Proverbs · Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Proverbs 27 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 καυχάσαι εις την αύριον ημέραν· διότι δεν εξεύρεις τι θέλει γεννήσει η ημέρα.
1 Don’t boast about tomorrow; for you don’t know what a day may bring.
2 Ας σε επαινή άλλος και μη το στόμα σου· ξένος, και μη τα χείλη σου.
2 Let another man praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips.
3 Βαρύς είναι ο λίθος και δυσβάστακτος η άμμος· αλλ' η οργή του άφρονος είναι βαρυτέρα των δύο.
3 A stone is heavy, and sand is a burden; but a fool’s provocation is heavier than both.
4 Ο θυμός είναι σκληρός και η οργή οξεία· αλλά τις δύναται να σταθή έμπροσθεν της ζηλοτυπίας;
4 Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming; but who is able to stand before jealousy?
5 Ο φανερός έλεγχος είναι καλήτερος παρά κρυπτομένη αγάπη·
5 Better is open rebuke than hidden love.
6 πληγαί φίλου είναι πισταί· φιλήματα δε εχθρών πολυάριθμα.
6 The wounds of a friend are faithful, although the kisses of an enemy are profuse.
7 Κεχορτασμένη ψυχή αποστρέφεται την κηρήθραν· εις δε την πεινασμένην ψυχήν παν πικρόν φαίνεται γλυκύ.
7 A full soul loathes a honeycomb; but to a hungry soul, every bitter thing is sweet.
8 Ως το πτηνόν το αποπλανώμενόν από της φωλεάς αυτού, ούτως είναι ο άνθρωπος ο αποπλανώμενος από του τόπου αυτού.
8 As a bird that wanders from her nest, so is a man who wanders from his home.
9 Τα μύρα και τα θυμιάματα ευφραίνουσι την καρδίαν, και η γλυκύτης του φίλου διά της εγκαρδίου συμβουλής.
9 Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart; so does earnest counsel from a man’s friend.
10 Τον φίλον σου και τον φίλον του πατρός σου μη εγκαταλίπης· εις δε τον οίκον του αδελφού σου μη εισέλθης εν τη ημέρα της συμφοράς σου· διότι καλήτερον είναι γείτων πλησίον παρά αδελφός μακράν.
10 Don’t forsake your friend and your father’s friend. Don’t go to your brother’s house in the day of your disaster. A neighbor who is near is better than a distant brother.
11 Υιέ μου, γίνου σοφός και εύφραινε την καρδίαν μου, διά να έχω τι να αποκρίνωμαι προς τον ονειδίζοντά με.
11 Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart, then I can answer my tormentor.
12 Ο φρόνιμος προβλέπει το κακόν και κρύπτεται· οι άφρονες εξακολουθούσι και τιμωρούνται.
12 A prudent man sees danger and takes refuge; but the simple pass on, and suffer for it.
13 Λάβε το ιμάτιον του εγγυωμένου διά ξένον και λάβε ενέχυρον απ' αυτού, εγγυωμένου περί ξένων πραγμάτων.
13 Take his garment when he puts up collateral for a stranger. Hold it for a wayward woman!
14 Ο εγειρόμενος το πρωΐ και ευλογών μετά μεγάλης φωνής τον πλησίον αυτού θέλει λογισθή ως καταρώμενος αυτόν.
14 He who blesses his neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning, it will be taken as a curse by him.
15 Ακατάπαυστον στάξιμον εν ημέρα βροχερά, και φίλερις γυνή είναι όμοια·
15 A continual dropping on a rainy day and a contentious wife are alike:
16 ο κρύπτων αυτήν κρύπτει τον άνεμον· και το μύρον εν τη δεξιά αυτού κρυπτόμενον φωνάζει.
16 restraining her is like restraining the wind, or like grasping oil in his right hand.
17 Ο σίδηρος ακονίζει τον σίδηρον· και ο άνθρωπος ακονίζει το πρόσωπον του φίλου αυτού.
17 Iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens his friend’s countenance.
18 Ο φυλάττων την συκήν θέλει φάγει τον καρπόν αυτής· και ο φυλάττων τον κύριον αυτού θέλει τιμηθή.
18 Whoever tends the fig tree shall eat its fruit. He who looks after his master shall be honored.
19 Καθώς εις το ύδωρ ανταποκρίνεται πρόσωπον εις πρόσωπον, ούτω καρδία ανθρώπου εις άνθρωπον.
19 Like water reflects a face, so a man’s heart reflects the man.
20 Ο άδης και η απώλεια δεν χορταίνουσι· και οι οφθαλμοί του ανθρώπου δεν χορταίνουσιν.
20 Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; and a man’s eyes are never satisfied.
21 Ο άργυρος δοκιμάζεται διά του χωνευτηρίου και ο χρυσός διά της καμίνου· ο δε άνθρωπος διά του στόματος των εγκωμιαζόντων αυτόν.
21 The crucible is for silver, and the furnace for gold; but man is refined by his praise.
22 Και αν κοπανίσης διά κοπάνου τον άφρονα εν ιγδίω μεταξύ σίτου κοπανιζομένου, η αφροσύνη αυτού δεν θέλει χωρισθή απ' αυτού.
22 Though you grind a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with grain, yet his foolishness will not be removed from him.
23 Πρόσεχε να γνωρίζης την κατάστασιν των ποιμνίων σου, και επιμελού καλώς τας αγέλας σου·
23 Know well the state of your flocks, and pay attention to your herds,
24 Διότι ο πλούτος δεν μένει διαπαντός· ουδέ το διάδημα από γενεάς εις γενεάν.
24 for riches are not forever, nor does the crown endure to all generations.
25 Ο χόρτος βλαστάνει και η χλόη αναφαίνεται, και τα χόρτα των ορέων συνάγονται.
25 The hay is removed, and the new growth appears, the grasses of the hills are gathered in.
26 Τα αρνία είναι διά τα ενδύματά σου, και οι τράγοι διά την πληρωμήν του αγρού.
26 The lambs are for your clothing, and the goats are the price of a field.
27 Και θέλεις έχει άφθονον γάλα αιγών διά την τροφήν σου, διά την τροφήν του οίκου σου και την ζωήν των θεραπαινών σου.
27 There will be plenty of goats’ milk for your food, for your family’s food, and for the nourishment of your servant girls.
Cross references (27)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 James 4:13–16; Luke 12:19–20; 2 Corinthians 6:2; Isaiah 56:12; 1 Samuel 28:19
- 2 2 Corinthians 10:18; Proverbs 25:27; 2 Corinthians 10:12; 2 Corinthians 12:11
- 3 Daniel 3:19; 1 John 3:12; Proverbs 17:12; Genesis 49:7; 1 Samuel 22:18–19
- 4 Proverbs 6:34; Proverbs 14:30; James 3:14–16; Job 5:2; Matthew 27:18
- 5 Proverbs 28:23; 1 Timothy 5:20; Galatians 2:14; Matthew 18:15; Leviticus 19:17
- 6 Psalm 141:5; Revelation 3:19; Job 5:17–18; Proverbs 26:23–26; 2 Samuel 12:7–15
- 7 Luke 15:16–17; Numbers 21:5; Numbers 11:18–20; Numbers 11:4–9; John 6:9
- 8 Proverbs 21:16; Isaiah 16:2; Jonah 1:3; 1 Corinthians 7:20; Jonah 1:10–17
- 9 Proverbs 16:23–24; Proverbs 16:21; Psalm 23:5; Proverbs 15:23; Psalm 104:15
- 10 Proverbs 18:24; Proverbs 17:17; 1 Kings 12:6–8; Luke 10:30–37; Proverbs 19:7
- 11 Proverbs 10:1; Psalm 119:42; Proverbs 23:15–16; 2 John 4; Proverbs 23:24–25
- 12 Proverbs 22:3; Proverbs 18:10; Hebrews 11:7; 2 Peter 3:10–14; 2 Peter 3:7
- 13 Proverbs 20:16; Proverbs 6:1–4; Proverbs 22:26–27; Exodus 22:26
- 14 2 Samuel 16:16–19; Acts 12:22–23; Jeremiah 28:2–4; 1 Kings 22:13; 2 Samuel 15:2–7
- 15 Proverbs 21:9; Proverbs 19:13; Proverbs 21:19; Proverbs 25:24; Job 14:19
- 16 John 12:3
- 17 Hebrews 10:24; Proverbs 27:9; Job 4:3–4; 1 Samuel 23:16; Isaiah 35:3–4
- 18 1 Corinthians 9:7; 2 Timothy 2:6; Song of Songs 8:12; Luke 12:37; John 12:26
- 19 James 1:22–25; Psalm 33:15; Mark 7:21; Genesis 6:5
- 20 Ecclesiastes 1:8; 1 John 2:16; Proverbs 30:15–16; Ecclesiastes 6:7; Habakkuk 2:5
- 21 Proverbs 17:3; Zechariah 13:9; Psalm 66:10; Malachi 3:3; 1 Peter 1:7
- 22 Proverbs 23:35; Jeremiah 5:3; Isaiah 1:5; Revelation 16:10–11; Exodus 14:5
- 23 1 Peter 5:2; John 21:15–17; Genesis 33:13; 2 Chronicles 26:10; Proverbs 24:32
- 24 Proverbs 23:5; 1 Timothy 6:17–18; Zephaniah 1:18; James 1:10; Isaiah 9:7
- 25 Proverbs 10:5; Psalm 104:14
- 26 Job 31:20
- 27 Matthew 6:33; Proverbs 30:8–9
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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).
Have pity, O Lord God, lest they who pass by trample on the unfledged bird; and send Thine angel, who may restore it to its nest that it may live until it can fly.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)
Hence it is written, "Let not thy own mouth praise thee, but let thy neighbor's" mouth praise thee. But this was said to man.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 7 (1888)
There is a precept laid on man: "Let not thine own mouth praise thee, but the mouth of thy neighbor." For self-pleasing is a perilous thing for one who has to be on his guard against falling into pride.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 7 (1888)