Ecclesiasticus 37:30
My son, prove thy soul in thy life: and if it be wicked, give it no power:
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Fili, in vita tua tenta animam tuam, et si fuerit nequam non des illi potestatem :
- Septuagint (Swete)
- Verse numbering differs here, so nothing is shown rather than the wrong verse.
Haydock's commentary
Life. Attempt nothing above thy strength: or Greek, try what agrees with thy health or soul, (Calmet) and see thou give it not what is hurtful to it." (Haydock)
St. Paul (1 Corinthians xi.) exhorts every one to prove or try himself and his own conscience. (Worthington)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.