercerent, unde dicitur: Consummatus in brevi explevit tempora multa Sap. 4..

4.2 Dentes yours like greges tonsarum. Sicut in capillis, fragiliores Ecclesiæ populi, who numerositatem præstant, signantur: so in dentibus fortiores quique and to regendam Ecclesiam apti, who firmitate prævalent. De lavacro, omnes. Omnium it_is, baptismo purificari: perfectorum it_is, and maxime eorum, to_whom cura ovium it_is commissa, renuntiare omnibus which possident. Gemellis fetibus. Id it_is consimilibus fetibus, because tales alios reddunt quales ipsi are. Vel, duplices fetus, opera geminæ charitatis, as fideles conversi about utroque populo. Vel, fides and opus. And sterilis not/no est. Nec illi between steriles deputantur, who abluti statim ex hac vita rapiuntur. Habuerunt because sobolem of_faith how or ipsi pro se, or alii pro ipsis confessi are. Habuerunt also votum bonæ operationis, that between oves Christi, when/but_if exspectati fuissent, socialiter exercerent, whence it_is_said: Consummatus in brevi explevit tempora multa Sap. 4..

BRN Thy teeth are as flocks of shorn sheep, that have gone up from the washing; all of them bearing twins, and there is not a barren one among them.

BrLXX Ὀδόντες σου ὡς ἀγέλαι τῶν κεκαρμένων, αἳ ἀνέβησαν ἀπὸ τοῦ λουτροῦ, αἱ πᾶσαι διδυμεύουσαι, καὶ ἀτεκνοῦσα οὐκ ἔστιν ἐν αὐταῖς.
(Odontes sou hōs agelai tōn kekarmenōn, hai anebaʸsan apo tou loutrou, hai pasai didumeuousai, kai ateknousa ouk estin en autais. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / simile

שִׁנַּ֨יִ⁠ךְ֙ כְּ⁠עֵ֣דֶר הַ⁠קְּצוּב֔וֹת שֶׁ⁠עָל֖וּ מִן־ הָ⁠רַחְצָ֑ה

teeth,your like,flock the,shorn that,come_up from/more_than the,washing

The color (white) of the woman’s teeth is being compared to the color (white) of sheep after they have had their wool cut off and then washed in the water of a stream. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could state explicitly these two points of comparison as modeled by the UST.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

הַ⁠קְּצוּב֔וֹת

the,shorn

If your language does not use the passive form in this way, you can state this in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. If you must state who did the action, it is implied that “shepherds” did it. Alternate translation: “sheep whose wool shepherds have cut off” or “sheep whose wool people have cut off”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

מַתְאִימ֔וֹת

bear_twins

Alternate translation: “give birth to twins”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / simile

שֶׁ⁠כֻּלָּ⁠ם֙ מַתְאִימ֔וֹת וְ⁠שַׁכֻּלָ֖ה אֵ֥ין בָּ⁠הֶֽם

which,all,which bear_twins and,bereaved not in/on/at/with,them

Here the woman’s teeth are being compared to a flock of female sheep which all have birthed twin lambs. The author is saying that in a similar way to how twin lambs have a matching sibling that resembles it so each of the woman’s teeth has a matching tooth on the other side of her mouth. She has not lost any of her teeth. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could explain the basis of this comparison. If it would help your readers you could also start a new sentence as modeled by the UST. Alternate translation: “As a flock of female sheep that has born twin lambs without losing any, so your mouth has its teeth, each with a match, and none of them are missing”

וְ⁠שַׁכֻּלָ֖ה אֵ֥ין בָּ⁠הֶֽם

and,bereaved not in/on/at/with,them

Alternate translation: “and there is not one among them which has died”

Parallel SNG 4:2