Proverbs 10:13
In the lips of the wise is wisdom found: and a rod on the back of him that wanteth sense.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- In labiis sapientis invenitur sapientia, et virga in dorso ejus qui indiget corde.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- ῥάβδῳ τύπτει ἄνδρα ἀκάρδιον.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- בְּשִׂפְתֵ֣י נָ֭בוֹן תִּמָּצֵ֣א חָכְמָ֑ה וְ֝שֵׁ֗בֶט לְגֵ֣ו חֲסַר לֵֽב
Haydock's commentary
Sense. Literally, "a heart." But the Hebrews use this expression in a different sense from what we do, and thus designate a fool, Osee vii. 11.
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.