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Proverbs 7 Brenton's Greek Septuagint

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LXX Brenton's Greek Septuagint
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1 Υἱὲ φύλασσε ἐμοὺς λόγους, τὰς δὲ ἐμὰς ἐντολὰς κρύψον παρὰ σεαυτῷ·
1 My son, keep my words. Lay up my commandments within you.
1a Υἱὲ τίμα τὸν Κύριον καὶ ἰσχύσεις, πλὴν δὲ αὐτοῦ μὴ φοβοῦ ἄλλον·
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2 φύλαξον ἐμὰς ἐντολὰς καὶ βιώσεις, τοὺς δὲ ἐμοὺς λόγους ὥσπερ κόρας ὀμμάτων.
2 Keep my commandments and live! Guard my teaching as the apple of your eye.
3 Περίθου δὲ αὐτοὺς σοῖς δακτύλοις, ἐπίγραψον δὲ ἐπὶ τὸ πλάτος τῆς καρδίας σου.
3 Bind them on your fingers. Write them on the tablet of your heart.
4 Εἰπὸν τὴν σοφίαν σὴν ἀδελφὴν εἶναι, τὴν δὲ φρόνησιν γνώριμον περιποίησαι σεαυτῷ.
4 Tell wisdom, “You are my sister.” Call understanding your relative,
5 Ἵνα σε τηρήσῃ ἀπὸ γυναικὸς ἀλλοτρίας καὶ πονηρᾶς, ἐάν σε λόγοις τοῖς πρὸς χάριν ἐμβάληται.
5 that they may keep you from the strange woman, from the foreigner who flatters with her words.
6 Ἀπὸ γὰρ θυρίδος ἐκ τοῦ οἴκου αὐτῆς εἰς τὰς πλατείας παρακύπτουσα,
6 For at the window of my house, I looked out through my lattice.
7 ὃν ἂν ἴδῃ τῶν ἀφρόνων τέκνων νεανίαν ἐνδεῆ φρενῶν,
7 I saw among the simple ones. I discerned among the youths a young man void of understanding,
8 παραπορευόμενον παρὰ γωνίαν ἐν διόδοις οἴκων αὐτῆς, καὶ λαλοῦντα
8 passing through the street near her corner, he went the way to her house,
9 ἐν σκότει ἑσπερινῷ, ἡνίκα ἂν ἡσυχία νυκτερινὴ καὶ γνοφώδης,
9 in the twilight, in the evening of the day, in the middle of the night and in the darkness.
10 ἡ δὲ γυνὴ συναντᾷ αὐτῷ, εἶδος ἔχουσα πορνικὸν, ἣ ποιεῖ νέων ἐξίπτασθαι καρδίας.
10 Behold, there a woman met him with the attire of a prostitute, and with crafty intent.
11 Ἀνεπτερωμένη δέ ἐστι καὶ ἄσωτος, ἐν οἴκῳ δὲ οὐχ ἡσυχάζουσιν οἱ πόδες αὐτῆς.
11 She is loud and defiant. Her feet don’t stay in her house.
12 Χρόνον γάρ τινα ἔξω ῥέμβεται, χρόνον δὲ ἐν πλατείαις παρὰ πᾶσαν γωνίαν ἐνεδρεύει.
12 Now she is in the streets, now in the squares, and lurking at every corner.
13 Εἶτα ἐπιλαβομένη ἐφίλησεν αὐτὸν, ἀναιδεῖ δὲ προσώπῳ προσεῖπεν αὐτῷ,
13 So she caught him, and kissed him. With an impudent face she said to him:
14 θυσία εἰρηνική μοι ἐστὶ, σήμερον ἀποδίδωμι τὰς εὐχάς μου.
14 “Sacrifices of peace offerings are with me. Today I have paid my vows.
15 Ἕνεκα τούτου ἐξῆλθον εἰς συνάντησίν σοι, ποθοῦσα τὸ σὸν πρόσωπον, εὕρηκά σε.
15 Therefore I came out to meet you, to diligently seek your face, and I have found you.
16 κειρίαις τέτακα τὴν κλίνην μου, ἀμφιτάποις δὲ ἔστρωκα τοῖς ἀπʼ Αἰγύπτου.
16 I have spread my couch with carpets of tapestry, with striped cloths of the yarn of Egypt.
17 Διέῤῥαγκα τὴν κοίτην μου κροκίνῳ, τὸν δὲ οἶκόν μου κινναμώμῳ·
17 I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
18 Ἐλθὲ καὶ ἀπολαύσωμεν φιλίας ἕως ὄρθρου, δεῦρο καὶ ἐλκυλισθῶμεν ἔρωτι.
18 Come, let’s take our fill of loving until the morning. Let’s solace ourselves with loving.
19 Οὐ γὰρ πάρεστιν ὁ ἀνήρ μου ἐν οἴκω, πεπόρευται δὲ ὁδὸν μακράν,
19 For my husband isn’t at home. He has gone on a long journey.
20 ἔνδεσμον ἀργυρίου λαβὼν ἐν χειρὶ αὐτοῦ, διʼ ἡμερῶν πολλῶν ἐπανήξει εἰς τὸν οἶκον αὐτοῦ.
20 He has taken a bag of money with him. He will come home at the full moon.”
21 Ἀπεπλάνησε δὲ αὐτὸν πολλῇ ὁμιλίᾳ, βρόχοις τε τοῖς ἀπὸ χειλέων ἐξώκειλεν αὐτόν.
21 With persuasive words, she led him astray. With the flattering of her lips, she seduced him.
22 Ὁ δὲ ἐπηκολούθησεν αὐτῇ κεπφωθείς· ὥσπερ δὲ βοῦς ἐπὶ σφαγὴν ἄγεται, καὶ ὥσπερ κύων ἐπὶ δεσμοὺς,
22 He followed her immediately, as an ox goes to the slaughter, as a fool stepping into a noose.
23 ἢ ὡς ἔλαφος τοξεύματι πεπληγὼς εἰς τὸ ἧπαρ· σπεύδει δὲ ὥσπερ ὄρνεον εἰς παγίδα, οὐκ εἰδὼς ὅτι περὶ ψυχῆς τρέχει.
23 Until an arrow strikes through his liver, as a bird hurries to the snare, and doesn’t know that it will cost his life.
24 Νῦν οὖν υἱὲ ἄκουέ μου, καὶ πρόσεχε ῥήμασι στόματός μου.
24 Now therefore, sons, listen to me. Pay attention to the words of my mouth.
25 Μὴ ἐκκλινάτω εἰς τὰς ὁδοὺς αὐτῆς ἡ καρδία σου,
25 Don’t let your heart turn to her ways. Don’t go astray in her paths,
26 πολλοὺς γὰρ τρώσασα καταβέβληκε, καὶ ἀναρίθμητοί εἰσιν οὓς πεφόνευκεν.
26 for she has thrown down many wounded. Yes, all her slain are a mighty army.
27 Ὁδοὶ ᾅδου ὁ οἶκος αὐτῆς, κατάγουσαι εἰς τὰ ταμιεῖα τοῦ θανάτου.
27 Her house is the way to Sheol, going down to the rooms of death.
Cross references (26)

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  1. 1 Proverbs 1:8; Revelation 1:3; Luke 11:28; Proverbs 2:1–7; John 14:23
  2. 2 Psalm 17:8; Leviticus 18:5; Proverbs 4:4; 1 John 2:3–4; John 14:21
  3. 3 Deuteronomy 11:18–20; Proverbs 3:3; Deuteronomy 6:8–9; Jeremiah 31:33; 2 Corinthians 3:3
  4. 4 Proverbs 2:2–4; Proverbs 4:6–8; Job 17:14; Song of Songs 8:1; Matthew 12:49–50
  5. 5 Proverbs 2:16; Proverbs 6:24; Proverbs 5:3
  6. 6 Genesis 26:8; Judges 5:28; 2 Samuel 6:16
  7. 7 Proverbs 6:32; Proverbs 1:22; Psalm 119:130; Proverbs 9:4; Matthew 15:16
  8. 8 2 Timothy 2:22; 1 Corinthians 6:18; Proverbs 5:8; Proverbs 4:14–15; Jude 23
  9. 9 Romans 13:12–14; Job 24:13–15; Genesis 39:11; Ephesians 5:11; Exodus 12:6
  10. 10 2 Corinthians 11:2–3; Isaiah 3:16–24; 1 Timothy 2:9; 2 Kings 9:30; Jeremiah 4:30
  11. 11 Proverbs 9:13; Titus 2:5; 1 Timothy 5:13–14; Proverbs 31:10–31; Proverbs 25:24
  12. 12 Proverbs 23:28; Proverbs 9:14; Revelation 18:3; Jeremiah 2:33; Jeremiah 2:36
  13. 13 Numbers 25:6–8; Genesis 39:12; Ezekiel 16:33; Ezekiel 2:4; Proverbs 21:29
  14. 14 Proverbs 21:27; Leviticus 7:11; Proverbs 17:1; John 18:28; Proverbs 15:8
  15. 16 Isaiah 19:9; Ezekiel 27:7; Revelation 2:22; Proverbs 31:22; 1 Kings 10:28
  16. 17 Psalm 45:8; Isaiah 57:7–9; Song of Songs 4:13–14; Exodus 30:23; Song of Songs 3:6
  17. 19 Matthew 20:11; Luke 12:45–46; Mark 13:34–36; Luke 12:39; Matthew 24:48
  18. 20 2 Chronicles 2:4
  19. 21 Proverbs 5:3; Proverbs 7:5; 2 Kings 4:8; Luke 24:29; Psalm 12:2
  20. 22 Job 13:27; Acts 16:24; Jeremiah 20:2; Acts 14:13
  21. 23 Ecclesiastes 9:12; Proverbs 9:18; Proverbs 1:17; Numbers 25:8–9
  22. 24 Proverbs 5:7; Proverbs 4:1; 1 John 2:1; Proverbs 8:32–33; Galatians 4:19
  23. 25 Proverbs 5:8; Isaiah 53:6; Proverbs 6:25; Matthew 5:28; Psalm 119:176
  24. 26 Nehemiah 13:26; 1 Peter 2:11; 1 Corinthians 10:8; Proverbs 6:33; 1 Kings 11:1–2
  25. 27 Proverbs 5:5; Proverbs 9:18; Revelation 22:15; Proverbs 2:18–19; Ecclesiastes 7:26
  26. 1a Proverbs 1:8; Revelation 1:3; Luke 11:28; Proverbs 2:1–7; John 14:23

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  1. Quotes verse 7:3 Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lectures (Lecture V)

    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)