Proverbs · Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Proverbs 24 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 Μη ζήλευε τους κακούς ανθρώπους, μηδέ επιθύμει να ήσαι μετ' αυτών·
1 Don’t be envious of evil men, neither desire to be with them;
2 διότι η καρδία αυτών μελετά καταδυνάστευσιν, και τα χείλη αυτών λαλούσι κακουργίας.
2 for their hearts plot violence and their lips talk about mischief.
3 Διά της σοφίας οικοδομείται οίκος και διά της συνέσεως στερεόνεται.
3 Through wisdom a house is built; by understanding it is established;
4 Και διά της γνώσεως τα ταμεία θέλουσι γεμισθή από παντός πολυτίμου και ευφροσύνου πλούτου.
4 by knowledge the rooms are filled with all rare and beautiful treasure.
5 Ο σοφός άνθρωπος ισχύει, και ο άνθρωπος ο φρόνιμος αυξάνει δύναμιν.
5 A wise man has great power. A knowledgeable man increases strength,
6 Διότι διά σοφών βουλών θέλεις κάμει τον πόλεμόν σου· εκ του πλήθους δε των συμβούλων προέρχεται σωτηρία.
6 for by wise guidance you wage your war, and victory is in many advisors.
7 Η σοφία είναι παραπολύ υψηλή διά τον άφρονα· δεν θέλει ανοίξει το στόμα αυτού εν τη πύλη.
7 Wisdom is too high for a fool. He doesn’t open his mouth in the gate.
8 Όστις μελετά να πράξη κακόν, θέλει ονομασθή ανήρ κακεντρεχής.
8 One who plots to do evil will be called a schemer.
9 Η μελέτη της αφροσύνης είναι αμαρτία· και ο χλευαστής βδέλυγμα εις τους ανθρώπους.
9 The schemes of folly are sin. The mocker is detested by men.
10 Εάν μικροψυχήσης εν τη ημέρα της συμφοράς, μικρά είναι η δύναμίς σου.
10 If you falter in the time of trouble, your strength is small.
11 Ελευθέρονε τους συρομένους εις θάνατον, και μη αποσύρου από των όντων εις ακμήν σφαγής.
11 Rescue those who are being led away to death! Indeed, hold back those who are staggering to the slaughter!
12 Εάν είπης, Ιδού, ημείς δεν εξεύρομεν τούτο· δεν γνωρίζει ο σταθμίζων τας καρδίας; και ο φυλάττων την ψυχήν σου και αποδίδων εις έκαστον κατά τα έργα αυτού, δεν εξεύρει;
12 If you say, “Behold, we didn’t know this,” doesn’t he who weighs the hearts consider it? He who keeps your soul, doesn’t he know it? Shall he not give to every man according to his work?
13 Υιέ μου, φάγε μέλι, διότι είναι καλόν· και κηρήθραν, διότι είναι γλυκεία επί του ουρανίσκον σου·
13 My son, eat honey, for it is good, the droppings of the honeycomb, which are sweet to your taste;
14 Τοιαύτη θέλει είσθαι εις την ψυχήν σου η γνώσις της σοφίας· όταν εύρης αυτήν, τότε θέλεις λάβει αμοιβήν, και η ελπίς σου δεν θέλει εκκοπή.
14 so you shall know wisdom to be to your soul. If you have found it, then there will be a reward: Your hope will not be cut off.
15 Μη στήνε παγίδα, ω άνομε, κατά της κατοικίας του δικαίου· μη ταράξης τον τόπον της αναπαύσεως αυτού·
15 Don’t lay in wait, wicked man, against the habitation of the righteous. Don’t destroy his resting place;
16 διότι ο δίκαιος πίπτει επτάκις και σηκόνεται· αλλ' οι ασεβείς θέλουσι πέσει εις όλεθρον.
16 for a righteous man falls seven times and rises up again, but the wicked are overthrown by calamity.
17 Εις την πτώσιν του εχθρού σου μη χαρής· και εις το ολίσθημα αυτού ας μη ευφραίνεται η καρδία σου·
17 Don’t rejoice when your enemy falls. Don’t let your heart be glad when he is overthrown,
18 Μήποτε ο Κύριος ίδη και φανή τούτο κακόν εις τους οφθαλμούς αυτού και μεταστρέψη τον θυμόν αυτού απ' αυτού.
18 lest Yahweh see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.
19 Μη αγανάκτει περί των πονηρευομένων· μη ζήλευε τους ασεβείς·
19 Don’t fret yourself because of evildoers, neither be envious of the wicked;
20 διότι δεν θέλει έχει τέλος αγαθόν ο κακός· ο λύχνος των ασεβών θέλει σβεσθή.
20 for there will be no reward to the evil man. The lamp of the wicked will be snuffed out.
21 Υιέ μου, φοβού τον Κύριον και τον βασιλέα· και μη έχε συγκοινωνίαν μετά στασιαστών·
21 My son, fear Yahweh and the king. Don’t join those who are rebellious,
22 διότι η συμφορά αυτών θέλει επέλθει εξαίφνης· και τις γνωρίζει αμφοτέρων τας τιμωρίας;
22 for their calamity will rise suddenly. Who knows what destruction may come from them both?
23 Ταύτα προσέτι είναι διά τους σοφούς. Η προσωποληψία εν τη κρίσει δεν είναι καλόν.
23 These also are sayings of the wise: To show partiality in judgment is not good.
24 Τον λέγοντα προς τον ασεβή, Είσαι δίκαιος, τούτον οι λαοί θέλουσι καταρασθή και τα έθνη θέλουσι βδελύττεσθαι·
24 He who says to the wicked, “You are righteous,” peoples will curse him, and nations will abhor him—
25 αλλ' εις τους ελέγχοντας αυτόν θέλει είσθαι χάρις, και ευλογία αγαθών θέλει ελθεί επ' αυτούς.
25 but it will go well with those who convict the guilty, and a rich blessing will come on them.
26 Όστις αποκρίνεται λόγους ορθούς, είναι ως ο φιλών τα χείλη.
26 An honest answer is like a kiss on the lips.
27 Διάταττε το έργον σου έξω και προετοίμαζε αυτό εις σεαυτόν εν τω αγρώ· και έπειτα οικοδόμησον τον οίκόν σου.
27 Prepare your work outside, and get your fields ready. Afterwards, build your house.
28 Μη ήσο μάρτυς άδικος κατά του πλησίον σου, μηδέ απάτα διά των χειλέων σου.
28 Don’t be a witness against your neighbor without cause. Don’t deceive with your lips.
29 Μη είπης, Καθώς έκαμεν εις εμέ, ούτω θέλω κάμει εις αυτόν· θέλω αποδώσει εις τον άνθρωπον κατά το έργον αυτού.
29 Don’t say, “I will do to him as he has done to me; I will repay the man according to his work.”
30 Διέβαινον διά του αγρού του οκνηρού και διά του αμπελώνος του ανθρώπου του ενδεούς φρενών·
30 I went by the field of the sluggard, by the vineyard of the man void of understanding.
31 και ιδού, πανταχού είχον βλαστήσει άκανθαι· κνίδαι είχον σκεπάσει το πρόσωπον αυτού, και το λιθόφραγμα αυτού ήτο κατακεκρημνισμένον.
31 Behold, it was all grown over with thorns. Its surface was covered with nettles, and its stone wall was broken down.
32 Τότε εγώ θεωρήσας εσυλλογίσθην εν τη καρδία μου· είδον, και έλαβον διδασκαλίαν.
32 Then I saw, and considered well. I saw, and received instruction:
33 Ολίγος ύπνος, ολίγος νυσταγμός, ολίγη συμπλοκή των χειρών εις τον ύπνον·
33 a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep,
34 έπειτα η πτωχεία σου έρχεται ως ταχυδρόμος, και η ένδειά σου ως ανήρ ένοπλος.
34 so your poverty will come as a robber and your want as an armed man.
Cross references (34)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Psalm 37:7; Proverbs 23:17; Proverbs 3:31; James 4:5–6; Psalm 37:1
- 2 Psalm 7:14; Psalm 28:3; Psalm 10:7; Isaiah 59:4; Job 15:35
- 3 Proverbs 14:1; Proverbs 9:1; 1 Corinthians 3:9; Colossians 2:7; Jeremiah 10:12
- 4 Proverbs 15:6; Proverbs 21:20; Proverbs 20:15; Proverbs 8:21; Matthew 13:52
- 5 Ecclesiastes 7:19; Colossians 1:11; Isaiah 40:31; Proverbs 21:22; Proverbs 8:14
- 6 Proverbs 11:14; Proverbs 20:18; Ephesians 6:10–20; Proverbs 15:22; Luke 14:31
- 7 Proverbs 14:6; Psalm 10:5; 1 Corinthians 2:14; Psalm 92:5–6; Amos 5:10
- 8 Psalm 21:11; Ezekiel 38:10–11; Romans 1:30; Nahum 1:11; Proverbs 6:14
- 9 Matthew 15:19; 2 Corinthians 10:5; Isaiah 55:7; Proverbs 29:8; Acts 8:22
- 10 Isaiah 40:28–31; Ephesians 3:13; Jeremiah 51:46; Hebrews 12:3–5; 1 Samuel 27:1
- 11 Psalm 82:4; Isaiah 58:6–7; 1 John 3:16–17; Job 29:17; Luke 10:31–32
- 12 Job 34:11; Jeremiah 17:10; Revelation 2:23; Romans 2:6; 1 Samuel 16:7
- 13 Isaiah 7:15; Song of Songs 5:1; Proverbs 25:16; Song of Songs 4:11; Matthew 3:4
- 14 James 1:25; Proverbs 2:10; Jeremiah 15:16; Psalm 119:103; Proverbs 23:18
- 15 Jeremiah 11:19; Acts 9:24; 1 Samuel 22:18–19; 1 Samuel 9:11; Matthew 26:4
- 16 Psalm 34:19; Psalm 37:24; Micah 7:8–10; Job 5:19; 2 Corinthians 4:8–12
- 17 Obadiah 12; Job 31:29; 1 Corinthians 13:6–7; Proverbs 17:5; 2 Samuel 16:5–14
- 18 Lamentations 4:21–22; Zechariah 1:15–16
- 19 Proverbs 23:17; Psalm 37:1; Psalm 1:1; Proverbs 13:20; Proverbs 24:1
- 20 Proverbs 13:9; Job 18:5–6; Job 21:17; Psalm 11:6; Proverbs 20:20
- 21 Romans 13:1–7; 1 Peter 2:13–17; Titus 3:1; 1 Kings 12:16; Exodus 14:31
- 22 Numbers 16:31–35; Psalm 90:11; 2 Samuel 18:7–8; Hosea 5:11; 2 Chronicles 13:16–17
- 23 Proverbs 28:21; Proverbs 18:5; James 3:17; Leviticus 19:15; Psalm 107:43
- 24 Proverbs 17:15; Isaiah 5:23; Proverbs 11:26; Exodus 23:6–7; Proverbs 28:27
- 25 1 Timothy 5:20; 1 Samuel 3:13; Proverbs 28:23; Nehemiah 13:8–11; 1 Kings 21:19–20
- 26 Proverbs 15:23; Genesis 41:38–57; Proverbs 25:11–12; Job 6:25; Proverbs 16:1
- 27 Luke 14:28–30; 1 Kings 5:17–18; 1 Kings 6:7
- 28 Ephesians 4:25; Matthew 26:59–60; Proverbs 25:18; 1 Kings 21:9–13; Colossians 3:9
- 29 Romans 12:17–21; Proverbs 20:22; 1 Thessalonians 5:15; Matthew 5:39–44; Proverbs 25:21–22
- 30 Proverbs 12:11; Proverbs 6:6–19; Ecclesiastes 8:9–11; Job 4:8; Proverbs 10:13
- 31 Isaiah 5:5; Ecclesiastes 10:18; Genesis 3:17–19; Jeremiah 4:3; Proverbs 22:13
- 32 1 Corinthians 10:11; Deuteronomy 21:21; Luke 2:51; 1 Corinthians 10:6; Job 7:17
- 33 Proverbs 6:4–11; 1 Thessalonians 5:6–8; Romans 13:11; Ephesians 5:14
- 34 Proverbs 10:4; Proverbs 13:4
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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).
On this account it is often put for all numbers together, as, "A just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again," --that is, let him fall never so often, he will not perish (and this was meant to be understood not of sins, but of afflictions conducing to lowliness).
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
For no other reason it was said, "a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again:" that is, the just man perisheth not, though brought low in every way, yet not induced to transgress, otherwise he will not be just.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)
But "God strengtheneth." For "the just falleth seven times, and riseth again; but the wicked shall be weakened in evils." When evils befall the wicked, they are weakened thereby; when evils befall the righteous, "the Lord strengtheneth all that are falling."..."And lifteth up all those that have been cast down:" all, that is, who belong to him; for "God resisteth …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)