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Four word translation: "As wise as serpents"


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How would you properly translate

"As wise as serpents"

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 May 24, 11, 16:23    #2
The biblical phrase is translated as "tak roztropni jak węże"
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Edited by: gumishu  May 24, 11, 16:23    #3
przebiegli jak węże - this is the exact wording in the most popular of the Bible into Polish

though przebiegli does not really translate into wise
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 May 24, 11, 16:26    #4
gumishu:
przebiegli jak węże - this is the exact wording in the most popular of the Bible into Polish

Isn't Biblia tysiąclecia the most popular one? The above is the translation I found in my second edition.
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 May 25, 11, 15:56    #5
Which one is closer to the English translation? The translation I'm using is the most accurate English version to the original Hebrew, Greek, and Aramaic, do you know what the most accurate Polish version is?
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 May 25, 11, 16:12    #6
I'd say go for "roztropni", "przebiegli" (cunning) has a bit of a pejorative meaning, which I don't think was meant in the original text.



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