Proverbs 2:21
Hebrew Bible
18 For she has set her house by death and her paths by the place of the departed spirits. 19 None who go in to her will return, nor will they reach the paths of life. 20 So you will walk in the way of good people and will keep on the paths of the righteous. 21 For the upright will reside in the land, and those with integrity will remain in it,
Date: 6th-3rd Centuries B.C.E. (based on scholarly estimates)
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LXX Proverbs 2:21
Septuagint
18 for she has set her house close by death and her paths close by Hades with the shades. 19 All who go in it will not return, and they would never attain to straight paths, for they are not seized by years of life; 20 for if they proceeded on good paths, they would find smooth paths of righteousness; 21 because the upright will inhabit the land, and the pious will be left in it;
Date: 1st Century B.C.E. (based on scholarly estimates)
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"... 2:213. ὅτι εὐθεῖς κατασκηνώσουσι γῆν, “because the upright will dwell in the land.” In Rahlfs these words are preceded by 2:21: χρηστοὶ ἔσονται οἰκήτορες γῆς, ἄκα- κοιδὲὑπολειφθήσονταιἐναὐτῇ,“the kind will be inhabitants of the earth, and the guileless will be left in it.” The effect of the omission of these two cola in B is that the reason given in the ὅτι-clause of 2:21 now applies to the preceding verse, which makes little sense in the context ..."
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