Proverbs 17:2
A wise servant shall rule over foolish sons, and shall divide the inheritance among the brethren.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Servus sapiens dominabitur filiis stultis, et inter fratres hæreditatem dividet.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- οἰκέτης νοήμων κρατήσει δεσποτῶν ἀφρόνων, ἐν δὲ ἀδελφοῖς διελεῖται μέρη.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- עֶֽבֶד מַשְׂכִּ֗יל יִ֭מְשֹׁל בְּבֵ֣ן מֵבִ֑ישׁ וּבְת֥וֹךְ אַ֝חִ֗ים יַחֲלֹ֥ק נַחֲלָֽה
Haydock's commentary
Brethren. Partaking with them, (Abenezra; Tirinus; Menochius) or rather acting as his master's executor; which evinces the advantages of wisdom, so as to raise a slave above those whom his station requires him to serve. Such was Joseph, who was tried.
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.