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10 ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑΣΤΗΣECCLESIASTES - Brenton|RSVReference
1Μυῖαι θανατοῦσαι σαπριοῦσιν σκευασίαν ἐλαίου ἡδύσματος·
τίμιον ὀλίγον σοφίας ὑπὲρ δόξαν ἀφροσύνης μεγάλης.
 Pestilent flies will corrupt a preparation of sweet ointment:
[and] a little wisdom is more precious than great glory of folly.		 
2καρδία σοφοῦ εἰς δεξιὸν αὐτοῦ,
καὶ καρδία ἄφρονος εἰς ἀριστερὸν αὐτοῦ·
 A wise man's heart is at his right hand;
but a fool's heart at his left.		 
3καί γε ἐν ὁδῷ ὅταν ἄφρων πορεύηται,
καρδία αὐτοῦ ὑστερήσει,
καὶ ἃ λογιεῖται πάντα ἀφροσύνη ἐστίν.
 Yea, and whenever a fool walks by the way,
his heart will fail him,
and all that he thinks of is folly.		 
4ἐὰν πνεῦμα τοῦ ἐξουσιάζοντος ἀναβῇ ἐπὶ σέ, τόπον σου μὴ ἀφῇς,
ὅτι ἴαμα καταπαύσει ἁμαρτίας μεγάλας.
 If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place;
for soothing will put an end to great offences.		 
5ἔστιν πονηρία, ἣν εἶδον ὑπὸ τὸν ἥλιον, ὡς ἀκούσιον,
ὃ ἐξῆλθεν ἀπὸ προσώπου τοῦ ἐξουσιάζοντος·
 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun,
wherein an error has proceeded from the ruler.		 
6ἐδόθη ὁ ἄφρων ἐν ὕψεσι μεγάλοις,
καὶ πλούσιοι ἐν ταπεινῷ καθήσονται·
 The fool has been set in very high places,
while rich men would sit in a low one.		 
7εἶδον δούλους ἐφ' ἵππους
καὶ ἄρχοντας πορευομένους ὡς δούλους ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς.
 I have seen servants upon horses,
and princes walking as servants on the earth.		 
8ὁ ὀρύσσων βόθρον ἐν αὐτῷ ἐμπεσεῖται,
καὶ καθαιροῦντα φραγμόν, δήξεται αὐτὸν ὄφις·
 He that digs a pit shall fall into it;
and him that breaks down a hedge a serpent shall bite.		 
9ἐξαίρων λίθους διαπονηθήσεται ἐν αὐτοῖς,
σχίζων ξύλα κινδυνεύσει ἐν αὐτοῖς.
 He that removes stones shall be troubled thereby;
he that cleaves wood shall be endangered thereby.		 
10ἐὰν ἐκπέσῃ τὸ σιδήριον, καὶ αὐτὸς πρόσωπον ἐτάραξεν, καὶ δυνάμεις δυναμώσει,
καὶ περισσεία τοῦ ἀνδρείου σοφία.
 If the axe-head should fall off, then the man troubles his countenance, and he must put forth more strength:
and [in tat case] skill is of no advantage to a man.		 
11ἐὰν δάκῃ ὁ ὄφις ἐν οὐ ψιθυρισμῷ,
καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν περισσεία τῷ ἐπᾴδοντι.
 If a serpent bite when there is no [charmer's] whisper,
then there is no advantage to the charmer.		 
12λόγοι στόματος σοφοῦ χάρις,
καὶ χείλη ἄφρονος καταποντιοῦσιν αὐτόν·
 The words of a wise mouth are gracious:
but the lips of a fool will swallow him up.		 
13ἀρχὴ λόγων στόματος αὐτοῦ ἀφροσόνη,
καὶ ἐσχάτη στόματος αὐτοῦ περιφέρεια πονηρά·
 The beginning of the words of his mouth is folly:
and the end of his talk mischievous madness.		 
14καὶ ὁ ἄφρων πληθύνει λόγους.
οὐκ ἔγνω ὁ ἄνθρωπος τί τὸ γενόμενον,
καὶ τί τὸ ἐσόμενον ὀπίσω αὐτοῦ,
τίς ἀναγγελεῖ αὐτῷ;
 A fool moreover multiplies words:
man knows not what has been,
nor what will be:
who shall tell him what will come after him?		 
15μόχθος τῶν ἀφρόνων κοπώσει αὐτούς,
ὃς οὐκ ἔγνω τοῦ πορευθῆναι εἰς πόλιν.
 The labour of fools will afflict them,
[as that of one] who knows not to go to the city.		 
16οὐαί σοι, πόλις, ἧς ὁ βασιλεύς σου νεώτερος καὶ οἱ ἄρχοντές σου ἐν πρωίᾳ ἐσθίουσιν·
 Woe to thee, O city, whose king is young, and thy princes eat in the morning! 
17μακαρία σύ, γῆ, ἧς ὁ βασιλεύς σου υἱὸς ἐλευθέρων καὶ οἱ ἄρχοντές σου πρὸς καιρὸν φάγονται ἐν δυνάμει καὶ οὐκ αἰσχυνθήσονται.
 Blessed art thou, O land, whose king is a son of nobles, and whose princes shall eat seasonably, for strength, and shall not be ashamed. 
18ἐν ὀκνηρίαις ταπεινωθήσεται ἡ δόκωσις, καὶ ἐν ἀργίᾳ χειρῶν στάξει ἡ οἰκία.
 By slothful neglect a building will be brought low: and by idleness of the hands the house will fall to pieces. 
19εἰς γέλωτα ποιοῦσιν ἄρτον,
καὶ οἶνος εὐφραίνει ζῶντας,
καὶ τοῦ ἀργυρίου ἐπακούσεται σὺν τὰ πάντα.
 Men prepare bread for laughter,
and wine and oil that the living should rejoice:
but to money all things will humbly yield obedience.		 
20καί γε ἐν συνειδήσει σου βασιλέα μὴ καταράσῃ, καὶ ἐν ταμιείοις κοιτώνων σου μὴ καταράσῃ πλούσιον·
ὅτι πετεινὸν τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ἀποίσει σὺν τὴν φωνήν, καὶ ὁ ἔχων τὰς πτέρυγας ἀπαγγελεῖ λόγον.
 Even in thy conscience, curse not the king; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber:
for a bird of the air shall carry thy voice, and that which has wings shall report thy speech.		 
    << | Ecclesiastes: 10 | >>  

Notes:

The Old Testament in Greek is Rahlf's LXX available in Word format at the Tyndale website, adapted to database format.
The alternative readings of the LXX - Judges (Alexandrinus), Daniel, Susanna & Bel (LXX received text), and Tobit (Sinaiticus [not printed in Swete]) as separate book references so that they can be viewed as an alternative text in parallel with the primary text.
(I have reversed the Swete presentation for Daniel, Susanna, Bel by listing in the later Theodotion LXX text as the main text. )
The LXX cross references to the Hebrew Bible have been extensively revised using those set out in Swete's 'Old Testament in Greek' publications between 1894 and 1909, amended in part to agree with verses as printed in the Biblia Hebraica (1937 publication).
Some verse cross references in Swete's had to be amended to agree with the BHS verse numbering, and there may well be some mismatches that I haven't yet picked up on. (If you find any errors please e-mail me.)
Hebrew Bible has been adapted from the BHS in Word format at Tyndale.
The Septuagint in English ( translated by Sir Lancelot CL Brenton) - is used here only for the books of the Hebrew Bible.
The Revised Standard Version: This generally follows the Hebrew Bible for the canonical OT so I have included the RSV Aprocrypha for the Greek books not covered by Brenton.
Ecclesiasticus - Sirach Chs.30-36: The text of these chapters from 30.24 to 36.16, is disordered.
I have followed Swete's verse numbering for the greek text.
Also, the RSV verse numbering differs from the NRSV.
The NRSV appears to have followed Swete's numbering here, so I have re-ordered the RSV to agree with both the NRSV & Swete for these chapters.
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Passage headings are generally as printed in the Bible Society's "Good News Bible", 1976.
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