Proverbs 17:8
The expectation of him that expecteth, is a most acceptable jewel: whithersoever he turneth himself, he understandeth wisely.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Gemma gratissima exspectatio præstolantis ; quocumque se vertit, prudenter intelligit.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- μισθὸς χαρίτων παιδεία τοῖς χρωμένοις, οὗ δ᾽ ἂν ἐπιστρέψῃ, εὐοδωθήσεται.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- אֶֽבֶן חֵ֣ן הַ֭שֹּׁחַד בְּעֵינֵ֣י בְעָלָ֑יו אֶֽל כָּל אֲשֶׁ֖ר יִפְנֶ֣ה יַשְׂכִּֽיל
Haydock's commentary
Expecteth heavenly things. Septuagint, "instruction is the reward of good deeds to those who use it."
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.