Proverbs 17:18
A foolish man will clap hands, when he is surety for his friend.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Stultus homo plaudet manibus, cum spoponderit pro amico suo.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- ἀνὴρ ἄφρων ἐπικροτεῖ καὶ ἐπιχαίρει ἑαυτῷ, ὡς καὶ ὁ ἐγγυώμενος ἐγγύην τῶν ἑαυτοῦ φίλων.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- אָדָ֣ם חֲסַר לֵ֭ב תּוֹקֵ֣עַ כָּ֑ף עֹרֵ֥ב עֲ֝רֻבָּ֗ה לִפְנֵ֥י רֵעֵֽהוּ
Haydock's commentary
Hands. Through joy, or as a mark of his consent.
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.