Proverbs 17:10
A reproof availeth more with a wise man, than a hundred stripes with a fool.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Plus proficit correptio apud prudentem, quam centum plagæ apud stultum.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- συντρίβει ἀπειλὴ καρδίαν φρονίμου, ἄφρων δὲ μαστιγωθεὶς οὐκ αἰσθάνεται.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- תֵּ֣חַת גְּעָרָ֣ה בְמֵבִ֑ין מֵהַכּ֖וֹת כְּסִ֣יל מֵאָֽה
Haydock's commentary
Fool. "A word is enough for the wise." Nobilis equus umbra virgæ regitur, ignavus ne calcari quidem. (Q. Curt.)
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.