Eclesiastés · Septuaginta inglesa de Brenton
Eclesiastés 10 Septuaginta inglesa de Brenton
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Notas sobre este texto (2)
- Square brackets mark words Brenton supplied for English sense.
- Old Testament only (no New Testament). First printed 1844; the 1851 edition added the deuterocanonical books.
1 Pestilent flies will corrupt a preparation of sweet ointment: [and] a little wisdom is more precious than great glory of folly.
1 Dead flies cause the oil of the perfumer to produce an evil odor; so does a little folly outweigh wisdom and honor.
2 A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left.
2 A wise man’s heart is at his right hand, but a fool’s heart at his left.
3 Yea, and whenever a fool walks by the way, his heart will fail him, and all that he thinks of is folly.
3 Yes also when the fool walks by the way, his understanding fails him, and he says to everyone that he is a fool.
4 If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for soothing will put an end to great offences.
4 If the spirit of the ruler rises up against you, don’t leave your place; for gentleness lays great offenses to rest.
5 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, wherein an error has proceeded from the ruler.
5 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, the sort of error which proceeds from the ruler.
6 The fool has been set in very high places, while rich men would sit in a low one.
6 Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in a low place.
7 I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants on the earth.
7 I have seen servants on horses, and princes walking like servants on the earth.
8 He that digs a pit shall fall into it; and him that breaks down a hedge a serpent shall bite.
8 He who digs a pit may fall into it; and whoever breaks through a wall may be bitten by a snake.
9 He that removes stones shall be troubled thereby; he that cleaves wood shall be endangered thereby.
9 Whoever carves out stones may be injured by them. Whoever splits wood may be endangered by it.
10 If the axe-head should fall off, then the man troubles his countenance, and he must put forth more strength: and [in that case] skill is of no advantage to a man.
10 If the ax is blunt, and one doesn’t sharpen the edge, then he must use more strength; but skill brings success.
11 If a serpent bite when there is no [charmer's] whisper, then there is no advantage to the charmer.
11 If the snake bites before it is charmed, then is there no profit for the charmer’s tongue.
12 The words of a wise mouth are gracious: but the lips of a fool will swallow him up.
12 The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious; but a fool is swallowed by his own lips.
13 The beginning of the words of his mouth is folly: and the end of his talk mischievous madness.
13 The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness; and the end of his talk is mischievous madness.
14 A fool moreover multiplies words: man knows not what has been, nor what will be: who shall tell him what will come after him?
14 A fool also multiplies words. Man doesn’t know what will be; and that which will be after him, who can tell him?
15 The labour of fools will afflict them, [as that of one] who knows not to go to the city.
15 The labor of fools wearies every one of them; for he doesn’t know how to go to the city.
16 Woe to thee, O city, whose king is young, and thy princes eat in the morning!
16 Woe to you, land, when your king is a child, and your princes eat in the morning!
17 Blessed art thou, O land, whose king is a son of nobles, and whose princes shall eat seasonably, for strength, and shall not be ashamed.
17 Happy are you, land, when your king is the son of nobles, and your princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness!
18 By slothful neglect a building will be brought low: and by idleness of the hands the house will fall to pieces.
18 By slothfulness the roof sinks in; and through idleness of the hands the house leaks.
19 Men prepare bread for laughter, and wine and oil that the living should rejoice: but to money all things will humbly yield obedience.
19 A feast is made for laughter, and wine makes the life glad; and money is the answer for all things.
20 Even in thy conscience, curse not the king; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry thy voice, and that which has wings shall report thy speech.
20 Don’t curse the king, no, not in your thoughts; and don’t curse the rich in your bedroom, for a bird of the sky may carry your voice, and that which has wings may tell the matter.
Referencias cruzadas (19)
Pasajes relacionados con cada versículo, del Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, tal como los reúnen y ordenan los lectores de OpenBible.info.
- 1 Mateo 5:13–16; Gálatas 2:12–14; Nehemías 13:26; Éxodo 30:25; 2 Crónicas 19:2
- 2 Lucas 12:18–20; Eclesiastés 10:14; Lucas 14:28–32; Eclesiastés 10:10; Proverbios 17:16
- 3 Proverbios 18:2; Proverbios 13:16; Proverbios 18:6; 1 Pedro 4:4; Eclesiastés 5:3
- 4 Proverbios 25:15; Eclesiastés 8:3; 1 Samuel 25:24–44
- 5 Eclesiastés 5:13; Eclesiastés 6:1; Eclesiastés 9:3; Eclesiastés 4:7; Eclesiastés 3:16
- 6 Proverbios 28:12; Proverbios 29:2; Ester 3:1; Salmo 12:8; 1 Reyes 12:13–14
- 7 Proverbios 19:10; Ester 6:8; Proverbios 30:22
- 8 Proverbios 26:27; Salmo 7:15–16; Ester 7:10; Amós 5:19; Salmo 9:15–16
- 10 Santiago 1:5; Colosenses 4:5; Eclesiastés 10:15; 1 Corintios 14:20; Efesios 5:15–17
- 11 Jeremías 8:17; Salmo 58:4–5; Salmo 52:2; Salmo 64:3; Proverbios 18:21
- 12 Colosenses 4:6; Lucas 4:22; Proverbios 15:2; Proverbios 22:11; Efesios 4:29
- 13 1 Samuel 25:10–11; Proverbios 29:9; 1 Samuel 20:26–33; 1 Samuel 22:7–8; 2 Reyes 6:27
- 14 Proverbios 15:2; Eclesiastés 5:3; Santiago 4:13–14; Eclesiastés 8:7; Eclesiastés 3:22
- 15 Isaías 57:1; Jeremías 50:4–5; Eclesiastés 10:3; Salmo 107:7; Salmo 107:4
- 16 Isaías 3:12; Isaías 5:11–12; Isaías 3:4–5; Proverbios 20:1–2; Jeremías 21:12
- 17 Proverbios 31:4–5; Deuteronomio 14:26; Isaías 5:11; Eclesiastés 10:6–7; Jeremías 30:21
- 18 Proverbios 14:1; Proverbios 24:30–34; Proverbios 20:4; Proverbios 21:25; Hebreos 6:11
- 19 Salmo 104:15; Filipenses 4:15–19; Isaías 24:11; Eclesiastés 2:1–2; Lucas 12:19
- 20 Hechos 23:5; Lucas 12:2–3; 2 Reyes 6:12; Éxodo 22:28; Eclesiastés 7:21–22
Referencias cruzadas: OpenBible.info (CC BY), tomadas sobre todo del Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (dominio público). · Fuentes y licencias
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Cómo se eligieron
«Comentario» es el comienzo de una homilía o exposición sobre este capítulo (homilías de san Juan Crisóstomo; tratados, sermones y comentarios a los Salmos de san Agustín). «Cita» es una frase en la que las notas de la propia edición identifican la cita de un versículo de este capítulo; solo se conserva si el texto coincide con el versículo. Solo se usan obras de autoría segura. Los Salmos siguen la numeración hebrea (Agustín usa la de los Setenta: su Salmo 50 es aquí el 51).
Blessed art thou, O land, when thy king is the son of nobles, and thy princes eat in season, in fortitude, and not in confusion!" He has called the devil a youth, because of the folly and pride, and rashness and unruliness, and other vices which are wont to abound at that age; but Christ is the Son of nobles, …
Leer en contexto · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
Therefore saith the Preacher, If the spirit of him that hath power rise up against thee, quit not thy place.
Leer en contexto · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)