Proverbs 11:12
He that despiseth his friend, is mean of heart: but the wise man will hold his peace.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Qui despicit amicum suum indigens corde est ; vir autem prudens tacebit.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- μυκτηρίζει πολίτας ἐνδεὴς φρενῶν, ἀνὴρ δὲ φρόνιμος ἡσυχίαν ἄγει.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- בָּז לְרֵעֵ֥הוּ חֲסַר לֵ֑ב וְאִ֖ישׁ תְּבוּנ֣וֹת יַחֲרִֽישׁ
Haydock's commentary
Mean. Literally, "indigent" of sense. (Haydock)
We must put up with some faults, as none are without. (Horace i. Sat. 3.) (Calmet)
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.