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Proverbs 8 Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
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- Church Slavonic in its traditional (Synodal) spelling, with accents, breathings and titlo abbreviations, shown in the Ponomar font (SIL Open Font License).
- Exodus 36–39 follow the Septuagint's order; the digital source has no verse divisions there, so Exodus 36:8–end and chapters 37, 38 and 39 each appear as one block.
- Not shown: the lectionary pericope numbers (зача́ло) and the marginal glosses of the digital source. The Prayer of Manasseh stands at the end of 2 Chronicles (36:24), as in the Slavonic Bible; the prologue of Sirach and the opening verse of Lamentations are joined to verse 1.
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1 Тѣ́мже ты̀ премꙋ́дрость проповѣ́ждь, да ра́зꙋмъ послꙋ́шаетъ тебѐ.
1 Doesn’t wisdom cry out? Doesn’t understanding raise her voice?
2 На высо́кихъ бо крае́хъ є҆́сть, посредѣ́ же сте́зь стои́тъ:
2 On the top of high places by the way, where the paths meet, she stands.
3 при вратѣ́хъ бо си́льныхъ присѣди́тъ, во вхо́дѣхъ же пое́тсѧ.
3 Beside the gates, at the entry of the city, at the entry doors, she cries aloud:
4 Ва́съ, ѽ, человѣ́цы, молю̀, и҆ вдаю̀ мо́й гла́съ сынѡ́мъ человѣ́чєскимъ.
4 “I call to you men! I send my voice to the sons of mankind.
5 Оу҆разꙋмѣ́йте, неѕло́бивїи, кова́рство, ненака́заннїи же, приложи́те се́рдце.
5 You simple, understand prudence! You fools, be of an understanding heart!
6 Послꙋ́шайте менѐ: честна̑ѧ бо рекꙋ̀ и҆ и҆знесꙋ̀ ѿ ᲂу҆сте́нъ пра̑ваѧ.
6 Hear, for I will speak excellent things. The opening of my lips is for right things.
7 Ꙗ҆́кѡ и҆́стинѣ поꙋчи́тсѧ горта́нь мо́й, мє́рзки же предо мно́ю ᲂу҆стны̀ лжи̑выѧ.
7 For my mouth speaks truth. Wickedness is an abomination to my lips.
8 Съ пра́вдою всѝ глаго́лы ᲂу҆́стъ мои́хъ, ничто́же въ ни́хъ стро́потно, нижѐ развраще́нно.
8 All the words of my mouth are in righteousness. There is nothing crooked or perverse in them.
9 Всѧ̑ пра̑ва разꙋмѣва́ющымъ, и҆ пра̑ва ѡ҆брѣта́ющымъ ра́зꙋмъ.
9 They are all plain to him who understands, right to those who find knowledge.
10 Прїими́те наказа́нїе, а҆ не сребро̀, и҆ ра́зꙋмъ па́че зла́та и҆скꙋше́на: и҆збира́йте же вѣ́дѣнїе па́че зла́та чи́ста.
10 Receive my instruction rather than silver, knowledge rather than choice gold.
11 Лꙋ́чши бо премꙋ́дрость ка́менїй многоцѣ́нныхъ, всѧ́кое же честно́е недосто́йно є҆ѧ̀ є҆́сть.
11 For wisdom is better than rubies. All the things that may be desired can’t be compared to it.
12 А҆́зъ премꙋ́дрость всели́хъ совѣ́тъ, и҆ ра́зꙋмъ и҆ смы́слъ а҆́зъ призва́хъ.
12 “I, wisdom, have made prudence my dwelling. Find out knowledge and discretion.
13 Стра́хъ гдⷭ҇ень ненави́дитъ непра́вды, досажде́нїѧ же и҆ горды́ни, и҆ пꙋти̑ лꙋка́выхъ: возненави́дѣхъ же а҆́зъ развращє́нныѧ пꙋти̑ ѕлы́хъ.
13 The fear of Yahweh is to hate evil. I hate pride, arrogance, the evil way, and the perverse mouth.
14 Мо́й совѣ́тъ и҆ ᲂу҆твержде́нїе, мо́й ра́зꙋмъ, моѧ́ же крѣ́пость.
14 Counsel and sound knowledge are mine. I have understanding and power.
15 Мно́ю ца́рїе ца́рствꙋютъ, и҆ си́льнїи пи́шꙋтъ пра́вдꙋ:
15 By me kings reign, and princes decree justice.
16 мно́ю вельмѡ́жи велича́ютсѧ, и҆ власти́телїе мно́ю держа́тъ зе́млю.
16 By me princes rule, nobles, and all the righteous rulers of the earth.
17 А҆́зъ лю́бѧщыѧ мѧ̀ люблю̀, и҆́щꙋщїи же менѐ ѡ҆брѧ́щꙋтъ блгⷣть.
17 I love those who love me. Those who seek me diligently will find me.
18 Бога́тство и҆ сла́ва моѧ̀ є҆́сть, и҆ стѧжа́нїе мно́гихъ и҆ пра́вда.
18 With me are riches, honor, enduring wealth, and prosperity.
19 Лꙋ́чше є҆́сть плоди́ти менѐ, па́че зла́та и҆ ка́менїѧ дра́га: мои́ же плоды̀ лꙋ́чше сребра̀ и҆збра́нна.
19 My fruit is better than gold, yes, than fine gold, my yield than choice silver.
20 Въ пꙋте́хъ пра́вды хождꙋ̀ и҆ посредѣ̀ сте́зь ѡ҆правда́нїѧ живꙋ̀,
20 I walk in the way of righteousness, in the middle of the paths of justice,
21 да раздѣлю̀ лю́бѧщымъ мѧ̀ и҆мѣ́нїе, и҆ сокрѡ́вища и҆́хъ и҆спо́лню благи́хъ. А҆́ще возвѣщꙋ̀ ва́мъ быва̑ющаѧ на всѧ́къ де́нь, помѧнꙋ̀, ꙗ҆̀же ѿ вѣ́ка, и҆счестѝ.
21 that I may give wealth to those who love me. I fill their treasuries.
22 Гдⷭ҇ь созда́ мѧ нача́ло пꙋті́й свои́хъ въ дѣла̀ своѧ̑,
22 “Yahweh possessed me in the beginning of his work, before his deeds of old.
23 пре́жде вѣ̑къ ѡ҆снова́ мѧ, въ нача́лѣ, пре́жде не́же зе́млю сотвори́ти,
23 I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, before the earth existed.
24 и҆ пре́жде не́же бє́здны содѣ́лати, пре́жде не́же произы́ти и҆сто́чникѡмъ во́дъ,
24 When there were no depths, I was born, when there were no springs abounding with water.
25 пре́жде не́же гора́мъ водрꙋзи́тисѧ, пре́жде же всѣ́хъ холмѡ́въ ражда́етъ мѧ̀.
25 Before the mountains were settled in place, before the hills, I was born;
26 Гдⷭ҇ь сотворѝ страны̑ и҆ ненаселє́нныѧ, и҆ концы̑ населє́нныѧ поднебе́сныѧ.
26 while as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the beginning of the dust of the world.
27 Є҆гда̀ гото́вѧше не́бо, съ ни́мъ бѣ́хъ, и҆ є҆гда̀ ѿлꙋча́ше прⷭ҇то́лъ сво́й на вѣ́трѣхъ,
27 When he established the heavens, I was there. When he set a circle on the surface of the deep,
28 и҆ є҆гда̀ крѣ̑пки творѧ́ше вы̑шнїѧ ѡ҆́блаки, и҆ є҆гда̀ твє́рды полага́ше и҆сто́чники поднебе́сныѧ,
28 when he established the clouds above, when the springs of the deep became strong,
29 и҆ є҆гда̀ полага́ше мо́рю предѣ́лъ є҆гѡ̀, да во́ды не мимои́дꙋтъ ᲂу҆́стъ є҆гѡ̀, и҆ крѣ̑пка творѧ́ше ѡ҆снова̑нїѧ землѝ, бѣ́хъ при не́мъ ᲂу҆строѧ́ющи.
29 when he gave to the sea its boundary, that the waters should not violate his commandment, when he marked out the foundations of the earth,
30 А҆́зъ бѣ́хъ, ѡ҆ не́йже ра́довашесѧ, на всѧ́къ же де́нь веселѧ́хсѧ пред̾ лице́мъ є҆гѡ̀ на всѧ́ко вре́мѧ,
30 then I was the craftsman by his side. I was a delight day by day, always rejoicing before him,
31 є҆гда̀ веселѧ́шесѧ вселе́ннꙋю соверши́въ, и҆ веселѧ́шесѧ ѡ҆ сынѣ́хъ человѣ́ческихъ.
31 rejoicing in his whole world. My delight was with the sons of men.
32 Нн҃ѣ ᲂу҆̀бо, сы́не, послꙋ́шай менѐ: и҆ блаже́ни, и҆̀же пꙋти̑ моѧ̑ сохранѧ́тъ.
32 “Now therefore, my sons, listen to me, for blessed are those who keep my ways.
33 Оу҆слы́шите премꙋ́дрость, и҆ ᲂу҆мꙋдри́тесѧ, и҆ не ѿмещи́те.
33 Hear instruction, and be wise. Don’t refuse it.
34 Блаже́нъ мꙋ́жъ, и҆́же послꙋ́шаетъ менѐ, и҆ человѣ́къ, и҆́же пꙋти̑ моѧ̑ сохрани́тъ, бдѧ́й при мои́хъ две́рехъ прⷭ҇нѡ, соблюда́ѧй пра́ги мои́хъ вхо́дѡвъ:
34 Blessed is the man who hears me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at my door posts.
35 и҆схо́ди бо моѝ и҆схо́ди живота̀, и҆ ᲂу҆готовлѧ́етсѧ хотѣ́нїе ѿ гдⷭ҇а:
35 For whoever finds me finds life, and will obtain favor from Yahweh.
36 согрѣша́ющїи же въ мѧ̀ нече́ствꙋютъ на своѧ̑ дꙋ́ши, и҆ ненави́дѧщїи мѧ̀ лю́бѧтъ сме́рть.
36 But he who sins against me wrongs his own soul. All those who hate me love death.”
Cross references (34)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Proverbs 1:20–21; Matthew 3:3; John 7:37; Proverbs 9:1–3; Acts 1:8
- 2 Proverbs 9:14; Proverbs 9:3
- 3 Job 29:7; Luke 14:21–23; Matthew 22:9; Acts 5:20; John 18:20
- 4 Matthew 11:15; Psalm 50:1; John 3:16; Psalm 49:1–3; Revelation 22:17
- 5 Proverbs 1:22; Acts 26:18; Proverbs 9:4; Revelation 3:17–18; 1 Corinthians 6:9–11
- 6 Colossians 1:26; Matthew 7:28–29; Matthew 13:35; Proverbs 4:2; Proverbs 23:16
- 7 Psalm 37:30; John 8:14; John 17:17; Proverbs 12:22; Job 36:4
- 8 John 7:46; Proverbs 8:13; Psalm 12:6; Deuteronomy 32:5; Isaiah 45:23
- 9 Proverbs 14:6; James 1:5; John 7:17; Psalm 25:12–14; John 6:45
- 10 Proverbs 2:4–5; Psalm 119:127; Psalm 119:72; Proverbs 23:23; Proverbs 3:13–15
- 11 Proverbs 3:14–15; Proverbs 4:5–7; Proverbs 16:16; Psalm 119:127; Psalm 19:10
- 12 Isaiah 28:26; Exodus 35:30–36:4; Exodus 31:3–6; Romans 11:33; Proverbs 1:4
- 13 Psalm 97:10; Proverbs 16:6; 1 Samuel 2:3; Proverbs 4:24; 1 Thessalonians 5:22
- 14 Ecclesiastes 7:19; Isaiah 9:6; Romans 11:33–34; Isaiah 40:14; Ecclesiastes 9:16–18
- 15 Romans 13:1; Daniel 2:21; Matthew 28:18; Revelation 19:16; Daniel 7:13–14
- 17 John 14:23; John 14:21; Psalm 91:14; Isaiah 55:6; 1 John 4:19
- 18 Proverbs 3:16; Matthew 6:33; Luke 16:11–12; Philippians 4:19; Ephesians 3:8
- 19 Proverbs 3:14; Proverbs 10:20; Ecclesiastes 7:12; Proverbs 8:10
- 20 John 10:27–28; Psalm 32:8; Deuteronomy 5:32; Proverbs 4:11–12; Proverbs 6:22
- 21 1 Peter 1:4; Proverbs 24:4; Genesis 15:14; Matthew 25:46; Hebrews 10:34
- 22 Colossians 1:17; John 1:1–2; Proverbs 3:19; Psalm 104:24; Job 28:26–28
- 23 John 17:24; John 17:5; Genesis 1:26; Micah 5:2; Psalm 2:6
- 24 Proverbs 3:20; 1 John 4:9; Genesis 1:2; Hebrews 1:5; John 5:20
- 25 Psalm 90:2; Job 15:7–8; Job 38:4–11; Psalm 102:25–28; Hebrews 1:10
- 26 Genesis 1:1–31
- 27 Isaiah 40:22; Job 26:10; Proverbs 3:19; Psalm 136:5; Colossians 1:16
- 29 Psalm 104:9; Jeremiah 5:22; Genesis 1:9–10; Psalm 33:7; Psalm 104:5
- 30 John 1:1–3; John 1:18; Matthew 3:17; John 16:28; Isaiah 42:1
- 31 Psalm 16:3; John 13:1; Psalm 40:6–8; 2 Corinthians 8:9; John 4:34
- 32 Luke 11:28; Psalm 119:1–2; Psalm 128:1; Psalm 1:1–4; Proverbs 5:7
- 33 Proverbs 4:1; Psalm 81:11–12; Proverbs 1:8; Proverbs 5:1; Proverbs 1:2–3
- 34 Matthew 7:24; Luke 11:28; Proverbs 3:13; Psalm 27:4; Acts 2:42
- 35 John 3:36; 1 John 5:11–12; Proverbs 12:2; Philippians 3:8; John 17:3
- 36 Proverbs 15:32; Proverbs 1:31; John 15:23–24; 1 Corinthians 16:22; Proverbs 12:1
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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).
… in His work: He set me up from everlasting, in the beginning, before He made the earth, before He established the depths, and before the fountains of waters gushed forth; before the mountains were made strong, and before all the hills, He brought me forth." And again: "When He prepared the heaven, I was with Him, and when He established …
"Who shall deliver him from the body of this death," but Thy grace only, "through Jesus Christ our Lord,'" whom Thou hast begotten co-eternal, and createdst in the beginning of Thy ways, in whom the Prince of this world found nothing worthy of death, yet killed he Him, and the handwriting which was contrary to us was blotted out?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)
In their eyes the following is only too ready to hand "The Lord created me at the beginning of His ways with a view to His works." How shall we meet this?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
But others, though future, are put in the past tense, as, for instance, This is our God: Therefore He was seen upon the earth and dwelt among men, and The Lord created me in the beginning of His ways for His works, and Wherefore God, thy God, anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows, and such …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 9 (1899)
I was He in whom He rejoiced, and throughout all time I was daily glad before His face, when He rejoiced at the completion of the world, and was delighted in the sons of men."