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Septuagint (lxxmorph-unicode, surface forms)
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1
τέκνον ἥμαρτες μὴ προσθῇς μηκέτι καὶ περὶ τῶν προτέρων σου δεήθητι
My son, have you sinned? add no more thereto; And make supplication for your former sins.
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ὡς ἀπὸ προσώπου ὄφεως φεῦγε ἀπὸ ἁμαρτίας ἐὰν γὰρ προσέλθῃς δήξεταί σε ὀδόντες λέοντος οἱ ὀδόντες αὐτῆς ἀναιροῦντες ψυχὰς ἀνθρώπων
Flee from sin as from the face of a serpent; For if you draw near it will bite you: The teeth thereof are the teeth of a lion, Slaying the souls of men.
3
ὡς ῥομφαία δίστομος πᾶσα ἀνομία τῇ πληγῇ αὐτῆς οὐκ ἔστιν ἴασις
All iniquity is as a two-edged sword; Its stroke has no healing.
4
καταπληγμὸς καὶ ὕβρις ἐρημώσουσιν πλοῦτον οὕτως οἶκος ὑπερηφάνου ἐρημωθήσεται
Terror and violence will lay waste riches; So the house of a haughty man shall be laid waste.
5
δέησις πτωχοῦ ἐκ στόματος ἕως ὠτίων αὐτοῦ καὶ τὸ κρίμα αὐτοῦ κατὰ σπουδὴν ἔρχεται
Supplication from a poor man’s mouth reaches to the ears of God, And his judgement comes speedily.
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μισῶν ἐλεγμὸν ἐν ἴχνει ἁμαρτωλοῦ καὶ ὁ φοβούμενος κύριον ἐπιστρέψει ἐν καρδίᾳ
One that hates reproof is in the path of the sinner; And he that fears the Lord will turn again in his heart.
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γνωστὸς μακρόθεν ὁ δυνατὸς ἐν γλώσσῃ ὁ δὲ νοήμων οἶδεν ἐν τῷ ὀλισθάνειν αὐτόν
He that is mighty in tongue is known afar off: But the man of understanding knows when he slips.
8
ὁ οἰκοδομῶν τὴν οἰκίαν αὐτοῦ ἐν χρήμασιν ἀλλοτρίοις ὡς συνάγων αὐτοῦ τοὺς λίθους εἰς χειμῶνα
He that builds his house with other men’s money Is like one that gathers himself stones against winter.
9
στιππύον συνηγμένον συναγωγὴ ἀνόμων καὶ ἡ συντέλεια αὐτῶν φλὸξ πυρός
The congregation of wicked men is as tow wrapped together; And the end of them is a flame of fire.
10
ὁδὸς ἁμαρτωλῶν ὡμαλισμένη ἐκ λίθων καὶ ἐπ' ἐσχάτων αὐτῆς βόθρος ᾅδου
The way of sinners is made smooth with stones; And at the last end thereof is the pit of Hades.
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ὁ φυλάσσων νόμον κατακρατεῖ τοῦ ἐννοήματος αὐτοῦ καὶ συντέλεια τοῦ φόβου κυρίου σοφία
He that keeps the law becomes master of the intent thereof; And the end of the fear of the Lord is wisdom.
12
οὐ παιδευθήσεται ὃς οὐκ ἔστιν πανοῦργος ἔστιν δὲ πανουργία πληθύνουσα πικρίαν
He that is not clever will not be instructed; And there is a cleverness which makes bitterness to abound.
13
γνῶσις σοφοῦ ὡς κατακλυσμὸς πληθυνθήσεται καὶ ἡ βουλὴ αὐτοῦ ὡς πηγὴ ζωῆς
The knowledge of a wise man shall be made to abound as a flood; And his counsel as a fountain of life.
14
ἔγκατα μωροῦ ὡς ἀγγεῖον συντετριμμένον καὶ πᾶσαν γνῶσιν οὐ κρατήσει
The inward parts of a fool are like a broken vessel; And he will hold no knowledge.
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λόγον σοφὸν ἐὰν ἀκούσῃ ἐπιστήμων αἰνέσει αὐτὸν καὶ ἐπ' αὐτὸν προσθήσει ἤκουσεν ὁ σπαταλῶν καὶ ἀπήρεσεν αὐτῷ καὶ ἀπέστρεψεν αὐτὸν ὀπίσω τοῦ νώτου αὐτοῦ
If a man of knowledge hear a wise word, He will commend it, and add to it: The dissolute man hears it, and it displeases him, And he puts it away behind his back.
16
ἐξήγησις μωροῦ ὡς ἐν ὁδῷ φορτίον ἐπὶ δὲ χείλους συνετοῦ εὑρεθήσεται χάρις
The discourse of a fool is like a burden in the way; But grace shall be found on the lips of the wise.
17
στόμα φρονίμου ζητηθήσεται ἐν ἐκκλησίᾳ καὶ τοὺς λόγους αὐτοῦ διανοηθήσονται ἐν καρδίᾳ
The mouth of the prudent man shall be sought for in the congregation; And they will ponder his words in their heart.
18
ὡς οἶκος ἠφανισμένος οὕτως μωρῷ σοφία καὶ γνῶσις ἀσυνέτου ἀδιεξέταστοι λόγοι
As a house that is destroyed, so is wisdom to a fool; And the knowledge of an unwise man is as talk without sense.
19
πέδαι ἐν ποσὶν ἀνοήτου παιδεία καὶ ὡς χειροπέδαι ἐπὶ χειρὸς δεξιᾶς
Instruction is as fetters on the feet of an unwise man, And as manacles on the right hand.
20
μωρὸς ἐν γέλωτι ἀνυψοῖ φωνὴν αὐτοῦ ἀνὴρ δὲ πανοῦργος μόλις ἡσυχῇ μειδιάσει
A fool lifts up his voice with laughter; But a clever man will scarce smile quietly.
21
ὡς κόσμος χρυσοῦς φρονίμῳ παιδεία καὶ ὡς χλιδὼν ἐπὶ βραχίονι δεξιῷ
Instruction is to a prudent man as an ornament of gold, And as a bracelet upon his right arm.
22
ποὺς μωροῦ ταχὺς εἰς οἰκίαν ἄνθρωπος δὲ πολύπειρος αἰσχυνθήσεται ἀπὸ προσώπου
The foot of a fool is soon in another man’s house; But a man of experience will be ashamed of entering.
23
ἄφρων ἀπὸ θύρας παρακύπτει εἰς οἰκίαν ἀνὴρ δὲ πεπαιδευμένος ἔξω στήσεται
A foolish man peepeth in from the door of another man’s house; But a man that is instructed will stand without.
24
ἀπαιδευσία ἀνθρώπου ἀκροᾶσθαι παρὰ θύραν ὁ δὲ φρόνιμος βαρυνθήσεται ἀτιμίᾳ
It is a lack of instruction in a man to listen at the door; But the prudent man will be grieved with the disgrace.
25
χείλη ἀλλοτρίων ἐν τούτοις διηγήσονται λόγοι δὲ φρονίμων ἐν ζυγῷ σταθήσονται
The lips of strangers will be grieved at these things; But the words of prudent men will be weighed in the balance.
26
ἐν στόματι μωρῶν ἡ καρδία αὐτῶν καρδία δὲ σοφῶν στόμα αὐτῶν
The heart of fools is in their mouth; But the mouth of wise men is their heart.
27
ἐν τῷ καταρᾶσθαι ἀσεβῆ τὸν σατανᾶν αὐτὸς καταρᾶται τὴν ἑαυτοῦ ψυχήν
When the ungodly curses Satan, He curses his own soul.
28
μολύνει τὴν ἑαυτοῦ ψυχὴν ὁ ψιθυρίζων καὶ ἐν παροικήσει μισηθήσεται
A whisperer defiles his own soul, And shall be hated wherever he sojourneth.
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