In the Septuagint (Greek translation of the Hebrew
language for Alexandrian Jews and converts, c. 100 B.C.E.)
Go to the ant, O lazybones,
and zealously observe its ways, and
become wiser than it;
for without having any cultivated
land nor anyone that forces it being
under any master, it prepares its food
in summer, and it makes its provision
plentiful in harvest time.
(LXX) Or go to the bee,
and learn how industrious she is
and how seriously she performs her work
whose products kings and commoners
use for their health. YES, she is
desired by all and honored.
Although she is physically weak,
by honoring wisdom she was promoted.
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