Proverbs · Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Proverbs 18 Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
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Notes on this text (2)
- The Old Testament is translated from the Hebrew, not from the Septuagint read in the Orthodox Church; there are no deuterocanonical books.
- Katharevousa (learned 19th-century Greek), as in the CrossWire module (text from theword.gr).
1 Ο ιδιογνώμων ζητεί κατά την επιθυμίαν αυτού και εναντιόνεται εις παν ό,τι είναι ορθόν.
1 A man who isolates himself pursues selfishness, and defies all sound judgment.
2 Ο άφρων δεν ηδύνεται εις την σύνεσιν, αλλ' εις ό,τι φαντάζεται η καρδία αυτού.
2 A fool has no delight in understanding, but only in revealing his own opinion.
3 Όταν έρχηται ο ασεβής, έρχεται και η καταφρόνησις· και μετά του ονείδους, η ατιμία.
3 When wickedness comes, contempt also comes, and with shame comes disgrace.
4 Οι λόγοι του στόματος του ανθρώπου είναι ύδατα βαθέα· και η πηγή της σοφίας, χείμαρρος αναπηδών.
4 The words of a man’s mouth are like deep waters. The fountain of wisdom is like a flowing brook.
5 Δεν είναι καλόν να προσωποληπτή τις τον ασεβή, διά να ανατρέπη το δίκαιον εν τη κρίσει.
5 To be partial to the faces of the wicked is not good, nor to deprive the innocent of justice.
6 Τα χείλη του άφρονος εμβαίνουσιν εις έριδας, και το στόμα αυτού προσκαλεί ραπίσματα.
6 A fool’s lips come into strife, and his mouth invites beatings.
7 Το στόμα του άφρονος είναι ο αφανισμός αυτού, και τα χείλη αυτού παγίς εις την ψυχήν αυτού.
7 A fool’s mouth is his destruction, and his lips are a snare to his soul.
8 Οι λόγοι του ψιθυριστού καταπίνονται ηδέως και καταβαίνουσιν έως των ενδομύχων της κοιλίας.
8 The words of a gossip are like dainty morsels: they go down into a person’s innermost parts.
9 Ο οκνηρός εις το έργον αυτού είναι βεβαίως αδελφός του ασώτου.
9 One who is slack in his work is brother to him who is a master of destruction.
10 Το όνομα του Κυρίου είναι πύργος οχυρός· ο δίκαιος, καταφεύγων εις αυτόν, είναι εν ασφαλεία.
10 Yahweh’s name is a strong tower: the righteous run to him, and are safe.
11 Τα αγαθά του πλουσίου είναι η οχυρά αυτού πόλις, και φαντάζεται αυτά ως υψηλόν τείχος.
11 The rich man’s wealth is his strong city, like an unscalable wall in his own imagination.
12 Προ του αφανισμού υψόνεται η καρδία του ανθρώπου· και η ταπείνωσις προπορεύεται της δόξης.
12 Before destruction the heart of man is proud, but before honor is humility.
13 Το να αποκρίνηταί τις πριν ακούση, είναι εις αυτόν αφροσύνη και όνειδος.
13 He who answers before he hears, that is folly and shame to him.
14 Το πνεύμα του ανθρώπου θέλει υποστηρίζει την αδυναμίαν αυτού· αλλά το κατατεθλιμμένον πνεύμα τις δύναται να υποφέρη;
14 A man’s spirit will sustain him in sickness, but a crushed spirit, who can bear?
15 Η καρδία του φρονίμου αποκτά σύνεσιν· και το ωτίον των σοφών ζητεί γνώσιν.
15 The heart of the discerning gets knowledge. The ear of the wise seeks knowledge.
16 Το δώρον του ανθρώπου ανοίγει τόπον εις αυτόν, και φέρει αυτόν έμπροσθεν των μεγάλων.
16 A man’s gift makes room for him, and brings him before great men.
17 Ο πρωτολογών εν τη κρίσει αυτού φαίνεται δίκαιος· αλλ' ο αντίδικος αυτού έρχεται και εξελέγχει αυτόν.
17 He who pleads his cause first seems right— until another comes and questions him.
18 Ο κλήρος παύει τας αντιλογίας και αποφασίζει μεταξύ των δυνατών.
18 The lot settles disputes, and keeps strong ones apart.
19 Αδελφός δυσαρεστηθείς υποτάσσεται δυσκολώτερα παρά οχυρά πόλις· αι δε διαφοραί αυτών είναι ως μοχλοί φρουρίου.
19 A brother offended is more difficult than a fortified city. Disputes are like the bars of a fortress.
20 Εκ των καρπών του στόματος του ανθρώπου θέλει χορτασθή η κοιλία αυτού· από του προϊόντος των χειλέων αυτού θέλει εμπλησθή.
20 A man’s stomach is filled with the fruit of his mouth. With the harvest of his lips he is satisfied.
21 Θάνατος και ζωή είναι εις την χείρα της γλώσσης· και οι αγαπώντες αυτήν θέλουσι φάγει τους καρπούς αυτής.
21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue; those who love it will eat its fruit.
22 Όστις εύρηκε γυναίκα, εύρηκεν αγαθόν και απήλαυσε χάριν παρά Κυρίου.
22 Whoever finds a wife finds a good thing, and obtains favor of Yahweh.
23 Ο πένης λαλεί μετά ικεσιών· αλλ' ο πλούσιος αποκρίνεται μετά σκληρότητος.
23 The poor plead for mercy, but the rich answer harshly.
24 Ο άνθρωπος ο έχων φίλους πρέπει να φέρηται φιλικώς· και υπάρχει φίλος στενώτερος αδελφού.
24 A man of many companions may be ruined, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
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)