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Isaias 57:12

I will declare thy justice, and thy works shall not profit thee.

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The verse in its languages

Vulgate (Clementine)
Ego annuntiabo justitiam tuam, et opera tua non proderunt tibi.
Septuagint (Swete)
καὶ ἐγὼ ἀπαγγελῶ τὴν δικαιοσύνην σου καὶ τὰ κακά σου, ἃ οὐκ ὠφελήσει σε·
Hebrew (WLC)
אֲנִ֥י אַגִּ֖יד צִדְקָתֵ֑ךְ וְאֶֽת מַעֲשַׂ֖יִךְ וְלֹ֥א יוֹעִילֽוּךְ

Haydock's commentary

Justice. He speaks ironically. (Calmet)

Self-righteousness is vicious. (Haydock)

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.