Polyglot Bible: Proverbs: Proverbs 13

This is a synoptic biblical text presenting Proverbs chapter 13 in four parallel versions: the Hebrew Tanakh (Masoretic text with cantillation marks), the Greek Septuagint, the Latin Vulgate, and the English King James Version (with Strong's concordance numbers embedded). The work belongs to the tradition of polyglot Bible scholarship, designed for comparative textual study across ancient and modern translations. The chapter's content is wisdom literature in the classic antithetical-proverb form: each verse pairs a positive principle with its negative counterpart, contrasting the righteous with the wicked, the wise with the fool, the diligent with the sluggard. Key themes include the power of speech to protect or destroy, wealth honestly versus dishonestly gained, the consequences of accepting or rejecting discipline, and the moral inheritance passed between generations. Notable verses include the observation that "hope deferred makes the heart sick" (v. 12) and the proverb that a father who spares the rod hates his son (v. 24). The distinctive value of this presentation lies in the textual divergences it exposes: the Septuagint frequently expands, reorders, or reinterprets verses relative to the Hebrew, making this format useful for anyone investigating how the same wisdom tradition was received and transmitted across linguistic communities. Readers primarily interested in a single translation will find the parallel apparatus largely superfluous; those engaged in comparative biblical studies or translation history will find it directly useful.

Polyglot Bible: Proverbs: Proverbs 13

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