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Ἐν τρισὶν ὡραΐσθην, καὶ ἀνέστην ὡραία ἔναντι Κυρίου καὶ ἀνθρώπων· ὁμόνοια ἀδελφῶν, καὶ φιλία τῶν πλησίον, καὶ γυνὴ καὶ ἀνὴρ ἑαυτοῖς συπεριφερόμενοι.
In three things I was beautified, And stood up beautiful both before God and men: The unity of brethren, the love of neighbors, A man and a wife that agree together.
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שָׁלֹשׁ הֵנָה שָׂנְאָה נַפְשִׁי, וְצַר לִי מְאֹד בְּחַיֵּיהֶם. דַּל גֵּאֶה וְעָשִׁיר מְכַחֵשׁ, וְזָקֵן מְנָאֵף וַחֲסַר דַּעַת.
Three my soul hates, and their life greatly distresses me: a proud poor man, a lying rich man, and an old adulterer lacking sense.
Τρία δὲ εἴδη ἐμίσησεν ἡ ψυχή μου, καὶ προσώχθισα σφόδρα τῇ ζωῇ αὐτῶν· πτωχὸν ὑπερήφανον, καὶ πλούσιον ψεύστην, γέροντα μοιχὸν ἐλαττούμενον συνέσει.
Three sorts of men my soul hateth, And I am greatly offended at their life: A poor man that is proud, a rich man that is a liar, And an old adulterer that doateth.
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אִם בִּנְעֻרוֹתֶיךָ לֹא חֲפַצְתָּם, אֵיךְ תַּשִּׁיגֵם בְּזִקְנוֹתֶיךָ.
If you did not gather them in your youth, how will you find them in your old age?
Ἐν νεότητι οὐ συναγήοχας, καὶ πῶς ἂν εὕροις ἐν τῷ γήρᾳ σου;
If thou hast gathered nothing in thy youth, How canst thou find anything in thine age?
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Ὡς ὡραῖον πολιαῖς κρίσις, καὶ πρεσβυτέροις ἐπιγνῶναι βουλην;
O how comely a thing is judgment for gray hairs, And for ancient men to know counsel!
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Ὡς ὡραία γερόντων σοφία, καὶ δεδοξασμένοις διανόημα καὶ βουλή.
O how comely is the wisdom of old men, And understanding and counsel to men of honor!
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Στέφανος γερόντων πολυπειρία, καὶ τὸ καύχημα αὐτῶν φόβος Κυρίου.
Much experience is the crown of old men, And the fear of God is their glory.
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Ἐννέα ὑπονοήματα ἐμακάρισα ἐν καρδίᾳ, καὶ τὸ δέκατον ἐρῶ ἐπὶ γλώσσης· ἄνθρωπος εὐφραινόμενος ἐπὶ τέκνοις, ζῶν καὶ βλέπων ἐπὶ πτώσει ἐχθρῶν.
There be nine things which I have judged in my heart to be happy, And the tenth I will utter with my tongue: A man that hath joy of his children; And he that liveth to see the fall of his enemy.
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אַשְׁרֵי שֶׁלֹּא נִכְשַׁל בִּלְשׁוֹנוֹ, וְלֹא עֹבֵד נִקְלֶה מִמֶּנּוּ. אַשְׁרֵי בַעַל אִשָּׁה מַשְׁכָּלֶת, וְלֹא חוֹרֵשׁ בְּשׁוֹר וְבַחְמוֹר יַחְדָּו.
Happy is he who has not stumbled with his tongue, and has not served one meaner than himself. Happy the husband of a sensible wife, and he who does not plough with an ox and an ass together.
Μακάριος ὁ συνοικῶν γυναικὶ συνετῇ, καὶ ὃς ἐν γλώσσῃ οὐκ ὠλίσθησε, καὶ ὃς οὐκ ἐδούλευσεν ἀναξίῳ αὐτοῦ.
Well is he that dwelleth with a wife of understanding, And that hath not slipped with his tongue, And that hath not served a man more unworthy than himself.
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Μακάριος ὃς εὗρε φρόνησιν, καὶ ὁ διηγούμενος εἰς ὦτα ἀκουόντων.
Well is he that hath found prudence, And he that speaketh in the ears of them that will hear:
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Ὡς μέγας ὁ εὑρὼν σοφίαν, ἀλλʼ οὐκ ἔστιν ὑπὲρ τὸν φοβούμενον τὸν Κύριον.
O how great is he that findeth wisdom! Yet there is none above him that feareth the Lord.
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Φόβος Κυρίου ὑπὲρ πᾶν ὑπερέβαλεν, ὁ κρατῶν αὐτοῦ τίνι ὁμοιωθήσεται;
But the love of the Lord passeth all things for illumination: He that holdeth it, whereto shall he be likened?
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כָּל מַכָּה וְלֹא כְמַכַּת הַלֵּב, כָּל רָעָה וְלֹא כְרָעַת אִשָּׁה.
Any wound, but not a wound of the heart; any evil, but not the evil of a woman.
Πᾶσαν πληγήν καὶ μὴ πληγὴν καρδίας, καὶ πᾶσαν πονηρίαν καὶ μὴ πονηρίαν γυναικός·
[Give me] any plague, but the plague of the heart: And any wickedness, but the wickedness of a woman:
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πᾶσαν ἐπαγωγήν καὶ μὴ ἐπαγωγὴν μισούντων, καὶ πᾶσαν ἐκδίκησιν καὶ μὴ ἐκδίκησιν ἐχθρῶν.
And any affliction, but the affliction from them that hate me: And any revenge, but the revenge of enemies.
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Οὐκ ἔστι κεφαλὴ ὑπὲρ κεφαλὴν ὄφεως, καὶ οὐκ ἔστι θυμὸς ὑπὲρ θυμὸν ἐχθροῦ.
There is no head above the head of a serpent; And there is no wrath above the wrath of an enemy.
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Συνοικῆσαι λέοντι καὶ δράκοντι εὐδοκήσω, ἢ ἐνοικῆσαι μετὰ γυναικὸς πονηρᾶς.
I had rather dwell with a lion and a dragon, Than to keep house with a wicked woman.
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רֹעַ אִשָּׁה יַשְׁחִיר מַרְאֶה אִישׁ, וְיַקְדִיר פָּנָיו לְדוֹב.
A woman's wickedness darkens her husband's face and makes it as gloomy as a bear's.
Πονηρία γυναικὸς ἀλλοιοῖ τὴν ὅρασιν αὐτῆς, καὶ σκοτοῖ τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτῆς ὡς σάκκον.
The wickedness of a woman changeth her face, And darkeneth her countenance like sackcloth.
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בֵּין רֵעִים יֵשֵׁב בַּעֲלָה, וּבְלֹא טַעֲמוֹ יִתְאַנָּח.
Her husband sits among his friends and sighs without meaning to.
Ἀναμέσον τοῦ πλησίον αὐτοῦ ἀναπεσεῖται ὁ ἀνὴρ αὐτῆς, καὶ ἀκούσας ἀνεστέναξε πικρά.
Her husband shall sit among his neighbors; And when he heareth it shall sigh bitterly.
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מְעַט רָעָה כְרָעַת אִשָּׁה, גוֹרַל חוֹטֵא יִפּוֹל עָלֶיהָ.
Any wickedness is small beside a woman's wickedness; may the lot of a sinner fall on her.
Μικρὰ πᾶσα κακία πρὸς κακίαν γυναικός· κλῆρος ἁμαρτωλοῦ ἐπιπέσοι αὐτῇ.
All wickedness is but little to the wickedness of a woman; Let the portion of a sinner fall upon her.
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כְּמַעֲלֵה חוּץ לְרַגְלֵי יָשִׁישׁ, כֵּן אֵשֶׁת לָשׁוֹן לְאִישׁ רַךְ.
Like a sandy ascent for the feet of the aged is a talkative wife to a quiet husband.
Ἀνάβασις ἀμμώδης ἐν ποσὶ πρεσβυτέρου· οὕτως γυνὴ γλωσσώδης ἀνδρὶ ἡσύχῳ.
As the climbing up a sandy way is to the feet of the aged, So is a wife full of words to a quiet man.
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אַל תִּפּוֹל בְּיֹפִי אִשָּׁה, וְעַל יֵש לָהּ לֹא תַּחְמוֹד.
Do not fall for a woman's beauty, and do not covet what she has.
Μὴ προσπέσῃς ἐπὶ κάλλος γυναικὸς, καὶ γυναῖκα μὴ ἐπιποθήσῃς.
Stumble not at the beauty of a woman, And desire her not for pleasure.
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כִּי בַעֲדָהּ חֶרְפָּה וּבֹשֶׁת, אִשָּׁה מְכַלְכֶּלֶת אֶת בַּעֲלָהּ.
For she brings reproach and shame, a wife who supports her husband.
Ὀργὴ καὶ ἀναίδεια καὶ αἰσχύνη μεγάλη, γυνὴ ἐὰν ἐπιχορηγῇ τῷ ἀνδρὶ αὐτῆς.
A woman, if she maintain her husband, Is full of anger, impudence, and much reproach.
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רִפְיוֹן יָדַיִם וְכִשְׁלוֹן בִּרְכַּיִם, אִשָּׁה לֹא תְאַשֵּׁר אֶת בַּעֲלָהּ.
Slack hands and stumbling knees: a wife who does not make her husband happy.
Καρδία ταπεινὴ καὶ πρόσωπον σκυθρωπὸν καὶ πληγὴ καρδίας γυνὴ πονηρά· χεῖρες παρειμέναι καὶ γόνατα παραλελυμένα, ἥτις οὐ μακαριεῖ τὸν ἄνδρα αὐτῆς.
A wicked woman abateth the courage, maketh a heavy countenance and a wounded heart: A woman that will not comfort her husband in distress maketh weak hands and feeble knees.
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מֵאִשָּׁה תְחִלַת עָוֹן, וּבִגְלָלָהּ גָוַעְנוּ יַחַד.
From a woman sin began, and because of her we all die.
Ἀπὸ γυναικὸς ἀρχὴ ἁμαρτίας, καὶ διʼ αὐτὴν ἀποθνήσκομεν πάντες.
Of the woman came the beginning of sin, And through her we all die.
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אִשָּׁה רָעָה צָרַעַת לְבַעֲלָהּ, יְגַרְשֶׁנָּה מִבֵּיתוֹ וְיִתְרַפֵּא מִצָּרַעְתּוֹ.
A bad wife is leprosy to her husband: let him send her from his house and be healed of his leprosy.
Μὴ δῷς ὕδατι διέξοδον, μηδὲ γυναικὶ πωνηρᾷ ἐξουσίαν.
Give the water no passage; Neither a wicked woman liberty to gad abroad.
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Εἰ μὴ πορεύεται κατὰ χεῖρά σου, ἀπὸ τῶν σαρκῶν σου ἀπότεμε αὐτήν.
If she go not as thou wouldest have her, Cut her off from thy flesh, And give her a bill of divorce, and let her go.