{"collection":"Hypertext Bible","full_text_available":false,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/sacred_texts_v1_bib_poly_pro012_htm/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/sacred_texts_v1_bib_poly_pro012_htm","id":"sacred_texts_v1_bib_poly_pro012_htm","license":"unknown_pending_legal_review","rights_basis":"sacred_texts_v1_preview_gate_primary_text_only; acquisition-method/ToS and compilation-copyright questions still open, not resolved by this gate","source":"sacred_texts_v1","source_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/bib/poly/pro012.htm","summary":"This is a parallel biblical text presenting Proverbs chapter 12 in four versions simultaneously: the King James Version (with Strong's Concordance numbers interleaved), the Septuagint (ancient Greek), the Hebrew Tanakh (Masoretic text with cantillation marks), and the Latin Vulgate. The format is a standard tool of biblical scholarship, allowing readers to compare how each tradition renders the same source material \u2014 the abbreviations KJV, Sep, Tan, and Vul label each column. The chapter's content consists of 28 antithetical proverbs contrasting the righteous and the wicked across domains including speech, labor, marriage, and wisdom, with its central argument being that righteousness produces lasting stability while wickedness leads to ruin. Distinctive recurring claims include the moral weight of truthful versus deceptive speech (e.g., \"lying lips are an abomination to the LORD\"), the practical superiority of diligent work over idle pursuit, and the idea that a person's character is revealed through their words and treatment of dependents. Comparing the four versions reveals subtle but meaningful translational divergences \u2014 for instance, the Septuagint adds a verse about one who lingers over wine that has no parallel in the Hebrew. This text would be of primary interest to scholars, clergy, or serious students engaged in source-critical or comparative biblical study.","tags":["Book of Acts","Greek New Testament","Polyglot Bible"],"text":null,"title":"Polyglot Bible: Proverbs: Proverbs 12","tradition":"Hypertext Bible","translated_text":null,"word_count":1427}