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Let Israel rejoice in him that made him; and let the children of Sion exult in their king.
Greek · SeptuagintΕὐφρανθήτω Ἰσραὴλ ἐπὶ τῷ ποιήσαντι αὐτὸν, καὶ υἱοὶ Σιὼν ἀγαλλιάσθωσαν ἐπὶ τῷ βασιλεῖ αὐτῶν.
Hebrew / Jewish
Septuagint (Greek Old Testament)
Psalms
Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises to him with timbrel and psaltery.
Greek · SeptuagintΑἰνεσάτωσαν τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ ἐν χορῷ, ἐν τυμπάνῳ καὶ ψαλτηρίῳ ψαλάτωσαν αὐτῷ.
For the Lord takes pleasure in his people; and will exalt the meek with salvation.
Greek · SeptuagintὍτι εὐδοκεῖ Κύριος ἐν λαῷ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ὑψώσει πρᾳεῖς ἐν σωτηρίᾳ.
The saints shall rejoice in glory; and shall exult on their beds.
Greek · SeptuagintΚαυχήσονται ὅσιοι ἐν δόξῃ, καὶ ἀγαλλιάσονται ἐπὶ τῶν κοιτῶν αὐτῶν.
The high praises of God shall be in their throat, and two-edged swords in their hands;
Greek · SeptuagintΑἱ ὑψώσεις τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐν λάρυγγι αὐτῶν, καὶ ῥομφαῖαι δίστομοι ἐν ταῖς χερσὶν αὐτῶν·
to execute vengeance on the nations, [and] punishments among the peoples;
Greek · SeptuagintΤοῦ ποιῆσαι ἐκδίκησιν ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν, ἐλεγμοὺς ἐν τοῖς λαοῖς·
to bind their kings with fetters, and their nobles with manacles of iron;
Greek · SeptuagintΤοῦ δῆσαι τοὺς βασιλεῖς αὐτῶν ἐν πέδαις, καὶ τοὺς ἐνδόξους αὐτῶν ἐν χειροπέδαις σιδηραῖς·
to execute on them the judgment written: this honour have all his saints.
Greek · SeptuagintΤοῦ ποιῆσαι ἐν αὐτοῖς κρίμα ἔγγραπτον· δόξα αὕτη ἐστὶ πᾶσι τοῖς ὁσίοις αὐτοῦ.
Alleluia. Praise God in his holy places: praise him in the firmament of his power.
Greek · SeptuagintἉλληλούϊα. Αἰνεῖτε τὸν Θεὸν ἐν τοῖς ἁγίοις αὐτοῦ, αἰνεῖτε αὐτὸν ἐν στερεώματι δυνάμεως αὐτοῦ.
Praise him on [account of] his mighty acts: praise him according to his abundant greatness.
Greek · SeptuagintΑἰνεῖτε αὐτὸν ἐπὶ ταῖς δυναστείαις αὐτοῦ, αἰνεῖτε αὐτὸν κατὰ τὸ πλῆθος τῆς μεγαλωσύνης αὐτοῦ.
Praise him with the sound of a trumpet: praise him with psaltery and harp.
Greek · SeptuagintΑἰνεῖτε αὐτὸν ἐν ἤχῳ σάλπιγγος, αἰνεῖτε αὐτὸν ἐν ψαλτηρίῳ καὶ κιθάρᾳ.
Praise him with timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and the organ.
Greek · SeptuagintΑἰνεῖτε αὐτὸν ἐν τυμπάνῳ καὶ χορῷ, αἰνεῖτε αὐτὸν ἐν χορδαῖς καὶ ὀργάνῳ.
Praise him with melodious cymbals: praise him with loud cymbals.
Greek · SeptuagintΑἰνεῖτε αὐτὸν ἐν κυμβάλοις εὐήχοις, αἰνεῖτε αὐτὸν ἐν κυμβάλοις ἀλαλαγμοῦ.
Let every thing that has breath praise the Lord.
Greek · SeptuagintΠᾶσα πνοὴ αἰνεσάτω τὸν Κύριον.
This Psalm is a genuine one of David, though supernumerary, [composed] when he fought in single combat with Goliad. I was small among my brethren, and youngest in my father's house: I tended my father's sheep.
Greek · SeptuagintΟὗτος ὁ ψαλμὸς ἰδιόγραφος εἰς Δαυὶδ, καὶ ἔξωθεν τοῦ ἀριθμοῦ, ὅτε ἐμονομάχησε τῷ Γολιάδ. Μικρὸς ἤμην ἐν τοῖς ἀδελφοίς μου, καὶ νεώτερος ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ τοῦ πατρός μου, ἐποίμαινον τὰ πρόβατα τοῦ πατρός μου.
My hands formed a musical instrument, and my fingers tuned a psaltery.
Greek · SeptuagintΑἱ χεῖρές μου ἐποίησαν ὄργανον, καὶ οἱ δάκτυλοί μου ἥρμοσαν ψαλτήριον.
And who shall tell my Lord? the Lord himself, he himself hears.
Greek · SeptuagintΚαὶ τίς ἀναγγελεῖ τῷ Κυρίῳ μου; αὐτὸς Κύριος, αὐτὸς εἰσακούει.
He sent forth his angel, and took me from my father's sheep, and he anointed me with the oil of his anointing.
Greek · SeptuagintΑὐτὸς ἐξαπέστειλεν τὸν ἄγγελον αὐτοῦ, καὶ ᾖρέ με ἐκ τῶν προβάτων τοῦ πατρός μου, καὶ ἔχρισέ με ἐν τῷ ἐλαίῳ τῆς χρίσεως αὐτοῦ.
My brothers were handsome and tall; but the Lord did not take pleasure in them.
Greek · SeptuagintΟἱ ἀδελφοί μου καλοὶ καὶ μεγάλοι, καὶ οὐκ εὐδόκησεν ἐν αὐτοῖς Κύριος.
I went forth to meet the Philistine; and he cursed me by his idols.
Greek · SeptuagintἘξῆλθον εἰς συνάντησιν τῷ ἀλλοφύλῳ, καὶ ἐπικατηράσατό με ἐν τοῖς εἰδώλοις αὐτοῦ·
But I drew his own sword, and beheaded him, and removed reproach from the children of Israel.
Greek · SeptuagintἘγὼ δὲ σπασάμενος τὴν παρʼ αὐτοῦ μάχαιραν, ἀπεκεφάλισα αὐτόν, καὶ ᾖρα ὄνειδος ἐξ υἱῶν Ἰσραήλ.
Proverbs
The Proverbs of Solomon son of David, who reigned in Israel;
Greek · SeptuagintΠΑΡΟΙΜΙΑΙ Σαλωμῶντος υἱοῦ Δαυὶδ, ὃς ἐβασίλευσεν ἐν Ἰσραήλ·
to know wisdom and instruction, and to perceive words of understanding;
Greek · Septuagintγνῶναι σοφίαν καὶ παιδείαν, νοῆσαί τε λόγους φρονήσεως,
to receive also hard sayings, and to understand true justice, and [how] to direct judgment;
Greek · Septuagintδέξασθαί τε στροφὰς λόγων, νοῆσαί τε δικαιοσύνην ἀληθῆ, καὶ κρίμα κατευθύνειν·
that he might give subtlety to the simple, and to the young man discernment and understanding.
Greek · SeptuagintἽνα δῷ ἀκάκοις πανουργίαν, παιδὶ δὲ νέῳ αἴσθησίν τε καὶ ἔννοιαν.
For by the hearing of these a wise man will be wiser, and the man of understanding will gain direction;
Greek · SeptuagintΤῶν δὲ γὰρ ἀκούσας σοφὸς σοφώτερος ἔσται, ὁ δὲ νοήμων κυβέρνησιν κτήσεται·
and will understand a parable, and a dark speech; the sayings of the wise also, and riddles.
Greek · SeptuagintΝοήσει τε παραβολὴν καὶ σκοτεινὸν λόγον, ῥήσεις τε σοφῶν καὶ αἰνίγματα.
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; and [there is] good understanding to all that practise it: and piety toward God is the beginning of discernment; but the ungodly will set at nought wisdom and instruction.
Greek · SeptuagintἈρχὴ σοφίας φόβος Κυριου, σύνεσις δὲ ἀγαθὴ πᾶσι τοῖς ποιοῦσιν αὐτήν· εὐσέβεια δὲ εἰς Θεὸν ἀρχὴ αἰσθήσεως, σοφίαν δὲ καὶ παιδείαν ἀσεβεῖς ἐξουθενήσουσιν.
Hear, [my] son, the instruction of thy father, and reject not the rules of thy mother.
Greek · SeptuagintἌκουε υἱὲ παιδείαν πατρός σου, καὶ μὴ ἀπώσῃ θεσμοὺς μητρός σου.
For thou shalt receive for thine head a crown of graces, and a chain of gold round thy neck.
Greek · SeptuagintΣτέφανον γὰρ χαρίτων δέξῃ σῇ κορυφῇ, καὶ κλοιὸν χρύσεον περὶ σῷ τραχήλῳ.
[My] son, let not ungodly men lead thee astray, neither consent thou [to them].
Greek · SeptuagintΥἱὲ μή σε πλανήσωσιν ἄνδρες ἀσεβεῖς, μηδὲ βουληθῇς.
If they should exhort thee, saying, Come with us, partake in blood, and let us unjustly hide the just man in the earth:
Greek · SeptuagintἘὰν παρακαλέσωσί σε, λέγοντες, ἐλθὲ μεθʼ ἡμῶν, κοινώνησον αἵματος, κρύψωμεν δὲ εἰς γῆν ἄνδρα δίκαιον ἀδίκως,
and let us swallow him alive, as Hades [would], and remove the memorial of him from the earth:
Greek · Septuagintκαταπίωμεν δὲ αὐτὸν ὥσπερ ᾅδης ζῶντα, καὶ ἄρωμεν αὐτοῦ τὴν μνήμην ἐκ γῆς,
let us seize on his valuable property, and let us fill our houses with spoils:
Greek · Septuagintτὴν κτῆσιν αὐτοῦ τὴν πολυτελῆ καταλαβώμεθα, πλήσωμεν δὲ οἴκους ἡμετέρους σκύλων·
but do thou cast in thy lot with us, and let us all provide a common purse, and let us have one pouch:
Greek · SeptuagintΤὸν δὲ σὸν κλῆρον βάλε ἐν ἡμῖν, κοινὸν δὲ βαλάντιον κτησώμεθα πάντες, καὶ μαρσίππιον ἓν γενηθήτω ἡμῖν·
go not in the way with them, but turn aside thy foot from their paths:
Greek · SeptuagintΜὴ πορευθῇς ἐν ὁδῷ μετʼ αὐτῶν, ἔκκλινον δὲ τὸν πόδα σου ἐκ τῶν τρίβων αὐτῶν.
for nets are not without cause spread for birds.
Greek · SeptuagintΟὐ γὰρ ἀδίκως ἐκτείνεται δίκτυα πτερωτοῖς.
For they that are concerned in murder store up evils for themselves; and the overthrow of transgressors is evil.
Greek · SeptuagintΑὐτοὶ γὰρ οἱ φόνου μετέχοντες, θησαυρίζουσιν ἑαυτοῖς κακά· ἡ δὲ καταστροφὴ ἀνδρῶν παρανόμων κακή.
These are the ways of all that perform lawless deeds; for by ungodliness they destroy their own life.
Greek · SeptuagintΑὗται αἱ ὁδοί εἰσι πάντων τῶν συντελούντων τὰ ἄνομα· τῇ γὰρ ἀσεβείᾳ τὴν ἑαυτῶν ψυχὴν ἀφαιροῦνται.
Wisdom sings aloud in passages, and in the broad places speaks boldly.
Greek · SeptuagintΣοφία ἐν ἐξόδοις ὑμνεῖται, ἐν δὲ πλατείαις παῤῥησίαν ἄγει.
And she makes proclamation on the top of the walls, and sits by the gates of princes; and at the gates of the city boldly says,
Greek · SeptuagintἘπʼ ἄκρων δὲ τειχέων κηρύσσεται, ἐπὶ δὲ πύλαις δυναστῶν παρεδρεύει, ἐπὶ δὲ πύλαις πόλεως θαῤῥοῦσα λέγει,
So long as the simple cleave to justice, they shall not be ashamed: but the foolish being lovers of haughtiness, having become ungodly have hated knowledge, and are become subject to reproofs.
Greek · Septuagintὅσον ἂν χρόνον ἄκακοι ἔχονται τῆς δικαιοσύνης, οὐκ αἰσχυνθήσονται· οἱ δὲ ἄφρονες τῆς ὕβρεως ὄντες ἐπιθυμηταί, ἀσεβεῖς γενόμενοι ἐμίσησαν αἴσθησιν,
Behold, I will bring forth to you the utterance of my breath, and I will instruct you in my speech.
Greek · Septuagintκαὶ ὑπεύθυνοι ἐγένοντο ἐλέγχοις· ἰδοὺ προήσομαι ὑμῖν ἐμῆς πνοῆς ῥῆσιν· διδάξω δὲ ὑμᾶς τὸν ἐμὸν λόγον.
Since I called, and ye did not hearken; and I spoke at length, and ye gave no heed;
Greek · SeptuagintἘπειδὴ ἐκάλουνμ, καὶ οὐχ ὑπηκούσατε· καὶ ἐξέτεινον λόγους, καὶ οὐ προσείχετε·
but ye set at nought my counsels, and disregarded my reproofs;
Greek · Septuagintἀλλὰ ἀκύρους ἐποιεῖτε ἐμὰς βουλὰς, τοῖς δὲ ἐμοῖς ἐλέγχοις ἠπειθήσατε·
therefore I also will laugh at your destruction; and I will rejoice against [you] when ruin comes upon you:
Greek · SeptuagintΤοιγαροῦν κᾀγὼ τῇ ὑμετέρᾳ ἀπωλείᾳ ἐπιγελάσομαι, καταχαροῦμαι δὲ ἡνίκα ἔρχηται ὑμῖν ὄλεθρος·
yea when dismay suddenly comes upon you, and [your] overthrow shall arrive like a tempest; and when tribulation and distress shall come upon you, or when ruin shall come upon you.
Greek · SeptuagintΚαὶ ὡς ἂν ἀφίκηται ὑμῖν ἄφνω θόρυβος, ἡ δὲ καταστροφὴ ὁμοίως καταιγίδι παρῇ, καὶ ὅταν ἔρχηται ὑμῖν θλίψις καὶ πολιορκία, ἢ ὅταν ἔρχηται ὑμῖν ὄλεθρος.
For it shall be that when ye call upon me, I will not hearken to you: wicked men shall seek me, but shall not find [me].
Greek · SeptuagintἜσται γὰρ ὅταν ἐπικαλέσησθέ με, ἐγὼ δὲ οὐκ εἰσακούσομαι ὑμῶν· ζητήσουσί με κακοὶ, καὶ οὐχ εὑρήσουσιν.
For they hated wisdom, and did not choose the word of the Lord:
Greek · SeptuagintἘμίσησαν γὰρ σοφίαν, τὸν δὲ λόγον τοῦ Κυρίου οὐ προείλαντο,
neither would they attend to my counsels, but derided my reproofs.
Greek · Septuagintοὐδὲ ἤθελον ἐμαῖς προσέχειν βουλαῖς, ἐμυκτήριζον δὲ ἐμοὺς ἐλέγχους·
Therefore shall they eat the fruits of their own way, and shall be filled with their own ungodliness.
Greek · SeptuagintΤοιγαροῦν ἔδονται τῆς ἑαυτῶν ὁδοῦ τοὺς καρποὺς, καὶ τῆς ἐαυτῶν ἀσεβείας πλησθήσονται.
For because they wronged the simple, they shall be slain; and an inquisition shall ruin the ungodly.
Greek · SeptuagintἈνθʼ ὧν γὰρ ἠδίκουν νηπίους, φονευθήσονται, καὶ ἐξετασμὸς ἀσεβεῖς ὀλεῖ.
But he that hearkens to me shall dwell in confidence, and shall rest securely from all evil.
Greek · SeptuagintὉ δὲ ἐμοῦ ἀκούων κατασκηνώσει ἐπʼ ἐλπίδι, καὶ ἡσυχάσει ἀφόβως ἀπὸ παντὸς κακοῦ.
[My] son, if thou wilt receive the utterance of my commandment, and hide it with thee;
Greek · SeptuagintΥἱὲ, ἐὰν δεξάμενος ῥῆσιν ἐμῆς ἐντολῆς κρύψῃς παρὰ σεαυτῷ,
thine ear shall hearken to wisdom; thou shalt also apply thine heart to understanding, and shalt apply it to the instruction of thy son.
Greek · Septuagintὑπακούσεται σοφίας τὸ οὖς σου, καὶ παραβαλεῖς καρδίαν σου εἰς σύνεσιν, παραβαλεῖς δὲ αὐτὴν ἐπὶ νουθέτησιν τῷ υἱῷ σου·
For if thou shalt call to wisdom, and utter thy voice for understanding;
Greek · SeptuagintἘὰν γὰρ τὴν σοφίαν ἐπικαλέσῃ, καὶ τῇ συνέσει δῷς φωνήν σου,
and if thou shalt seek it as silver, and search diligently for it as for treasures;
Greek · Septuagintκαὶ ἐὰν ζητήσῃς αὐτὴν ὡς ἀργύριον, καὶ ὡς θησευροὺς ἐξεραυνήσῃς αὐτήν·
then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God.
Greek · SeptuagintΤότε συνήσεις φόβον Κυρίου, καὶ ἐπίγνωσιν Θεοῦ εὑρήσεις.
For the Lord gives wisdom; and from his presence [come] knowledge and understanding,
Greek · SeptuagintὍτι Κύριος δίδωσι σοφίαν, καὶ ἀπὸ προσώπου αὐτοῦ γνῶσις καὶ σύνεσις.
and he treasures up salvation for them that walk uprightly: he will protect their way;
Greek · SeptuagintΚαὶ θησαυρίζει τοῖς κατορθοῦσι σωτηρίαν, ὑπερασπιεῖ τὴν πορείαν αὐτῶν,
that he may guard the righteous ways: and he will preserve the way of them that fear him.
Greek · Septuagintτοῦ φυλάξαι ὁδοὺς δικαιωμάτων, καὶ ὁδὸν εὐλαβουμένων αὐτὸν διαφυλάξει.
Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment; and shalt direct all thy course aright.
Greek · SeptuagintΤότε συνήσεις δικαιοσύνην καὶ κρίμα, καὶ κατορθώσεις πάντας ἄξονας ἀγαθούς.
For if wisdom shall come into thine understanding, and discernment shall seem pleasing to thy soul,
Greek · SeptuagintἘὰν γὰρ ἔλθῃ ἡ σοφία εἰς σὴν διάνοιαν, ἡ δὲ αἴσθησις τῇ σῇ ψυχῇ καλὴ εἶναι δόξῃ,
good counsel shall guard thee, and holy understanding shall keep thee;
Greek · Septuagintβουλὴ καλὴ φυλάξει σε, ἔννοια δὲ ὁσία τηρήσει σε·
to deliver thee from the evil way, and from the man that speaks nothing faithfully.
Greek · SeptuagintἽνα ῥύσηταί σε ἀπὸ ὁδοῦ κακῆς, καὶ ἀπὸ ἀνδρὸς λαλοῦντος μηδὲν πιστόν.
Alas [for those] who forsake right paths, to walk in ways of darkness;
Greek · SeptuagintὮ οἱ ἐγκαταλείποντες ὁδοὺς εὐθείας τοῦ πορεύεσθαι ἐν ὁδοῖς σκότους·
who rejoice in evils, and delight in wicked perverseness;
Greek · SeptuagintΟἱ εὐφραινόμενοι ἐπὶ κακοῖς καὶ χαίροντες ἐπὶ διαστροφῇ κακῇ·
whose paths are crooked, and their courses winding;
Greek · SeptuagintὯν αἱ τρίβοι σκολιαὶ, καὶ καμπύλαι αἱ τροχιαὶ αὐτῶν,
to remove thee far from the straight way, and to estrange thee from a righteous purpose. [My] son, let not evil counsel overtake thee,
Greek · Septuagintτοῦ μακράν σε ποιῆσαι ἀπὸ ὁδοῦ εὐθείας, καὶ ἀλλότριον τῆς δικαίας γνώμης· υἱὲ, μή σε καταλάβῃ κακὴ βουλή·
[of her] who has forsaken the instruction of her youth, and forgotten the covenant of God.
Greek · SeptuagintἩ ἀπολιποῦσα διδασκαλίαν νεότητος, καὶ διαθήκην θείαν ἐπιλελησμένη.
For she has fixed her house near death, and [guided] her wheels near Hades with the giants.
Greek · SeptuagintἜθετο γὰρ παρὰ τῷ θανάτῳ τὸν οἶκον αὐτῆς, καὶ παρὰ τῷ ᾅδῃ μετὰ τῶν γηγενῶν τοὺς ἄξονας αὐτῆς.
None that go by her shall return, neither shall they take hold of right paths, for they are not apprehended of the years of life.
Greek · SeptuagintΠάντες οἱ πορευόμενοι ἐν αὐτῇ οὐκ ἀναστρέψουσιν, οὐδὲ μὴ καταλάβωσι τρίβους εὐθείας· οὐ γὰρ καταλαμβάνονται ὑπὸ ἐνιαυτῶν ζωῆς.
For had they gone in good paths, they would have found the paths of righteousness easy.
Greek · SeptuagintΕἰ γὰρ ἐπορεύοντο τρίβους ἀγαθὰς, εὕροσαν ἂν τρίβους δικαιοσύνης λείας.
For the upright shall dwell in the earth, and the holy shall be left behind in it.
Greek · SeptuagintὍτι εὐθεῖς κατασκηνώσουσι γῆν, καὶ ὅσιοι ὑπολειφθήσονται ἐν αὐτῇ.
The paths of the ungodly shall perish out of the earth, and transgressors shall be driven away from it.
Greek · SeptuagintὉδοὶ ἀσεβῶν ἐκ γῆς ὀλοῦνται, οἱ δὲ παράνομοι ἐξωσθήσονται ἀπʼ αὐτῆς.
[My] son, forget not my laws; but let thine heart keep my words:
Greek · SeptuagintΥἱὲ, ἐμῶννομίμων μὴ ἐπιλανθάνου, τὰ δὲ ῥήματά μου τηρείτω σὴ καρδία·
for length of existence, and years of life, and peace, shall they add to thee.
Greek · SeptuagintΜῆκος γὰρ βίου, καὶ ἔτη ζωῆς, καὶ εἰρήνην προσθήσουσί σοι.
Let not mercy and truth forsake thee; but bind them about thy neck:
Greek · SeptuagintἘλεημοσύναι καὶ πίστεις μὴ ἐκλειπέτωσάν σε· ἄφαψαι δὲ αὐτὰς ἐπὶ σῷ τραχήλῳ, καὶ εὑρήσεις χάριν·
so shalt thou find favour: and do thou provide things honest in the sight of the Lord, and of men.
Greek · Septuagintκαὶ προνοοῦ καλὰ ἐνώπιον Κυρίου καὶ ἀνθρώπων.
Trust in God with all thine heart; and be not exalted in thine own wisdom.
Greek · SeptuagintἼσθι πεποιθὼς ἐν ὅλῃ τῇ καρδίᾳ ἐπὶ Θεῷ, ἐπὶ δὲ σῇ σοφίᾳ μὴ ἐπαίρου.
In all thy ways acquaint thyself with her, that she may rightly direct thy paths.
Greek · SeptuagintΠάσαις ὁδοῖς σου γνώριζε αὐτὴν, ἵνα ὀρθοτομῇ τὰς ὁδούς σου.
Be not wise in thine own conceit; but fear God, and depart from all evil.
Greek · SeptuagintΜὴ ἴσθι φρόνιμος παρὰ σεαυτῷ, φοβοῦ δὲ τὸν Θεὸν, καὶ ἔκκλινε ἀπὸ παντὸς κακοῦ.
Then shall there be health to thy body, and good keeping to thy bones.
Greek · SeptuagintΤότε ἴασις ἔσται τῷ σώματί σου, καὶ ἐπιμέλεια τοῖς ὀστέοις σου.
Honour the Lord with thy just labours, and give him the first of thy fruits of righteousness:
Greek · SeptuagintΤίμα τὸν Κύριον ἀπὸ σῶν δικαίων πόνων, καὶ ἀπάρχου αὐτῷ ἀπὸ σῶν καρπῶν δικαιοσύνης·
that thy storehouses may be completely filled with corn, and that thy presses may burst forth with wine.
Greek · SeptuagintἽνα πίμπληται τὰ ταμιεῖά σου πλησμονῆς σίτῳ, οἴνῳ δὲ αἱ ληνοί σου ἐκβλύζωσιν.
[My] son, despise not the chastening of the Lord; nor faint when thou art rebuked of him:
Greek · SeptuagintΥἱὲ, μὴ ὀλιγώρει παιδείας Κυρίου, μηδὲ ἐκλύου ὑπʼ αὐτοῦ ἐλεγχόμενος.
for whom the Lord loves, he rebukes, and scourges every son whom he receives.
Greek · SeptuagintὋν γὰρ ἀγαπᾷ Κύριος, ἐλέγχει, μαστιγοῖ δὲ πάντα υἱὸν ὃν παραδέχεται.
Blessed is the man who has found wisdom, and the mortal who knows prudence.
Greek · SeptuagintΜακάριος ἄνθρωπος ὃς εὗρε σοφίαν, καὶ θνητὸς ὃς εἶδε φρόνησιν.
For it is better to traffic for her, than for treasures of gold and silver.
Greek · SeptuagintΚρεῖσσον γὰρ αὐτὴν ἐμπορεύεσθαι, ἢ χρυσίου καὶ ἀργυρίου θησαυρούς.
And she is more valuable than precious stones: no evil thing shall resist her: she is well known to all that approach her, and no precious thing is equal to her in value.
Greek · SeptuagintΤιμιωτέρα δέ ἐστι λίθων πολυτελῶν, οὐκ ἀντιτάξεται αὐτῇ οὐδὲν πονηρόν· εὔγνωστός ἐστι πᾶσι τοῖς ἐγγίζουσιν αὐτῇ, πᾶν δὲ τίμιον οὐκ ἄξιον αὐτῆς ἐστι.
For length of existence and years of life are in her right hand; and in her left hand are wealth and glory:
Greek · SeptuagintΜῆκος γὰρ βίου καὶ ἔτη ζωῆς ἐν τῇ δεξιᾷ αὐτῆς, ἐν δὲ τῇ ἀριστερᾷ αὐτῆς πλοῦτος καὶ δόξα·
Her ways are good ways, and all her paths are peaceful.
Greek · SeptuagintΑἱ ὁδοὶ αὐτῆς ὁδοὶ καλαί, καὶ πάσαι αἱ τρίβοι αὐτῆς ἐν εἰρήνῃ.
She is a tree of life to all that lay hold upon her; and she is [a] secure [help] to all that stay themselves on her, as on the Lord.
Greek · SeptuagintΞύλον ζωῆς ἐστι πᾶσι τοῖς ἀντεχομένοις αὐτῆς, καὶ τοῖς ἐπερειδομένοις ἐπʼ αὐτὴν ὡς ἐπὶ Κύριον ἀσφαλής.
God by wisdom founded the earth, and by prudence he prepared the heavens.
Greek · SeptuagintὉ Θεὸς τῇ σοφίᾳ ἐθεμελίωσε τὴν γῆν, ἡτοίμασε δὲ οὐρανοὺς φρονήσει.
By understanding were the depths broken up, and the clouds dropped water.
Greek · SeptuagintἘν αἰσθήσει ἄβυσσοι ἐῤῥάγησαν, νέφη δὲ ἐῤῥύησαν δρόσους.
[My] son, let [them] not pass from [thee], but keep my counsel and understanding:
Greek · SeptuagintΥἱὲ, μὴ παραῤῥυῇς, τήρησον δὲ ἐμὴν βουλὴν καὶ ἔννοιαν·
that thy soul may live, and that there may be grace round thy neck;
Greek · Septuagintἵνα ζήσῃ ἡ ψυχή σου, καὶ χάρις ᾖ περὶ σῷ τραχήλῳ·
that thou mayest go confidently in peace in all thy ways, and that thy foot may not stumble.
Greek · Septuagintἵνα πορεύῃ πεποιθὼς ἐν εἰρήνῃ πάσας τὰς ὁδούς σου, ὁ δὲ πούς σου οὐ μὴ προσκόψῃ.
For if thou rest, thou shalt be undismayed; and if thou sleep, thou shalt slumber sweetly.
Greek · SeptuagintἘὰν γὰρ κάθῃ, ἄφοβος ἔσῃ· ἐὰν δὲ καθεύδῃς, ἡδέως ὑπνώσεις.
And thou shalt not be afraid of alarm coming upon thee, neither of approaching attacks of ungodly men.
Greek · SeptuagintΚαὶ οὐ φοβηθήσῃ πτόησιν ἐπελθοῦσαν, οὐδὲ ὁρμὰς ἀσεβῶν ἐπερχομένας.