Proverbs 1

[BACK TO [1]] 1:4 The Hebrew word rendered simple in Proverbs denotes a person who is gullible, without moral direction and inclined to evil.

[BACK TO [2]] 1:6 Or understanding a proverb, namely, a parable, / and the sayings of the wise, their riddles

[BACK TO [3]] 1:7 The Hebrew words rendered fool in Proverbs, and often elsewhere in the Old Testament, denote a person who is morally deficient.

[BACK TO [4]] 1:21 Septuagint; Hebrew / at noisy street corners

Proverbs 2

[BACK TO [5]] 2:17 Or covenant of her God

Proverbs 3

[BACK TO [6]] 3:6 Or will direct your paths

[BACK TO [7]] 3:12 Hebrew; Septuagint loves, / and he chastens everyone he accepts as his child

Proverbs 4

[BACK TO [8]] 4:7 Or Wisdom is supreme; therefore get

[BACK TO [9]] 4:7 Or wisdom. / Whatever else you get

[BACK TO [10]] 4:26 Or Make level

Proverbs 5

[BACK TO [11]] 5:9 Or years

Proverbs 6

[BACK TO [12]] 6:3 Or Go and humble yourself,

Proverbs 7

[BACK TO [13]] 7:22 Syriac (see also Septuagint); Hebrew fool

[BACK TO [14]] 7:22 The meaning of the Hebrew for this line is uncertain.

Proverbs 8

[BACK TO [15]] 8:5 Septuagint; Hebrew foolish, instruct your minds

[BACK TO [16]] 8:16 Some Hebrew manuscripts and Septuagint; other Hebrew manuscripts all righteous rulers

[BACK TO [17]] 8:22 Or way; or dominion

[BACK TO [18]] 8:22 Or The LORD possessed me at the beginning of his work; or The LORD brought me forth at the beginning of his work

[BACK TO [19]] 8:30 Or was the artisan; or was a little child

Proverbs 9

[BACK TO [20]] 9:1 Septuagint, Syriac and Targum; Hebrew has hewn out

[BACK TO [21]] 9:11 Septuagint, Syriac and Targum; Hebrew me

Proverbs 10

[BACK TO [22]] 10:6 Or righteous, / but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence

[BACK TO [23]] 10:7 See Gen. 48:20.

Proverbs 11

[BACK TO [24]] 11:7 Two Hebrew manuscripts; most Hebrew manuscripts, Vulgate, Syriac and Targum When the wicked die, their hope perishes; / all they expected from

Proverbs 12

[BACK TO [25]] 12:27 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.

Proverbs 13

[BACK TO [26]] 13:15 Septuagint and Syriac; the meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.

[BACK TO [27]] 13:16 Or prudent protect themselves through

Proverbs 14

[BACK TO [28]] 14:22 Or show

[BACK TO [29]] 14:33 Hebrew; Septuagint and Syriac discerning / but in the heart of fools she is not known

Proverbs 15

[BACK TO [30]] 15:11 Hebrew Abaddon

Proverbs 16

[BACK TO [31]] 16:20 Or whoever speaks prudently finds what is good

[BACK TO [32]] 16:21 Or words make a person persuasive

[BACK TO [33]] 16:23 Or prudent / and make their lips persuasive

Proverbs 19

[BACK TO [34]] 19:7 The meaning of the Hebrew for this sentence is uncertain.

[BACK TO [35]] 19:22 Or Greed is a person’s shame

Proverbs 20

[BACK TO [36]] 20:27 Or A person’s words are

Proverbs 21

[BACK TO [37]] 21:6 Some Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint and Vulgate; most Hebrew manuscripts vapor for those who seek death

[BACK TO [38]] 21:12 Or The righteous person

[BACK TO [39]] 21:21 Or righteousness

Proverbs 23

[BACK TO [40]] 23:1 Or who

[BACK TO [41]] 23:7 Or for as he thinks within himself, / so he is; or for as he puts on a feast, / so he is

Proverbs 25

[BACK TO [42]] 25:7, 8 Or nobles / on whom you had set your eyes. / 8Do not go

[BACK TO [43]] 25:11 Or possibly apricots

Proverbs 26

[BACK TO [44]] 26:23 Hebrew; Septuagint smooth

Proverbs 27

[BACK TO [45]] 27:19 Or so others reflect your heart back to you

[BACK TO [46]] 27:20 Hebrew Abaddon

Proverbs 28

[BACK TO [47]] 28:3 Or A poor person

[BACK TO [48]] 28:18 Syriac (see Septuagint); Hebrew into one

Proverbs 29

[BACK TO [49]] 29:4 Or who give

Proverbs 30

[BACK TO [50]] 30:1 With a different word division of the Hebrew; Masoretic Text utterance to Ithiel, / to Ithiel and Ukal:

[BACK TO [51]] 30:31 The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.

Proverbs 31

[BACK TO [52]] 31:3 Or wealth

[BACK TO [53]] 31:10 Verses 10–31 are an acrostic poem, the verses of which begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet.