Proverbs 7: Hebrew, Septuagint and orthodox reading

Proverbs 7 — the ishshàh zaràh (with LXX≠MT note)

Proverbi 7,1-27·MT (OSHB) + LXX·2/8

Hebrew (MT)

Septuagint (LXX)

Orthodox Reading

Hebrew (MT)בני שמר אמרי ומצותי תצפן אתך

Septuagint (LXX)a υἱέ, τίμα τὸν κύριον, καὶ ἰσχύσεις, πλὴν δὲ αὐτοῦ μὴ φοβοῦ ἄλλον.

Orthodox ReadingMy son, keep my words and store my commandmentsⓘ with you.

Hebrew (MT)שמר מצותי וחיה ותורתי כאישון עיניך

Septuagint (LXX)φύλαξον ἐμὰς ἐντολάς, καὶ βιώσεις, τοὺς δὲ ἐμοὺς λόγους ὥσπερ κόρας ὀμμάτων·

Orthodox ReadingKeep my commandments and liveⓘ, and my instructionⓘ as the apple of your eyeⓘ.

Hebrew (MT)קשרם על אצבעתיך כתבם על לוח לבך

Septuagint (LXX)περίθου δὲ αὐτοὺς σοῖς δακτύλοις, ἐπίγραψον δὲ ἐπὶ τὸ πλάτος τῆς καρδίας σου.

Orthodox ReadingBind them on your fingers, write them on the tablet of your heartⓘ.

Hebrew (MT)אמר לחכמה אחתי את ומדע לבינה תקרא

Septuagint (LXX)εἶπον τὴν σοφίαν σὴν ἀδελφὴν εἶναι, τὴν δὲ φρόνησιν γνώριμον περιποίησαι σεαυτῷ,

Orthodox ReadingSay to wisdomⓘ: «You are my sister», and call understandingⓘ your kinswoman,

Hebrew (MT)לשמרך מאשה זרה מנכריה אמריה החליקה

Septuagint (LXX)ἵνα σε τηρήσῃ ἀπὸ γυναικὸς ἀλλοτρίας καὶ πονηρᾶς, ἐάν σε λόγοις τοῖς πρὸς χάριν ἐμβάληται.

Orthodox Readingthat she may keep you from the strange womanⓘ, from the foreign woman who has made smooth her words.

Hebrew (MT)כי בחלון ביתי בעד אשנבי נשקפתי

Septuagint (LXX)ἀπὸ γὰρ θυρίδος ἐκ τοῦ οἴκου αὐτῆς εἰς τὰς πλατείας παρα κύπτουσα,

Orthodox ReadingFor at the window of my house, through my latticeⓘ, I looked out,

Hebrew (MT)וארא בפתאים אבינה בבנים נער חסר לב

Septuagint (LXX)ὃν ἂν ἴδῃ τῶν ἀφρόνων τέκνων νεανίαν ἐνδεῆ φρενῶν

Orthodox Readingand I saw among the simple ones, I noticed among the youths a young man lacking senseⓘ,

Hebrew (MT)עבר בשוק אצל פנה ודרך ביתה יצעד

Septuagint (LXX)παραπορευόμενον παρὰ γωνίαν ἐν διόδοις οἴκων αὐτῆς

Orthodox Readingpassing through the street near her corner, and stepping toward her house,

Hebrew (MT)בנשף בערב יום באישון לילה ואפלה

Septuagint (LXX)καὶ λαλοῦντα ἐν σκότει ἑσπερινῷ, ἡνίκα ἂν ἡσυχία νυκτερινὴ ᾖ καὶ γνοφώδης,

Orthodox Readingat twilightⓘ, as the day was declining, in the depth of night and darkness.

Hebrew (MT)והנה אשה לקראתו שית זונה ונצרת לב

Septuagint (LXX)ἡ δὲ γυνὴ συναντᾷ αὐτῷ, εἶδος ἔχουσα πορνικόν, ἣ ποιεῖ νέων ἐξίπτασθαι καρδίας.

Orthodox ReadingAnd behold, a woman came to meet him, in the attire of a harlotⓘ and with a wary heart.

Hebrew (MT)המיה היא וסררת בביתה לא ישכנו רגליה

Septuagint (LXX)ἀνεπτερωμένη δέ ἐστιν καὶ ἄσωτος, ἐν οἴκῳ δὲ οὐχ ἡσυχάζουσιν οἱ πόδες αὐτῆς·

Orthodox ReadingBoisterous and rebellious, her feet do not rest in her house:

Hebrew (MT)פעם בחוץ פעם ברחבות ואצל כל פנה תארב

Septuagint (LXX)χρόνον γάρ τινα ἔξω ῥέμβεται, χρόνον δὲ ἐν πλατείαις παρὰ πᾶσαν γωνίαν ἐνεδρεύει.

Orthodox Readingnow outside, now in the squares, and at every corner she lies in waitⓘ.

Hebrew (MT)והחזיקה בו ונשקה לו העזה פניה ותאמר לו

Septuagint (LXX)εἶτα ἐπιλαβομένη ἐφίλησεν αὐτόν, ἀναιδεῖ δὲ προσώπῳ προσεῖπεν αὐτῷ

Orthodox ReadingShe seizes him and kisses him, and with a brazen face she says to him:

Hebrew (MT)זבחי שלמים עלי היום שלמתי נדרי

Septuagint (LXX)Θυσία εἰρηνική μοί ἐστιν, σήμερον ἀποδίδωμι τὰς εὐχάς μου·

Orthodox Reading«Fellowship offeringsⓘ I had to bring, today I have fulfilled my vowsⓘ;

Hebrew (MT)על כן יצאתי לקראתך לשחר פניך ואמצאך

Septuagint (LXX)ἕνεκα τούτου ἐξῆλθον εἰς συνάντησίν σοι, ποθοῦσα τὸ σὸν πρόσωπον εὕρηκά σε·

Orthodox Readingtherefore I have come out to meet youⓘ, to seek your face, and I have found you.

Hebrew (MT)מרבדים רבדתי ערשי חטבות אטון מצרים

Septuagint (LXX)κειρίαις τέτακα τὴν κλίνην μου, ἀμφιτάποις δὲ ἔστρωκα τοῖς ἀπ’ Αἰγύπτου·

Orthodox ReadingI have adorned my bed with coveringsⓘ, with coloured linens from Egypt;

Hebrew (MT)נפתי משכבי מר אהלים וקנמון

Septuagint (LXX)διέρραγκα τὴν κοίτην μου κρόκῳ, τὸν δὲ οἶκόν μου κινναμώμῳ·

Orthodox ReadingI have sprinkled my couch with myrrhⓘ, with aloes and cinnamon.

Hebrew (MT)לכה נרוה דדים עד הבקר נתעלסה באהבים

Septuagint (LXX)ἐλθὲ καὶ ἀπολαύσωμεν φιλίας ἕως ὄρθρου, δεῦρο καὶ ἐγκυλισθῶμεν ἔρωτι·

Orthodox ReadingCome, let us drink our fill of loveⓘ until morning, let us delight ourselves with love:

Hebrew (MT)כי אין האיש בביתו הלך בדרך מרחוק

Septuagint (LXX)οὐ γὰρ πάρεστιν ὁ ἀνήρ μου ἐν οἴκῳ, πεπόρευται δὲ ὁδὸν μακρὰν

Orthodox Readingfor the manⓘ is not in his house, he has gone on a long journey,

Hebrew (MT)צרור הכסף לקח בידו ליום הכסא יבא ביתו

Septuagint (LXX)ἔνδεσμον ἀργυρίου λαβὼν ἐν χειρὶ αὐτοῦ, δι’ ἡμερῶν πολλῶν ἐπανήξει εἰς τὸν οἶκον αὐτοῦ.

Orthodox Readinghe has taken a bag of silver in his hand, at the full moonⓘ he will return home».

Hebrew (MT)הטתו ברב לקחה בחלק שפתיה תדיחנו

Septuagint (LXX)ἀπεπλάνησεν δὲ αὐτὸν πολλῇ ὁμιλίᾳ βρόχοις τε τοῖς ἀπὸ χειλέων ἐξώκειλεν αὐτόν.

Orthodox ReadingWith much persuasionⓘ she leads him astray, with the smoothness of her lips she drags him away.

Hebrew (MT)הולך אחריה פתאם כשור אל טבח יבוא וכעכס אל מוסר אויל

Septuagint (LXX)ὁ δὲ ἐπηκολούθησεν αὐτῇ κεπφωθείς, ὥσπερ δὲ βοῦς ἐπὶ σφαγὴν ἄγεται καὶ ὥσπερ κύων ἐπὶ δεσμοὺς

Orthodox ReadingHe follows her suddenly, as an ox goes to the slaughterⓘ, as in fetters for the correction of a fool,

Hebrew (MT)עד יפלח חץ כבדו כמהר צפור אל פח ולא ידע כי בנפשו הוא

Septuagint (LXX)ἢ ὡς ἔλαφος τοξεύματι πεπληγὼς εἰς τὸ ἧπαρ, σπεύδει δὲ ὥσπερ ὄρνεον εἰς παγίδα οὐκ εἰδὼς ὅτι περὶ ψυχῆς τρέχει.

Orthodox Readinguntil an arrow pierces his liverⓘ; as a bird hastens to the snare and does not know that it costs him his life.

Hebrew (MT)ועתה בנים שמעו לי והקשיבו לאמרי פי

Septuagint (LXX)νῦν οὖν, υἱέ, ἄκουέ μου καὶ πρόσεχε ῥήμασιν στόματός μου·

Orthodox ReadingAnd now, my sons, listen to me, and pay attention to the words of my mouth:

Hebrew (MT)אל ישט אל דרכיה לבך אל תתע בנתיבותיה

Septuagint (LXX)μὴ ἐκκλινάτω εἰς τὰς ὁδοὺς αὐτῆς ἡ καρδία σου·

Orthodox Readingdo not let your heart turn aside to her ways, do not stray into her paths;

Hebrew (MT)כי רבים חללים הפילה ועצמים כל הרגיה

Septuagint (LXX)πολλοὺς γὰρ τρώσασα καταβέβληκεν, καὶ ἀναρίθμητοί εἰσιν οὓς πεφόνευκεν·

Orthodox Readingfor many are the slainⓘ she has struck down, and numerous are all those she has killed:

Hebrew (MT)דרכי שאול ביתה ירדות אל חדרי מות

Septuagint (LXX)ὁδοὶ ᾅδου ὁ οἶκος αὐτῆς κατάγουσαι εἰς τὰ ταμίεια τοῦ θανάτου.

Orthodox Readingthe ways of Sheol are her houseⓘ, going down to the chambers of death.

Old Testament

Proverbs 4:1-6 — The father's instruction and the «good teaching»

Proverbs 7 — the ishshàh zaràh (with a caveat: LXX≠MT)

Proverbs 10 — the Mishlè Shelomòh: the two ways and the memory of the righteous

Proverbs 15 — The soft answer, the eyes of YHWH and the rejected sacrifice

The heart of man and the Tetragrammaton who weighs the spirits

Proverbs 19 — sapiential couplets, the yirʾàt YHWH and "lending to God"

Proverbs 23 — the table of the powerful, the boundary of the orphan, the mussàr

Proverbs 25 — The collection of Hezekiah, the honey and the hungry enemy

Proverbs 7 — the ishshàh zaràh (with LXX≠MT note)

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