what goes around comes around

20:36 Jun 28, 2007
English to Hebrew translations [Non-PRO]
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English term or phrase: what goes around comes around
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Summary of answers provided
5מה שהולך - חוזר
Ron Armon
5 -1מה שמגיע, מתקבל
Akiva Brest (X)
4מה שהיה הוא שיהיה
Doron Greenspan MITI


  

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49 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): -1
מה שמגיע, מתקבל


Explanation:
Ma shemagah, mitkabel = You get what you deserve
or another simple way whould be...
HaKadour Agol = The ball is round


Akiva Brest (X)
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disagree  Ron Armon: As I see it - Your answer with "Magia" is more like "what comes around is received..."
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מה שהולך - חוזר


Explanation:
It should be PRO!
There's no perfect Hebrew equivalent
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or (a bit more loose, but exactly conveing the meaning):
מה שתיתן - תקבל חזרה
Ma She-titten - Tekabel Hazara
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or - a special Hebrew saying that has quite the same morale and massage:
שלח לחמך על פני המים
Shlah Lahmeha al pnei Ha-mayim

Ron Armon
Israel
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מה שהיה הוא שיהיה


Explanation:
Straight from Ecclesiastes 9.

Doron Greenspan MITI
Israel
Local time: 22:01
Native speaker of: Native in HebrewHebrew, Native in EnglishEnglish
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Ron Armon: It can be a fair trans' of the phrase's spirit (מַה-שֶּׁהָיָה, הוּא שֶׁיִּהְיֶה...; וְאֵין כָּל-חָדָשׁ, תַּחַת הַשָּׁמֶשׁ) however - its not a biblical phrase and it's used more as "you get what you deserve / give others" which your suggestion is missing.
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