Proverbs 18:16
A man's gift enlargeth his way, and maketh him room before princes.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Donum hominis dilatat viam ejus, et ante principes spatium ei facit.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- δόμα ἀνθρώπου ἐμπλατύνει αὐτόν, καὶ παρὰ δυνάσταις καθιζάνει αὐτόν.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- מַתָּ֣ן אָ֭דָם יַרְחִ֣יב ל֑וֹ וְלִפְנֵ֖י גְדֹלִ֣ים יַנְחֶֽנּוּ
Haydock's commentary
Princes. He easily finds access by showing submission. (Calmet)
Placatur donis Jupiter ipse suis. (Ovid)
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.