Septuaginta, Proverbs, ed. Henry Barclay Swete D.D., 27

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μὴ καυχῶ τὰ εἰς αὔριον,

οὐ γὰρ γινώσκεις τί τέξεται ἡ ἐπιοῦσα.

¹³

ἐγκωμιαζέτω σε ὁ πέλας καὶ μὴ τὸ σὸν στόμα,

ἀλλότριος καὶ μὴ τὰ σὰ χείλη.

βαρὺ λίθος καὶ δυσβάστακτον ἄμμος,

ὀργὴ δὲ ἄφρονος βαρυτέρα ἀμφοτέρων.

ἀνελεήμων θυμὸς καὶ ὀξεῖα ὀργή,

ἀλλ᾿ οὐδένα ὑφίσταται ζῆλος.

κρείσσους ἔλεγχοι ἀποκεκαλυμμένοι κρυπτομένης φιλίας.

ἀξιοπιστότερά ἐστιν τραύματα φίλου

ἢ ἑκούσια φιλήματα ἐχθροῦ.

ψυχὴ ἐν πλησμονῇ οὖσα κηρίοις ἐμπαίζει,

ψυχῇ δὲ ἐν ἐνδεεῖ καὶ τὰ πικρὰ γλυκέα φαίνεται.

ὥσπερ ὅταν ὄρνεον καταπετασθῇ ἐκ τῆς ἰδίας νοσσιᾶς,

οὕτως ἄνθρωπος δουλοῦται ὅταν ἀποξενωθῇ ἐκ τῶν ἰδίων

τόπων.

μύροις καὶ οἴνοις καὶ θυμιάμασιν τέρπεται καρδία,

καταρήγνυται δὲ ὑπὸ συμπτωμάτων ψυχή.

φίλον σὸν ἢ φίλον πατρῷον μὴ ἐγκαταλίπῃς,

εἰς δὲ τὸν οἶκον τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ σου μὴ εἰσέλθῃς ἀτυχῶν·

κρείσσων φίλος ἐγγὺς ἢ ἀδελφὸς μακρὰν οἰκῶν.

Σοφὸς γίνου, υἱέ, ἵνα σου εὐφραίνηται ἡ καρδία,

καὶ ἀπόστρεψον ἀπὸ σοῦ ἐπονειδίστους λόγους.

πανοῦργος κακῶν ἐπερχομένων ἀπεκρύβη,

ἄφρονες δὲ ἐπελθόντες ζημίαν τίσουσιν.

ἀφελοῦ τὸ ἱμάτιον αὐτοῦ, παρῆλθεν γάρ·

ὑβριστὴς ὅστις τὰ ἀλλότρια λυμαίνεται.

ὃς ἂν εὐλογῇ φίλον τὸ πρωὶ μεγάλῃ τῇ φωνῇ,

καταρωμένου οὐδὲν διαφέρειν δόξει.

σταγόνες ἐκβάλλουσιν ἄνθρωπον ἐν ἡμέρᾳ χειμερινῇ ἐκ τοῦ

οἴκου·

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ὡσαύτως καὶ γυνὴ λοίδορος ἐκ τοῦ ἰδίου οἴκου.

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βορέας σκληρὸς ἄνεμος,

ὀνόματι δὲ ἐπιδέξιος καλεῖται.

σίδηρος σίδηρον ὀξύνει,

ἀνὴρ δὲ παροξύνει πρόσωπον ἑταίρου.

ὃς φυτεύει συκῆν φάγεται τοὺς καρποὺς αὐτῆς,

ὃς δὲ φυλάσσει τὸν ἑαυτοῦ κύριον τιμηθήσεται.

ὥσπερ οὐχ ὅμοια πρόσωπα προσώποις,

οὕτως οὐδὲ αἱ διάνοιαι τῶν ἀνθρώπων.

ᾅδης καὶ ἀπώλεια οὐκ ἐμπίμπλανται,

ὡσαύτως καὶ οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ τῶν ἀνθρώπων ἄπληστοι.

aβδέλυγμα Κυρίῳ στηρίζων ὀφθαλμόν.

καὶ οἱ ἀπαίδευτοι ἀκρατεῖς γλώσσῃ.

δοκίμιον ἀργύρῳ καὶ χρυσῷ πύρωσις,

ἀνὴρ δὲ δοκιμάζεται διὰ στόματος ἐγκωμιαζόντων αὐτόν.

aκαρδία ἀνόμου ἐκζητεῖ κακά,

καρδία δὲ εὐθὴς ζητεῖ γνῶσιν.

ἐὰν μαστιγοῖς ἄφρονα ἐν μέσῳ συνεδρίου ἀτιμάζων,

οὐ μὴ περιέλῃς τὴν ἀφροσύνην αὐτοῦ.

Γνωστῶς ἐπιγνώσῃ ψυχὰς ποιμνίου σου,

καὶ ἐπιστήσεις καρδίαν σου σαῖς ἀγέλαις·

ὅτι οὐ τὸν αἰῶνα ἀνδρὶ κράτος καὶ ἰσχύς,

οὐδὲ παραδίδωσιν ἐκ γενεᾶς εἰς γενεάν.

ἐπιμελοῦ τῶν ἐν τῷ πεδίῳ χλωρῶν καὶ κερεῖς πόαν,

καὶ σύναγε χόρτον ὀρινόν, 26ἵνα ἔχῃς πρόβατα εἰς ἱματισμόν·

τίμα πεδίον, ἵνα ὦσίν σοι ἄρνες.

υἱέ, παρʼ ἐμοῦ ἔχεις ῥήσεις ἰσχυρὰς εἰς τὴν ζωήν σου

καὶ εἰς τὴν ζωὴν σῶν θεραπόντων.

Proverbs. Septuaginta. ed. Henry Barclay Swete D.D.. United States. 2017.

Funding provided by Harvard Library Arcadia Fund.

Current edition First1KGreek

Παροιμίαι (Greek) (Septuaginta. The Old Testament in Greek According to the Septuagint. Volume 2: I Chronicles-Tobit. Swete, Henry Barclay, editor. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1896.)

Translations (1)

Proverbs Perseus (World English Bible. Revision of the American Standard Version of 1901. Rainbow Missions, Inc., 2000-2024.) — 27 focus

Don't boast about tomorrow; For you don't know what a day may bring forth.

Let another man praise you, And not your own mouth; A stranger, and not your own lips.

A stone is heavy, And sand is a burden; But a fool's provocation is heavier than both.

Wrath is cruel, And anger is overwhelming; But who is able to stand before jealousy?

Better is open rebuke Than hidden love.

Faithful are the wounds of a friend; Although the kisses of an enemy are profuse.

A full soul loathes a honeycomb; But to a hungry soul, every bitter thing is sweet.

As a bird that wanders from her nest, So is a man who wanders from his home.

Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart; So does earnest counsel from a man's friend.

Don't forsake your friend and your father's friend. Don't go to your brother's house in the day of your disaster: Better is a neighbor who is near than a distant brother.

Be wise, my son, And bring joy to my heart, Then I can answer my tormentor.

A prudent man sees danger and takes refuge; But the simple pass on, and suffer for it:

Take his garment when he puts up collateral for a stranger; Hold it for a wayward woman!

He who blesses his neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning, It will be taken as a curse by him.

A continual dropping on a rainy day And a contentious wife are alike:

Restraining her is like restraining the wind, Or like grasping oil in his right hand.

Iron sharpens iron; So a man sharpens his friend's countenance.

Whoever tends the fig tree shall eat its fruit. He who looks after his master shall be honored.

As water reflects a face, So a man's heart reflects the man.

Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; And a man's eyes are never satisfied.

The crucible is for silver, And the furnace for gold; But man is refined by his praise.

Though you grind a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with grain, Yet his foolishness will not be removed from him.

Know well the state of your flocks, And pay attention to your herds:

For riches are not forever, Nor does even the crown endure to all generations.

The hay is removed, and the new growth appears, The grasses of the hills are gathered in.

The lambs are for your clothing, And the goats are the price of a field.

There will be plenty of goats' milk for your food, For your family's food, And for the nourishment of your servant girls.

Notes on the current edition

Proverbs

1. U+05D0AC

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3. B

4. U+05D0AC

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6. B

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