Polyglot Bible: Proverbs: Proverbs 20

This is a synoptic, four-column presentation of Proverbs chapter 20 from the Hebrew Bible, displaying the text in parallel across four major ancient witnesses: the Hebrew (Masoretic/Tanakh), the Greek Septuagint, the Latin Vulgate, and the King James Version. The KJV column is unusual in embedding Strong's Concordance reference numbers after each word, making it function simultaneously as a translation and a lexical index. The chapter's content is classic Israelite wisdom literature: aphorisms on the dangers of wine and anger, the virtues of honesty in commerce, the limits of human self-knowledge before God, the importance of diligence over laziness, and the duties owed to parents. A reader comparing the columns will find the Septuagint departs meaningfully from the Hebrew, notably reordering verses and shifting material — for instance, moving content related to cursing parents and hasty inheritance into what the Hebrew numbers as verses 9–10, revealing a distinct Vorlage or editorial tradition. This resource would most appeal to scholars or serious students of biblical textual criticism, comparative Semitic languages, or translation history, as it foregrounds divergences among the major ancient text-types rather than harmonizing them.

Polyglot Bible: Proverbs: Proverbs 20

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