SNG 8:7 Parallel Verse View

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Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal (All still tentative.)

Key: khaki:verbs, red:negative.
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 Ὕδωρ πολὺ οὐ δυνήσεται σβέσαι τὴν ἀγάπην, καὶ ποταμοὶ οὐ συνκλύσουσιν αὐτήν· ἐὰν δῷ ἀνὴρ πάντα τὸν βίον αὐτοῦ ἐν τῇ ἀγάπῃ, ἐξουδενώσει ἐξουδενώσουσιν αὐτόν.
(Hudōr polu ou dunaʸsetai sbesai taʸn agapaʸn, kai potamoi ou sunklusousin autaʸn; ean dōi anaʸr panta ton bion autou en taʸ agapaʸ, exoudenōsei exoudenōsousin auton. )

BrTr Much water will not be able to quench love, and rivers shall not drown it; if a man would give all his substance for love, men would utterly despise it.

ULT Many waters are not able to quench this love
⇔  and rivers will not drown it.
⇔ If a man would give all the wealth of his house in exchange for love,
⇔  they would utterly despise it.
⇔ 

UST We love each other so deeply,
⇔ that how we love each other can be compared to a strong fire that no river or flood can put out.
⇔ If a man tried to cause a woman to love him by saying he would give her everything that he owns,
⇔ she would refuse.

BSB Mighty waters cannot quench love; rivers cannot sweep it away. If a man were to give all the wealth of his house for love, [his offer] would be utterly scorned
⇔ 
⇔ 
⇔ 

OEB No waters can quench it,
⇔ Nor floods overwhelm it.
⇔ If a man should give all in his house for it,
⇔ Utterly scorned would he be.

WEBBE Many waters can’t quench love,
⇔ neither can floods drown it.
⇔ If a man would give all the wealth of his house for love,
⇔ he would be utterly scorned.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Surging waters cannot quench love;
⇔ floodwaters cannot overflow it.
⇔ If someone were to offer all his possessions to buy love,
⇔ the offer would be utterly despised.

LSV Many waters are not able to quench the love,
And floods do not wash it away. If one gives all the wealth of his house for love,
Treading down—they tread on it.

FBV Floods of water cannot extinguish love; rivers cannot submerge it. If a man offered everything he owned in order to buy love he would be completely rejected.

T4T Nothing can extinguish our love for each other,
⇔ not even a flood.
⇔ If a man tried to cause a woman to love him by saying he would give her everything that is in his house,
⇔ she would refuse.

LEB No LEB SNG book available

BBE Much water may not put out love, or the deep waters overcome it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would be judged a price not great enough.

Moff No Moff SNG book available

JPS Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it; if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, he would utterly be contemned.

ASV Many waters cannot quench love,
⇔ Neither can floods drown it:
⇔ If a man would give all the substance of his house for love,
⇔ He would utterly be contemned.

DRA Many waters cannot quench charity, neither can the floods drown it: if a man should give all the substance of his house for love, he shall despise it as nothing.

YLT Many waters are not able to quench the love, And floods do not wash it away. If one give all the wealth of his house for love, Treading down — they tread upon it.

Drby Many waters cannot quench love, Neither do the floods drown it: Even if a man gave all the substance of his house for love, It would utterly be contemned.

RV Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, he would utterly be contemned.

SLT Many waters shall not be able to quench love, and rivers shall not overwhelm it: if a man shall give all the riches of his house for love, despising, they shall be despised for him.

Wbstr Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned.

KJB-1769 Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned.

KJB-1611 No KJB-1611 SNG book available

Bshps No Bshps SNG book available

Gnva Much water can not quench loue, neither can the floods drowne it: If a man should giue all the substance of his house for loue, they would greatly contemne it.
(Much water cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: If a man should give all the substance of his house for love, they would greatly contemn/treat_with_contempt it. )

Cvdl No Cvdl SNG book available

Wycl No Wycl SNG book available

Luth No Luth SNG book available

ClVg Aquæ multæ non potuerunt extinguere caritatem, nec flumina obruent illam. Si dederit homo omnem substantiam domus suæ pro dilectione, quasi nihil despiciet eam.[fn]
(Water many not/no they_could extinguere charity, but_not rivers obruent her. When/But_if will_give human all substance home his_own for with_love, as_if nothing despiciet her. )

8.7 Aquæ multæ, etc. Quia domus, quæ supra petram charitatis fundata est, irruentibus fluminibus non potest cadere. Flumina. Tentationum, quæ vel visibiliter vel invisibiliter tentant corda fidelium. Si dederit. Quia ubi abundat amor æternorum, mox vilescit possessio labentium, recte subditur, Si dederit homo. Apostoli, et alii sancti, omnibus dimissis, nihil visi sunt sibi perdidisse, dummodo vera bona possent habere, unde Paulus: Omnia detrimenta arbitror ut stercora, ut Christum lucrifaciam Philip. 3..

8.7 Water multæ, etc. Because home, which above a_rock charitatis fundata it_is, rushedntibus rivers not/no can cadere. Flumina. Tentationum, which or visibiliter or invisibiliter tentant hearts faithful. When/But_if will_give. Because where abundat amor æternorum, mox vilescit possessio labentium, recte I_submitur, When/But_if will_give human. Apostoli, and others sancti, to_all dimissis, nothing visi are to_himself perdidisse, dummodo vera good(s) they_could to_have, whence Paulus: Everything detrimenta arbitror as dung, as Christum lucrifaciam Philip. 3..

RP-GNT No RP-GNT SNG book available

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

מַ֣יִם רַבִּ֗ים לֹ֤א יֽוּכְלוּ֙ לְ⁠כַבּ֣וֹת אֶת־הָֽ⁠אַהֲבָ֔ה וּ⁠נְהָר֖וֹת לֹ֣א יִשְׁטְפ֑וּ⁠הָ

waters many not they_can to,quench DOM the,love and,rivers not sweep_~_away,it

Here the writer is speaking of love as if it is a strongly burning fire which Many waters cannot quench and which rivers cannot drown. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [Love is so strong that it is like a strong fire that great amounts of water cannot quench and which rivers full of water cannot put out] or [The feelings of love which a man and a woman who are lovers have for each other is very strong] or [Nothing can stop romantic love]

מַ֣יִם רַבִּ֗ים לֹ֤א יֽוּכְלוּ֙ לְ⁠כַבּ֣וֹת אֶת־הָֽ⁠אַהֲבָ֔ה וּ⁠נְהָר֖וֹת לֹ֣א יִשְׁטְפ֑וּ⁠הָ

waters many not they_can to,quench DOM the,love and,rivers not sweep_~_away,it

Alternate translation: [Nothing can extinguish our love for each other, not even a flood]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

אֶת־הָֽ⁠אַהֲבָ֔ה & בָּ⁠אַהֲבָ֔ה

DOM the,love & in/on/at/with,love

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of love, you could express the same idea in some other way that is natural in your language.

Note 3 topic: grammar-connect-condition-fact

אִם־יִתֵּ֨ן אִ֜ישׁ אֶת־כָּל־ה֤וֹן בֵּית⁠וֹ֙ בָּ⁠אַהֲבָ֔ה בּ֖וֹז יָב֥וּזוּ לֽ⁠וֹ

if he/it_gave (a)_man DOM all/each/any/every wealth_of house_of,his in/on/at/with,love to_scorn they_would_scorn to=him/it

The woman speaks as if this were a hypothetical situation, but she means that it must be true. If your language does not state something as a condition if it is certain or true, and if your readers might think that what the woman is saying is uncertain, then you could translate her words as an affirmative statement. Alternate translation: [Even though a man tries to give all the wealth of his house in exchange for love, his offer will be utterly despised]

בָּ⁠אַהֲבָ֔ה

in/on/at/with,love

Alternate translation: [in order to get love] or [in order to buy love]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

לֽ⁠וֹ

to=him/it

The word the ULT translates as it could: (1) refer to all the wealth of his house. Alternate translation: [it] (2) refer to the man who is offering all the wealth of his house in exchange for love. Alternate translation: [him]

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