DB1 | Sound mind, straight talk! Sir.27.4-7 | KNSB Contents | notes| 27 | katapi NEW STUDY BIBLE | Passage | Old Testament in Greek (Septuagint) |
| 4 | When a sieve is shaken, the refuse remains; so a man's filth remains in his thoughts. | Sound mind, straight talk! Sir.27.4-7 | ἐὰν μὴ ἐν φόβῳ κυρίου κρατήσῃ κατὰ σπουδήν, ἐν τάχει καταστραφήσεται αὐτοῦ ὁ οἶκος. |
| 5 | The kiln tests the potter's vessels; so the test of a man is in his reasoning. | Ἑν σείσματι κοσκίνου διαμένει κοπρία, οὕτως σκύβαλα ἀνθρώπου ἐν λογισμῷ αὐτοῦ. | |
| 6 | The fruit discloses the cultivation of a tree; so the expression of a thought discloses the cultivation of a man's mind. | σκεύη κεραμέως δοκιμάζει κάμινος, καὶ πειρασμὸς ἀνθρώπου ἐν διαλογισμῷ αὐτοῦ. | |
| 7 | Do not praise a man before you hear him reason, for this is the test of men. | γεώργιον ξύλου ἐκφαίνει ὁ καρπὸς αὐτοῦ, οὕτως λόγος ἐνθυμήματος καρδίας ἀνθρώπου. | |