Proverbs, Chapter 5
Introduction
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- Manuscript scan: The actual folio of Codex Sinaiticus containing this passage, from the Codex Sinaiticus Project (codexsinaiticus.org). Library folio reference: 130.
- Original text: The verbatim transcription of the Sinaiticus manuscript from the Codex Sinaiticus Project, preserving uncial forms, lunate sigma, nomina sacra (e.g. ⟨θϲ⟩ = θεός), and scribal marks. Nomina sacra are shown in angle brackets to indicate the manuscript's sacred-name abbreviations.
- English translation: The King James Version (1611), retrieved verbatim from the public-domain bible-api.com endpoint.
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1ϋϊε εμη ϲοφια προϲεχε εμοιϲ δε λογοιϲ παραβαλε ϲον ουϲ 2ϊνα φυλαξηϲ εννοιαν αγαθην αιϲθηϲιϲ̣ δε εμων χειλεων εντελλε̣τ̣αι ϲοι 3μη προϲεχε φαυλη γυναικι μελι γαρ αποϲταζι · απο χειλεων γυναικοϲ πορνηϲ ἡ προϲ καιρον λιπαινει ϲον φαρυγγα 4ϋϲτερον μεντοι πικροτερον χοληϲ ευρηϲειϲ . και ηκονημενον μαλλον · μαχαιραϲ διϲτομου 5τηϲ γαρ αφροϲυνηϲ οι ποδεϲ · καταγουϲι τουϲ χρωμενουϲ αυτη μετα θανατου ειϲ τον αδην τα δε ϊχνη αυτηϲ · ουκ εριδεται 6οδουϲ γαρ ζωηϲ · ουκ επερχεται ϲφαλεραι δε αι τροχιαι αυτηϲ . και ουκ ευγνωϲτοι 7νυν ουν ϋϊε · ακουε μου και μη μακρυνηϲ ποιηϲηϲ εμουϲ λογουϲ 8μακραν ποιηϲον απ αυτηϲ · ϲην οδον μη εγγιϲηϲ προϲ θυραιϲ οικων αυτηϲ
1My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding: 2That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge. 3For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil: 4But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword. 5Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell. 6Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them. 7Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth. 8Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:
9ϊνα μη προη αλλοιϲ ζωην ϲου και ϲον βιον · ανελαιημοϲι 10ϊνα μη πληϲθωϲιν αλλοτριοι . ϲηϲ ϊϲχυοϲ · οι δε ϲοι πονοι · ειϲ οικουϲ αλλοτριω . ελθωϲιν 11και μεταμελεηθηϲη επ εϲχατων ηνικα αν κατατριβωϲιν . ϲαρκεϲ ϲωματοϲ ϲου 12και ερειϲ · πωϲ εμιϲηϲα παιδιαν και ελεγχουϲ · εξεκλινεν η καρδια μου 13ουκ ηκουον φωνην παιδευοντοϲ με · και διδαϲκοντοϲ με ουδε παρεβαλον το ουϲ μου 14παρ ολιγον εγενομην . εν παντι κακω εν μεϲω εκκληϲιαϲ και ϲυναγωγηϲ . 15πεινε ϋδατα · απο ϲων αγιων και απο ϲων φρεατων πηγηϲ 16μη ϋπερεκχιϲθω ϲοι ϋδατα εκ τηϲ ϲηϲ πηγηϲ ειϲ δε ϲαϲ πλατειαϲ · διαπορευεϲθω τα ϲα ϋδατα
9Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel: 10Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger; 11And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed, 12And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof; 13And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me! 14I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly. 15Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well. 16Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the streets.
17εϲτω ϲοι μονω ϋπαρχοντα και μηδειϲ αλλοτριοϲ μεταϲχετω ϲοι · 18η πηγη ϲου του ϋδατοϲ · εϲτω ϲοι ϊδια και ϲυνευφραινου μετα γυναικοϲ τηϲ εκ νεοτητοϲ ϲου 19ελαφοϲ φιλιαϲ · και πωλοϲ ϲων χαριτων · ομιλιτω ϲοι η δε ηδια ηγειϲθω ϲου · και ϲυνεϲτω ϲοι εν παντι καιρω εν γαρ τη ταυτηϲ φιλια ϲυνπεριφερομενοϲ · πολλοϲτοϲ εϲη 20μη πολυϲ ϊϲθι μη προϲ αλλοτριαν μηδε ϲυνεχου αγκαλαιϲ τηϲ μη ϊδιαϲ 21οφθαλμων . οδοι ανδροϲ ειϲ δε παϲαϲ ταϲ τροχιαϲ αυτου . ϲκοπευει 22παρανομιαι · ανδρα αγρευουϲιν ϲιραιϲ δε εκαϲτοϲ των εαυτου αμαρτιων ϲφιγγεται 23ουτοϲ τελευτα · μετα απαιδευτων εκ δε πληθουϲ τηϲ εαυτου βιοτητοϲ εξεριφη και απωλετο δια αφροϲυνην
17Let them be only thine own, and not strangers’ with thee. 18Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth. 19Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love. 20And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger? 21For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings. 22His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins. 23He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
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Source & Cross-References
- Source text: Codex Sinaiticus folio + transcription (codexsinaiticus.org) + KJV (bible-api.com) — view original
- Critical edition: Tischendorf 8th edition (1869) / Codex Sinaiticus transcription
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