DB1 | Man is nothing. Sir.18.8-14 | KNSB Contents | notes| 18 | katapi NEW STUDY BIBLE | Passage | Old Testament in Greek (Septuagint) |
| 8 | What is man, and of what use is he? What is his good and what is his evil? | Man is nothing. Sir.18.8-14 | ἀριθμὸς ἡμερῶν ἀνθρώπου πολλὰ ἔτη ἑκατόν· |
| 8 | What is man, and of what use is he? What is his good and what is his evil? | Man is nothing. Sir.18.8-14 | ὡς σταγὼν ὕδατος ἀπὸ θαλάσσης καὶ ψῆφος ἄμμου, οὕτως ὀλίγα ἔτη ἐν ἡμέρᾳ αἰῶνος. |
| 9 | The number of a man's days is great if he reaches a hundred years. | διὰ τοῦτο ἐμακροθύμησεν Κύριος ἐπ' αὐτοῖς, καὶ ἐξέχεεν ἐπ' αὐτοὺς τὸ ἔλεος αὐτοῦ. | |
| 10 | Like a drop of water from the sea and a grain of sand so are a few years in the day of eternity. | εἶδεν καὶ ἐπέγνω τὴν καταστροφὴν αὐτῶν ὅτι πονηρά· διὰ τοῦτο ἐπλήθυνεν τὸν ἐξιλασμὸν αὐτοῦ. | |
| 11 | Therefore the Lord is patient with them and pours out his mercy upon them. | ||
| 12 | He sees and recognizes that their end will be evil; therefore he grants them forgiveness in abundance. | ἔλεος ἀνθρώπου ἐπὶ τὸν πλησίον αὐτοῦ, ἔλεος δὲ κυρίου ἐπὶ πᾶσαν σάρκα· ἐλέγχων καὶ παιδεύων καὶ διδάσκων καὶ ἐπιστρέφων ὡς ποιμὴν τὸ ποίμνιον αὐτοῦ. | |
| 13 | The compassion of man is for his neighbour, but the compassion of the Lord is for all living beings. He rebukes and trains and teaches them, and turns them back, as a shepherd his flock. | ||
| 14 | He has compassion on those who accept his discipline and who are eager for his judgments. | τοὺς ἐκδεχομένους παιδείαν ἐλεᾷ, καὶ τοὺς κατασπεύδοντας ἐπὶ τὰ κρίματα αὐτοῦ. | |