Eclesiastés · Septuaginta de Brenton actualizada
Eclesiastés 7 Septuaginta de Brenton actualizada
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Notas sobre este texto (1)
- Same Septuagint text as Brenton, with modernised spelling.
1 A good name is better than good oil; And the day of death than the day of birth.
1 A good name is better than fine perfume; and the day of death better than the day of one’s birth.
2 [It is] better to go to the house of mourning, Than to go to the banquet house: Since this is the end of every man; And the living man will apply good [warning] to his heart.
2 It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting; for that is the end of all men, and the living should take this to heart.
3 Sorrow is better than laughter: For by the sadness of the countenance the heart will be made better.
3 Sorrow is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the face the heart is made good.
4 The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; But the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
4 The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
5 [It is] better to hear a reproof of a wise man, Than for a man to hear the song of fools.
5 It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise than for a man to hear the song of fools.
6 As the sound of thorns under a caldron, So is the laughter of fools: This is also vanity.
6 For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This also is vanity.
7 For oppression makes a wise man mad, And destroys his noble heart.
7 Surely extortion makes the wise man foolish; and a bribe destroys the understanding.
8 The end of a matter is better than the beginning thereof: The patient is better than the high-minded.
8 Better is the end of a thing than its beginning. The patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
9 Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: For anger will rest in the bosom of fools.
9 Don’t be hasty in your spirit to be angry, for anger rests in the bosom of fools.
10 Say not, What has happened, That the former days were better than these? For thou dost not inquire in wisdom concerning this.
10 Don’t say, “Why were the former days better than these?” For you do not ask wisely about this.
11 Wisdom is good with an inheritance: And [there is] an advantage [by it] to them that see the sun.
11 Wisdom is as good as an inheritance. Yes, it is more excellent for those who see the sun.
12 For wisdom in its shadow is as the shadow of silver: And the excellence of the knowledge of wisdom Will give life to him that has it.
12 For wisdom is a defense, even as money is a defense; but the excellency of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of him who has it.
13 Behold the works of God: For who shall be able to straighten Him whom God has made crooked?
13 Consider the work of God, for who can make that straight which he has made crooked?
14 In the day of prosperity live joyfully, And consider in the day of adversity: Consider, [I say], God also has caused The one to agree with the other for [this] reason, That man should find nothing after him.
14 In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider; yes, God has made the one side by side with the other, to the end that man should not find out anything after him.
15 I have seen all things in the days of my vanity: There is a just man perishing in his justice, And there is an ungodly man remaining in his wickedness.
15 All this I have seen in my days of vanity: there is a righteous man who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who lives long in his evildoing.
16 Be not very just; Neither be very wise: lest thou be confounded.
16 Don’t be overly righteous, neither make yourself overly wise. Why should you destroy yourself?
17 Be not very wicked; and be not stubborn: Lest thou shouldest die before thy time.
17 Don’t be too wicked, neither be foolish. Why should you die before your time?
18 It is well for thee to hold fast by this; Also by this defile not thy hand: For to them that fear God all things shall come forth [well].
18 It is good that you should take hold of this. Yes, also don’t withdraw your hand from that; for he who fears God will come out of them all.
19 Wisdom will help the wise man More than ten mighty men which are in the city.
19 Wisdom is a strength to the wise man more than ten rulers who are in a city.
20 For there is not a righteous man in the earth, Who will do good, and not sin.
20 Surely there is not a righteous man on earth who does good and doesn’t sin.
21 Also take no heed To all the words which ungodly men shall speak; Lest thou hear thy servant cursing thee.
21 Also don’t take heed to all words that are spoken, lest you hear your servant curse you;
22 For many times he shall trespass against thee, And repeatedly shall he afflict thy heart; For thus also hast thou cursed others.
22 for often your own heart knows that you yourself have likewise cursed others.
23 All these things have I proved in wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me.
23 All this I have proved in wisdom. I said, “I will be wise;” but it was far from me.
24 [That which is] far beyond what was, And a great depth, who shall find it out?
24 That which is, is far off and exceedingly deep. Who can find it out?
25 I and my heart went round about to know, And to examine, and to seek wisdom, and the account [of things], And to know the folly and trouble And madness of the ungodly man.
25 I turned around, and my heart sought to know and to search out, and to seek wisdom and the scheme of things, and to know that wickedness is stupidity, and that foolishness is madness.
26 And I find her [to be], and I will pronounce [to be] More bitter than death the woman which is a snare, And her heart nets, [Who has] a band in her hands: [He that is] good in the sight of God shall be delivered from her; But the sinner shall be caught by her.
26 I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and traps, whose hands are chains. Whoever pleases God shall escape from her; but the sinner will be ensnared by her.
27 Behold, this have I found, said the Preacher, [Seeking] by one at a time to find out the account,
27 “Behold, I have found this,” says the Preacher, “to one another, to find an explanation
28 Which my soul sought after, but I found not: For I have found one man of a thousand; But a woman in all these I have not found.
28 which my soul still seeks, but I have not found. I have found one man among a thousand, but I have not found a woman among all those.
29 But, behold, this have I found, That God made man upright; But they have sought out many devices. Who knows the wise? And who knows the interpretation of a saying?
29 Behold, I have only found this: that God made mankind upright; but they search for many inventions.”
Referencias cruzadas (29)
Pasajes relacionados con cada versículo, del Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, tal como los reúnen y ordenan los lectores de OpenBible.info.
- 1 Apocalipsis 14:13; Proverbios 22:1; Eclesiastés 4:2; 2 Corintios 5:8; Filipenses 1:21–23
- 2 Salmo 90:12; Hebreos 9:27; Deuteronomio 32:29; Deuteronomio 32:46; Filipenses 3:19
- 3 2 Corintios 7:9–11; Romanos 5:3–4; Santiago 4:8–10; Juan 16:20–22; Hebreos 12:10–11
- 4 Mateo 8:14–16; Lucas 7:12–13; 1 Samuel 25:36; Nehemías 2:2–5; Jeremías 51:39
- 5 Proverbios 15:31–32; Salmo 141:5; Apocalipsis 3:19; Proverbios 13:18; Proverbios 17:10
- 6 Salmo 58:9; Salmo 118:12; Eclesiastés 2:2; Lucas 6:25; Judas 12–13
- 7 Deuteronomio 16:19; Éxodo 23:8; Proverbios 17:23; Eclesiastés 4:1; Isaías 1:23
- 8 Hebreos 10:36; Salmo 126:5–6; Proverbios 14:29; 1 Pedro 1:13; Santiago 5:11
- 9 Santiago 1:19; Proverbios 14:17; Proverbios 16:32; Efesios 4:26–27; Proverbios 26:23–26
- 10 Salmo 14:2–3; Génesis 6:11–12; Romanos 1:22–32; Isaías 50:1; Jueces 6:13
- 11 Eclesiastés 11:7; 1 Timoteo 6:17–19; Proverbios 8:10–11; Eclesiastés 2:13; Eclesiastés 9:15–18
- 12 Proverbios 8:35; Proverbios 2:7; Proverbios 3:18; Proverbios 11:4; Jueces 9:15
- 13 Eclesiastés 1:15; Job 12:14; Salmo 107:43; Isaías 14:27; Eclesiastés 3:11
- 14 Eclesiastés 3:4; Eclesiastés 3:22; Deuteronomio 8:3; Eclesiastés 12:13; Santiago 5:13
- 15 Eclesiastés 8:12–14; Eclesiastés 6:12; Salmo 73:3–13; Mateo 23:34–35; Eclesiastés 9:1–2
- 16 Romanos 12:3; Proverbios 25:16; Colosenses 2:18; Santiago 3:13–17; Mateo 6:1–7
- 17 Proverbios 10:27; Job 22:16; Salmo 55:23; Hechos 12:23; Hechos 5:10
- 18 Eclesiastés 12:13; Eclesiastés 11:6; Malaquías 4:2; Eclesiastés 8:12; Lucas 1:50
- 19 Proverbios 21:22; Colosenses 1:9–11; Eclesiastés 9:13–18; Proverbios 24:5; 2 Samuel 20:16–22
- 20 Romanos 3:23; Isaías 53:6; 1 Juan 1:8–10; Santiago 3:2; Proverbios 20:9
- 21 Proverbios 30:10; Isaías 29:21; 2 Samuel 16:10; 2 Samuel 19:19; 1 Corintios 13:5–7
- 22 Santiago 3:9; Mateo 15:19; Mateo 18:32–35; 1 Reyes 2:44; Juan 8:7–9
- 23 Romanos 1:22; 1 Corintios 1:20; Génesis 3:5; 1 Reyes 11:1–8; 1 Reyes 3:11–12
- 24 Romanos 11:33; Isaías 55:8–9; 1 Timoteo 6:16; Salmo 139:6; Job 28:28
- 25 Eclesiastés 10:13; Josué 7:13; Eclesiastés 2:15; Proverbios 17:12; Eclesiastés 3:16–17
- 26 Proverbios 22:14; Proverbios 5:3–5; Proverbios 2:16; Proverbios 2:18–19; Eclesiastés 2:26
- 27 Eclesiastés 12:8–10; Eclesiastés 1:1–2
- 28 Job 33:23; Salmo 12:1; 1 Reyes 11:1–3; Isaías 26:9; Eclesiastés 7:23–24
- 29 Jeremías 4:22; Génesis 6:11–12; Marcos 7:8–9; Tito 3:3; Génesis 5:1
Referencias cruzadas: OpenBible.info (CC BY), tomadas sobre todo del Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (dominio público). · Fuentes y licencias
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Leer en contexto · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
For God, according to the Preacher, made man upright, and they have themselves sought out many inventions.
Leer en contexto · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
… is better to go into the house of mourning than to go into the house of feasting." And a little after He says, "The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, and the heart of the simple in the house of feasting." But I think that more worthy of quotation from this book which relates to both …
Leer en contexto · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)