Proverbs 8:11-32 - Brenton Septuagint Translation

¹¹For wisdom is better than precious stones; and no valuable substance is of equal worth with it.

¹²I wisdom have dwelt with counsel and knowledge, and I have called upon understanding.

¹³The fear of the Lord hates unrighteousness, and insolence, and pride, and the ways of wicked men; and I hate the perverse ways of bad men.

¹⁴Counsel and safety are mine: prudence is mine, and strength is mine.

¹⁵By me kings reign, and princes decree justice.

¹⁶By me nobles become great, and monarchs by me rule over the earth.

¹⁷I love those that love me; and they that seek me shall find me.

¹⁸Wealth and glory belong to me; yea, abundant possessions and righteousness.

¹⁹It is better to have my fruit than to have gold and precious stones; and my produce is better than choice silver.

²⁰I walk in ways of righteousness, and am conversant with the paths of judgment;

²¹that I may divide substance to them that love me, and may fill their treasures with good things.

^21aIf I declare to you the things that daily happen, I will remember also to recount the things of old.

²²The Lord made me the beginning of his ways for his works.

²³He established me before time was in the beginning, before he made the earth:

²⁴even before he made the depths; before the fountains of water came forth:

²⁵before the mountains were settled, and before all hills, he begets me.

²⁶The Lord made countries and uninhabited tracts, and the highest inhabited parts of the world.

²⁷When he prepared the heaven, I was present with him; and when he prepared his throne upon the winds:

²⁸and when he strengthened the clouds above; and when he secured the fountains of the earth:

²⁹and when he strengthened the foundations of the earth:

³⁰I was by him, suiting myself to him, I was that wherein he took delight; and daily I rejoiced in his presence continually.

³¹For he rejoiced when he had completed the world, and rejoiced among the children of men.

³²Now then, my son, hear me: blessed is the man who shall hearken to me, and the mortal who shall keep my ways;