Proverbs 16:15
In the cheerfulness of the king's countenance is life: and his clemency is like the latter rain.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- In hilaritate vultus regis vita, et clementia ejus quasi imber serotinus.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- ἐν φωτὶ ζωῆς υἱὸς βασιλέως, οἱ δὲ προσδεκτοὶ αὐτῷ ὥσπερ νέφος ὄψιμον.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- בְּאוֹר פְּנֵי מֶ֥לֶךְ חַיִּ֑ים וּ֝רְצוֹנ֗וֹ כְּעָ֣ב מַלְקֽוֹשׁ
Haydock's commentary
Life. A mild government resembles a serene sky. (Sen.) (Clem.) (Job xxix. 23.)
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.