Proverbs · Brenton's English Septuagint
Proverbs 7 Brenton's English Septuagint
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Notes on this text (2)
- Square brackets mark words Brenton supplied for English sense.
- Old Testament only (no New Testament). First printed 1844; the 1851 edition added the deuterocanonical books.
1 [My] son, keep my words, and hide with thee my commandments.
1 HIJO mío, guarda mis razones, y encierra contigo mis mandamientos.
1a [My] son, honour the Lord, and thou shalt be strong; and fear none but him:
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2 keep my commandments, and thou shalt live; and [keep] my words as the pupils of [thine] eyes.
2 Guarda mis mandamientos, y vivirás; y mi ley como las niñas de tus ojos.
3 And bind them on thy fingers, and write [them] on the table of thine heart.
3 Lígalos á tus dedos; escríbelos en la tabla de tu corazón.
4 Say that wisdom is thy sister, and gain prudence as an acquaintance for thyself;
4 Di á la sabiduría: Tú eres mi hermana; y á la inteligencia llama parienta:
5 that she may keep thee from the strange and wicked woman, if she should assail thee with flattering words.
5 Para que te guarden de la mujer ajena, y de la extraña que ablanda sus palabras.
6 For she looks from a window out of her house into the streets, at one whom she may see of the senseless ones, a young man void of understanding,
6 Porque mirando yo por la ventana de mi casa, por mi celosía,
7 passing by the corner in the passages near her house,
7 Vi entre los simples, consideré entre los jóvenes, un mancebo falto de entendimiento,
8 and speaking, in the dark of the evening,
8 El cual pasaba por la calle, junto á la esquina de aquella, é iba camino de su casa,
9 when there happens [to be] the stillness of night and of darkness:
9 A la tarde del día, ya que oscurecía, en la oscuridad y tiniebla de la noche.
10 and the woman meets him having the appearance of a harlot, that causes the hearts of young men to flutter.
10 Y he aquí, una mujer que le sale al encuentro con atavío de ramera, astuta de corazón,
11 And she is fickle, and debauched, and her feet abide not at home.
11 Alborotadora y rencillosa, sus pies no pueden estar en casa;
12 For at one time she wanders without, and at [another] time she lies in wait in the streets, at every corner.
12 Unas veces de fuera, ó bien por las plazas, acechando por todas las esquinas.
13 Then she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face said to him,
13 Y traba de él, y bésalo; desvergonzó su rostro, y díjole:
14 I have a peace-offering; to-day I pay my vows:
14 Sacrificios de paz había prometido, hoy he pagado mis votos;
15 therefore I came forth to meet thee, desiring thy face; [and] I have found thee.
15 Por tanto he salido á encontrarte, buscando diligentemente tu rostro, y te he hallado.
16 I have spread my bed with sheets, and I have covered it with double tapestry from Egypt.
16 Con paramentos he ataviado mi cama, recamados con cordoncillo de Egipto.
17 I have sprinkled my couch with saffron, and my house with cinnamon.
17 He sahumado mi cámara con mirra, áloes, y cinamomo.
18 Come, and let us enjoy love until the morning; come, and let us embrace in love.
18 Ven, embriaguémonos de amores hasta la mañana; alegrémonos en amores.
19 For my husband is not at home, but is gone on a long journey,
19 Porque el marido no está en casa, hase ido á un largo viaje:
20 having taken in his hand a bundle of money: after many days he will return to his house.
20 El saco de dinero llevó en su mano; el día señalado volverá á su casa.
21 So with much converse she prevailed on him to go astray, and with the snares of her lips she forced him from [the right path].
21 Rindiólo con la mucha suavidad de sus palabras, obligóle con la blandura de sus labios.
22 And he followed her, being gently led on, and [that] as an ox is led to the slaughter, and as a dog to bonds, or as a hart shot in the liver with an arrow:
22 Vase en pos de ella luego, como va el buey al degolladero, y como el loco á las prisiones para ser castigado;
23 and he hastens as a bird into a snare, not knowing that he is running for [his] life.
23 Como el ave que se apresura al lazo, y no sabe que es contra su vida, hasta que la saeta traspasó su hígado.
24 Now then, [my] son, hearken to me, and attend to the words of my mouth.
24 Ahora pues, hijos, oidme, y estad atentos á las razones de mi boca.
25 Let not thine heart turn aside to her ways:
25 No se aparte á sus caminos tu corazón; no yerres en sus veredas.
26 for she has wounded and cast down many, and those whom she has slain are innumerable.
26 Porque á muchos ha hecho caer heridos; y aun los más fuertes han sido muertos por ella.
27 Her house is the way of hell, leading down to the chambers of death.
27 Caminos del sepulcro son su casa, que descienden á las cámaras de la muerte.
Cross references (26)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Proverbs 1:8; Revelation 1:3; Luke 11:28; Proverbs 2:1–7; John 14:23
- 2 Psalm 17:8; Leviticus 18:5; Proverbs 4:4; 1 John 2:3–4; John 14:21
- 3 Deuteronomy 11:18–20; Proverbs 3:3; Deuteronomy 6:8–9; Jeremiah 31:33; 2 Corinthians 3:3
- 4 Proverbs 2:2–4; Proverbs 4:6–8; Job 17:14; Song of Songs 8:1; Matthew 12:49–50
- 5 Proverbs 2:16; Proverbs 6:24; Proverbs 5:3
- 6 Genesis 26:8; Judges 5:28; 2 Samuel 6:16
- 7 Proverbs 6:32; Proverbs 1:22; Psalm 119:130; Proverbs 9:4; Matthew 15:16
- 8 2 Timothy 2:22; 1 Corinthians 6:18; Proverbs 5:8; Proverbs 4:14–15; Jude 23
- 9 Romans 13:12–14; Job 24:13–15; Genesis 39:11; Ephesians 5:11; Exodus 12:6
- 10 2 Corinthians 11:2–3; Isaiah 3:16–24; 1 Timothy 2:9; 2 Kings 9:30; Jeremiah 4:30
- 11 Proverbs 9:13; Titus 2:5; 1 Timothy 5:13–14; Proverbs 31:10–31; Proverbs 25:24
- 12 Proverbs 23:28; Proverbs 9:14; Revelation 18:3; Jeremiah 2:33; Jeremiah 2:36
- 13 Numbers 25:6–8; Genesis 39:12; Ezekiel 16:33; Ezekiel 2:4; Proverbs 21:29
- 14 Proverbs 21:27; Leviticus 7:11; Proverbs 17:1; John 18:28; Proverbs 15:8
- 16 Isaiah 19:9; Ezekiel 27:7; Revelation 2:22; Proverbs 31:22; 1 Kings 10:28
- 17 Psalm 45:8; Isaiah 57:7–9; Song of Songs 4:13–14; Exodus 30:23; Song of Songs 3:6
- 19 Matthew 20:11; Luke 12:45–46; Mark 13:34–36; Luke 12:39; Matthew 24:48
- 20 2 Chronicles 2:4
- 21 Proverbs 5:3; Proverbs 7:5; 2 Kings 4:8; Luke 24:29; Psalm 12:2
- 22 Job 13:27; Acts 16:24; Jeremiah 20:2; Acts 14:13
- 23 Ecclesiastes 9:12; Proverbs 9:18; Proverbs 1:17; Numbers 25:8–9
- 24 Proverbs 5:7; Proverbs 4:1; 1 John 2:1; Proverbs 8:32–33; Galatians 4:19
- 25 Proverbs 5:8; Isaiah 53:6; Proverbs 6:25; Matthew 5:28; Psalm 119:176
- 26 Nehemiah 13:26; 1 Peter 2:11; 1 Corinthians 10:8; Proverbs 6:33; 1 Kings 11:1–2
- 27 Proverbs 5:5; Proverbs 9:18; Revelation 22:15; Proverbs 2:18–19; Ecclesiastes 7:26
- 1a Proverbs 1:8; Revelation 1:3; Luke 11:28; Proverbs 2:1–7; John 14:23
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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).
Take heed then, brethren, and hold fast the traditions which ye now receive, and write them an the table of your heart.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)