and let your soul receive instruction.
She is near to find.
27 See with your eyes
how that I laboured just a little
and found for myself much rest.
28 Get instruction with a great sum of silver,
and gain much gold by her.
29 May your soul rejoice in his mercy,
and may you all not be put to shame in praising him.
30 Work your work before the time comes,
and in his time he will give you your reward.
† 1:5: Verse 5 is omitted by the best authorities: The source of wisdom is God’s word in the highest heaven, and her ways are the eternal commandments.
‡ 1:7: Verse 7 is omitted by the best authorities: To whom was the knowledge of wisdom manifested? Who has understood her abundant experience?
§ 1:15: Gr. nested.
† 1:18: Gr. health of cure.
‡ 1:18: The remainder of this verse is omitted by the best authorities: Both are gifts of God for peace; glory opens out for those who love him. He saw her and took her measure.
§ 1:21: Verse 21 is omitted by the best authorities: The fear of the Lord drives away sins. Where it resides, it will turn away all anger.
† 3:7: Some manuscripts add those who fear the Lord honour their father,
‡ 3:19: Some manuscripts add Many are lofty and renowned, but he reveals his secrets to the humble.
§ 3:25: Some manuscripts omit verse 25.
† 4:13: Or, she
‡ 4:23: Some manuscripts omit this line.
- 6:30: Numbers 15:38
† 7:12: Gr. Don’t plough
‡ 7:26: Many authorities omit this line
† 9:9: The preceding line of this verse is omitted by the best authorities.
‡ 9:12: Gr. Hades.
§ 9:13: Or, authority
† 10:9: Two lines of this verse are here omitted by the best authorities.
‡ 10:21: Verse 21 is omitted by the best authorities: Fear of the Lord is the beginning of acceptance, but obstinance and pride are the beginning of rejection.
† 11:5: Gr. tyrants
‡ 11:15-16: Verses 15 and 16 are omitted by the best authorities.
† 12:6: The remainder of this verse is omitted by the best authorities.
‡ 12:8: Or, punished
† 13:13: Gr. along with.
‡ 13:14: The remainder of verse 13, and verse 14, are omitted by the best authorities.
§ 13:25: The remainder of this verse is omitted by the best authorities.
† 16:15-16: Verses 15 and 16 are omitted by the best authorities.
‡ 16:21: Gr. amongst hidden things.
§ 16:22: The remainder of this verse is omitted by the best authorities.
† 16:23: Gr. heart.
† 17:5: Verse 5 is omitted by the best authorities.
‡ 17:9: Verse 9 is omitted by the best authorities.
§ 17:10: This line is added by the best authorities.
† 17:16: Verses 16, 18, and 21 are omitted by the best authorities.
‡ 17:17: The preceding part of this verse is omitted by the best authorities.
§ 17:18: Verses 16, 18, and 21 are omitted by the best authorities.
† 17:21: Verses 16, 18, and 21 are omitted by the best authorities.
‡ 17:22: The remainder of this verse is omitted by the best authorities.
§ 17:26: A line is here omitted by the best authorities.
† 18:3: The remainder of verse 2, and verse 3, are omitted by the best authorities.
‡ 18:27: The remainder of this verse is omitted by the best authorities.
§ 18:31: Or, a rejoicing to
† 18:33: The remainder of this verse is omitted by the best authorities.
† 19:5: The remainder of this verse is omitted by the best authorities.
‡ 19:6: The preceding part of this verse is omitted by the best authorities.
§ 19:18-19: Verses 18 and 19 are omitted by the best authorities.
† 19:21: The remainder of verse 20 and verse 21 are omitted by the best authorities.
‡ 19:25: The remainder of this verse is omitted by the best authorities.
† 20:3: Verse 3 is omitted by the best authorities.
‡ 20:14: A line of this verse is here omitted by the best authorities.
§ 20:17: The latter part of verse 17 is omitted by the best authorities.
† 20:32: Verse 32 is omitted by the best authorities.
† 21:5: Gr. him.
‡ 21:18: Gr. unexamined words.
† 22:9-10: Verses 9 and 10 are omitted by the best authorities.
‡ 22:23: The remainder of this verse is omitted by the best authorities.
† 23:3: The remainder of this verse is omitted by the best authorities.
‡ 23:4: The remainder of this verse is omitted by the best authorities.
§ 23:5: The remainder of this verse is omitted by the best authorities.
† 23:28: Verse 28 is omitted by the best authorities.
† 24:15: See Exodus 30:34.
‡ 24:18: Verse 18 is omitted by the best authorities.
§ 24:24: Verse 24 is omitted by the best authorities.
† 25:12: Verse 12 is omitted by the best authorities.
‡ 25:26: The remainder of this verse is omitted by the best authorities.
† 26:5: Gr. countenance.
‡ 26:13: or, fatten
§ 26:19-27: Verses 19-27 are omitted by the best authorities.
† 29:23: The remainder of this verse is omitted by the best authorities.
† 30:11: This line and the previous two lines are absent from some older MSS.
‡ 30:12: These three lines are absent from the oldest MSS.
§ 30:12: These three lines are absent from the oldest MSS.
† 33:14: A line of this verse is here omitted by the best authorities.
† 36:2: The remainder of this verse is omitted by the best authorities.
‡ 36:6: The remainder of this verse is omitted by the best authorities.
§ 36:11: The ancient authorities read I took them for my inheritance: but the Greek text is here very confused.
† 36:17: Gr. God of the ages.
† 41:4: or, the place of the dead or, Sheol
‡ 41:8: The remainder of this verse is omitted by the best authorities.
† 46:1: Gr. his.
‡ 46:6: See Joshua 10:11
† 47:9: The remainder of this verse is omitted by the best authorities.
† 49:10: The remainder of this line is omitted by the best authorities.
‡ 49:12: Some ancient authorities read temple.
† 50:26: According to some ancient versions, Seir.
‡ 50:29: The remainder of this verse is omitted by the best authorities.
Baruch
The book of Baruch is recognised as Deuterocanonical Scripture by the Roman Catholic, Greek Orthodox, and Russian Orthodox Churches. In some Bibles, Baruch chapter 6 is listed as a separate book called The Letter of Jeremiah, reflecting its separation from Baruch in some copies of the Greek Septuagint.
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1 These are the words of the book which Baruch the son of Nerias, the son of Maaseas, the son of Sedekias, the son of Asadias, the son of Helkias, wrote in Babylon, 2 in the fifth year, in the seventh day of the month, at the time when the Chaldeans took Jerusalem and burnt it with fire. 3 Baruch read the words of this book in the hearing of Jechonias the son of Joakim king of Judah, and in the hearing of all the people who came to hear the book, 4 and in the hearing of the mighty men, and of the kings’ sons, and in the hearing of the elders, and in the hearing of all the people, from the least to the greatest, even of all those who lived at Babylon by the river Sud. 5 Then they wept, fasted,† and prayed before the Lord. 6 They also made a collection of money according to every man’s ability; 7 and they sent it to Jerusalem to Joakim the high priest, the son of Helkias, the son of Salom, and to the priests and to all the people who were found with him at Jerusalem, 8 at the same time when he took the vessels of the house of the Lord, that had been carried out of the temple, to return them into the land of Judah, the tenth day of Sivan—silver vessels which Sedekias the son of Josias king of Judah had made, 9 after Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon had carried away Jechonias, the princes, the captives, the mighty men, and the people of the land from Jerusalem, and brought them to Babylon.
10 And they said: Behold, we have sent you money; therefore buy with the money burnt offerings, sin offerings, and incense, and prepare an oblation, and offer upon the altar of the Lord our God; 11 and pray for the life of Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon, and for the life of Baltasar his son, that their days may be‡ as the days of heaven above the earth. 12 The Lord will give us strength and light to our eyes. We will live under the shadow of Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon and under the shadow of Baltasar his son, and we shall serve them many days, and find favour in their sight. 13 Pray for us also to the Lord our God, for we have sinned against the Lord our God. To this day the wrath of the Lord and his indignation is not turned from us. 14 You shall read this book which we have sent to you, to make confession in the house of the Lord upon the day of the feast and on the days of the solemn assembly.
15 You shall say: To the Lord our God belongs righteousness, but to us confusion of face, as at this day—to the men of Judah, to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, 16 to our kings, to our princes, to our priests, to our prophets, and to our fathers, 17 because we have sinned before the Lord. 18 We have disobeyed him and have not listened to the voice of the Lord our God, to walk in the commandments of the Lord that he has set before us. 19 Since the day that the Lord brought our fathers out of the land of Egypt to this present day, we have been disobedient to the Lord our God, and we have been negligent in not listening to his voice. 20 Therefore the
