Proverbs 1
King James Version with ApocryphaTranslation
King James Version with Apocrypha
Septuagint (Brenton Greek text, with Apocrypha)
1The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;
1ΠΑΡΟΙΜΙΑΙ Σαλωμῶντος υἱοῦ Δαυὶδ, ὃς ἐβασίλευσεν ἐν Ἰσραήλ·
2To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding;
2γνῶναι σοφίαν καὶ παιδείαν, νοῆσαί τε λόγους φρονήσεως,
3To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity;
3δέξασθαί τε στροφὰς λόγων, νοῆσαί τε δικαιοσύνην ἀληθῆ, καὶ κρίμα κατευθύνειν·
4To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.
4Ἵνα δῷ ἀκάκοις πανουργίαν, παιδὶ δὲ νέῳ αἴσθησίν τε καὶ ἔννοιαν.
5A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:
5Τῶν δὲ γὰρ ἀκούσας σοφὸς σοφώτερος ἔσται, ὁ δὲ νοήμων κυβέρνησιν κτήσεται·
6To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
6Νοήσει τε παραβολὴν καὶ σκοτεινὸν λόγον, ῥήσεις τε σοφῶν καὶ αἰνίγματα.
7¶ The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
7Ἀρχὴ σοφίας φόβος Κυριου, σύνεσις δὲ ἀγαθὴ πᾶσι τοῖς ποιοῦσιν αὐτήν· εὐσέβεια δὲ εἰς Θεὸν ἀρχὴ αἰσθήσεως, σοφίαν δὲ καὶ παιδείαν ἀσεβεῖς ἐξουθενήσουσιν.
8My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
8Ἄκουε υἱὲ παιδείαν πατρός σου, καὶ μὴ ἀπώσῃ θεσμοὺς μητρός σου.
9For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.
9Στέφανον γὰρ χαρίτων δέξῃ σῇ κορυφῇ, καὶ κλοιὸν χρύσεον περὶ σῷ τραχήλῳ.
10¶ My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
10Υἱὲ μή σε πλανήσωσιν ἄνδρες ἀσεβεῖς, μηδὲ βουληθῇς.
11If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:
11Ἐὰν παρακαλέσωσί σε, λέγοντες, ἐλθὲ μεθʼ ἡμῶν, κοινώνησον αἵματος, κρύψωμεν δὲ εἰς γῆν ἄνδρα δίκαιον ἀδίκως,
12Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:
12καταπίωμεν δὲ αὐτὸν ὥσπερ ᾅδης ζῶντα, καὶ ἄρωμεν αὐτοῦ τὴν μνήμην ἐκ γῆς,
13We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:
13τὴν κτῆσιν αὐτοῦ τὴν πολυτελῆ καταλαβώμεθα, πλήσωμεν δὲ οἴκους ἡμετέρους σκύλων·
14Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse:
14Τὸν δὲ σὸν κλῆρον βάλε ἐν ἡμῖν, κοινὸν δὲ βαλάντιον κτησώμεθα πάντες, καὶ μαρσίππιον ἓν γενηθήτω ἡμῖν·
15My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:
15Μὴ πορευθῇς ἐν ὁδῷ μετʼ αὐτῶν, ἔκκλινον δὲ τὸν πόδα σου ἐκ τῶν τρίβων αὐτῶν.
16For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.
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17Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.
17Οὐ γὰρ ἀδίκως ἐκτείνεται δίκτυα πτερωτοῖς.
18And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.
18Αὐτοὶ γὰρ οἱ φόνου μετέχοντες, θησαυρίζουσιν ἑαυτοῖς κακά· ἡ δὲ καταστροφὴ ἀνδρῶν παρανόμων κακή.
19So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.
19Αὗται αἱ ὁδοί εἰσι πάντων τῶν συντελούντων τὰ ἄνομα· τῇ γὰρ ἀσεβείᾳ τὴν ἑαυτῶν ψυχὴν ἀφαιροῦνται.
20¶ Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets:
20Σοφία ἐν ἐξόδοις ὑμνεῖται, ἐν δὲ πλατείαις παῤῥησίαν ἄγει.
21She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying ,
21Ἐπʼ ἄκρων δὲ τειχέων κηρύσσεται, ἐπὶ δὲ πύλαις δυναστῶν παρεδρεύει, ἐπὶ δὲ πύλαις πόλεως θαῤῥοῦσα λέγει,
22How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
22ὅσον ἂν χρόνον ἄκακοι ἔχονται τῆς δικαιοσύνης, οὐκ αἰσχυνθήσονται· οἱ δὲ ἄφρονες τῆς ὕβρεως ὄντες ἐπιθυμηταί, ἀσεβεῖς γενόμενοι ἐμίσησαν αἴσθησιν,
23Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.
23καὶ ὑπεύθυνοι ἐγένοντο ἐλέγχοις· ἰδοὺ προήσομαι ὑμῖν ἐμῆς πνοῆς ῥῆσιν· διδάξω δὲ ὑμᾶς τὸν ἐμὸν λόγον.
24¶ Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;
24Ἐπειδὴ ἐκάλουνμ, καὶ οὐχ ὑπηκούσατε· καὶ ἐξέτεινον λόγους, καὶ οὐ προσείχετε·
25But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:
25ἀλλὰ ἀκύρους ἐποιεῖτε ἐμὰς βουλὰς, τοῖς δὲ ἐμοῖς ἐλέγχοις ἠπειθήσατε·
26I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;
26Τοιγαροῦν κᾀγὼ τῇ ὑμετέρᾳ ἀπωλείᾳ ἐπιγελάσομαι, καταχαροῦμαι δὲ ἡνίκα ἔρχηται ὑμῖν ὄλεθρος·
27When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.
27Καὶ ὡς ἂν ἀφίκηται ὑμῖν ἄφνω θόρυβος, ἡ δὲ καταστροφὴ ὁμοίως καταιγίδι παρῇ, καὶ ὅταν ἔρχηται ὑμῖν θλίψις καὶ πολιορκία, ἢ ὅταν ἔρχηται ὑμῖν ὄλεθρος.
28Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:
28Ἔσται γὰρ ὅταν ἐπικαλέσησθέ με, ἐγὼ δὲ οὐκ εἰσακούσομαι ὑμῶν· ζητήσουσί με κακοὶ, καὶ οὐχ εὑρήσουσιν.
29For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD :
29Ἐμίσησαν γὰρ σοφίαν, τὸν δὲ λόγον τοῦ Κυρίου οὐ προείλαντο,
30They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.
30οὐδὲ ἤθελον ἐμαῖς προσέχειν βουλαῖς, ἐμυκτήριζον δὲ ἐμοὺς ἐλέγχους·
31Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
31Τοιγαροῦν ἔδονται τῆς ἑαυτῶν ὁδοῦ τοὺς καρποὺς, καὶ τῆς ἐαυτῶν ἀσεβείας πλησθήσονται.
32For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.
32Ἀνθʼ ὧν γὰρ ἠδίκουν νηπίους, φονευθήσονται, καὶ ἐξετασμὸς ἀσεβεῖς ὀλεῖ.
33But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.
33Ὁ δὲ ἐμοῦ ἀκούων κατασκηνώσει ἐπʼ ἐλπίδι, καὶ ἡσυχάσει ἀφόβως ἀπὸ παντὸς κακοῦ.
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