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Attribution: Wisdom 19 from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus sahidic.ot, document 70_Wisdom_19, version 6.1.0 (2025-06-30), annotations by Frank Feder, So Miyagawa, Elizabeth Platte, Caroline T. Schroeder, Amir Zeldes; source edition Crosswire, CoptOT. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/); this derivative is released under the same licence. CoptOT / Göttingen Digital Edition of the Coptic Old Testament, via Crosswire; English translation Brenton 1851 (ebible.org). Layers L1/L2 are modified: re-spelled (Cairene) / transliterated (Kemetic) by the Kemetic project, Yousef Hanna 2026.
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21 lines · a line number is a link to itselfEnglish: quoted translations are shown as they are, with their credit in the provenance; lines marked draft are language-model drafts made for this project (to be corrected), and alignment unchecked marks a quoted verse whose placement was not cross-checked. Check the Coptic before relying on any English line.
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| 19:1 | ⲛⲁⲥⲉⲃⲏⲥ ⲇⲉ [...] ⲛⲁⲉⲓ ⲉϩⲣⲁ[ⲓ ...]ⲩ ⲛϣⲁ[ⲃ]ⲟⲗ ⲛⲉϥⲥⲟⲟⲩⲛ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲛⲛⲉⲧⲟⲩⲛⲁⲁⲁⲩ | As for the ungodly, wrath came upon them without mercy unto the end: for he knew before what they would do; |
| 19:2 | ϫⲉⲙⲛⲛⲥⲁⲧ[...]ⲁⲩ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲉⲃⲱⲕ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲛⲥⲉ[... ⲉⲃ]ⲟⲗ ϩⲛⲟⲩϭⲉⲡⲏ ⲥⲉⲛⲁⲣ[...] ⲛⲥⲉⲡⲱⲧ ⲛⲥⲱⲟⲩ | How that having given them leave to depart, and sent them hastily away, they would repent and pursue them. |
| 19:3 | ⲉⲧⲓ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲉⲣⲉⲫⲏⲃⲉ ϩⲛⲧⲉⲩⲙⲏⲧⲉ ⲉⲩⲧⲟⲉⲓⲧ ϩⲓⲣⲛ ⲛⲧⲁⲫⲟⲥ ⲛⲛⲕⲱⲱⲥ ⲁⲩϫⲡⲟ ⲛⲁⲩ ⲛⲕⲉⲙⲉⲉⲩⲉ ⲛⲁⲑⲏⲧ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲛⲏⲛⲧⲁⲩⲛⲟϫⲟⲩ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲉⲩⲥⲟⲡⲥ ⲙⲙⲟⲟⲩ ⲛⲁⲓ ⲇⲉ ⲁⲩⲡⲱⲧ ⲛⲥⲱⲟⲩ ⲛⲑⲉ ⲛⲛⲉⲧⲡⲏⲧ ⲛϫⲓⲟⲩⲉ | For whilst they were yet mourning and making lamentation at the graves of the dead, they added another foolish device, and pursued them as fugitives, whom they had intreated to be gone. |
| 19:4 | ⲛⲉⲣⲉⲧⲁⲛⲁⲅⲕⲏ ⲥⲱⲕ ⲙⲙⲟⲟⲩ ⲛⲧⲉⲉⲓ ϩⲁⲏ ⲉⲧⲟⲩⲙⲡϣⲁ ⲙⲙⲟⲥ ⲉⲁⲥⲧⲣⲉⲩⲣⲡⲱⲃϣ ⲛⲛⲉⲛⲧⲁⲩϣⲱⲡⲉ ⲙⲙⲟⲟⲩ ϫⲉⲕⲁⲥ ⲉⲩⲉϫⲱⲕ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲛⲧⲕⲟⲗⲁⲥⲓⲥ ⲛⲧⲃⲁⲥⲁⲛⲟⲥ ⲉⲧⲟⲩⲙⲡϣⲁ ⲙⲙⲟⲥ | For the destiny, whereof they were worthy, drew them unto this end, and made them forget the things that had already happened, that they might fulfil the punishment which was wanting to their torments: |
| 19:5 | ⲛⲧⲉⲡⲉⲕⲗⲁⲟⲥ ϫⲓⲟⲟⲣ ϩⲛⲟⲩϩⲓⲏ ⲛϣⲡⲏⲣⲉ ⲛⲏⲇⲉ ⲛⲧⲟⲟⲩ ⲛⲥⲉⲃⲱⲕ ϩⲛⲟⲩⲙⲟⲟⲩ ⲉϥϣⲟⲃⲉ | And that thy people might pass a wonderful way: but they might find a strange death. |
| 19:6 | ⲧⲉⲕⲧⲓⲥⲓⲥ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲧⲏⲣⲥ ϩⲙⲡⲉⲥⲥⲙⲟⲧ ⲁⲥϣⲃⲧⲡⲉⲥⲥⲱⲛⲧ ⲉⲥϣⲙϣⲉ ⲙⲡⲉⲕⲟⲩⲉϩⲥⲁϩⲛⲉ ϫⲉⲕⲁⲥ ⲉⲥⲉⲁⲣⲉϩ ⲉⲛⲉⲕϣⲏⲣⲉ ⲁϫⲛⲙⲕ[ⲁϩ] | For the whole creature in his proper kind was fashioned again anew, serving the peculiar commandments that were given unto them, that thy children might be kept without hurt: |
| 19:7 | [ⲧⲉⲕⲗⲟⲟⲗ]ⲉ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲁⲥⲣϩⲁⲓⲃⲉⲥ ⲉⲧⲡⲁⲣⲉⲙⲃⲟⲗⲏ [ⲁⲩⲱ ⲟⲩⲕⲁ]ϩ ⲉϥϣⲟⲩϣⲟⲩ ⲁϥⲟⲩⲱⲛϩ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ [ϩⲛⲟⲩⲙⲟⲟⲩ ⲉⲛ]ⲁϣⲱϥ ⲙⲛⲟⲩϩⲓⲏ ⲉⲥⲥⲟⲩⲧⲱⲛ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ϩⲛⲧⲉⲣⲩⲑⲣⲁ ⲑⲁⲗⲁⲥⲥⲁ ⲙⲛⲟⲩⲥⲱϣⲉ ⲉϣⲁϥϯⲟⲩⲱ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ϩⲛⲛϩⲟⲉⲓⲙ ⲉⲩⲛⲁ[ϣ]ⲧ | As namely, a cloud shadowing the camp; and where water stood before, dry land appeared; and out of the Red sea a way without impediment; and out of the violent stream a green field: |
| 19:8 | ⲧⲁⲓ ⲛⲧⲁⲩⲉⲓ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ϩⲓⲧⲟⲟⲧⲥ ϩⲓⲧⲛϩⲉⲑⲛⲟⲥ ⲛⲓⲙ ⲉⲣⲉⲧⲉⲕϭⲓϫ ⲣϩⲁⲓⲃⲉⲥ ⲉⲣⲟⲟⲩ ⲉⲁⲩⲛⲁⲩ ⲉϩⲉⲛⲙⲁⲉⲓⲛ ⲙⲛϩⲉⲛϣⲡⲏⲣⲉ | Where through all the people went that were defended with thy hand, seeing thy marvellous strange wonders. |
| 19:9 | ⲁⲩⲙⲟⲟⲛⲉ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲙⲙⲟⲟⲩ ⲛⲑⲉ ⲛϩⲉⲛϩⲧⲱⲣ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲛⲉⲩⲥⲛⲁⲉⲓⲛ ⲛⲑⲉ ⲛϩⲉⲛⲟⲉⲓⲗⲉ ⲉⲩⲥⲙⲟⲩ ⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ ⲉⲣⲟⲕ ⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ⲡⲉⲧⲛⲟⲩϩⲙ ⲙⲙⲟⲟⲩ | For they went at large like horses, and leaped like lambs, praising thee, O Lord, who hadst delivered them. |
| 19:10 | ⲛⲉⲩⲣⲡⲙⲉⲉⲩⲉ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲛⲛⲉⲛⲧⲁⲩϣⲱⲡⲉ ϩⲙⲡⲉⲩⲙⲁ ⲛϭⲟⲓⲗⲉ ⲛⲑⲉ ⲛⲧⲁⲡⲕⲁϩ ⲧⲁⲟⲩⲟ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲛϩⲉⲛϫⲉⲕϫⲓⲕ ⲉⲡⲙⲑ ⲛϩⲛⲧⲃⲛⲟⲟⲩⲉ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲡⲓⲉⲣⲟ ⲁϥⲧⲁⲟⲩⲟ ⲉϩⲣⲁⲓ ⲛϩⲉⲛⲁϣⲏ ⲛⲕⲣⲟⲩⲣ ⲉⲡⲙⲁ ⲛϩⲉⲛⲧⲃⲧ | For they were yet mindful of the things that were done while they sojourned in the strange land, how the ground brought forth flies instead of cattle, and how the river cast up a multitude of frogs instead of fishes. |
| 19:11 | ⲙⲛⲛⲥⲱⲥ ⲇⲉ ⲟⲛ ⲁⲩⲛⲁⲩ ⲉⲕⲉϫⲡⲟ ⲛϩⲁⲗⲏⲧ ⲉϥϣⲟⲃⲉ ⲛⲧⲉⲣⲟⲩⲉⲡⲓⲑⲩⲙⲓ ⲁⲩⲁⲓⲧⲓ ⲛϩⲉⲛϭⲓⲛⲟⲩⲟⲟⲙ ⲛⲧⲣⲩⲫⲏ | But afterwards they saw a new generation of fowls, when, being led with their appetite, they asked delicate meats. |
| 19:12 | ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲅⲁⲣ ϩⲛⲧⲉⲣⲩⲑⲣⲁ ⲑⲁⲗⲁⲥⲥⲁ ⲁⲥⲉⲓ ⲛⲁⲩ ⲛϭⲓⲟⲩϩⲏ ⲙⲡⲏⲣⲁ ⲉⲧⲥⲓⲟⲟⲩ [...]ⲉⲓ ⲉϩⲣⲁⲓ ⲉ[...] ⲁϫⲛⲙⲙⲁⲉⲓⲛ [... ⲁ]ⲛ ⲉⲱⲛ[... ⲛ]ⲁϣⲧ ⲛⲉⲩⲙⲡϣⲁ ⲅⲁ[ⲣ ⲛ]ϣⲉⲡⲛⲁⲓ ⲉⲧⲃⲉⲛⲉⲩⲡⲟⲛⲏⲣⲓ[ⲁ] | For quails came up unto them from the sea for their contentment. |
| 19:13 | ⲕⲁⲓ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲁⲩ[...]ⲩ ϩⲱⲟⲩ ⲟⲛ ⲉⲩⲙⲛⲧⲁⲥ[ⲧ ϣⲙ]ⲙⲟ ⲉⲥϩⲟⲟⲩ ⲛϩⲟⲩⲟ ⲛⲏⲙⲉⲛ ⲅⲁⲣ [ⲙⲡⲟⲩ]ϣⲱⲡ ⲉⲣⲟⲟⲩ ⲛⲛⲉⲧⲛⲏⲩ ⲉⲣⲁⲧⲟⲩ ϩⲛⲟⲩⲙⲛⲧⲁⲧⲥⲟⲟⲩⲛ ⲛⲁⲓ ⲇⲉ ⲛⲧⲟⲟⲩ ϩⲉⲛϣⲙⲙⲟ ⲛⲣⲉϥⲣⲡⲉⲧⲛⲁⲛⲟⲩϥ ⲁⲩⲁⲁⲩ ⲛⲁⲩ ⲛϩⲙϩⲁⲗ | And punishments came upon the sinners not without former signs by the force of thunders: for they suffered justly according to their own wickedness, insomuch as they used a more hard and hateful behaviour toward strangers. |
| 19:14 | ⲛⲁⲓ ⲇⲉ ⲙⲙⲁⲧⲉ ⲁⲛ ⲁⲗⲗⲁ ⲛⲕⲉϭⲙⲡϣⲓⲛⲉ ⲉϥⲛⲁϣⲱⲡⲉ ⲛⲁⲩ ϫⲉⲁⲩⲭⲣⲁⲥⲑⲁⲓ ⲕⲁⲕⲱⲥ ⲛⲛϣⲙⲙⲟ | For the Sodomites did not receive those, whom they knew not when they came: but these brought friends into bondage, that had well deserved of them. |
| 19:15 | ⲛⲁⲓ ⲇⲉ ⲛⲧⲟⲟⲩ ⲁⲩϣⲱⲡ ⲉⲣⲟⲟⲩ ϩⲛⲟⲩⲣⲁϣⲉ ⲛⲁⲓ ⲉⲧⲉⲩⲛⲧⲟⲩ ⲡⲓϩⲁⲡ ⲛⲟⲩⲱⲧ ⲁⲩⲑⲙⲕⲟⲟⲩ ϩⲛⲛϩⲓⲥⲉ ⲉⲩⲛⲁϣⲧ | And not only so, but peradventure some respect shall be had of those, because they used strangers not friendly: |
| 19:16 | ⲁⲩⲡⲁⲧⲁⲥⲥⲉ ϩⲱⲟⲩ ⲟⲛ ⲙⲙⲟⲟⲩ ⲛⲑⲉ ⲛⲛⲏ ϩⲛⲟⲩⲕⲁⲕⲉ ϩⲓⲣⲛ ⲛⲣⲟ ⲙⲡⲇⲓⲕⲁⲓⲟⲥ ⲉⲁⲩϩⲟⲃⲥⲟⲩ ϩⲓⲧⲛⲟⲩⲕⲁⲕⲉ ⲉϥⲛⲁϣⲧ ⲁⲡⲟⲩⲁ ⲡⲟⲩⲁ ϭⲟⲙϭⲙ ⲛⲥⲁⲧⲉϩⲓⲏ ⲙⲡⲉϥⲣⲟ | But these very grievously afflicted them, whom they had received with feastings, and were already made partakers of the same laws with them. |
| 19:17 | ⲛⲉⲥⲧⲟⲓⲭⲓⲟⲛ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲥⲉϣⲓⲃⲉ ϩⲁⲣⲓ ϩⲁⲣⲟⲟⲩ ⲛⲑⲉ ⲛⲟⲩⲕⲓⲑⲁⲣⲁ ⲉⲥϣⲓⲃⲉ ⲙⲡⲉⲥϩⲣⲟⲟⲩ ϩⲛⲟⲩⲗ[ⲗ]ⲉ ⲛⲕⲱⲃϩ [...] | Therefore even with blindness were these stricken, as those were at the doors of the righteous man: when, being compassed about with horrible great darkness, every one sought the passage of his own doors. |
| 19:18 | [...]ⲧⲟⲩⲉ ⲛⲉⲧϩⲙ[...] ⲁⲩⲱ ⲛⲉⲧ[ϩ]ⲙⲡⲙⲟ[ⲟⲩ ⲉⲩ]ⲕⲟⲧⲟⲩ ⲉⲛⲉⲧϩⲓⲡⲉⲕⲣⲟ | For the elements were changed in themselves by a kind of harmony, like as in a psaltery notes change the name of the tune, and yet are always sounds; which may well be perceived by the sight of the things that have been done. |
| 19:19 | ⲡⲕⲱϩⲧ ⲇⲉ ⲁϥϭⲙϭⲟⲙ ϩⲙⲡⲙⲟⲟⲩ ⲧϭⲟⲙ ⲉϣⲁⲥⲟⲙⲉ[ϥ] ⲁⲩⲱ ⲡⲙⲟⲟⲩ ⲁϥ[ⲡⲱⲃϣ ⲛ]ⲧⲉϥⲫⲩⲥⲓⲥ ⲛⲣⲉϥⲱϣⲙ | For earthly things were turned into watery, and the things, that before swam in the water, now went upon the ground. |
| 19:20 | ⲡϣⲁϩ ⲛⲧⲥⲁⲧⲉ ⲙⲡϥ[...] ⲛⲛⲥⲁⲣⲝ ⲛⲛⲍⲱⲟⲛ ⲉⲩⲙⲟⲟϣ[ⲉ ⲉⲩ]ⲙⲟⲧⲛ ⲛⲧⲁⲕⲟⲟⲩ ⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲧⲉϩⲣⲉ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ϩⲓⲧⲙⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲉⲧⲉⲓⲛⲉ ⲙⲡⲉⲕⲣⲩⲥⲧⲁⲗⲗⲟⲥ ⲛⲃⲟⲗϥ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ | The fire had power in the water, forgetting his own virtue: and the water forgat his own quenching nature. |
| 19:21 | ϩⲛϩⲱⲃ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲛⲓⲙ ⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ⲁⲕϫⲓⲥⲉ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲁⲕϯⲉⲟⲟⲩ ⲙⲡⲉⲕⲣⲁⲛ ⲙⲡⲉⲕⲟⲃϣⲕ ⲉⲣⲟⲟⲩ ⲛⲟⲩⲟⲉⲓϣ ⲛⲓⲙ ⲉⲕⲙⲟⲟϣⲉ ⲛⲙⲙⲁⲩ ϩⲙⲙⲁ ⲛⲓⲙ | On the other side, the flames wasted not the flesh of the corruptible living things, though they walked therein; neither melted they the icy kind of heavenly meat that was of nature apt to melt. |
Provenance
- title
- Wisdom 19
- dialect
- sahidic
- source
- Coptic SCRIPTORIUM corpus "sahidic.ot", document 70_Wisdom_19
- licence
- CC-BY-SA 4.0
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- attribution
- Wisdom 19 from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus sahidic.ot, document 70_Wisdom_19, version 6.1.0 (2025-06-30), annotations by Frank Feder, So Miyagawa, Elizabeth Platte, Caroline T. Schroeder, Amir Zeldes; source edition Crosswire, CoptOT. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/); this derivative is released under the same licence. CoptOT / Göttingen Digital Edition of the Coptic Old Testament, via Crosswire; English translation Brenton 1851 (ebible.org). Layers L1/L2 are modified: re-spelled (Cairene) / transliterated (Kemetic) by the Kemetic project, Yousef Hanna 2026.
- annotation
- segmentation automatic · tagging automatic · parsing automatic (SCRIPTORIUM meta.json; document version 6.1.0, 2025-06-30)
- file
- Bible/Old Testament/Wisdom/19.sahidic.scriptorium.L0.txt
- what it is
- DRAFT English. Not a published translation: `existing` rows quote an aligned translation named in `basis`; `llm` rows are a language-model best guess from the dictionary gloss and context (Yousef asked for them, 2026-09-27; to be corrected later); check the source text before relying on any of it.
- lines
- 21 quoted · 0 quoted with the alignment not cross-checked · 0 model drafts (marked “draft”)
- quoted from
- Brenton's Septuagint (1851) — aligned in Coptic SCRIPTORIUM sahidic.ot, 70_Wisdom_19 (21 lines)
L0 witness
English
Cite as:
Wisdom 19. Coptic SCRIPTORIUM corpus "sahidic.ot", document 70_Wisdom_19. Layers as published by the Kemetic project (Yousef Hanna), 2026: Coptic · Cairene · Kemetic, /doc/bible/old-testament/wisdom/19.sahidic.scriptorium/. Wisdom 19 from Coptic SCRIPTORIUM (https://copticscriptorium.org), corpus sahidic.ot, document 70_Wisdom_19, version 6.1.0 (2025-06-30), annotations by Frank Feder, So Miyagawa, Elizabeth Platte, Caroline T. Schroeder, Amir Zeldes; source edition Crosswire, CoptOT. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/); this derivative is released under the same licence. CoptOT / Göttingen Digital Edition of the Coptic Old Testament, via Crosswire; English translation Brenton 1851 (ebible.org). Layers L1/L2 are modified: re-spelled (Cairene) / transliterated (Kemetic) by the Kemetic project, Yousef Hanna 2026.
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L0 witness
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The text as its witness or edition has it, original spelling; its dialect is a description and is never standardized.
L0.5 transliteration
For Egyptian texts: the transliteration with the editors' marks turned into the symbols ° * < > _ ^ (ruled 2026-09-10). For papyri: the edition's Leiden marks as the same symbols, and the editors' readings beside the scribe's as ‹scribe→editors› (ruled PAP-3).
For Egyptian texts: the transliteration with the editors' marks turned into the symbols ° * < > _ ^ (ruled 2026-09-10). For papyri: the edition's Leiden marks as the same symbols, and the editors' readings beside the scribe's as ‹scribe→editors› (ruled PAP-3).
L1 Cairene
Standardized Greco-Bohairic spelling and grammar, generated by code from the layer above under the rulings of the project.
Standardized Greco-Bohairic spelling and grammar, generated by code from the layer above under the rulings of the project.
L2 Kemetic
The Kemetic alphabet, generated by code from L1.
The Kemetic alphabet, generated by code from L1.
English
Quoted translations where they exist, credited; otherwise model drafts, marked as drafts.
Quoted translations where they exist, credited; otherwise model drafts, marked as drafts.