Proverbs 2:18
And hath forgotten the covenant of her God: for her house inclineth unto death, and her paths to hell.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- et pacti Dei sui oblita est. Inclinata est enim ad mortem domus ejus, et ad inferos semitæ ipsius.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- ἔθετο γὰρ παρὰ τῷ θανάτῳ τὸν οἶκον αὐτῆς, καὶ παρὰ τῷ ᾅδῃ μετὰ τῶν γηγενῶν τοὺς ἄξονας αὐτῆς·
- Hebrew (WLC)
- כִּ֤י שָׁ֣חָה אֶל מָ֣וֶת בֵּיתָ֑הּ וְאֶל רְ֝פָאִ֗ים מַעְגְּלֹתֶֽיהָ
Haydock's commentary
God. The law forbids adultery, and all impurities, Deuteronomy xxiii. 17., and Leviticus xx. 10. Both the parties, guilty of adultery, were punished with death. (Calmet)
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.