Septuagint Bible w/ Apocrypha LXX
New Revised Standard w/ Apocrypha NRSA
1 My son, if thou come to serve the Lord, prepare thy soul for temptation.
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My child, when you come to serve the Lord, prepare yourself for testing.
2 Set thy heart aright, and constantly endure, and make not haste in time of trouble.
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Set your heart right and be steadfast, and do not be impetuous in time of calamity.
3 Cleave unto him, and depart not away, that thou mayest be increased at thy last end.
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Cling to him and do not depart, so that your last days may be prosperous.
4 Whatsoever is brought upon thee take cheerfully, and be patient when thou art changed to a low estate.
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Accept whatever befalls you, and in times of humiliation be patient.
5 For gold is tried in the fire, and acceptable men in the furnace of adversity.
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For gold is tested in the fire, and those found acceptable, in the furnace of humiliation.
6 Believe in him, and he will help thee; order thy way aright, and trust in him.
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Trust in him, and he will help you; make your ways straight, and hope in him.
7 Ye that fear the Lord, wait for his mercy; and go not aside, lest ye fall.
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You who fear the Lord, wait for his mercy; do not stray, or else you may fall.
8 Ye that fear the Lord, believe him; and your reward shall not fail.
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You who fear the Lord, trust in him, and your reward will not be lost.
9 Ye that fear the Lord, hope for good, and for everlasting joy and mercy.
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You who fear the Lord, hope for good things, for lasting joy and mercy.
10 Look at the generations of old, and see; did ever any trust in the Lord, and was confounded? or did any abide in his fear, and was forsaken? or whom did he ever despise, that called upon him?
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Consider the generations of old and see: has anyone trusted in the Lord and been disappointed? Or has anyone persevered in the fear of the Lord and been forsaken? Or has anyone called upon him and been neglected?
11 For the Lord is full of compassion and mercy, longsuffering, and very pitiful, and forgiveth sins, and saveth in time of affliction.
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For the Lord is compassionate and merciful; he forgives sins and saves in time of distress.
12 Woe be to fearful hearts, and faint hands, and the sinner that goeth two ways!
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Woe to timid hearts and to slack hands, and to the sinner who walks a double path!
13 Woe unto him that is fainthearted! for he believeth not; therefore shall he not be defended.
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Woe to the fainthearted who have no trust! Therefore they will have no shelter.
14 Woe unto you that have lost patience! and what will ye do when the Lord shall visit you?
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Woe to you who have lost your nerve! What will you do when the Lord's reckoning comes?
15 They that fear the Lord will not disobey his Word; and they that love him will keep his ways.
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Those who fear the Lord do not disobey his words, and those who love him keep his ways.
16 They that fear the Lord will seek that which is well, pleasing unto him; and they that love him shall be filled with the law.
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Those who fear the Lord seek to please him, and those who love him are filled with his law.
17 They that fear the Lord will prepare their hearts, and humble their souls in his sight,
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Those who fear the Lord prepare their hearts, and humble themselves before him.
18 Saying, We will fall into the hands of the Lord, and not into the hands of men: for as his majesty is, so is his mercy.
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Let us fall into the hands of the Lord, but not into the hands of mortals; for equal to his majesty is his mercy, and equal to his name are his works.
The Brenton translation of the Septuagint is in the public domain.
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