Proverbs · Russian Synodal Bible (1876)
Proverbs 18 Russian Synodal Bible (1876)
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Notes on this text (1)
- Includes the books not found in the Hebrew Bible (Tobit, Judith, Wisdom, Sirach, Baruch, Letter of Jeremiah, 1–3 Maccabees, 2 and 3 Esdras, Prayer of Manasseh), as in the Synodal editions.
1 Прихоти ищет своенравный, восстает против всего умного.
1 A man who isolates himself pursues selfishness, and defies all sound judgment.
2 Глупый не любит знания, а только бы выказать свой ум.
2 A fool has no delight in understanding, but only in revealing his own opinion.
3 С приходом нечестивого приходит и презрение, а с бесславием - поношение.
3 When wickedness comes, contempt also comes, and with shame comes disgrace.
4 Слова уст человеческих - глубокие воды; источник мудрости - струящийся поток.
4 The words of a man’s mouth are like deep waters. The fountain of wisdom is like a flowing brook.
5 Нехорошо быть лицеприятным к нечестивому, чтобы ниспровергнуть праведного на суде.
5 To be partial to the faces of the wicked is not good, nor to deprive the innocent of justice.
6 Уста глупого идут в ссору, и слова его вызывают побои.
6 A fool’s lips come into strife, and his mouth invites beatings.
7 Язык глупого - гибель для него, и уста его - сеть для души его.
7 A fool’s mouth is his destruction, and his lips are a snare to his soul.
8 [Ленивого низлагает страх, а души женоподобные будут голодать.]
8 The words of a gossip are like dainty morsels: they go down into a person’s innermost parts.
9 Слова наушника - как лакомства, и они входят во внутренность чрева.
9 One who is slack in his work is brother to him who is a master of destruction.
10 Нерадивый в работе своей - брат расточителю.
10 Yahweh’s name is a strong tower: the righteous run to him, and are safe.
11 Имя Господа - крепкая башня: убегает в нее праведник - и безопасен.
11 The rich man’s wealth is his strong city, like an unscalable wall in his own imagination.
12 Имение богатого - крепкий город его, и как высокая ограда в его воображении.
12 Before destruction the heart of man is proud, but before honor is humility.
13 Перед падением возносится сердце человека, а смирение предшествует славе.
13 He who answers before he hears, that is folly and shame to him.
14 Кто дает ответ не выслушав, тот глуп, и стыд ему.
14 A man’s spirit will sustain him in sickness, but a crushed spirit, who can bear?
15 Дух человека переносит его немощи; а пораженный дух - кто может подкрепить его?
15 The heart of the discerning gets knowledge. The ear of the wise seeks knowledge.
16 Сердце разумного приобретает знание, и ухо мудрых ищет знания.
16 A man’s gift makes room for him, and brings him before great men.
17 Подарок у человека дает ему простор и до вельмож доведет его.
17 He who pleads his cause first seems right— until another comes and questions him.
18 Первый в тяжбе своей прав, но приходит соперник его и исследывает его.
18 The lot settles disputes, and keeps strong ones apart.
19 Жребий прекращает споры и решает между сильными.
19 A brother offended is more difficult than a fortified city. Disputes are like the bars of a fortress.
20 Озлобившийся брат неприступнее крепкого города, и ссоры подобны запорам замка.
20 A man’s stomach is filled with the fruit of his mouth. With the harvest of his lips he is satisfied.
21 От плода уст человека наполняется чрево его; произведением уст своих он насыщается.
21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue; those who love it will eat its fruit.
22 Смерть и жизнь - во власти языка, и любящие его вкусят от плодов его.
22 Whoever finds a wife finds a good thing, and obtains favor of Yahweh.
23 Кто нашел [добрую] жену, тот нашел благо и получил благодать от Господа. [Кто изгоняет добрую жену, тот изгоняет счастье, а содержащий прелюбодейку - безумен и нечестив.]
23 The poor plead for mercy, but the rich answer harshly.
24 С мольбою говорит нищий, а богатый отвечает грубо.
24 A man of many companions may be ruined, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
25 Кто хочет иметь друзей, тот и сам должен быть дружелюбным; и бывает друг, более привязанный, нежели брат.
25 Not in this translation
Cross references (24)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Ephesians 5:15–17; Proverbs 20:3; Proverbs 2:1–6; Jeremiah 15:17; Proverbs 24:21
- 2 Proverbs 1:7; Proverbs 12:23; Psalm 1:1–2; Proverbs 17:16; Proverbs 13:16
- 3 Proverbs 22:10; 1 Peter 4:14; Proverbs 11:2; 1 Peter 4:4; Proverbs 29:16
- 4 Proverbs 20:5; Proverbs 10:11; Colossians 4:6; John 4:14; Proverbs 13:14
- 5 Leviticus 19:15; Deuteronomy 16:19; Proverbs 28:21; Psalm 82:2; Proverbs 17:15
- 6 Proverbs 27:3; Proverbs 16:27–28; Proverbs 22:24–25; Proverbs 19:29; Proverbs 25:24
- 7 Proverbs 13:3; Proverbs 12:13; Proverbs 10:14; Psalm 64:8; Psalm 140:9
- 8 Proverbs 12:18; Leviticus 19:16; Proverbs 16:28; Proverbs 26:20–22; Psalm 64:3–4
- 9 Proverbs 10:4; Hebrews 6:12; Proverbs 24:30–34; Romans 12:11; Proverbs 23:20–21
- 10 2 Samuel 22:3; Isaiah 26:4; Psalm 91:2; Psalm 144:2; Psalm 61:3–4
- 11 Proverbs 10:15; Ecclesiastes 7:12; Psalm 52:5–7; Luke 12:19–21; Psalm 49:6–9
- 12 Proverbs 15:33; 1 Peter 5:5; Proverbs 11:2; Proverbs 16:18; Ezekiel 28:2
- 13 John 7:51; Deuteronomy 13:14; Proverbs 20:25; Job 29:16
- 14 Proverbs 15:13; Proverbs 17:22; 2 Corinthians 12:9–10; 1 Peter 1:6; Psalm 147:3
- 15 James 1:5; Proverbs 15:14; Proverbs 1:5; Proverbs 9:9; Luke 10:39
- 16 Proverbs 19:6; Genesis 43:11; Genesis 33:10; 1 Samuel 25:27; Proverbs 17:8
- 17 Proverbs 18:13
- 18 Proverbs 16:33; Nehemiah 11:1; 1 Samuel 10:21–27; 1 Chronicles 24:31; 1 Samuel 14:42
- 19 Proverbs 16:32; Acts 15:39; Proverbs 6:19; Genesis 37:3–5; 1 Kings 12:16
- 20 Proverbs 25:11–12; Proverbs 12:13–14; Proverbs 13:2; Proverbs 22:18
- 21 Ephesians 4:29; Matthew 12:35–37; Colossians 4:6; Proverbs 10:19–21; James 3:6–9
- 22 Proverbs 19:14; Proverbs 31:10–31; Proverbs 12:4; Ecclesiastes 9:9; 1 Corinthians 7:2
- 23 James 2:3; James 1:9–11; Exodus 5:2; James 2:6; 1 Samuel 25:17
- 24 Proverbs 17:17; John 15:13–15; Proverbs 27:9; 2 Samuel 1:26; 1 Samuel 19:4–5
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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).
How these were chosen
“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).
For that is true which is written, "Pride goeth before destruction, and before honor is humility;" that is to say, secret ruin precedes open ruin, while the former is not counted ruin.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
Defile it not therefore, lest to thee also He say, "Though ye make many prayers, I will not hearken." Yea, and "in the power of the tongue are death and life;" and, "By thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned." I bid thee then watch thy tongue more than the apple of thine …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
The hand of God he hath called the power of God: as hath been written in another place, "death and life are in the hands of the tongue." Hath the tongue hands?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)