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Proverbs Attached Contents

Proverbs Attached Contents

Proverbs 1

[1]1:4 The Hebrew word rendered simple in Proverbs denotes a person who is gullible, without moral direction and inclined to evil.

[2]1:6 Or understanding a proverb, namely, a parable, / and the sayings of the wise, their riddles

[3]1:7 The Hebrew words rendered fool in Proverbs, and often elsewhere in the Old Testament, denote a person who is morally deficient.

[4]1:21 Septuagint; Hebrew / at noisy street corners

Proverbs 2

[5]2:17 Or covenant of her God

Proverbs 3

[6]3:6 Or will direct your paths

[7]3:12 Hebrew; Septuagint loves, / and he chastens everyone he accepts as his child

Proverbs 4

[8]4:7 Or Wisdom is supreme; therefore get

[9]4:7 Or wisdom. / Whatever else you get

[10]4:26 Or Make level

Proverbs 5

[11]5:9 Or years

Proverbs 6

[12]6:3 Or Go and humble yourself,

Proverbs 7

[13]7:22 Syriac (see also Septuagint); Hebrew fool

[14]7:22 The meaning of the Hebrew for this line is uncertain.

Proverbs 8

[15]8:5 Septuagint; Hebrew foolish, instruct your minds

[16]8:16 Some Hebrew manuscripts and Septuagint; other Hebrew manuscripts all righteous rulers

[17]8:22 Or way; or dominion

[18]8:22 Or The LORD possessed me at the beginning of his work; or The LORD brought me forth at the beginning of his work

[19]8:30 Or was the artisan; or was a little child

Proverbs 9

[20]9:1 Septuagint, Syriac and Targum; Hebrew has hewn out

[21]9:11 Septuagint, Syriac and Targum; Hebrew me

Proverbs 10

[22]10:6 Or righteous, / but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence

[23]10:7 See Gen. 48:20.

Proverbs 11

[24]11:7 Two Hebrew manuscripts; most Hebrew manuscripts, Vulgate, Syriac and Targum When the wicked die, their hope perishes; / all they expected from

Proverbs 12

[25]12:27 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.

Proverbs 13

[26]13:15 Septuagint and Syriac; the meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.

[27]13:16 Or prudent protect themselves through

Proverbs 14

[28]14:22 Or show

[29]14:33 Hebrew; Septuagint and Syriac discerning / but in the heart of fools she is not known

Proverbs 15

[30]15:11 Hebrew Abaddon

Proverbs 16

[31]16:20 Or whoever speaks prudently finds what is good

[32]16:21 Or words make a person persuasive

[33]16:23 Or prudent / and make their lips persuasive

Proverbs 19

[34]19:7 The meaning of the Hebrew for this sentence is uncertain.

[35]19:22 Or Greed is a person’s shame

Proverbs 20

[36]20:27 Or A person’s words are

Proverbs 21

[37]21:6 Some Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint and Vulgate; most Hebrew manuscripts vapor for those who seek death

[38]21:12 Or The righteous person

[39]21:21 Or righteousness

Proverbs 23

[40]23:1 Or who

[41]23:7 Or for as he thinks within himself, / so he is; or for as he puts on a feast, / so he is

Proverbs 25

[42]25:7, 8 Or nobles / on whom you had set your eyes. / 8Do not go

[43]25:11 Or possibly apricots

Proverbs 26

[44]26:23 Hebrew; Septuagint smooth

Proverbs 27

[45]27:19 Or so others reflect your heart back to you

[46]27:20 Hebrew Abaddon

Proverbs 28

[47]28:3 Or A poor person

[48]28:18 Syriac (see Septuagint); Hebrew into one

Proverbs 29

[49]29:4 Or who give

Proverbs 30

[50]30:1 With a different word division of the Hebrew; Masoretic Text utterance to Ithiel, / to Ithiel and Ukal:

[51]30:31 The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.

Proverbs 31

[52]31:3 Or wealth

[53]31:10 Verses 10–31 are an acrostic poem, the verses of which begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet.