Proverbs · Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Proverbs 22 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 Προτιμότερον όνομα καλόν παρά πλούτη μεγάλα, χάρις αγαθή παρά αργύριον και χρυσίον.
1 A good name is more desirable than great riches, and loving favor is better than silver and gold.
2 Πλούσιος και πτωχός συναπαντώνται· ο Κύριος είναι ο Ποιητής αμφοτέρων τούτων.
2 The rich and the poor have this in common: Yahweh is the maker of them all.
3 Ο φρόνιμος προβλέπει το κακόν και κρύπτεται· οι άφρονες όμως προχωρούσι και τιμωρούνται.
3 A prudent man sees danger and hides himself; but the simple pass on, and suffer for it.
4 Η αμοιβή της ταπεινώσεως και του φόβου του Κυρίου είναι πλούτος και δόξα και ζωή.
4 The result of humility and the fear of Yahweh is wealth, honor, and life.
5 Τρίβολοι και παγίδες είναι εν τη οδώ του σκολιού· όστις φυλάττει την ψυχήν αυτού, θέλει είσθαι μακράν απ' αυτών.
5 Thorns and snares are in the path of the wicked; whoever guards his soul stays far from them.
6 Δίδαξον το παιδίον εν αρχή της οδού αυτού· και δεν θέλει απομακρυνθή απ' αυτής ουδέ όταν γηράση.
6 Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.
7 Ο πλούσιος εξουσιάζει τους πτωχούς· και ο δανειζόμενος είναι δούλος του δανείζοντος.
7 The rich rule over the poor. The borrower is servant to the lender.
8 Ο σπείρων ανομίαν θέλει θερίσει συμφοράς· και η ράβδος της ύβρεως αυτού θέλει εκλείψει.
8 He who sows wickedness reaps trouble, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.
9 Ο έχων όμμα αγαθόν θέλει ευλογηθή· διότι δίδει εκ του άρτου αυτού εις τον πτωχόν.
9 He who has a generous eye will be blessed, for he shares his food with the poor.
10 Εκδίωξον τον χλευαστήν και θέλει συνεξέλθει η φιλονεικία, και η έρις και η ύβρις θέλουσι παύσει.
10 Drive out the mocker, and strife will go out; yes, quarrels and insults will stop.
11 Όστις αγαπά την καθαρότητα της καρδίας, διά την χάριν των χειλέων αυτού ο βασιλεύς θέλει είσθαι φίλος αυτού.
11 He who loves purity of heart and speaks gracefully is the king’s friend.
12 Οι οφθαλμοί του Κυρίου περιφρουρούσι την γνώσιν· ανατρέπει δε τας υποθέσεις του παρανόμου.
12 Yahweh’s eyes watch over knowledge, but he frustrates the words of the unfaithful.
13 Ο οκνηρός λέγει, Λέων είναι έξω· εν τω μέσω των πλατειών θέλω φονευθή.
13 The sluggard says, “There is a lion outside! I will be killed in the streets!”
14 Στόμα γυναικός αλλοτρίας είναι λάκκος βαθύς· ο μισούμενος υπό Κυρίου θέλει εμπέσει εις αυτόν.
14 The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit. He who is under Yahweh’s wrath will fall into it.
15 Η ανοησία είναι συνδεδεμένη μετά της καρδίας του παιδίου· η ράβδος της παιδείας θέλει αποχωρίσει αυτήν απ' αυτού.
15 Folly is bound up in the heart of a child; the rod of discipline drives it far from him.
16 Όστις καταθλίβει τον πτωχόν διά να αυξήση τα πλούτη αυτού, και όστις δίδει εις τον πλούσιον, θέλει ελθεί βεβαίως εις ένδειαν.
16 Whoever oppresses the poor for his own increase and whoever gives to the rich, both come to poverty.
17 Κλίνον το ωτίον σου και άκουε τους λόγους των σοφών, και προσκόλλησον την καρδίαν σου εις την γνώσιν μου·
17 Turn your ear, and listen to the words of the wise. Apply your heart to my teaching.
18 διότι είναι τερπνοί, εάν φυλάττη αυτούς εν τη καρδία σου· και θέλουσι συναρμόζεσθαι ομού επί των χειλέων σου.
18 For it is a pleasant thing if you keep them within you, if all of them are ready on your lips.
19 Διά να ήναι το θάρρος σου επί τον Κύριον, εδίδαξα ταύτα εις σε την ημέραν ταύτην, μάλιστα εις σε.
19 I teach you today, even you, so that your trust may be in Yahweh.
20 Δεν έγραψα εις σε πολλάκις διά συμβουλών και γνώσεων,
20 Haven’t I written to you thirty excellent things of counsel and knowledge,
21 διά να σε κάμω να γνωρίσης την βεβαιότητα των λόγων της αληθείας, ώστε να αποκρίνησαι λόγους αληθείας προς τους εξαποστέλλοντάς σε;
21 To teach you truth, reliable words, to give sound answers to the ones who sent you?
22 Μη γυμνόνης τον πτωχόν, διότι είναι πτωχός· μηδέ κατάθλιβε εις την πύλην τον δυστυχούντα·
22 Don’t exploit the poor because he is poor; and don’t crush the needy in court;
23 διότι ο Κύριος θέλει εκδικάσει την δίκην αυτών· και θέλει γυμνώσει την ψυχήν των γυμνωσάντων αυτούς.
23 for Yahweh will plead their case, and plunder the life of those who plunder them.
24 Μη κάμνε φιλίαν μετά ανθρώπου θυμώδους· και μετά ανθρώπου οργίλου μη συμπεριπάτει·
24 Don’t befriend a hot-tempered man. Don’t associate with one who harbors anger,
25 μήποτε μάθης τας οδούς αυτού, και λάβης παγίδα εις την ψυχήν σου.
25 lest you learn his ways and ensnare your soul.
26 Μη έσο εκ των διδόντων χείρα, εκ των εγγυωμένων διά χρέη.
26 Don’t you be one of those who strike hands, of those who are collateral for debts.
27 Εάν δεν έχης πόθεν να πληρώσης, διά τι να πάρωσι την κλίνην σου υποκάτωθέν σου;
27 If you don’t have means to pay, why should he take away your bed from under you?
28 Μη μετακίνει όρια αρχαία, τα οποία έθεσαν οι πατέρες σου.
28 Don’t move the ancient boundary stone which your fathers have set up.
29 Είδες άνθρωπον επιτήδειον εις τα έργα αυτού; αυτός θέλει παρασταθή ενώπιον βασιλέων· δεν θέλει παρασταθή ενώπιον ουτιδανών.
29 Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will serve kings. He won’t serve obscure men.
Cross references (29)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Ecclesiastes 7:1; Luke 10:20; 1 Kings 1:47
- 2 Job 31:15; 1 Samuel 2:7; Proverbs 14:31; Proverbs 29:13; Job 34:19
- 3 Proverbs 27:12; Proverbs 14:16; Proverbs 29:1; 1 Thessalonians 5:2–6; Hebrews 11:7
- 4 James 4:10; Matthew 6:33; Psalm 34:9–10; Proverbs 21:21; Psalm 112:1–3
- 5 Proverbs 16:17; Jude 20–21; 1 John 5:18; Proverbs 15:19; Psalm 18:26–27
- 6 Ephesians 6:4; Deuteronomy 6:7; 2 Timothy 3:15; Genesis 18:19; Deuteronomy 4:9
- 7 2 Kings 4:1; Matthew 18:25; Proverbs 22:16; Proverbs 18:23; Proverbs 14:31
- 8 Galatians 6:7–8; Job 4:8; Isaiah 30:31; Psalm 125:3; Hosea 10:13
- 9 Proverbs 19:17; Hebrews 6:10; 1 Timothy 6:18–19; Acts 20:35; 1 Peter 4:9
- 10 1 Corinthians 5:5–6; Proverbs 26:20–21; 1 Corinthians 5:13; Psalm 101:5; Nehemiah 13:28
- 11 Matthew 5:8; Proverbs 16:13; Psalm 101:6; Proverbs 14:35; Psalm 45:2
- 12 2 Timothy 3:8–9; 2 Chronicles 16:9; Acts 13:8–12; 2 Thessalonians 2:8; Job 5:12–13
- 13 Proverbs 26:13–16; Numbers 13:32–33; Proverbs 15:19
- 14 Ecclesiastes 7:26; Proverbs 23:27; Proverbs 6:24–29; Nehemiah 13:26; Proverbs 7:5–27
- 15 Proverbs 13:24; Proverbs 29:15; Proverbs 19:18; Proverbs 23:13–14; Hebrews 12:10–11
- 16 Proverbs 22:22–23; James 2:13; Psalm 12:5; James 5:1–5; Luke 14:12–14
- 17 Proverbs 23:12; Psalm 90:12; Ecclesiastes 7:25; Proverbs 3:1; Proverbs 2:2–5
- 18 Jeremiah 15:16; Proverbs 2:10; Proverbs 8:6; Psalm 119:103; Proverbs 15:7
- 19 Psalm 62:8; Isaiah 12:2; Proverbs 3:5; Isaiah 26:4; 1 Peter 1:21
- 20 2 Peter 1:19–21; Proverbs 8:6; 2 Timothy 3:15–17; Psalm 12:6; Hosea 8:12
- 21 Luke 1:3–4; 1 Peter 3:15; 1 John 5:13; John 20:31
- 22 Zechariah 7:10; Malachi 3:5; Exodus 23:6; Proverbs 22:16; Job 31:21
- 23 Psalm 140:12; Psalm 12:5; Jeremiah 51:36; Proverbs 23:11; 1 Samuel 25:39
- 24 Proverbs 29:22; 2 Corinthians 6:14–17; Proverbs 21:24
- 25 1 Corinthians 15:33; Psalm 106:35; Proverbs 13:20
- 26 Proverbs 11:15; Proverbs 17:18; Proverbs 6:1–5; Proverbs 27:13
- 27 Proverbs 20:16; 2 Kings 4:1; Exodus 22:26–27
- 28 Deuteronomy 19:14; Deuteronomy 27:17; Proverbs 23:10; Job 24:2
- 29 1 Kings 11:28; Matthew 25:21; Proverbs 12:24; Proverbs 10:4; Matthew 25:23
Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences
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).
Scripture says, "The rich and the poor meet together, the Lord is the Maker of them both." The rich and the poor meet together.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)
Because we incessantly move the ancient landmarks which our fathers have set. We encroach, we add house to house, field to field, to enrich ourselves at the expense of our neighbour.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 8 (1895)