New Translation

(Pro 1:7 KJV)  The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

Today I begin reading a new translation for the month.  It is called Brenton’s English Septuagint.  One of the things I noticed, as I was studying in another spot, was that Jesus seem to read from the Septuagint rather than the Hebrew text.  It will be interesting to see if that is consistent here.

In this first verse, you see a definite difference between the two.  Here is the one from the Septuagint,

Proverbs 1:7 (BES) The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; and there is good understanding to all that practise it: and piety toward God is the beginning of discernment; but the ungodly will set at nought wisdom and instruction.

Noticed that the first part is close, but the second part seems to be either an editorial comment or work a scribe trying to write an interpretation.  This is one of the reasons why we don’t tend to lean heavily on this Greek text.

So?  Read, but read with discernment.  Go ahead and compare other translations, but always do so with the idea of what you know about the entire scripture not just one isolated verse.