Proverbs 10:16
The work of the just is unto life: but the fruit of the wicked, unto sin.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Opus justi ad vitam, fructus autem impii ad peccatum.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- ἔργα δικαίων ζωὴν ποιεῖ, καρποὶ δὲ ἀσεβῶν ἁμαρτίας.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- פְּעֻלַּ֣ת צַדִּ֣יק לְחַיִּ֑ים תְּבוּאַ֖ת רָשָׁ֣ע לְחַטָּֽאת
Haydock's commentary
Life. In abundance he is not puffed up; but the wicked make use of their fruit or revenue to do evil. Their works are bad, unless they turn to God by at least an initial love of justice.
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.