Proverbs 15:15
All the days of the poor are evil: a secure mind is like a continual feast.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Omnes dies pauperis, mali ; secura mens quasi juge convivium.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- πάντα τὸν χρόνον οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ τῶν κακῶν προσδέχονται κακά, οἱ δὲ ἀγαθοὶ ἡσυχάσουσιν διὰ παντός.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- כָּל יְמֵ֣י עָנִ֣י רָעִ֑ים וְטֽוֹב לֵ֝֗ב מִשְׁתֶּ֥ה תָמִֽיד
Haydock's commentary
Feast. Those who repine at their condition are miserable; while the poor may be delivered from many cares. (Calmet)
O vitæ tuta facultas
Pauperis angustique laris. (Luc. Phar. v.)
Under affliction every thing displeases; but all delights the cheerful temper.
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.