Proverbs · Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Proverbs 2 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 Υιέ μου, εάν δεχθής τους λόγους μου και ταμιεύσης τας εντολάς μου παρά σεαυτώ,
1 My son, if you will receive my words, and store up my commandments within you,
2 ώστε να προσέξη το ωτίον σου εις την σοφίαν, να κλίνης την καρδίαν σου εις την σύνεσιν·
2 so as to turn your ear to wisdom, and apply your heart to understanding;
3 και εάν επικαλεσθής την φρόνησιν, και υψώσης την φωνήν σου εις την σύνεσιν·
3 yes, if you call out for discernment, and lift up your voice for understanding;
4 εάν ζητήσης αυτήν ως αργύριον και εξερευνήσης αυτήν ως κεκρυμμένους θησαυρούς,
4 if you seek her as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures;
5 τότε θέλεις εννοήσει τον φόβον του Κυρίου και θέλεις ευρεί την επίγνωσιν του Θεού.
5 then you will understand the fear of Yahweh, and find the knowledge of God.
6 Διότι ο Κύριος δίδει σοφίαν· εκ του στόματος αυτού εξέρχεται γνώσις και σύνεσις.
6 For Yahweh gives wisdom. Out of his mouth comes knowledge and understanding.
7 Αποταμιεύει σωτηρίαν εις τους ευθείς· είναι ασπίς εις τους περιπατούντας εν ακεραιότητι,
7 He lays up sound wisdom for the upright. He is a shield to those who walk in integrity,
8 υπερασπίζων τας οδούς της δικαιοσύνης και φυλάττων την οδόν των οσίων αυτού.
8 that he may guard the paths of justice, and preserve the way of his saints.
9 Τότε θέλεις εννοήσει δικαιοσύνην και κρίσιν και ευθύτητα, πάσαν οδόν αγαθήν.
9 Then you will understand righteousness and justice, equity and every good path.
10 Εάν η σοφία εισέλθη εις την καρδίαν σου και η γνώσις ηδύνη την ψυχήν σου,
10 For wisdom will enter into your heart. Knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.
11 ορθή βουλή θέλει σε φυλάττει, σύνεσις θέλει σε διατηρεί·
11 Discretion will watch over you. Understanding will keep you,
12 διά να σε ελευθερόνη από της οδού της πονηράς, από ανθρώπου λαλούντος δόλια,
12 to deliver you from the way of evil, from the men who speak perverse things,
13 οίτινες εγκαταλείπουσι τας οδούς της ευθύτητος, διά να περιπατώσιν εν ταις οδοίς του σκότους·
13 who forsake the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness,
14 οίτινες ηδύνονται εις το να κάμνωσι κακόν, χαίρουσιν εις τας διαστροφάς της κακίας,
14 who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the perverseness of evil,
15 των οποίων αι οδοί είναι σκολιαί και αι πορείαι αυτών διεστραμμέναι·
15 who are crooked in their ways, and wayward in their paths,
16 διά να σε ελευθερόνη από ξένης γυναικός, από αλλοτρίας κολακευούσης με τους λόγους αυτής,
16 to deliver you from the strange woman, even from the foreigner who flatters with her words,
17 ήτις εγκατέλιπε τον επιστήθιον της νεότητος αυτής και ελησμόνησε την διαθήκην του Θεού αυτής.
17 who forsakes the friend of her youth, and forgets the covenant of her God;
18 Διότι ο οίκος αυτής καταβιβάζει εις τον θάνατον, και τα βήματα αυτής εις τους νεκρούς·
18 for her house leads down to death, her paths to the departed spirits.
19 πάντες οι εισερχόμενοι προς αυτήν δεν επιστρέφουσιν ουδέ αναλαμβάνουσι τας οδούς της ζωής·
19 None who go to her return again, neither do they attain to the paths of life.
20 διά να περιπατής εν τη οδώ των αγαθών και να φυλάττης τας τρίβους των δικαίων.
20 Therefore walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.
21 Διότι οι ευθείς θέλουσι κατοικήσει την γην, και οι τέλειοι θέλουσιν εναπολειφή εν αυτή.
21 For the upright will dwell in the land. The perfect will remain in it.
22 Οι δε ασεβείς θέλουσιν εκκοπή από της γης, και οι παράνομοι θέλουσιν εκριζωθή απ' αυτής.
22 But the wicked will be cut off from the land. The treacherous will be rooted out of it.
Cross references (22)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Proverbs 3:1; Proverbs 1:3; Proverbs 4:1; John 12:47–48; Deuteronomy 6:6–9
- 2 Proverbs 23:12; Proverbs 18:1; Psalm 90:12; Matthew 13:9; Psalm 119:111–112
- 3 James 1:5; Ephesians 1:17–18; Proverbs 3:6; Psalm 25:4–5; 1 Kings 3:9–12
- 4 Matthew 13:44; Matthew 19:29; Proverbs 16:16; Job 3:21; Proverbs 8:18–19
- 5 Proverbs 1:7; Jeremiah 24:7; Luke 10:22; 1 John 5:20; Luke 11:9–13
- 6 Ephesians 1:17–18; James 1:5; Luke 21:15; Isaiah 54:13; Job 32:8
- 7 James 3:15–17; Proverbs 30:5; Psalm 84:11; 1 Corinthians 3:18–19; 2 Timothy 3:15–17
- 8 Psalm 23:3; 1 Samuel 2:9; John 10:28–29; Psalm 145:20; Psalm 66:9
- 9 Jeremiah 6:16; Matthew 7:13–14; Isaiah 48:17; Psalm 143:8–10; Proverbs 1:2–6
- 10 Jeremiah 15:16; Colossians 3:16; Job 23:12; Proverbs 24:13–14; Psalm 104:34
- 11 Proverbs 4:6; Ephesians 5:15; Psalm 25:21; Ecclesiastes 10:10; Psalm 119:9–11
- 12 1 Corinthians 15:33; Proverbs 8:13; Proverbs 13:20; 2 Corinthians 6:17; Isaiah 59:3–5
- 13 John 3:19–20; Proverbs 4:19; 1 John 2:19; Proverbs 21:16; 2 Peter 2:20–22
- 14 Romans 1:32; Proverbs 10:23; Jeremiah 11:15; Luke 22:4–5; 1 Corinthians 13:6
- 15 Psalm 125:5; Proverbs 21:8; Philippians 2:15; Deuteronomy 32:5; Isaiah 59:8
- 16 Ecclesiastes 7:26; Proverbs 22:14; Proverbs 6:24; Proverbs 7:5–23; Proverbs 23:27
- 17 Ezekiel 16:59–60; Jeremiah 3:4; Ezekiel 16:8; Malachi 2:14–16; Proverbs 5:18
- 18 1 Corinthians 6:9–11; Proverbs 9:18; Galatians 5:19–21; Revelation 21:8; Ephesians 5:5
- 19 Ecclesiastes 7:26; Psalm 81:12; Hosea 4:14; Matthew 19:24–26; Hebrews 6:18
- 20 Hebrews 6:12; 3 John 11; Psalm 119:115; Psalm 119:63; Proverbs 13:20
- 21 Psalm 84:11; Psalm 37:29; Psalm 37:9; Proverbs 10:30; Job 42:12
- 22 Psalm 52:5; Deuteronomy 7:22; Isaiah 3:10–11; Psalm 37:28; Proverbs 10:30
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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 in these very books on the study of which they are intent, they read, "The Lord giveth wisdom: out of His mouth cometh knowledge and understanding;" and it is from Him they have received their very desire for knowledge, if it is wedded to piety.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)