Polyglot Bible: Proverbs: Proverbs 23

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This is a scholarly parallel-text edition of Proverbs 23 (Hebrew Bible/Old Testament), presenting the chapter simultaneously in four versions: the King James Version (KJV), the Septuagint (Greek, abbreviated Sep), the Masoretic Hebrew text (Tan), and the Latin Vulgate (Vul). The chapter is a collection of wisdom instructions addressed from a father-figure to a son, covering table etiquette with rulers, warnings against greed and the pursuit of wealth, respect for parents, proper discipline of children, and extended warnings against drunkenness and sexual immorality. A notable and vivid passage near the chapter's end personifies wine as a seductive but ultimately destructive force — beautiful in the cup, deadly as a serpent's bite — culminating in the image of a drunkard insensible to his own beatings, waking only to seek more drink. The parallel-column format, with Strong's concordance numbers embedded in the KJV column, marks this as a tool for comparative biblical scholarship, allowing readers to examine textual variants and translation choices across the major ancient witnesses to the Hebrew scriptures.

Polyglot Bible: Proverbs: Proverbs 23

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