Proverbs 14:35
A wise servant is acceptable to the king: he that is good for nothing shall feel his anger.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Acceptus est regi minister intelligens ; iracundiam ejus inutilis sustinebit.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- δεκτὸς βασιλεῖ ὑπηρέτης νοήμων, τῇ δὲ ἑαυτοῦ εὐστροφίᾳ ἀφαιρεῖται ἀτιμίαν.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- רְֽצוֹן מֶ֭לֶךְ לְעֶ֣בֶד מַשְׂכִּ֑יל וְ֝עֶבְרָת֗וֹ תִּהְיֶ֥ה מֵבִֽישׁ
Haydock's commentary
Nothing. Literally, "useless," which often means bad. (Haydock)
A servant who does not discharge his duty is such. Hebrew, "he that causeth to blush," and has no economy. (Calmet)
Septuagint, "He removes shame by his good management. Anger destroys the prudent; but a mild," &c. (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.