Proverbs 17:9
He that concealeth a transgression. seeketh friendships: he that repeateth it again, separateth friends.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Qui celat delictum quærit amicitias ; qui altero sermone repetit, separat fœderatos.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- ὃς κρύπτει ἀδικήματα ζητεῖ φιλίαν, ὃς δὲ μισεῖ κρύπτειν διίστησιν φίλους καὶ οἰκείους.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- מְֽכַסֶּה פֶּ֭שַׁע מְבַקֵּ֣שׁ אַהֲבָ֑ה וְשֹׁנֶ֥ה בְ֝דָבָ֗ר מַפְרִ֥יד אַלּֽוּף
Haydock's commentary
Friends. Detractors cause dissensions, and even wars.
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.