Proverbs 12:8
A man shall be known by his learning: but he that is vain and foolish, shall be exposed to contempt.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Doctrina sua noscetur vir ; qui autem vanus et excors est patebit contemptui.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- στόμα συνετοῦ ἐγκωμιάζεται ὑπὸ ἀνδρός, νωθροκάρδιος δὲ μυκτηρίζεται.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- לְֽפִי שִׂ֭כְלוֹ יְהֻלַּל אִ֑ישׁ וְנַעֲוֵה לֵ֝֗ב יִהְיֶ֥ה לָבֽוּז
Haydock's commentary
Learning. We apply to those things which we love, and those who study sacred (Calmet) or useful sciences, shall receive praise.
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.