Proverbs · Updated Brenton English Septuagint
Proverbs 4 Updated Brenton English Septuagint
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Notes on this text (1)
- Same Septuagint text as Brenton, with modernised spelling.
1 Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, And attend to know understanding.
1 OID, hijos, la doctrina de un padre, y estad atentos para que conozcáis cordura.
2 For I give you a good gift; Forsake ye not my law.
2 Porque os doy buena enseñanza; no desamparéis mi ley.
3 For I also was a son obedient to [my] father, And loved in the sight of [my] mother:
3 Porque yo fuí hijo de mi padre, delicado y único delante de mi madre.
4 Who spoke and instructed me, [saying], Let our speech be fixed in thy heart, Keep [our] commandments, forget them not:
4 Y él me enseñaba, y me decía: Mantenga tu corazón mis razones, guarda mis mandamientos, y vivirás:
5 And do not neglect the speech of my mouth.
5 Adquiere sabiduría, adquiere inteligencia; no te olvides ni te apartes de las razones de mi boca;
6 And forsake it not, and it shall cleave to thee: Love it, and it shall keep thee.
6 No la dejes, y ella te guardará; ámala, y te conservará. 7 Sabiduría ante todo: adquiere sabiduría: y ante toda tu posesión adquiere inteligencia.
8 Secure it, and it shall exalt thee: Honor it, that it may embrace thee;
8 Engrandécela, y ella te engrandecerá: ella te honrará, cuando tú la hubieres abrazado.
9 That it may give unto thy head a crown of graces, And may cover thee with a crown of delight.
9 Adorno de gracia dará á tu cabeza: corona de hermosura te entregará.
10 Hear, [my] son, and receive my words; And the years of thy life shall be increased, That the resources of thy life may be many.
10 Oye, hijo mío, y recibe mis razones; y se te multiplicarán años de vida.
11 For I teach thee the ways of wisdom; And I cause thee to go in right paths.
11 Por el camino de la sabiduría te he encaminado, y por veredas derechas te he hecho andar.
12 For when thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; And when thou runnest, thou shalt not be distressed.
12 Cuando anduvieres no se estrecharán tus pasos; y si corrieres, no tropezarás.
13 Take hold of my instruction; let it not go— But keep it for thyself for thy life.
13 Ten el consejo, no lo dejes; guárdalo, porque eso es tu vida.
14 Go not in the ways of the ungodly, Neither covet the ways of transgressors.
14 No entres por la vereda de los impíos, ni vayas por el camino de los malos.
15 In whatever place they shall pitch their camp, go not thither; But turn from them, and pass away.
15 Desampárala, no pases por ella; apártate de ella, pasa.
16 For they cannot sleep, unless they have done evil: Their sleep is taken away, and they rest not.
16 Porque no duermen ellos, si no hicieren mal; y pierden su sueño, si no han hecho caer.
17 For these live upon the bread of ungodliness, And are drunken with wine of transgression.
17 Porque comen pan de maldad, y beben vino de robos.
18 But the ways of the righteous shine like light; They go on and shine, until the day be fully come.
18 Mas la senda de los justos es como la luz de la aurora, que va en aumento hasta que el día es perfecto.
19 But the ways of the ungodly are dark; They know not how they stumble.
19 El camino de los impíos es como la oscuridad: no saben en qué tropiezan.
20 [My] son, attend to my speech; And apply thine ear to my words:
20 Hijo mío, está atento á mis palabras; inclina tu oído á mis razones.
21 That thy fountains may not fail thee; Keep them in [thine] heart.
21 No se aparten de tus ojos; guárdalas en medio de tu corazón.
22 For they are life to those that find them, And health to all [their] flesh.
22 Porque son vida á los que las hallan, y medicina á toda su carne.
23 Keep thy heart with the utmost care; For out of these are the issues of life.
23 Sobre toda cosa guardada guarda tu corazón; porque de él mana la vida.
24 Remove from thee a froward mouth, And put far away from thee unjust lips.
24 Aparta de ti la perversidad de la boca, y aleja de ti la iniquidad de labios.
25 Let thine eyes look right on, And let thine eyelids assent [to] just [things].
25 Tus ojos miren lo recto, y tus párpados en derechura delante de ti.
26 Make straight paths for thy feet, And order thy ways aright.
26 Examina la senda de tus pies, y todos tus caminos sean ordenados.
27 Turn not aside to the right hand nor to the left, But turn away thy foot from an evil way:
27 No te apartes á diestra, ni á siniestra: aparta tu pie del mal.
27a For God knows the ways on the right hand, But those on the left are crooked:
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27b And he will make thy ways straight, And will guide thy steps in peace.
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Cross references (28)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Hebrews 2:1; Psalm 34:11; Proverbs 1:8; Proverbs 2:1–5; 1 Thessalonians 2:11–12
- 2 1 Timothy 4:6; Titus 1:9; Psalm 89:30–32; Proverbs 8:6–9; Deuteronomy 32:2
- 3 1 Chronicles 22:5; Romans 12:16; 1 Chronicles 29:1; Zechariah 12:10; 1 Chronicles 3:5
- 4 Proverbs 3:1; Ephesians 6:4; John 12:50; Proverbs 7:2; 1 Chronicles 28:9
- 5 James 1:5; Proverbs 3:13–18; Proverbs 1:22–23; 2 Chronicles 34:2; Psalm 44:18
- 6 2 Thessalonians 2:10; Proverbs 4:21–22; Ephesians 3:17; Proverbs 2:10–12
- 8 Daniel 12:3; 1 Samuel 2:30; Proverbs 3:35; 1 Kings 3:5–13; Proverbs 22:4
- 9 Proverbs 1:9; 1 Peter 5:4; Hebrews 2:7–9; Proverbs 16:31; Isaiah 28:5
- 10 1 Thessalonians 2:13; Proverbs 3:2; Deuteronomy 6:2; Jeremiah 9:20; Proverbs 3:16
- 11 Psalm 25:4–5; Ecclesiastes 12:9; Proverbs 8:9; Proverbs 8:6; 1 Samuel 12:23–24
- 12 Proverbs 3:23; Psalm 18:36; 2 Samuel 22:37; 1 Peter 2:8; John 11:9–10
- 13 Proverbs 3:18; Hebrews 2:1; Proverbs 23:23; Deuteronomy 32:47; Acts 2:42
- 14 Psalm 1:1; 1 Corinthians 15:33; Proverbs 1:15; Proverbs 1:10; Proverbs 13:20
- 15 Ephesians 5:11; Job 22:23; 1 Thessalonians 5:22; Exodus 23:7; Job 11:14
- 16 Psalm 36:4; Micah 2:1; Isaiah 57:20; 2 Peter 2:14; Proverbs 1:16
- 17 Micah 6:12; Proverbs 9:17; Proverbs 20:17; Psalm 14:4; James 5:4–5
- 18 John 8:12; Job 11:17; Daniel 12:3; Philippians 2:15; 2 Corinthians 3:18
- 19 John 12:35; Isaiah 59:9–10; Jeremiah 23:12; Job 18:5–6; 1 Samuel 2:9
- 20 Proverbs 5:1; Isaiah 55:3; Proverbs 6:20–21; Proverbs 7:1; Psalm 78:1
- 21 Proverbs 3:21; Proverbs 3:3; Proverbs 7:1–2; Psalm 40:8; Proverbs 2:1
- 22 Jeremiah 33:6; Proverbs 12:18; Proverbs 4:10; Proverbs 3:8; Proverbs 4:4
- 23 Luke 6:45; Matthew 12:34–35; Mark 7:21–23; Psalm 139:23–24; Proverbs 13:3
- 24 Proverbs 8:8; James 1:26; Proverbs 8:13; Ephesians 4:25–31; 1 Peter 2:1
- 25 Psalm 119:37; Matthew 6:22; Job 31:1; Proverbs 23:33; Proverbs 23:5
- 26 Hebrews 12:13; Psalm 37:23; Psalm 119:5; 2 Thessalonians 3:3; Haggai 1:5
- 27 Deuteronomy 5:32; Joshua 1:7; Deuteronomy 28:14; Proverbs 16:17; Deuteronomy 12:32
- 27a Deuteronomy 5:32; Joshua 1:7; Deuteronomy 28:14; Proverbs 16:17; Deuteronomy 12:32
- 27b Deuteronomy 5:32; Joshua 1:7; Deuteronomy 28:14; Proverbs 16:17; Deuteronomy 12:32
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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
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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).
It is not an enemy, O man, that assails thee from without, but an evil shoot growing up out of thyself. Look right on with thine eyes, and there is no lust.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)