Wisdom of Sirach 23:14 (Brenton): Remember thy father and thy mother, When thou sittest among great men. Be not forgetful before them, And so thou by thy custom become a fool, And wish that thou hadst not been born, And curse the day of thy nativity.
Septuagint (LXX) interlinear — Wisdom of Sirach 23:14
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- μνήσθητι mnestheti Remember remember, recollect verb, Aor Pass Imperative 2nd Sing G3415
- πατρὸς patros father father, Father noun, Gen Sing Masc G3962
- καὶ kai and and, even conjunction G2532
- μητρός metros mother a mother noun, Gen Sing Fem G3384
- σου sou thy X home, thee pronoun, personal/possessive, Gen Sing G4675
- ἀνὰ ana And and, apiece preposition G303
- μέσον meson among middle, in the middle adjective, Acc Sing Masc G3319
- γὰρ gar for particle G1063
- μεγιστάνων megistanon great a great one, a lord noun, Gen Plur Masc G3175
- συνεδρεύεις sunedreueis sit together verb, Pres Act Ind 2nd Sing Source ID G467870
- μήποτε mepote lest at any time, lest adverb G3379
- ἐπιλάθῃ epilathe forget, neglect verb, Aor Act Subj 3rd Sing G1950
- ἐνώπιον enopion before before the face of, in the presence of preposition G1799
- αὐτῶν auton them he, she pronoun, demonstrative, Gen Plur Masc G846
- καὶ kai And and, even conjunction G2532
- τῷ to the the pronoun, article, Dat Sing Masc G3588
- ἐθισμῷ ethismo custom custom noun, Dat Sing Masc Source ID G467877
- σου sou thy X home, thee pronoun, personal/possessive, Gen Sing G4675
- μωρανθῇς moranthes make foolish, taint verb, Aor Pass Subj 2nd Sing G3471
- καὶ kai And and, even conjunction G2532
- θελήσεις theleseis wish will, wish verb, Fut Act Ind 2nd Sing G2309
- εἰ ei if conjunction G1487
- μὴ me not not, lest adverb G3361
- ἐγεννήθης egennethes born beget, bring forth verb, Aor Pass Ind 2nd Sing G1080
- καὶ kai And and, even conjunction G2532
- τὴν ten the the pronoun, article, Acc Sing Fem G3588
- ἡμέραν hemeran day a day noun, Acc Sing Fem G2250
- τοῦ tou the the pronoun, article, Gen Sing Masc G3588
- τοκετοῦ toketou birth noun, Gen Sing Masc Source ID G467889
- σου sou thy X home, thee pronoun, personal/possessive, Gen Sing G4675
- καταράσῃ katarase curse curse verb, Fut Mid Ind 2nd Sing G2672
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