Comparison
Proverbs 31
Douay-Rheims and Septuagint (Sixtine edition, 1587), verse by verse.
| Douay-Rheims | Septuagint (Sixtine edition, 1587) | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The words of king Lamuel. The vision wherewith his mother instructed him. | — |
| 2 | What, O my beloved, what, O the beloved of my womb, what, O the beloved of my vows? | — |
| 3 | Give not thy substance to women, and thy riches to destroy kings. | — |
| 4 | Give not to kings, O Lamuel, give not wine to kings: because there is no secret where drunkenness reigneth: | — |
| 5 | And lest they drink and forget judgments, and pervert the cause of the children of the poor. | — |
| 6 | Give strong drink to them that are sad: and wine to them that are grieved in mind: | — |
| 7 | Let them drink, and forget their want, and remember their sorrow no more. | — |
| 8 | Open thy mouth for the dumb, and for the causes of all the children that pass. | — |
| 9 | Open thy mouth, decree that which is just, and do justice to the needy and poor. | — |
| 10 | Who shall find a valiant woman? far and from the uttermost coasts is the price of her. | Γυναῖκα ἀνδρείαν τίς εὑρήσει; τιμιωτέρα δέ ἐστι λίθων πολυτελῶν ἡ τοιαύτη. |
| 11 | The heart of her husband trusteth in her, and he shall have no need of spoils. | Θαρσεῖ ἐπʼ αὐτῇ ἡ καρδία τοῦ ἀνδρὸς αὐτῆς· ἡ τοιαύτη καλῶν σκύλων οὐκ ἀπορήσει. |
| 12 | She will render him good, and not evil, all the days of her life. | Ἐνεργεῖ γὰρ τῷ ἀνδρὶ εἰς ἀγαθὰ πάντα τὸν βίον. |
| 13 | She hath sought wool and flax, and hath wrought by the counsel of her hands. | Μηρυομένη ἔρια καὶ λινὸν, ἐποίησεν εὔχρηστον ταῖς χερσὶν αὐτῆς. |
| 14 | She is like the merchant’s ship, she bringeth her bread from afar. | Ἐγένετο ὡσεὶ ναῦς ἐμπορευομένη μακρόθεν, συνάγει δὲ αὕτη τὸν βίον. |
| 15 | And she hath risen in the night, and given a prey to her household, and victuals to her maidens. | Καὶ ἀνίσταται ἐκ νυκτῶν, καὶ ἔδωκε βρώματα τῷ οἴκῳ, καὶ ἔργα ταῖς θεραπαίναις. |
| 16 | She hath considered a field, and bought it: with the fruit of her hands she hath planted a vineyard. | Θεωρήσασα γεώργιον ἐπρίατο, ἀπὸ δὲ καρπῶν χειρῶν αὐτῆς κατεφύτευσεν κτῆμα. |
| 17 | She hath girded her loins with strength, and hath strengthened her arm. | Ἀναζωσαμένη ἰσχυρῶς τὴν ὀσφῦν αὐτῆς ἤρεισε τοὺς βραχίονας αὐτῆς εἰς ἔργον. |
| 18 | She hath tasted and seen that her traffic is good: her lamp shall not be put out in the night. | Καὶ ἐγεύσατο ὅτι καλόν ἐστι τὸ ἐργάζεσθαι, καὶ οὐκ ἀποσβέννυται ὁ λύχνος αὐτῆς ὅλην τὴν νύκτα. |
| 19 | She hath put out her hand to strong things, and her fingers have taken hold of the spindle. | τοὺς πήχεις αὐτῆς ἐκτείνει ἐπὶ τὰ συμφέροντα, τὰς δὲ χεῖρας αὐτῆς ἐρείδει εἰς ἄτρακτον. |
| 20 | She hath opened her hand to the needy, and stretched out her hands to the poor. | Χεῖρας δὲ αὐτῆς διήνοιξε πένητι, καρπὸν δὲ ἐξέτεινεν πτωχῷ. |
| 21 | She shall not fear for her house in the cold of snow: for all her domestics are clothed with double garments. | Οὐ φροντίζει τῶν ἐν οἴκῳ ὁ ἀνὴρ αὐτῆς ὅταν που χρονίζῃ, πάντες γὰρ οἱ παρʼ αὐτῆς ἐνδεδυμένοι εἰαί. |
| 22 | She hath made for herself clothing of tapestry: fine linen, and purple is her covering. | Δισσὰς χλαίνας ἐποίησε τῷ ἀνδρὶ αὐτῆς, ἐκ δὲ βύσσου καὶ πορφύρας ἑαυτῇ ἐνδύματα. |
| 23 | Her husband is honourable in the gates, when he sitteth among the senators of the land. | Περίβλεπτος δὲ γίνεται ὁ ἀνὴρ αὐτῆς ἐν πύλαις, ἡνίκα ἂν καθίσῃ ἐν συνεδρίῳ μετὰ τῶν γερόντων κατοίκων τῆς γῆς. |
| 24 | She made fine linen, and sold it, and delivered a girdle to the Chanaanite. | Σινδόνας ἐποίησε καὶ ἀπέδοτο περιζώματα τοῖς Χαναναίοις. στόμα αὐτῆς διήνοιξε προσεχόντως καὶ ἐννόμως, καὶ τάξιν ἐστείλατο τῇ γλώσσῃ αὐτῆς. |
| 25 | Strength and beauty are her clothing, and she shall laugh in the latter day. | Ἰσχὺν καὶ εὐπρέπειαν ἐνεδύσατο, καὶ εὐφράνθη ἐν ἡμέραις ἐσχάταις. |
| 26 | She hath opened her mouth to wisdom, and the law of clemency is on her tongue. | Στεγναὶ διατριβαὶ οἴκων αὐτῆς, σῖτα δὲ ὀκνηρὰ οὐκ ἔφαγεν. |
| 27 | She hath looked well to the paths of her house, and hath not eaten her bread idle. | Τὸ στόμα δὲ ἀνοίγει σοφῶς καὶ νομοθέσμως. Ἡ δὲ ἐλεημοσύνη αὐτῆς |
| 28 | Her children rose up, and called her blessed: her husband, and he praised her. | ἀνέστησε τὰ τέκνα αὐτῆς καὶ ἐπλούτησαν, καὶ ὁ ἀνὴρ αὐτῆς ᾔνεσεν αὐτήν. |
| 29 | Many daughters have gathered together riches: thou hast surpassed them all. | Πολλαὶ θυγατέρες ἐκτήσαντο πλοῦτον, πολλαὶ ἐποίησαν δύναμιν· σὺ δὲ ὑπέρκεισαι, ὑπερῇρας πάσας. |
| 30 | Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: the woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised. | Ψευδεῖς ἀρέσκειαι, καὶ μάταιον κάλλος γυναικος· γυνὴ γὰρ συνετὴ εὐλογεῖται, φόβον δὲ Κυρίου αὕτη αἰνείτω. |
| 31 | Give her of the fruit of her hands: and let her works praise her in the gates. | Δότε αὐτῇ ἀπὸ καρπῶν χειλέων αὐτῆς, καὶ αἰνείσθω ἐν πύλαις ὁ ἀνὴρ αὐτῆς. |
