Septuagint Bible w/ Apocrypha LXX
New Revised Standard w/ Apocrypha NRSA
1 Honour a physician with the honour due unto him for the uses which ye may have of him: for the Lord hath created him.
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Honor physicians for their services, for the Lord created them;
2 For of the most High cometh healing, and he shall receive honour of the king.
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for their gift of healing comes from the Most High, and they are rewarded by the king.
3 The skill of the physician shall lift up his head: and in the sight of great men he shall be in admiration.
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The skill of physicians makes them distinguished, and in the presence of the great they are admired.
4 The Lord hath created medicines out of the earth; and he that is wise will not abhor them.
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The Lord created medicines out of the earth, and the sensible will not despise them.
5 Was not the water made sweet with wood, that the virtue thereof might be known?
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Was not water made sweet with a tree in order that its power might be known?
6 And he hath given men skill, that he might be honoured in his marvellous works.
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And he gave skill to human beings that he might be glorified in his marvelous works.
7 With such doth he heal and taketh away their pains.
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By them the physician heals and takes away pain;
8 Of such doth the apothecary make a confection; and of his works there is no end; and from him is peace over all the earth,
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the pharmacist makes a mixture from them. God's works will never be finished; and from him health spreads over all the earth.
9 My son, in thy sickness be not negligent: but pray unto the Lord, and he will make thee whole.
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My child, when you are ill, do not delay, but pray to the Lord, and he will heal you.
10 Leave off from sin, and order thine hands aright, and cleanse thy heart from all wickedness.
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Give up your faults and direct your hands rightly, and cleanse your heart from all sin.
11 Give a sweet savour, and a memorial of fine flour; and make a fat offering, as not being.
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Offer a sweet-smelling sacrifice, and a memorial portion of choice flour, and pour oil on your offering, as much as you can afford.
12 Then give place to the physician, for the Lord hath created him: let him not go from thee, for thou hast need of him.
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Then give the physician his place, for the Lord created him; do not let him leave you, for you need him.
13 There is a time when in their hands there is good success.
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There may come a time when recovery lies in the hands of physicians,
14 For they shall also pray unto the Lord, that he would prosper that, which they give for ease and remedy to prolong life.
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for they too pray to the Lord that he grant them success in diagnosis and in healing, for the sake of preserving life.
15 He that sinneth before his Maker, let him fall into the hand of the physician.
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He who sins against his Maker, will be defiant toward the physician.
16 My son, let tears fall down over the dead, and begin to lament, as if thou hadst suffered great harm thyself; and then cover his body according to the custom, and neglect not his burial.
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My child, let your tears fall for the dead, and as one in great pain begin the lament. Lay out the body with due ceremony, and do not neglect the burial.
17 Weep bitterly, and make great moan, and use lamentation, as he is worthy, and that a day or two, lest thou be evil spoken of: and then comfort thyself for thy heaviness.
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Let your weeping be bitter and your wailing fervent; make your mourning worthy of the departed, for one day, or two, to avoid criticism; then be comforted for your grief.
18 For of heaviness cometh death, and the heaviness of the heart breaketh strength.
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For grief may result in death, and a sorrowful heart saps one's strength.
19 In affliction also sorrow remaineth: and the life of the poor is the curse of the heart.
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When a person is taken away, sorrow is over; but the life of the poor weighs down the heart.
20 Take no heaviness to heart: drive it away, and member the last end.
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Do not give your heart to grief; drive it away, and remember your own end.
21 Forget it not, for there is no turning again: thou shalt not do him good, but hurt thyself.
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Do not forget, there is no coming back; you do the dead no good, and you injure yourself.
22 Remember my judgment: for thine also shall be so; yesterday for me, and to day for thee.
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Remember his fate, for yours is like it; yesterday it was his, and today it is yours.
23 When the dead is at rest, let his remembrance rest; and be comforted for him, when his Spirit is departed from him.
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When the dead is at rest, let his remembrance rest too, and be comforted for him when his spirit has departed.
24 The wisdom of a learned man cometh by opportunity of leisure: and he that hath little business shall become wise.
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The wisdom of the scribe depends on the opportunity of leisure; only the one who has little business can become wise.
25 How can he get wisdom that holdeth the plough, and that glorieth in the goad, that driveth oxen, and is occupied in their labours, and whose talk is of bullocks?
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How can one become wise who handles the plow, and who glories in the shaft of a goad, who drives oxen and is occupied with their work, and whose talk is about bulls?
26 He giveth his mind to make furrows; and is diligent to give the kine fodder.
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He sets his heart on plowing furrows, and he is careful about fodder for the heifers.
27 So every carpenter and workmaster, that laboureth night and day: and they that cut and grave seals, and are diligent to make great variety, and give themselves to counterfeit imagery, and watch to finish a work:
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So it is with every artisan and master artisan who labors by night as well as by day; those who cut the signets of seals, each is diligent in making a great variety; they set their heart on painting a lifelike image, and they are careful to finish their work.
28 The smith also sitting by the anvil, and considering the iron work, the vapour of the fire wasteth his flesh, and he fighteth with the heat of the furnace: the noise of the hammer and the anvil is ever in his ears, and his eyes look still upon the pattern of the thing that he maketh; he setteth his mind to finish his work, and watcheth to polish it perfectly:
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So it is with the smith, sitting by the anvil, intent on his iron-work; the breath of the fire melts his flesh, and he struggles with the heat of the furnace; the sound of the hammer deafens his ears, and his eyes are on the pattern of the object. He sets his heart on finishing his handiwork, and he is careful to complete its decoration.
29 So doth the potter sitting at his work, and turning the wheel about with his feet, who is alway carefully set at his work, and maketh all his work by number;
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So it is with the potter sitting at his work and turning the wheel with his feet; he is always deeply concerned over his products, and he produces them in quantity.
30 He fashioneth the clay with his arm, and boweth down his strength before his feet; he applieth himself to lead it over; and he is diligent to make clean the furnace:
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He molds the clay with his arm and makes it pliable with his feet; he sets his heart to finish the glazing, and he takes care in firing the kiln.
31 All these trust to their hands: and every one is wise in his work.
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All these rely on their hands, and all are skillful in their own work.
32 Without these cannot a city be inhabited: and they shall not dwell where they will, nor go up and down:
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Without them no city can be inhabited, and wherever they live, they will not go hungry. Yet they are not sought out for the council of the people,
33 They shall not be sought for in publick counsel, nor sit high in the congregation: they shall not sit on the judges' seat, nor understand the sentence of judgment: they cannot declare justice and judgment; and they shall not be found where parables are spoken.
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nor do they attain eminence in the public assembly. They do not sit in the judge's seat, nor do they understand the decisions of the courts; they cannot expound discipline or judgment, and they are not found among the rulers.
34 But they will maintain the state of the world, and their desire is in the work of their craft.
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But they maintain the fabric of the world, and their concern is for the exercise of their trade. How different the one who devotes himself to the study of the law of the Most High!
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