| DB1 | | Solomon. Sir.47.12-22 | KNSB Contents | notes| 47 | katapi NEW STUDY BIBLE | Passage | Old Testament in Greek (Septuagint) |
| 12 | After him rose up a wise son who fared amply because of him; | Solomon. Sir.47.12-22 | |
| 13 | Solomon reigned in days of peace, and God gave him rest on every side, that he might build a house for his name and prepare a sanctuary to stand for ever. | ||
| 14 | How wise you became in your youth! You overflowed like a river with understanding. | ||
| 15 | Your soul covered the earth, and you filled it with parables and riddles. | ||
| 16 | Your name reached to far-off islands, and you were loved for your peace. | ||
| 17 | For your songs and proverbs and parables, and for your interpretations, the countries marveled at you. | ||
| 18 | In the name of the Lord God, who is called the God of Israel, you gathered gold like tin and amassed silver like lead. | ||
| 19 | But you laid your loins beside women, and through your body you were brought into subjection. | ||
| 20 | You put stain upon your honour, and defiled your posterity, so that you brought wrath upon your children and they were grieved at your folly, | ||
| 21 | so that the sovereignty was divided and a disobedient kingdom arose out of Ephraim. | ||
| 22 | But the Lord will never give up his mercy, nor cause any of his works to perish; he will never blot out the descendants of his chosen one, nor destroy the posterity of him who loved him; so he gave a remnant to Jacob, and to David a root of his stock. | ||