Proverbs 15:16
Better is a little with the fear of the Lord, than great treasures without content,
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Melius est parum cum timore Domini, quam thesauri magni et insatiabiles.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- κρείσσων μικρὰ μερὶς μετὰ φόβου Κυρίου ἢ θησαυροὶ μεγάλοι μετὰ ἀφοβίας.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- טוֹב מְ֭עַט בְּיִרְאַ֣ת יְהוָ֑ה מֵאוֹצָ֥ר רָ֝֗ב וּמְה֥וּמָה בֽוֹ
Haydock's commentary
Content. Septuagint, "fear." Hebrew, "with trouble," which is preferable, 1 Timothy vi. 6.
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.