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[1] Wisdom will praise her own soul,
and will proclaim her glory in the midst of her people.
[2] She will open her mouth in the congregation of the Most High,
and proclaim her glory in the presence of his power.
[3] “I came out of the mouth of the Most High,
and covered the earth as a mist.
[4] I lived in high places,
and my throne is in the pillar of the cloud.
[5] Alone I surrounded the circuit of heaven,
and walked in the depth of the abyss.
[6] In the waves of the sea, and in all the earth,
and in every people and nation, I obtained a possession.
[7] With all these I sought rest.
In whose inheritance shall I lodge?
[8] Then the Creator of all things gave me a command.
He who created me made my tent to rest,
and said, ‘Let your dwelling be in Jacob,
and your inheritance in Israel.’
[9] He created me from the beginning, before the ages.
For all ages, I will not cease to exist.
[10] In the holy tabernacle, I ministered before him.
So I was established in Zion.
[11] In the beloved city, likewise he gave me rest.
In Jerusalem was my domain.
[12] I took root in a people that was honored,
even in the portion of the Lord’s own inheritance. [13] I was exalted like a cedar in Lebanon,
And like a cypress tree on the mountains of Hermon.
[14] I was exalted like a palm tree on the sea shore,
like rose bushes in Jericho,
and like a fair olive tree in the plain.
I was exalted like a plane tree.
[15] Like cinnamon and aspalathus, I have given a scent to perfumes.
Like choice myrrh, I spread abroad a pleasant fragrance,
like† galbanum, onycha, stacte,
and as the smell of frankincense in the tabernacle.
[16] Like the terebinth, I stretched out my branches.
My branches are glorious and graceful.
[17] Like the vine, I put forth grace.
My flowers are the fruit of glory and riches. [18] ⓘ [19] “Come to me, all you who desire me,
and be filled with my fruits.
[20] For my memory is sweeter than honey,
and my inheritance than the honeycomb.
[21] Those who eat me will be hungry for more.
Those who drink me will be thirsty for more.
[22] He who obeys me will not be ashamed.
Those who work with me will not sin.” [23] All these things are the book of the covenant of the Most High God,
the law which Moses commanded us for an inheritance for the assemblies of Jacob. [24] ⓘ
[25] It is he who makes wisdom abundant, as Pishon,
and as Tigris in the days of first fruits.
[26] He makes understanding full as the Euphrates,
and as the Jordan in the days of harvest,
[27] who makes instruction shine forth as the light,
as Gihon in the days of vintage.
[28] The first man didn’t know her perfectly.
In like manner, the last has not explored her.
[29] For her thoughts are filled from the sea,
and her counsels from the great deep. [30] I came out as a canal stream from a river,
and as an irrigation ditch into a garden.
[31] I said, “I will water my garden,
and will drench my garden bed.”
Behold, my stream became a river,
and my river became a sea.
[32] I will yet bring instruction to light as the morning,
and will make these things clear from far away.
[33] I will continue to pour out teaching like prophecy,
and leave it to all generations.
[34] See that I have not labored for myself only,
but for all those who diligently seek wisdom.

Footnotes

  1. † 24:15 See
  2. ⓘ 24:18 Verse 18 is omitted by the best authorities.
  3. ⓘ 24:24 Verse 24 is omitted by the best authorities.
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[1] Ἡ G3588 σοφία G4678 αἰνέσει G134 ψυχὴν G5590 αὐτῆς G846 καὶ G2532 ἐν G1722 μέσῳ G3319 λαοῦ G2992 αὐτῆς G846 καυχήσεται· G2744 [2] ἐν G1722 ἐκκλησίᾳ G1577 ὑψίστου G5310 στόμα G4750 αὐτῆς G846 ἀνοίξει G455 καὶ G2532 ἔναντι G1725 δυνάμεως G1411 αὐτοῦ G846 καυχήσεται G2744 [3] Ἐγὼ G1473 ἀπὸ G575 στόματος G4750 ὑψίστου G5310 ἐξῆλθον G1831 καὶ G2532 ὡς G5613 ὁμίχλη κατεκάλυψα G2619 γῆν· G1093 [4] ἐγὼ G1473 ἐν G1722 ὑψηλοῖς G5308 κατεσκήνωσα, G2681 καὶ G2532 ὁ G3588 θρόνος G2362 μου G3450 ἐν G1722 στύλῳ G4769 νεφέλης· G3507 [5] γῦρον οὐρανοῦ G3772 ἐκύκλωσα G2944 μόνη G3441 καὶ G2532 ἐν G1722 βάθει G899 ἀβύσσων G12 περιεπάτησα· G4043 [6] ἐν G1722 κύμασιν G2949 θαλάσσης G2281 καὶ G2532 ἐν G1722 πάσῃ G3956 τῇ G3588 γῇ G1093 καὶ G2532 ἐν G1722 παντὶ G3956 λαῷ G2992 καὶ G2532 ἔθνει G1484 ἐκτησάμην. G2932 [7] Μετὰ G3326 τούτων G5130 πάντων G3956 ἀνάπαυσιν G372 ἐζήτησα G2212 καὶ G2532 ἐν G1722 κληρονομίᾳ G2817 τίνος G5101 αὐλισθήσομαι. G835 [8] Τότε G5119 ἐνετείλατό G1781 μοι G3427 ὁ G3588 κτίστης G2939 ἁπάντων, G537 καὶ G2532 ὁ G3588 κτίσας G2936 με G3165 κατέπαυσεν G2664 τὴν G3588 σκηνήν G4633 μου G3450 καὶ G2532 εἶπεν G2036 Ἐν G1722 Ιακωβ G2384 κατασκήνωσον G2681 καὶ G2532 ἐν G1722 Ισραηλ G2474 κατακληρονομήθητι. G2624 [9] Πρὸ G4253 τοῦ G3588 αἰῶνος G165 ἀπ’ G575 ἀρχῆς G746 ἔκτισέν G2936 με, G3165 καὶ G2532 ἕως G2193 αἰῶνος G165 οὐ G3756 μὴ G3361 ἐκλίπω. G1587 [10] Ἐν G1722 σκηνῇ G4633 ἁγίᾳ G40 ἐνώπιον G1799 αὐτοῦ G846 ἐλειτούργησα G3008 καὶ G2532 οὕτως G3779 ἐν G1722 Σιων G4622 ἐστηρίχθην· G4741 [11] ἐν G1722 πόλει G4172 ἠγαπημένῃ G25 ὁμοίως G3668 με G3165 κατέπαυσεν, G2664 καὶ G2532 ἐν G1722 Ιερουσαλημ G2419 ἡ G3588 ἐξουσία G1849 μου· G3450 [12] καὶ G2532 ἐρρίζωσα G4492 ἐν G1722 λαῷ G2992 δεδοξασμένῳ, G1392 ἐν G1722 μερίδι G3310 κυρίου, G2962 κληρονομίας G2817 αὐτοῦ. G846 [13] Ὡς G5613 κέδρος ἀνυψώθην ἐν G1722 τῷ G3588 Λιβάνῳ καὶ G2532 ὡς G5613 κυπάρισσος ἐν G1722 ὄρεσιν G3735 Αερμων· [14] ὡς G5613 φοῖνιξ G5404 ἀνυψώθην ἐν G1722 Αιγγαδοις καὶ G2532 ὡς G5613 φυτὰ ῥόδου ἐν G1722 Ιεριχω, G2410 ὡς G5613 ἐλαία G1636 εὐπρεπὴς ἐν G1722 πεδίῳ, καὶ G2532 ἀνυψώθην ὡς G5613 πλάτανος. [15] Ὡς G5613 κιννάμωμον G2792 καὶ G2532 ἀσπάλαθος ἀρωμάτων G759 δέδωκα G1325 ὀσμὴν G3744 καὶ G2532 ὡς G5613 σμύρνα G4666 ἐκλεκτὴ G1588 διέδωκα G1239 εὐωδίαν, G2175 ὡς G5613 χαλβάνη καὶ G2532 ὄνυξ καὶ G2532 στακτὴ καὶ G2532 ὡς G5613 λιβάνου G3030 ἀτμὶς G822 ἐν G1722 σκηνῇ. G4633 [16] Ἐγὼ G1473 ὡς G5613 τερέμινθος ἐξέτεινα G1614 κλάδους G2798 μου, G3450 καὶ G2532 οἱ G3588 κλάδοι G2798 μου G3450 κλάδοι G2798 δόξης G1391 καὶ G2532 χάριτος. G5485 [17] Ἐγὼ G1473 ὡς G5613 ἄμπελος G288 ἐβλάστησα G985 χάριν, G5485 καὶ G2532 τὰ G3588 ἄνθη G438 μου G3450 καρπὸς G2590 δόξης G1391 καὶ G2532 πλούτου. G4149 …[19] Προσέλθετε G4334 πρός G4314 με, G3165 οἱ G3588 ἐπιθυμοῦντές G1937 μου, G3450 καὶ G2532 ἀπὸ G575 τῶν G3588 γενημάτων G1081 μου G3450 ἐμπλήσθητε· G1705 [20] τὸ G3588 γὰρ G1063 μνημόσυνόν G3422 μου G3450 ὑπὲρ G5228 τὸ G3588 μέλι G3192 γλυκύ, G1099 καὶ G2532 ἡ G3588 κληρονομία G2817 μου G3450 ὑπὲρ G5228 μέλιτος G3192 κηρίον. G2781 [21] Οἱ G3588 ἐσθίοντές με G3165 ἔτι G2089 πεινάσουσιν, G3983 καὶ G2532 οἱ G3588 πίνοντές G4095 με G3165 ἔτι G2089 διψήσουσιν. G1372 [22] Ὁ G3588 ὑπακούων G5219 μου G3450 οὐκ G3756 αἰσχυνθήσεται, G153 καὶ G2532 οἱ G3588 ἐργαζόμενοι G2038 ἐν G1722 ἐμοὶ G1698 οὐχ G3756 ἁμαρτήσουσιν. G264 [23] Ταῦτα G5023 πάντα G3956 βίβλος G976 διαθήκης G1242 θεοῦ G2316 ὑψίστου, G5310 νόμον G3551 ὃν G3739 ἐνετείλατο G1781 ἡμῖν G2254 Μωϋσῆς G3475 κληρονομίαν G2817 συναγωγαῖς G4864 Ιακωβ, G2384 …[25] ὁ G3588 πιμπλῶν G4130 ὡς G5613 Φισων σοφίαν G4678 καὶ G2532 ὡς G5613 Τίγρις ἐν G1722 ἡμέραις G2250 νέων, G3501 [26] ὁ G3588 ἀναπληρῶν G378 ὡς G5613 Εὐφράτης G2166 σύνεσιν G4907 καὶ G2532 ὡς G5613 Ιορδάνης G2446 ἐν G1722 ἡμέραις G2250 θερισμοῦ, G2326 [27] ὁ G3588 ἐκφαίνων ὡς G5613 φῶς G5457 παιδείαν, G3809 ὡς G5613 Γηων ἐν G1722 ἡμέραις G2250 τρυγήτου. [28] Οὐ G3756 συνετέλεσεν G4931 ὁ G3588 πρῶτος G4413 γνῶναι G1097 αὐτήν, G846 καὶ G2532 οὕτως G3779 ὁ G3588 ἔσχατος G2078 οὐκ G3756 ἐξιχνίασεν αὐτήν· G846 [29] ἀπὸ G575 γὰρ G1063 θαλάσσης G2281 ἐπληθύνθη G4129 διανόημα G1270 αὐτῆς G846 καὶ G2532 ἡ G3588 βουλὴ G1012 αὐτῆς G846 ἀπὸ G575 ἀβύσσου G12 μεγάλης. G3173 [30] Κἀγὼ G2504 ὡς G5613 διῶρυξ ἀπὸ G575 ποταμοῦ G4215 καὶ G2532 ὡς G5613 ὑδραγωγὸς ἐξῆλθον G1831 εἰς G1519 παράδεισον· G3857 [31] εἶπα G2036 Ποτιῶ G4222 μου G3450 τὸν G3588 κῆπον G2779 καὶ G2532 μεθύσω G3182 μου G3450 τὴν G3588 πρασιάν· G4237 καὶ G2532 ἰδοὺ G2400 ἐγένετό G1096 μοι G3427 ἡ G3588 διῶρυξ εἰς G1519 ποταμόν, G4215 καὶ G2532 ὁ G3588 ποταμός G4215 μου G3450 ἐγένετο G1096 εἰς G1519 θάλασσαν. G2281 [32] Ἔτι G2089 παιδείαν G3809 ὡς G5613 ὄρθρον G3722 φωτιῶ G5461 καὶ G2532 ἐκφανῶ αὐτὰ G846 ἕως G2193 εἰς G1519 μακράν· G3112 [33] ἔτι G2089 διδασκαλίαν G1319 ὡς G5613 προφητείαν G4394 ἐκχεῶ G1632 καὶ G2532 καταλείψω G2641 αὐτὴν G846 εἰς G1519 γενεὰς G1074 αἰώνων. G165 [34] Ἴδετε G1492 ὅτι G3754 οὐκ G3756 ἐμοὶ G1698 μόνῳ G3441 ἐκοπίασα, G2872 ἀλλ’ G235 ἅπασιν G537 τοῖς G3588 ἐκζητοῦσιν G1567 αὐτήν. G846
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