Proverbs · Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Proverbs 20 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 οίνος είναι χλευαστής, και τα σίκερα στασιαστικά· και όστις δελεάζεται υπό τούτων, δεν είναι φρόνιμος.
1 Wine is a mocker and beer is a brawler. Whoever is led astray by them is not wise.
2 Απειλή βασιλέως είναι βρυχηθμός λέοντος· όστις παροξύνει αυτόν, αμαρτάνει εις την ιδίαν αυτού ζωήν.
2 The terror of a king is like the roaring of a lion. He who provokes him to anger forfeits his own life.
3 Τιμή είναι εις τον άνθρωπον να παύη από της έριδος· πας δε άφρων εμπλέκεται εις ταύτην.
3 It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife, but every fool will be quarreling.
4 Ο οκνηρός δεν θέλει να αροτριά εξ αιτίας του χειμώνος· διά τούτο θέλει ζητεί εν τω θέρει και δεν θέλει λαμβάνει.
4 The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.
5 Η βουλή εν τη καρδία του ανθρώπου είναι ως ύδατα βαθέα· αλλ' ο συνετός άνθρωπος θέλει ανασύρει αυτήν.
5 Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water, but a man of understanding will draw it out.
6 Πολλοί άνθρωποι κηρύττουσιν έκαστος την καλοκαγαθίαν αυτού· αλλά τις θέλει εύρη άνθρωπον πιστόν;
6 Many men claim to be men of unfailing love, but who can find a faithful man?
7 Ο δίκαιος περιπατεί εν τη ακεραιότητι αυτού· και τα τέκνα αυτού είναι μακάρια μετ' αυτόν.
7 A righteous man walks in integrity. Blessed are his children after him.
8 Βασιλεύς, καθήμενος επί θρόνου κρίσεως, διασκεδάζει παν κακόν διά των οφθαλμών αυτού.
8 A king who sits on the throne of judgment scatters away all evil with his eyes.
9 Τις δύναται να είπη, Εκαθάρισα την καρδίαν μου, είμαι καθαρός από των αμαρτιών μου;
9 Who can say, “I have made my heart pure. I am clean and without sin”?
10 Ζύγια διάφορα, μέτρα διάφορα, είναι αμφότερα βδέλυγμα εις τον Κύριον.
10 Differing weights and differing measures, both of them alike are an abomination to Yahweh.
11 Γνωρίζεται και αυτό το παιδίον εκ των πράξεων αυτού, αν τα έργα αυτού είναι καθαρά, και αν ευθέα.
11 Even a child makes himself known by his doings, whether his work is pure, and whether it is right.
12 Το ωτίον ακούει και ο οφθαλμός βλέπει· αλλ' ο Κύριος έκαμεν αμφότερα.
12 The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, Yahweh has made even both of them.
13 Μη αγάπα τον ύπνον, διά να μη έλθης εις πτωχείαν· άνοιξον τους οφθαλμούς σου και θέλεις χορτασθή άρτου.
13 Don’t love sleep, lest you come to poverty. Open your eyes, and you shall be satisfied with bread.
14 Κακόν, κακόν, λέγει ο αγοραστής· αλλ' αφού αναχωρήση, τότε καυχάται.
14 “It’s no good, it’s no good,” says the buyer; but when he is gone his way, then he boasts.
15 Υπάρχει χρυσίον και πλήθος μαργαριτών· τα χείλη όμως της γνώσεως είναι το πολύτιμου κειμήλιον.
15 There is gold and abundance of rubies, but the lips of knowledge are a rare jewel.
16 Λάβε το ιμάτιον του εγγυωμένου διά ξένον· και λάβε ενέχυρον απ' αυτού, εγγυωμένου περί ξένων πραγμάτων.
16 Take the garment of one who puts up collateral for a stranger; and hold him in pledge for a wayward woman.
17 Ο άρτος του ψεύδους είναι γλυκύς εις τον άνθρωπον· μετά ταύτα όμως το στόμα αυτού θέλει γεμισθή χαλίκων.
17 Fraudulent food is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth is filled with gravel.
18 Οι σκοποί στερεόνονται διά της συμβουλής· και μετά καλήν σκέψιν κάμνε πόλεμον.
18 Plans are established by advice; by wise guidance you wage war!
19 Ο σπερμολόγος περιερχόμενος αποκαλύπτει τα μυστικά· διά τούτο μη σμίγου μετά του πλατύνοντος τα χείλη αυτού.
19 He who goes about as a tale-bearer reveals secrets; therefore don’t keep company with him who opens wide his lips.
20 Ο λύχνος του κακολογούντος τον πατέρα αυτού ή την μητέρα αυτού θέλει σβεσθή εν βαθεί σκότει.
20 Whoever curses his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.
21 Κληρονομία αποκτηθείσα ταχέως την αρχήν, εις το τέλος δεν ευλογείται.
21 An inheritance quickly gained at the beginning won’t be blessed in the end.
22 Μη είπης, Θέλω ανταποδώσει κακόν· ανάμενε τον Κύριον και θέλει σε σώσει.
22 Don’t say, “I will pay back evil.” Wait for Yahweh, and he will save you.
23 Ζύγια διάφορα είναι βδέλυγμα εις τον Κύριον· και η δολία πλάστιγξ δεν είναι καλόν.
23 Yahweh detests differing weights, and dishonest scales are not pleasing.
24 Τα διαβήματα του ανθρώπου διευθύνονται υπό του Κυρίου· πως λοιπόν ο άνθρωπος ήθελε γνωρίσει την εαυτού οδόν;
24 A man’s steps are from Yahweh; how then can man understand his way?
25 Παγίς είναι εις τον άνθρωπον, προπετώς να λαλή· περί ιερών και μετά τας ευχάς να σκέπτηται.
25 It is a snare to a man to make a rash dedication, then later to consider his vows.
26 Ο σοφός βασιλεύς λικμίζει τους ασεβείς και στρέφει τον τροχόν επ' αυτούς.
26 A wise king winnows out the wicked, and drives the threshing wheel over them.
27 Λύχνος του Κυρίου είναι το πνεύμα του ανθρώπου, το οποίον διερευνά πάντα τα ενδόμυχα της καρδίας.
27 The spirit of man is Yahweh’s lamp, searching all his innermost parts.
28 Έλεος και αλήθεια διαφυλάττουσι τον βασιλέα· και ο θρόνος αυτού υποστηρίζεται υπό του ελέους.
28 Love and faithfulness keep the king safe. His throne is sustained by love.
29 Καύχημα των νέων είναι η δύναμις αυτών· και δόξα των γερόντων η πολιά.
29 The glory of young men is their strength. The splendor of old men is their gray hair.
30 Τα μελανίσματα των πληγών λευκαίνουσι τον κακόν· και τα κτυπήματα τα ενδόμυχα της καρδίας.
30 Wounding blows cleanse away evil, and beatings purge the innermost parts.
Cross references (30)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Ephesians 5:18; Hosea 4:11; Isaiah 28:7; 1 Corinthians 6:10; Proverbs 31:4
- 2 Proverbs 19:12; Ecclesiastes 10:4; 1 Kings 2:23; Proverbs 8:36; Hosea 11:10
- 3 Proverbs 16:32; Proverbs 17:14; Proverbs 19:11; Ephesians 4:32–5:1; Proverbs 14:29
- 4 Proverbs 10:4; Proverbs 19:15; Proverbs 13:4; Matthew 25:24–28; Matthew 25:3–10
- 5 Proverbs 18:4; 1 Corinthians 2:11; Psalm 64:6
- 6 Psalm 12:1; Matthew 6:2; Luke 18:8; Luke 22:33; Proverbs 27:2
- 7 Psalm 112:2; Psalm 37:26; Jeremiah 32:39; 2 Corinthians 1:12; Acts 2:39
- 8 Proverbs 25:5; Proverbs 20:26; Proverbs 29:14; Psalm 99:4; Psalm 92:9
- 9 Ecclesiastes 7:20; 1 John 1:8–10; 1 Kings 8:46; Job 14:4; Job 15:14
- 10 Proverbs 20:23; Proverbs 11:1; Proverbs 16:11; Leviticus 19:35; Deuteronomy 25:13–15
- 11 Matthew 7:16; Luke 6:43–44; Proverbs 21:8; Luke 2:46–47; Psalm 51:5
- 12 Matthew 13:13–16; Psalm 94:9; Psalm 119:18; Exodus 4:11; Ephesians 1:17–18
- 13 Romans 12:11; Proverbs 19:15; Romans 13:11; Proverbs 12:11; Proverbs 10:4
- 14 1 Thessalonians 4:6
- 15 Proverbs 8:11; Proverbs 25:12; Proverbs 16:24; Proverbs 16:16; Romans 10:14–15
- 16 Proverbs 27:13; Exodus 22:26–27; Proverbs 22:26–27; Proverbs 11:15; Proverbs 7:5
- 17 Ecclesiastes 11:9; Proverbs 9:17–18; Job 20:12–20; Lamentations 3:15–16; Hebrews 11:25
- 18 Luke 14:31; Proverbs 24:6; Proverbs 15:22; Judges 1:1–2; Proverbs 11:14
- 19 Proverbs 11:13; Proverbs 13:3; Romans 16:18; Proverbs 18:8; Leviticus 19:16
- 20 Exodus 21:17; Proverbs 30:11; Proverbs 30:17; Matthew 15:4; Jude 13
- 21 1 Timothy 6:9; Proverbs 13:22; Proverbs 28:8; Proverbs 23:4; Proverbs 28:22
- 22 Romans 12:17–19; 1 Thessalonians 5:15; Proverbs 24:29; Proverbs 17:13; 1 Peter 3:9
- 23 Proverbs 20:10; Hosea 12:7; Ezekiel 45:10; Proverbs 11:1; Amos 8:5
- 24 Proverbs 16:9; Jeremiah 10:23; Psalm 25:12; Psalm 37:23; Psalm 25:4
- 25 Ecclesiastes 5:4–6; Matthew 5:33; Numbers 30:2–16; Leviticus 27:9–10; Malachi 3:8–10
- 26 Proverbs 20:8; 2 Samuel 12:31; Psalm 101:5–8; 2 Samuel 4:9–12; Isaiah 28:27–28
- 27 1 Corinthians 2:11; Hebrews 4:12–13; Job 32:8; 1 John 3:19–21; Genesis 2:7
- 28 Proverbs 16:12; Psalm 26:1; Proverbs 29:14; Psalm 101:1; Isaiah 16:5
- 29 1 John 2:14; Proverbs 16:31; Leviticus 19:32; Jeremiah 9:23–24
- 30 Hebrews 12:10; Proverbs 22:15; Proverbs 19:25; Isaiah 53:5; Isaiah 27:9
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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 [the Scripture] saith in a certain place, "The Spirit of the Lord is a candle searching the secret parts of the belly." Let us reflect how near He is, and that none of the thoughts or reasonings in which we engage are hid from Him.
Because, "When the righteous King sitteth on the throne, who will glory that his heart is pure?" It may be thou dost not discover anything in thine own conscience; but He who seeth better, whose Divine glance penetrateth into deeper things, discovereth it may be something, He seeth it may be something, He discovereth something.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)
Here then it is further required, that each of you be found faithful in his conscience: for a faithful man it is hard to find: not that thou shouldest shew thy conscience to me, for thou art not to be judged of man's judgment; but that thou shew the sincerity of thy faith to God, who trieth the reins …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
So too it is said by Solomon, "For the wise king is the winnower of the ungodly, and he bringeth on them the wheel of the wicked.--After Thine height Thou hast multiplied the sons of men." For there is in temporal things too a multiplication, which turns away from the unity of God.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)
For there be many that please themselves, and think themselves righteous; and there is another passage which goeth against them, which saith, "Who shall boast that he hath a clean heart, and that he is pure from sin?" There is then, so to speak, a limit to glorying in our conscience, namely, to know that thy faith is sincere, thy …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)