Proverbs 11:21
Hand in hand the evil man shall not be innocent: but the seed of the just shall be saved.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Manus in manu non erit innocens malus ; semen autem justorum salvabitur.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- χειρὶ χεῖρας ἐμβαλὼν ἀδίκως οὐκ ἀτιμώρητος ἔσται, ὁ δὲ σπείρων δικαιοσύνην λήμψεται μισθὸν πιστόν.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- יָ֣ד לְ֭יָד לֹא יִנָּ֣קֶה רָּ֑ע וְזֶ֖רַע צַדִּיקִ֣ים נִמְלָֽט
Haydock's commentary
In hand. At rest, or making agreements. God will punish the race of the wicked.
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.
The Fathers on this verse
Clement of Alexandria The Stromata, or Miscellanies, Chapter XIX. That the Philosophers Have Attained to Some Portion of Truth
The divine apostle writes accordingly respecting us: “For now we see as through a glass;” knowing ourselves in it by reflection, and simultaneously contemplating, as we can, the efficient cause, from that, which, in us, is divine. For it is said, “Having seen thy brother, thou hast seen thy God:” methinks that now the Saviour God is declared to us. But after the laying aside of the flesh, “face to face,”, then definitely and comprehensively, when the heart becomes pure. And by reflection and direct vision, those among the Greeks who have philosophized accurately, see God. For such, through our weakness, are our true views, as images are seen in the water, and as we see things through pellucid and transparent bodies. …