Proverbs 12:17
He that speaketh that which he knoweth, sheweth forth justice: but he that lieth, is a deceitful witness.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Qui quod novit loquitur, index justitiæ est ; qui autem mentitur, testis est fraudulentus.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- ἐπιδεικνυμένην πίστιν ἀπαγγέλλει δίκαιος, ὁ δὲ μάρτυς τῶν ἀδίκων δόλιος.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- יָפִ֣יחַ אֱ֭מוּנָה יַגִּ֣יד צֶ֑דֶק וְעֵ֖ד שְׁקָרִ֣ים מִרְמָֽה
Haydock's commentary
That. Hebrew, "the truth announceth justice." We easily give credit to an honest man. (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.