Proverbs 2:17
And forsaketh the guide of her youth,
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- et relinquit ducem pubertatis suæ,
- Septuagint (Swete)
- ἡ ἀπολείπουσα διδασκαλίαν νεότητος, καὶ διαθήκην θείαν ἐπιλελησμένη.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- הַ֭עֹזֶבֶת אַלּ֣וּף נְעוּרֶ֑יהָ וְאֶת בְּרִ֖ית אֱלֹהֶ֣יהָ שָׁכֵֽחָה
Haydock's commentary
Youth. Her husband, whom she married young when love is more lasting. This increases her guilt. It may also signify her father, or preceptor.
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.