Proverbs 16:7
When the ways of man shall please the Lord, he will convert even his enemies to peace.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Cum placuerint Domino viæ hominis, inimicos quoque ejus convertet ad pacem.
- Septuagint (Swete) shown from Proverbs 15:28
- καρδίαι δικαίων μελετῶσιν πίστεις, στόμα δὲ ἀσεβῶν ἀποκρίνεται κακά. δεκταὶ παρὰ Κυρίῳ ὁδοὶ ἀνθρώπων δικαίων, διὰ δὲ αὐτῶν καὶ οἱ ἐχθροὶ φίλοι γίνονται.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- בִּרְצ֣וֹת יְ֭הוָה דַּרְכֵי אִ֑ישׁ גַּם א֝וֹיְבָ֗יו יַשְׁלִ֥ם אִתּֽוֹ
Haydock's commentary
Peace. Thus Jacob, Joseph, Daniel, &c., were admired by their former enemies.
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.