Proverbs · Updated Brenton English Septuagint
Proverbs 23 Updated Brenton English Septuagint
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- Same Septuagint text as Brenton, with modernised spelling.
1 If thou sit to sup at the table of a prince, Consider attentively the things set before thee:
1 CUANDO te sentares á comer con algún señor, considera bien lo que estuviere delante de ti;
2 And apply thy hand, Knowing that it behooves thee to prepare such [meats]: But if thou art very insatiable,
2 Y pon cuchillo á tu garganta, si tienes gran apetito.
3 desire not his provisions; For these belong to a false life.
3 No codicies sus manjares delicados, porque es pan engañoso.
4 If thou art poor, measure not thyself with a rich man; But refrain thyself in thy wisdom.
4 No trabajes por ser rico; pon coto á tu prudencia.
5 If thou shouldest fix thine eye upon him, he will disappear; For wings like an eagle’s are prepared for him, And he returns to the house of his master.
5 ¿Has de poner tus ojos en las riquezas, siendo ningunas? porque hacerse han alas, como alas de águila, y volarán al cielo.
6 Sup not with an envious man, Neither desire thou his meats:
6 No comas pan de [hombre de] mal ojo, ni codicies sus manjares:
7 So he eats and drinks As if anyone should swallow a hair, And do not bring him in to thyself, nor eat thy morsel with him:
7 Porque cual es su pensamiento en su alma, tal es él. Come y bebe, te dirá; mas su corazón no está contigo.
8 For he will vomit it up, and spoil thy fair words.
8 Vomitarás la parte que tú comiste, y perderás tus suaves palabras.
9 Say nothing in the ears of a fool, Lest at any time he sneer at thy wise words.
9 No hables á oídos del necio; porque menospreciará la prudencia de tus razones.
10 Remove not the ancient landmarks; And enter not upon the possession of the fatherless:
10 No traspases el término antiguo, ni entres en la heredad de los huérfanos:
11 For the Lord is their redeemer; He is mighty, and will plead their cause with thee.
11 Porque el defensor de ellos es el Fuerte, el cual juzgará la causa de ellos contra ti.
12 Apply thy heart to instruction, And prepare thine ears for words of discretion.
12 Aplica tu corazón á la enseñanza, y tus oídos á las palabras de sabiduría.
13 Refrain not from chastening a child; For if thou beat him with the rod, he shall not die.
13 No rehuses la corrección del muchacho: [porque] si lo hirieres con vara, no morirá.
14 For thou shalt beat him with the rod, And shalt deliver his soul from death.
14 Tú lo herirás con vara, y librarás su alma del infierno.
15 Son, if thy heart be wise, Thou shalt also gladden my heart;
15 Hijo mío, si tu corazón fuere sabio, también á mí se me alegrará el corazón;
16 And thy lips shall converse with my lips, If they be right.
16 Mis entrañas también se alegrarán, cuando tus labios hablaren cosas rectas.
17 Let not thy heart envy sinners: But be thou in the fear of the Lord all the day.
17 No tenga tu corazón envidia de los pecadores, antes [persevera] en el temor de Jehová todo tiempo:
18 For if thou shouldest keep these things, thou shalt have posterity; And thy hope shall not be removed.
18 Porque ciertamente hay fin, y tu esperanza no será cortada.
19 Hear, [my] son, and be wise, And rightly direct the thoughts of thy heart.
19 Oye tú, hijo mío, y sé sabio, y endereza tu corazón al camino.
20 Be not a wine bibber, Neither continue long at feasts, and purchases of flesh:
20 No estés con los bebedores de vino, ni con los comedores de carne:
21 For every drunkard and whoremonger shall be poor; And every sluggard shall clothe himself with tatters and ragged garments.
21 Porque el bebedor y el comilón empobrecerán: y el sueño hará vestir vestidos rotos.
22 Hearken, [my] son, to thy father which begot thee, And despise not [thy mother] because she is grown old.
22 Oye á tu padre, á aquel que te engendró; y cuando tu madre envejeciere, no la menosprecies. 23 Compra la verdad, y no la vendas; la sabiduría, la enseñanza, y la inteligencia.
24 A righteous father brings up [his children] well; And his soul rejoices over a wise son.
24 Mucho se alegrará el padre del justo: y el que engendró sabio se gozará con él.
25 Let thy father and thy mother rejoice over thee, And let her that bore thee be glad.
25 Alégrense tu padre y tu madre, y gócese la que te engendró.
26 [My] son, give me thy heart, And let thine eyes observe my ways.
26 Dame, hijo mío, tu corazón, y miren tus ojos por mis caminos.
27 For a strange house is a vessel full of holes; And a strange well is narrow.
27 Porque sima profunda es la ramera, y pozo angosto la extraña.
28 For such a one shall perish suddenly; And every transgressor shall be cut off.
28 También ella, como robador, acecha, y multiplica entre los hombres los prevaricadores.
29 Who [has] woe? who trouble? who [has] quarrels? And who vexations and disputes? Who [has] bruises without a cause? Whose eyes are livid?
29 ¿Para quién será el ay? ¿para quién el ay? ¿para quién las rencillas? ¿para quién las quejas? ¿para quién las heridas en balde? ¿para quién lo amoratado de los ojos?
30 Are not those of them that stay long at wine? [Are] not [those] of them that haunt [the places] where banquets are? Be not drunk with wine; but converse with just men, And converse [with them] openly.
30 Para los que se detienen mucho en el vino, para los que van buscando la mistura.
31 For if thou shouldest set thine eyes on bowls and cups, Thou shalt afterward go more naked than a pestle.
31 No mires al vino cuando rojea, cuando resplandece su color en el vaso: éntrase suavemente;
32 But at last [such a one] stretches himself out as one smitten by a serpent, And venom is diffused through him as by a horned serpent.
32 [Mas] al fin como serpiente morderá, y como basilisco dará dolor:
33 Whenever thine eyes shall behold a strange woman, Then thy mouth shall speak perverse things.
33 Tus ojos mirarán las extrañas, y tu corazón hablará perversidades.
34 And thou shalt lie as in the midst of the sea, And as a pilot in a great storm.
34 Y serás como el que yace en medio de la mar, ó como el que está en la punta de un mastelero.
35 And thou shalt say, They smote me, and I was not pained; And they mocked me, and I knew it not: When will it be morning, that I may go and seek those with whom I may go in company?
35 [Y dirás]: Hiriéronme, mas no me dolió; azotáronme, mas no lo sentí; cuando despertare, aun lo tornaré á buscar.
Cross references (33)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Genesis 43:32–34; Jude 12
- 2 Philippians 3:19; Matthew 18:8–9; 1 Corinthians 9:27
- 3 Proverbs 23:6; Psalm 141:4; Luke 21:34; Ephesians 4:22; Daniel 1:8
- 4 Hebrews 13:5; Proverbs 28:20; 1 Timothy 6:8–10; Matthew 6:19; Proverbs 3:5
- 5 Proverbs 27:24; 1 John 2:16; Matthew 6:19; James 5:1–2; 1 Timothy 6:17
- 6 Psalm 141:4; Proverbs 23:3; Daniel 1:8–10; Deuteronomy 15:9; Matthew 20:15
- 7 Psalm 12:2; Psalm 55:21; Judges 16:15; Matthew 9:3–4; Luke 11:37–54
- 9 Proverbs 9:7–8; Matthew 7:6; Proverbs 26:4–5; Proverbs 1:7; Acts 13:45–46
- 10 Zechariah 7:10; Proverbs 22:28; Jeremiah 22:3; Deuteronomy 27:17; James 1:27
- 11 Proverbs 22:23; Job 19:25; Exodus 22:22–24; Deuteronomy 27:19; Psalm 12:5
- 12 Proverbs 5:1–2; Proverbs 2:2–6; Proverbs 23:19; James 1:21–25; Ezekiel 33:31
- 13 Proverbs 13:24; Proverbs 29:15; Proverbs 19:18; Proverbs 29:17
- 14 1 Corinthians 5:5; Proverbs 22:15; 1 Corinthians 11:32
- 15 Proverbs 23:24–25; 2 John 4; Zephaniah 3:17; 3 John 3–4; Proverbs 29:3
- 16 Proverbs 8:6; Ephesians 5:4; James 3:2; Ephesians 4:29; Colossians 4:4
- 17 Proverbs 28:14; 2 Corinthians 7:1; Proverbs 15:16; 1 Peter 1:17; Ecclesiastes 5:7
- 18 Hebrews 10:35; Jeremiah 29:11; Psalm 9:18; Proverbs 24:14; Philippians 1:20
- 19 Proverbs 23:26; Proverbs 23:12; Proverbs 4:10–23; Proverbs 6:6; Proverbs 9:6
- 20 Luke 21:34; Ephesians 5:18; Isaiah 5:22; Romans 13:13; Isaiah 5:11
- 21 Proverbs 21:17; Philippians 3:19; Proverbs 19:15; Deuteronomy 21:20; Galatians 5:21
- 22 Proverbs 30:17; Proverbs 1:8; John 19:26–27; Proverbs 6:20; Ephesians 6:1–2
- 24 Proverbs 10:1; Proverbs 15:20; Proverbs 23:15–16; Proverbs 29:3; Philemon 20
- 25 Proverbs 17:25; Luke 1:58; Luke 11:27–28; 1 Chronicles 4:9–10; Luke 1:40–47
- 26 Psalm 119:2; Psalm 119:9–11; Deuteronomy 6:5; Matthew 10:37–38; Proverbs 4:25–27
- 27 Proverbs 22:14
- 28 Ecclesiastes 7:26; Proverbs 7:12; 1 Corinthians 10:8; Hosea 4:11; Proverbs 22:14
- 29 Ephesians 5:18; 1 Samuel 25:36–37; Isaiah 5:11; Isaiah 5:22; 2 Samuel 13:28
- 30 Ephesians 5:18; Isaiah 5:11; Proverbs 20:1; Proverbs 9:2; Amos 6:6
- 31 1 John 2:16; Psalm 119:37; 2 Samuel 11:2; Proverbs 6:25; Mark 9:47
- 32 Isaiah 28:7–8; Isaiah 28:3; Luke 16:25–26; Exodus 7:12; Amos 5:19
- 33 Jude 12–13; Proverbs 31:5; Proverbs 2:12; Hosea 7:5; Genesis 19:32–38
- 34 1 Thessalonians 5:2–7; 1 Kings 16:9; Luke 21:34; Luke 17:27–29; Matthew 24:38
- 35 Jeremiah 5:3; Isaiah 56:12; 1 Corinthians 15:32–34; 2 Peter 2:22; Proverbs 26:11
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
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