Proverbs 17:19
He that studieth discords, loveth quarrels: and he that exalteth his door, seeketh ruin.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Qui meditatur discordias diligit rixas, et qui exaltat ostium quærit ruinam.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- φιλαμαρτήμων χαίρει μάχαις,
- Hebrew (WLC)
- אֹ֣הֵֽב פֶּ֭שַׁע אֹהֵ֣ב מַצָּ֑ה מַגְבִּ֥יהַּ פִּ֝תְח֗וֹ מְבַקֶּשׁ שָֽׁבֶר
Haydock's commentary
Door. Sixtus V reads, "mouth:" as some explain the door to mean. A large door supposes that the house is elevated, and thus exposed to danger from winds, &c.
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.