Proverbs 17:24
Wisdom shineth in the face of the wise: the eyes of fools are in the ends of the earth.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- In facie prudentis lucet sapientia ; oculi stultorum in finibus terræ.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- πρόσωπον συνετὸν ἀνδρὸς σοφοῦ, οἱ δὲ ὀφθαλμοὶ τοῦ ἄφρονος ἐπ᾽ ἄκρα γῆς.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- אֶת פְּנֵ֣י מֵבִ֣ין חָכְמָ֑ה וְעֵינֵ֥י כְ֝סִ֗יל בִּקְצֵה אָֽרֶץ
Haydock's commentary
Earth. Wandering and insatiable, and deeming the acquisition of wisdom too difficult.
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.