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The beauty of a woman cheereth the countenance, and a man loveth nothing better.
Greek · SeptuagintΚάλλος γυναικὸς ἱλαρύνει πρόσωπον, καὶ ὑπὲρ πᾶσαν ἐπιθυμίαν ἀνθρώπου ὑπεράγει.
Hebrew / Jewish
Septuagint (Greek Old Testament)
Sirach
If there be kindness, meekness, and comfort, in her tongue, then is not her husband like other men.
Greek · SeptuagintΕἰ ἔστιν ἐπὶ γλώσσης αὐτῆς ἔλεος καὶ πραΰτης, οὐκ ἔστιν ὁ ἀνὴρ αὐτῆς καθʼ υἱοὺς ἀνθρώπων.
He that getteth a wife beginneth a possession, a help like unto himself, and a pillar of rest.
Greek · SeptuagintὉ κτώμενος γυναῖκα ἐνάρχεται κτήσεως, βοηθὸν κατʼ αὐτὸν καὶ στύλον ἀναπαύσεων.
Where no hedge is, there the possession is spoiled: and he that hath no wife will wander up and down mourning.
Greek · SeptuagintΟὗ οὐκ ἐστι φραγμὸς, διαρπαγήσεται κτῆμα, καὶ οὗ οὐκ ἔστι γυνὴ, στενάξει πλανώμενος.
Who will trust a thief well appointed, that skippeth from city to city? so [who will believe] a man that hath no house, and lodgeth wheresoever the night taketh him?
Greek · SeptuagintΤίς γὰρ πιστεύσει εὐζώνῳ λῃστῇ σφαλλομένῳ ἐκ πόλεως εἰς πόλιν; οὕτως ἀνθρώπῳ μὴ ἔχοντι νοσσιὰν καὶ καταλύοντι οὗ ἐὰν ὀψισῇ.
Every friend saith, I am his friend also: but there is a friend, which is only a friend in name.
Greek · SeptuagintΠὰς φίλος ἐρεῖ, ἐφιλίασα αὐτῷ κᾷγώ· ἀλλʼ ἔστι φίλος ὀνόματι μόνον φίλος.
Is it not a grief unto death, when a companion and friend is turned to an enemy?
Greek · SeptuagintΟὐχὶ λύπη ἔνι ἕως θανάτου, ἑταῖρος καὶ φίλος τρεπόμενος εἰς ἔχθραν;
O wicked imagination, whence camest thou in to cover the earth with deceit?
Greek · SeptuagintὮ πονηρὸν ἐνθύμημα, πόθεν ἐνεκυλίσθης καλύψαι τὴν ξηρὰν ἐν δολιότητι;
There is a companion, which rejoiceth in the prosperity of a friend, but in the time of trouble will be against him.
Greek · SeptuagintἙταῖρος φίλου ἐν εὐφροσύνῃ ἥδεται, καὶ ἐν καιρῷ θλίψεως ἔσται ἀπέναντι·
There is a companion, which helpeth his friend for the belly, and taketh up the buckler against the enemy.
Greek · SeptuagintἘταῖρος φίλῳ συμπονεῖ χάριν γαστρὸς, ἔναντι πολέμου λήψεται ἀσπίδα.
Forget not thy friend in thy mind, and be not unmindful of him in thy riches.
Greek · SeptuagintΜὴ ἐπιλάθῃ φίλου ἐν τῇ ψυχῇ σου, καὶ μὴ ἀμνημονήσῃς αὐτοῦ ἐν χρήμασί σου.
Every counsellor extolleth counsel; but there is some that counselleth for himself.
Greek · SeptuagintΠᾶς σύμβουλος ἐξαίρει βουλὴν, ἀλλʼ ἔστι συμβουλεύων εἰς ἑαυτόν.
Beware of a counsellor, and know before what need he hath; for he will counsel for himself; lest he cast the lot upon thee,
Greek · SeptuagintἈπὸ συμβούλου φύλαξον τὴν ψυχήν σου, καὶ γνῶθι πρότερον τίς αὐτοῦ χρεία· καὶ γὰρ αὐτὸς ἑαυτῷ βουλεύσεται· μήποτε βάλῃ ἐπὶ σοὶ κλῆρον,
and say unto thee, Thy way is good: and afterward he stand on the other side, to see what shall befall thee.
Greek · Septuagintκαὶ εἴπῃ σοι, καλὴ ἡ ὁδός σου· καὶ στήσεται ἐξ ἐναντίας ἰδεῖν τὸ συμβησόμενόν σοι.
Consult not with one that suspecteth thee: and hide thy counsel from such as envy thee.
Greek · SeptuagintΜὴ βουλεύου μετὰ τοῦ ὑποβλεπομένου σε, καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν ζηλούντων σε κρύψον βουλήν.
Neither consult with a woman touching her of whom she is jealous; neither with a coward in matters of war; nor with a merchant concerning exchange; nor with a buyer of selling; nor with an envious man of thankfulness; nor with an unmerciful man touching kindness; nor with the slothful for any work; nor with an hireling for a year of finishing work; nor with an idle servant of much business: hearken not unto these in any matter of counsel.
Greek · SeptuagintΜετὰ γυναικὸς περὶ ἀντιζήλου αὐτῆς, καὶ μετὰ δειλοῦ περὶ πολέμου· μετὰ ἐμπόρου περὶ μεταβολίας, καὶ μετὰ ἀγοράζοντος περὶ πράσεως· μετὰ βασκάνου περὶ εὐχαριστίας, καὶ μετὰ ἀνελεήμονος περὶ χρηστοηθείας· μετὰ ὀκνηροῦ περὶ παντὸς ἔργου, καὶ μετὰ μισθίου ἐφεστίου περὶ συντελείας, οἰκέτῃ ἀργῷ περὶ πολλῆς ἐργασίας· μὴ ἔπεχε ἐπὶ τούτοις περὶ πάσης συμβουλίας.
But be continually with a godly man, whom thou knowest to keep the commandments of the Lord, whose mind is according to thy mind, and will sorrow with thee, if thou shalt miscarry.
Greek · SeptuagintἈλλʼ ἢ μετὰ ἀνδρὸς εὐσεβοῦς ἐνδελέχιζε, ὃν ἂν ἐπιγνῷς συντηροῦντα ἐντολάς· ὃς ἐν τῇ ψυχῇ αὐτοῦ κατὰ τὴν ψυχήν σου, καὶ ἐὰν πταίσῃς, συναλγήσει σοι.
And let the counsel of thine own heart stand: for there is no man more faithful unto thee than it;
Greek · SeptuagintΚαὶ βουλὴν καρδίας στῆσον, οὐ γάρ ἐστί σοι πιστότερος αὐτῆς·
for a man's mind is sometime wont to tell him more than seven watchmen, that sit above in an high tower.
Greek · Septuagintψυχὴ γὰρ ἀνδρὸς ἀπαγγέλλειν ἐνίοτε εἴωθεν, ἢ ἑπτὰ σκοποὶ ἐπὶ μετεώρου καθήμενοι ἐπὶ σκοπῆς.
And above all this pray to the most High, that he will direct thy way in truth.
Greek · SeptuagintΚαὶ ἐπὶ πᾶσι τούτοις δεήθητι ὑψίστου, ἵνα εὐθύνῃ ἐν ἀληθείᾳ τὴν ὁδόν σου.
Let reason go before every enterprize, and counsel before every action.
Greek · SeptuagintἈρχὴ παντὸς ἔργου λόγος, καὶ πρὸ πάσης πράξεως βουλή.
The countenance is a sign of changing of the heart.
Greek · SeptuagintἼχνος ἀλλοιώσεως καρδίας.
Four manners of things appear: good and evil, life and death: but the tongue ruleth over them continually.
Greek · SeptuagintΤέσσαρα μέρη ἀνατέλλει, ἀγαθὸν καὶ κακὸν, ζωὴ καὶ θάνατος, καὶ κυριεύουσα ἐνδελεχῶς αὐτῶν γλῶσσά ἐστιν.
There is one that is wise and teacheth many, and yet is unprofitable to himself.
Greek · SeptuagintἜστιν ἀνὴρ πανοῦργος καὶ πολλῶν παιδευτὴς, καὶ τῇ ἰδίᾳ ψυχῇ ἄχρηστός ἐστιν.
There is one that sheweth wisdom in words, and is hated: he shall be destitute of all food.
Greek · SeptuagintἜστι σοφιζόμενος ἐν λόγοις μισητὸς, οὗτος πάσης τροφῆς καθυστερήσει,
For grace is not given him from the Lord; because he is deprived of all wisdom.
Greek · Septuagintοὐ γὰρ ἐδόθη αὐτῷ παρὰ Κυρίου χάρις, ὅτι πάσης σοφίας ἐστερήθη.
Another is wise to himself; and the fruits of understanding are commendable in his mouth.
Greek · SeptuagintἜστι σοφὸς τῇ ἰδίᾳ ψυχῇ, καὶ οἱ καρποὶ τῆς συνέσεως αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ στόματος πιστοί.
A wise man instructeth his people; and the fruits of his understanding fail not.
Greek · SeptuagintἈνὴρ σοφὸς τὸν ἑαυτοῦ λαὸν παιδεύσει, καὶ οἱ καρποὶ τῆς συνέσεως αὐτοῦ πιστοί.
A wise man shall be filled with blessing; and all they that see him shall count him happy.
Greek · SeptuagintἈνὴρ σοφὸς πλησθήσεται εὐλογίας, καὶ μακαριοῦσιν αὐτὸν πάντες οἱ ὁρῶντες.
The days of the life of man may be numbered; but the days of Israel are innumerable.
Greek · SeptuagintΖωὴ ἀνδρὸς ἐν ἀριθμῷ ἡμερῶν, καὶ αἱ ἡμέραι τοῦ Ἰσραὴλ ἀναρίθμητοι.
A wise man shall inherit glory among his people, and his name shall be perpetual.
Greek · SeptuagintὉ σοφὸς ἐν τῷ λαῷ αὐτοῦ κληρονομήσει πίστιν, καὶ τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ ζήσεται εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα.
My son, prove thy soul in thy life, and see what is evil for it, and give not that unto it.
Greek · SeptuagintΤέκνον, ἐν τῇ ζωῇ σου πείρασον τὴν ψυχήν σου, καὶ ἴδε τί πονηρὸν αὐτῇ, καὶ μὴ δῷς αὐτῇ.
For all things are not profitable for all men, neither hath every soul pleasure in every thing.
Greek · SeptuagintΟὐ γὰρ πάντα πᾶσι συμφέρει, καὶ οὐ πᾶσα ψυχὴ ἐν παντὶ εὐδοκεῖ.
Be not insatiable in any dainty thing, nor too greedy upon meats:
Greek · SeptuagintΜὴ ἀπληστεύου ἐν πάσῃ τρυφῇ, καὶ μὴ ἐκχυθῇς ἐπὶ ἐδεσμάτων·
for excess of meats bringeth sickness, and surfeiting will turn into choler.
Greek · Septuagintἐν πολλοῖς γὰρ βρώμασιν ἔσται πόνος, καὶ ἡ ἀπληστία ἐγγιεῖ ἕως χολέρας.
By surfeiting have many perished; but he that taketh heed prolongeth his life.
Greek · SeptuagintΔιʼ ἀπληστίαν πολλοὶ ἐτελεύτησαν, ὁ δὲ προσέχων προσθήσει ζωήν.
Honour a physician with the honour due unto him for the uses which ye may have of him: for the Lord hath created him.
Greek · SeptuagintΤίμα ἰατρὸν πρὸς τὰς χρείας τιμαῖς αὐτοῦ, καὶ γὰρ αὐτὸν ἔκτισε Κύριος.
For of the most High cometh healing, and he shall receive honour of the king.
Greek · SeptuagintΠαρὰ γὰρ ὑψίστου ἐστὶν ἴασις, καὶ παρὰ βασιλέως λήψεται δόμα.
The skill of the physician shall lift up his head: and in the sight of great men he shall be in admiration.
Greek · SeptuagintἘπιστήμη ἰατροῦ ἀνυψώσει κεφαλὴν αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἔναντι μεγιστάνων θαυμασθήσεται.
The Lord hath created medicines out of the earth; and he that is wise will not abhor them.
Greek · SeptuagintΚύριος ἔκτισεν ἐκ γῆς φάρμακα, καὶ ἀνὴρ φρόνιμος οὐ προσοχθιεῖ αὐτοῖς.
Was not the water made sweet with wood, that the virtue thereof might be known?
Greek · SeptuagintΟὐκ ἀπὸ ξύλου ἐγλυκάνθη ὕδωρ, εἰς τὸ γνωσθῆναι τὴν ἰσχὺν αὐτοῦ;
And he hath given men skill, that he might be honoured in his marvellous works.
Greek · SeptuagintΚαὶ αὐτὸς ἔδωκεν ἀνθρώποις ἐπιστήμην ἐνδοξάζεσθαι ἐν τοῖς θαυμασίοις αὐτοῦ.
With such doth he heal [men,] and taketh away their pains.
Greek · SeptuagintἘν αὐτοῖς ἐθεράπευσε, καὶ ᾖρε τὸν πόνον αὐτοῦ.
Of such doth the apothecary make a confection; and of his works there is no end; and from him is peace over all the earth.
Greek · SeptuagintΜυρεψὸς ἐν τούτοις ποιήσει μίγμα, καὶ οὐ μὴ συντελέσῃ ἔργα αὐτοῦ, καὶ εἰρήνη παρʼ αὐτοῦ ἐστιν ἐπὶ προσώπου τῆς γῆς.
My son, in thy sickness be not negligent: but pray unto the Lord, and he will make thee whole.
Greek · SeptuagintΤέκνον, ἐν ἀῤῥωστήματί σου μὴ παράβλεπε, ἀλλʼ εὖξαι Κυρίῳ, καὶ αὐτὸς ἰάσεταί σε.
Leave off from sin, and order thine hands aright, and cleanse thy heart from all wickedness.
Greek · SeptuagintἈπόστησον πλημμέλειαν, καὶ εὔθυνον χεῖρας, καὶ ἀπὸ πάσης ἁμαρτίας καθάρισον καρδίαν.
Give a sweet savour, and a memorial of fine flour; and make a fat offering, as not being.
Greek · SeptuagintΔὸς εὐωδίαν, καὶ μνημόσυνον σεμιδάλεως, καὶ λίπανον προσφορὰν, ὡς μὴ ὑπάρχων.
Then give place to the physician, for the Lord hath created him: let him not go from thee, for thou hast need of him.
Greek · SeptuagintΚαὶ ἰατρῷ δὸς τόπον, καὶ γὰρ αὐτὸν ἔκτισε Κύριος· καὶ μὴ ἀποστήτω σου, καὶ γὰρ αὐτοῦ χρεία.
There is a time when in their hands there is good success.
Greek · SeptuagintἜστι καιρὸς ὅτε καὶ ἐν χερσὶν αὐτῶν εὐωδία.
For they shall also pray unto the Lord, that he would prosper that which they give for ease and remedy to prolong life.
Greek · SeptuagintΚαὶ γὰρ αὐτοὶ Κυρίου δεηθήσονται, ἵνα εὐοδώσῃ αὐτοῖς ἀνάπαυσιν καὶ ἴασιν χάριν ἐμβιώσεως.
He that sinneth before his Maker, let him fall into the hand of the physician.
Greek · SeptuagintὉ ἁμαρτάνων ἔναντι τοῦ ποιήσαντος αὐτὸν, ἐμπέσοι εἰς χεῖρας ἰατροῦ.
My son, let tears fall down over the dead, and begin to lament, as if thou hadst suffered great harm thyself; and then cover his body according to the custom, and neglect not his burial.
Greek · SeptuagintΤέκνον, ἐπὶ νεκρῷ κατάγαγε δάκρυα, καὶ ὡς δεινὰ πάσχων ἔναρξε θρήνου· κατὰ δὲ τὴν κρίσιν αὐτοῦ περίστειλον τὸ σῶμα αὐτοῦ, καὶ μὴ ὑπερίδῃς τὴν ταφὴν αὐτοῦ.
Weep bitterly, and make great moan, and use lamentation, as he is worthy, and that a day or two, lest thou be evil spoken of: and then comfort thyself for thy heaviness;
Greek · SeptuagintΠίκρανον κλαυθμὸν, καὶ θέρμανον κοπετὸν, καὶ ποίησον τὸ πένθος κατὰ τὴν ἀξίαν αὐτοῦ ἡμέραν μίαν καὶ δύο χάριν διαβολῆς, καὶ παρακλήθητι λύπης ἕνεκα·
for of heaviness cometh death, and the heaviness of the heart breaketh strength.
Greek · Septuagintἀπὸ λύπης γὰρ ἐκβαίνει θάνατος, καὶ λύπη καρδίας κάμψει ἰσχύν.
In affliction also sorrow remaineth: and the life of the poor is the curse of the heart.
Greek · SeptuagintἘν ἀπαγωγῇ παραβαίνει καὶ λύπη, καὶ βίος πτωχοῦ κατὰ καρδίας.
Take no heaviness to heart: drive it away, and remember the last end.
Greek · SeptuagintΜὴ δῷς εἰς λύπην τὴν καρδίαν σου, ἀπόστησον αὐτὴν μνησθεὶς τὰ ἔσχατα.
Forget him not, for there is no turning again: thou shalt not do him good, but hurt thyself.
Greek · SeptuagintΜὴ ἐπιλαθῇ, οὐ γάρ ἐστιν ἐπάνοδος, καὶ τοῦτον οὐκ ὠφελήσεις, καὶ σεαυτὸν κακώσεις.
Remember his judgment: for thine also shall be so; yesterday for me, and to day for thee.
Greek · SeptuagintΜνήσθητι τὸ κρίμα αὐτοῦ, ὅτι οὕτω ὡς καὶ τὸ σόν· ἐμοὶ χθὲς, καὶ σοὶ σήμερον.
When the dead is at rest, let his remembrance rest; and be comforted for him when his spirit is departed from him.
Greek · SeptuagintἘν ἀναπαύσει νεκροῦ κατάπαυσον τὸ μνημόσυνον αὐτοῦ, καὶ παρακλήθητι ἐν αὐτῷ ἐν ἐξόδῳ πνεύματος αὐτοῦ.
The wisdom of a learned man cometh by opportunity of leisure: and he that hath little business shall become wise.
Greek · SeptuagintΣοφία γραμματέως ἐν εὐκαιρίᾳ σχολῆς, καὶ ὁ ἐλασσούμενος πράξει αὐτοῦ σοφισθήσεται.
How can he get wisdom that holdeth the plough, and that glorieth in the goad, that driveth oxen, and is occupied in their labours, and whose talk is of bullocks?
Greek · SeptuagintΤί σοφισθήσεται ὁ κρατῶν ἀροτροῦ, καὶ καυχώμενος ἐν δόρατι κέντρου, βόας ἐλαύνων καὶ ἀναστρεφόμενος ἐν ἔργοις αὐτῶν, καὶ ἡ διήγησις αὐτοῦ ἐν υἱοῖς ταυρῶν;
He giveth his mind to make furrows; and is diligent to give the kine fodder.
Greek · SeptuagintΚαρδίαν αὐτοῦ δώσει ἐκδοῦναι αὔλακας, καὶ ἡ ἀγρυπνία αὐτοῦ εἰς χορτάσματα δαμάλεων.
So every carpenter and workmaster, that laboureth night and day: and they that cut and grave seals, and are diligent to make great variety, and give themselves to counterfeit imagery, and watch to finish a work:
Greek · SeptuagintΟὕτως πᾶς τέκτων καὶ ἀρχιτέκτων, ὅστις νύκτωρ ὡς ἡμέρᾳ διάγει· οἱ γλύφοντες γλύμματα σφραγίδων, καὶ ἡ ὑπομονὴ αὐτοῦ ἀλλοιῶσαι ποικιλίαν· καρδίαν αὐτοῦ δώσει εἰς τὸ ὁμοιῶσαι ζωγραφίαν, καὶ ἡ ἀγρυπνία αὐτοῦ τελέσαι ἔργον.
The smith also sitting by the anvil, and considering the iron work, the vapour of the fire wasteth his flesh, and he fighteth with the heat of the furnace: the noise of the hammer and the anvil is ever in his ears, and his eyes look still upon the pattern of the thing that he maketh; he setteth his mind to finish his work, and watcheth to polish it perfectly:
Greek · SeptuagintΟὕτως χαλκεὺς καθήμενος ἐγγὺς ἄκμονος, καὶ καταμανθάνων ἀργῷ σιδήρῳ· ἀτμὶς πυρὸς πήξει σάρκας αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐν θέρμῃ καμίνου διαμαχήσεται· φωνὴ σφύρης καινιεῖ τὸ οὖς αὐτοῦ, καὶ κατέναντι ὁμοιώματος σκεύους οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ αὐτοῦ· καρδίαν αὐτοῦ δώσει εἰς συντέλειαν ἔργων, καὶ ἡ ἀγρυπνία αὐτοῦ κοσμῆσαι ἐπὶ συντελείας.
So doth the potter sitting at his work, and turning the wheel about with his feet, who is alway carefully set at his work, and maketh all his work by number;
Greek · SeptuagintΟὕτω κεραμεὺς καθήμενος ἐν ἔργῳ αὐτοῦ, καὶ συστρέφων ἐν ποσὶν αὐτοῦ τροχὸν, ὃς ἐν μεριμνῃ κεῖται διαπαντὸς ἐπὶ τὸ ἔργον αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐναρίθμιος πᾶσα ἡ ἐργασία αὐτοῦ.
he fashioneth the clay with his arm, and boweth down his strength before his feet; he applieth himself to lead it over; and he is diligent to make clean the furnace:
Greek · SeptuagintἘν βραχίονι αὐτοῦ τυπώσει πηλὸν, καὶ πρὸ ποδῶν κάμψει ἰσχὺν αὐτοῦ· καρδίαν ἐπιδώσει συντελέσαι τὸ χρίσμα, καὶ ἡ ἀγρυπνία αὐτοῦ καθαρίσαι κάμινον.
all these trust to their hands; and every one is wise in his work.
Greek · SeptuagintΠάντες οὗτοι εἰς χεῖρας αὐτῶν ἐνεπίστευσαν, καὶ ἕκαστος ἐν τῷ ἔργῳ αὐτοῦ σοφίζεται.
Without these cannot a city be inhabited: and they shall not dwell where they will, nor go up and down:
Greek · SeptuagintἌνευ αὐτῶν οὐκ οἰκισθήσεται πόλις, καὶ οὐ παροικήσουσιν, οὐδὲ περιπατήσουσι·
they shall not be sought for in public counsel, nor sit high in the congregation: they shall not sit on the judges' seat, nor understand the sentence of judgment: they cannot declare justice and judgment; and they shall not be found where parables are spoken.
Greek · Septuagintκαὶ ἐν ἐκκλησίᾳ οὐχ ὑπεραλοῦνται· ἐπὶ δίφρον δικαστοῦ οὐ καθιοῦνται, καὶ διαθήκην κρίματος οὐ διανοηθήσονται, οὐδὲ μὴ ἐκφανῶσι δικαιοσύνην καὶ κρίμα· καὶ ἐν παραβολαῖς οὐχ εὑρεθήσονται.
But they will maintain the state of the world, and [all] their desire is in the work of their craft. But he that giveth his mind to the law of the most High, and is occupied in the meditation thereof,
Greek · SeptuagintἈλλὰ κτίσμα αἰῶνος στηρίσουσι· καὶ ἡ δέησις αὐτῶν ἐν ἐργασίᾳ τέχνης. Πλὴν τοῦ ἐπιδόντος τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ, καὶ διανοουμένου ἐν νόμῳ ὑψίστου,
will seek out the wisdom of all the ancients, and be occupied in prophecies.
Greek · Septuagintσοφίαν πάντων ἀρχαίων ἐκζητήσει, καὶ ἐν προφητείαις ἀσχοληθήσεται.
He will keep the sayings of the renowned men: and where subtil parables are, he will be there also.
Greek · SeptuagintΔιηγήσεις ἀνδρῶν ὀνομαστῶν συντηρήσει, καὶ ἐν στροφαῖς παραβολῶν συνεισελεύσεται.
He will seek out the secrets of grave sentences, and be conversant in dark parables.
Greek · SeptuagintἈπόκρυφα παροιμιῶν ἐκζητήσει, καὶ ἐν αἰνίγμασι παραβολῶν ἀναστραφήσεται.
He shall serve among great men, and appear before princes: he will travel through strange countries; for he hath tried the good and the evil among men.
Greek · SeptuagintἈναμέσον μεγιστάνων ὑπηρετήσει, καὶ ἔναντι ἡγουμένου ὀφθήσεται· ἐν γῇ ἀλλοτρίων ἐθνῶν διελεύσεται, ἀγαθὰ γὰρ καὶ κακὰ ἐν ἀνθρώποις ἐπείρασε.
He will give his heart to resort early to the Lord that made him, and will pray before the most High, and will open his mouth in prayer, and make supplication for his sins.
Greek · SeptuagintΤὴν καρδίαν αὐτοῦ ἐπιδώσει ὀρθρίσαι πρὸς Κύριον τὸν ποιήσαντα αὐτὸν, καὶ ἔναντι ὑψίστου δεηθήσεται· καὶ ἀνοίξει τὸ στόμα αὐτοῦ ἐν προσευχῇ, καὶ περὶ τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν αὐτοῦ δεηθήσεται.
When the great Lord will, he shall be filled with the spirit of understanding: he shall pour out wise sentences, and give thanks unto the Lord in his prayer.
Greek · SeptuagintἘὰν Κύριος ὁ μέγας θελήσῃ, πνεύματι συνέσεως ἐμπλησθήσεται· αὐτὸς ἀνομβρήσει ῥήματα σοφίας αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐν προσευχῇ ἐξομολογήσεται Κυρίῳ.
He shall direct his counsel and knowledge, and on his secrets shall he meditate.
Greek · SeptuagintΑὐτὸς κατευθύνει βουλὴν αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐπιστήμην, καὶ ἐν τοῖς ἀποκρύφοις αὐτοῦ διανοηθήσεται.
He shall shew forth that which he hath learned, and shall glory in the law of the covenant of the Lord.
Greek · SeptuagintΑὐτὸς ἐκφανεῖ παιδείαν διδασκαλίας αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐν νόμῳ διαθήκης Κυρίου καυχήσεται.
Many shall commend his understanding; and so long as the world endureth, it shall not be blotted out; his memorial shall not depart away, and his name shall live from generation to generation.
Greek · SeptuagintΑἰνέσουσι τὴν σύνεσιν αὐτοῦ πολλοὶ, ἕως τοῦ αἰῶνος οὐκ ἐξαλειφθήσεται· οὐκ ἀποστήσεται τὸ μνημόσυνον αὐτοῦ, καὶ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ ζήσεται εἰς γενεὰς γενεῶν.
Nations shall shew forth his wisdom, and the congregation shall declare his praise.
Greek · SeptuagintΤὴν σοφίαν αὐτοῦ διηγήσονται ἔθνη, καὶ τὸν ἔπαινον αὐτοῦ ἐξαγγελεῖ ἐκκλησία.
If he die, he shall leave a greater name than a thousand: and if he live, he shall increase it.
Greek · SeptuagintἘὰν ἐμμείνῃ ὄνομα καταλείψει ἢ χίλιοι, καὶ ἐὰν ἀναπαύσηται ἐμποιεῖ αὐτῷ.
Yet have I more to say, which I have thought upon; for I am filled as the moon at the full.
Greek · SeptuagintἜτι διανοηθεὶς ἐκδιηγήσομαι, καὶ ὡς διχομηνία ἐπληρώθην.
Hearken unto me, ye holy children, and bud forth as a rose growing by the brook of the field:
Greek · SeptuagintΕἰσακούσετέ μου υἱοὶ ὅσιοι, καὶ βλαστήσατε ὡς ῥόδον φυόμενον ἐπὶ ῥεύματος ἀγροῦ·
and give ye a sweet savour as frankincense, and flourish as a lily, send forth a smell, and sing a song of praise, bless the Lord in all his works.
Greek · Septuagintκαὶ ὡς λίβανος εὐωδιάσατε ὀσμὴν, καὶ ἀνθήσατε ἄνθος ὡς κρίνον· διάδοτε ὀσμὴν καὶ αἰνέσατε ᾆσμα· εὐλογήσατε Κύριον ἐπὶ πᾶσι τοῖς ἔργοις.
Magnify his name, and shew forth his praise with the songs of your lips, and with harps, and in praising him ye shall say after this manner:
Greek · SeptuagintΔότε τῷ ὀνόματι αὐτοῦ μεγαλωσύνην, καὶ ἐξομολογήσασθε ἐν αἰνέσει αὐτοῦ, ἐν ᾠδαῖς χειλέων καὶ ἐν κινύραις, καὶ οὕτως ἐρεῖτε ἐν ἐξομολογήσει,
All the works of the Lord are exceeding good, and whatsoever he commandeth shall be [accomplished] in due season.
Greek · SeptuagintΤὰ ἔργα Κυρίου πάντα ὅτι καλὰ σφόδρα, καὶ πᾶν πρόσταγμα ἐν καιρῷ αὐτοῦ ἔσται.
For at time convenient they shall all be sought out: at his commandment the waters stood as an heap, and at the words of his mouth, the receptacles of waters.
Greek · SeptuagintΠάντα γὰρ ἐν καιρῷ αὐτοῦ ζητηθήσεται· ἐν λόγῳ αὐτοῦ ἔστη ὡς θημωνία ὕδωρ, καὶ ἐν ῥήματι στόματος αὐτοῦ ἀποδοχεῖα ὑδάτων.
At his commandment is done whatsoever pleaseth him; and none can hinder, when he will save.
Greek · SeptuagintἘν προστάγματι αὐτοῦ πᾶσα ἡ εὐδοκία, καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν ὃς ἐλαττώσει τὸ σωτήριον αὐτοῦ.
The works of all flesh are before him, and nothing can be hid from his eyes.
Greek · SeptuagintἜργα πάσης σαρκὸς ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ, καὶ οὐκ ἔστι κρυβῆναι ἀπὸ τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν αὐτοῦ.
He seeth from everlasting to everlasting; and there is nothing wonderful before him.
Greek · SeptuagintἈπὸ τοῦ αἰῶνος εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα ἐπέβλεψε, καὶ οὐθέν ἐστι θαυμάσιον ἐναντίον αὐτοῦ.
A man need not to say, What is this? wherefore is that? for he hath made all things for their uses.
Greek · SeptuagintΟὐκ ἔστιν εἰπεῖν, τί τοῦτο; εἰς τί τοῦτο; πάντα γὰρ εἰς χρείας αὐτῶν ἔκτισται.
His blessing covered the dry land as a river, and watered it as a flood.
Greek · SeptuagintἩ εὐλογία αὐτοῦ ὡς ποταμὸς ἐπεκάλυψε, καὶ ὡς κατακλυσμὸς ξηρὰν ἐμέθυσεν.
As he hath turned the waters into saltness: so shall the heathen inherit his wrath.
Greek · SeptuagintΟὕτως ὀργὴν αὐτοῦ ἔθνη κληρονομήσει, ὡς μετέστρεψεν ὕδατα εἰς ἅλμην.
As his ways are plain unto the holy; so are they stumbling-blocks unto the wicked.
Greek · SeptuagintΑἱ ὁδοὶ αὐτοῦ τοῖς ὁσίοις εὐθεῖαι, οὕτως τοῖς ἀνόμοις προσκόμματα.
For the good are good things created from the beginning: so evil things for sinners.
Greek · SeptuagintἈγαθὰ τοῖς ἀγαθοῖς ἔκτισται ἀπʼ ἀρχῆς, οὕτως τοῖς ἁμαρτωλοῖς κακά.
The principal things for the whole use of man's life are water, fire, iron, and salt, flour of wheat, honey, milk, and the blood of the grape, and oil, and clothing.
Greek · SeptuagintἈρχὴ πάσης χρείας εἰς ζωὴν ἀνθρώπου, ὕδωρ, πῦρ, καὶ σίδηρος, καὶ ἅλα, καὶ σεμίδαλις πυροῦ, καὶ μέλι, καὶ γάλα, αἷμα σταφυλῆς, καὶ ἔλαιον, καὶ ἱμάτιον.
All these things are for good to the godly: so to the sinners they are turned into evil.
Greek · SeptuagintΤαῦτα πάντα τοῖς εὐσεβέσιν εἰς ἀγαθὰ, οὕτως τοῖς ἁμαρτωλοῖς τραπήσεται εἰς κακά.
There be spirits that are created for vengeance, which in their fury lay on sore strokes; in the time of destruction they pour out their force, and appease the wrath of him that made them.
Greek · SeptuagintἜστι πνεύματα ἃ εἰς ἐκδίκησιν ἔκτισται, καὶ ἐν θυμῷ αὐτῶν ἐστερέωσαν μάστιγας αὐτῶν· καὶ ἐν καιρῷ συντελείας ἰσχὺν ἐκχέουσι, καὶ τὸν θυμὸν τοῦ ποιήσαντος αὐτοὺς κοπάσουσι.
Fire, and hail, and famine, and death, all these were created for vengeance;
Greek · SeptuagintΠῦρ καὶ χάλαζα καὶ λιμὸς καὶ θάνατος, πάντα ταῦτα εἰς ἐκδίκησιν ἔκτισται.
teeth of wild beasts, and scorpions, serpents, and the sword, punishing the wicked to destruction,
Greek · SeptuagintΘηρίων ὁδόντες καὶ σκορπίοι καὶ ἔχεις καὶ ῥομφαία ἐκδικοῦσα εἰς ὄλεθρον ἀσεβεῖς,