{"collection":"Hypertext Bible","full_text_available":false,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/sacred_texts_v1_bib_poly_pro014_htm/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/sacred_texts_v1_bib_poly_pro014_htm","id":"sacred_texts_v1_bib_poly_pro014_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/pro014.htm","summary":"This is a parallel-text scholarly edition of Proverbs chapter 14, presenting the same biblical wisdom text in four versions side by side: the King James Version (with Strong's concordance numbers interleaved), the Greek Septuagint, the Hebrew Tanakh (Masoretic text with cantillation marks), and the Latin Vulgate. The format is designed for comparative textual study across major manuscript traditions rather than devotional reading.\n\nThe chapter consists of 35 discrete proverbs in the antithetical style characteristic of Solomonic wisdom literature, where each verse contrasts a wise or righteous behavior against a foolish or wicked one. Recurring themes include the superiority of wisdom over folly, the reliability of truthful versus deceitful witnesses, the moral and practical benefits of fearing the Lord, the dangers of quick anger and pride, and the obligations of the prosperous toward the poor. Notable aphorisms include the warning that \"there is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death\" (v. 12) and the civic claim that \"righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people\" (v. 34).\n\nThe distinctive value of this presentation lies in its juxtaposition of textual variants: the Septuagint diverges meaningfully from the Hebrew in several verses (notably vv. 15, 22, 30), making it useful for identifying where ancient translators interpreted, expanded, or diverged from the Masoretic source. This is primarily a resource for biblical scholars, translators, or serious students interested in the transmission and variation of Old Testament wisdom texts.","tags":["Book of Acts","Greek New Testament","Polyglot Bible"],"text":null,"title":"Polyglot Bible: Proverbs: Proverbs 14","tradition":"Hypertext Bible","translated_text":null,"word_count":1685}