Proverbs 12:27
The deceitful man shall not find gain: but the substance of a just man shall be precious gold.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Non inveniet fraudulentus lucrum, et substantia hominis erit auri pretium.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- οὐκ ἐπιτεύξεται δόλιος θήρας, κτῆμα δὲ τίμιον ἀνὴρ καθαρός.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- לֹא יַחֲרֹ֣ךְ רְמִיָּ֣ה צֵיד֑וֹ וְהוֹן אָדָ֖ם יָקָ֣ר חָרֽוּץ
Haydock's commentary
Gain. Hebrew and Septuagint, "his prey," (Calmet) or what "he took in hunting." (Protestants) (Haydock)
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.