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Proverbs 8 Brenton's Septuagint Translation
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and utter my voice to the sons of men.<p> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>O ye simple, understand subtlety, and ye that are untaught, imbibe knowledge.<p> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Hearken to me; for I will speak solemn <i>truths</i>; and will produce right <i>sayings</i> from my lips.<p> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>For my throat shall meditate truth; and false lips are an abomination before me.<p> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing in them wrong or perverse.<p> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>They are all evident to those that understand, and right to those that find knowledge.<p> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Receive instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than tried gold.<p> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>For wisdom is better than precious stones; and no valuable substance is of equal worth with it.<p> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>I wisdom have dwelt <i>with</i> counsel and knowledge, and I have called upon understanding.<p> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>The fear of the Lord hates unrighteousness, and insolence, and pride, and the ways of wicked men; and I hate the perverse ways of bad men.<p> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Counsel and safety are mine; prudence is mine, and strength is mine.<p> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>By me kings reign, and princes decree justice.<p> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>By me nobles become great, and monarchs by me rule over the earth.<p> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>I love those that love me; and they that seek me shall find <i>me</i>.<p> <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Wealth and glory belong to me; yea, abundant possessions and righteousness.<p> <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span><i>It is</i> better to have my fruit than <i>to have</i> gold and precious stones; and my produce is better than choice silver.<p> <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>I walk in ways of righteousness, and <i>am</i> conversant with the paths of judgement;<p> <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>that I may divide substance to them that love me, and may fill their treasures with good things. <font color=blue>(8:21A)</font> If I declare to you the things that daily happen, I will remember <i>also</i> to recount the things of old.<p> <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>The Lord made me the beginning of his ways for his works.<p> <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>He established me before time <i>was</i> in the beginning, before he made the earth:<p> <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>even before he made the depths; before the fountains of water came forth:<p> <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>before the mountains were settled, and before all hills, he begets me.<p> <A name="27"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>The Lord made countries and uninhabited <i>tracks</i>, and the highest inhabited parts of the world.<p> <A name="28"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>When he prepared the heaven, I was present with him; and when he prepared his throne upon the winds:<p> <A name="29"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>and when he strengthened the clouds above; and when he secured the fountains of the earth:<p> <A name="30"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>and when he strengthened the foundations of the earth:<p> <A name="31"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>I was by him, suiting <i>myself to him</i>, I was that wherein he took delight; and daily I rejoiced in his presence continually.<p> <A name="32"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>For he rejoiced when he had completed the world, and rejoiced among the children of men.<p> <A name="33"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>Now then, <i>my</i> son, hear me: blessed is the man who shall hearken to me, and the mortal who shall keep my ways;<p> <A name="34"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span><font color=blue>(OMITTED TEXT)</font><p> <A name="35"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>watching daily at my doors, waiting at the posts of my entrances.<p> <A name="36"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>For my outgoings are the outgoings of life, and <i>in them</i> is prepared favour from the Lord.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/8-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>But they that sin against me act wickedly against their own souls: and they that hate me love death.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The English translation of The Septuagint by Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton (1851)<br><br>Section Headings Courtesy <a href="https://berean.bible">Berean Bible</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../proverbs/7.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Proverbs 7"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Proverbs 7" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../proverbs/9.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Proverbs 9"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Proverbs 9" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>