Proverbs 20:25
It is ruin to a man to devour holy ones, and after vows to retract.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Ruina est homini devorare sanctos, et post vota retractare.
- Septuagint (Swete) shown from Proverbs 20:19
- παγὶς ἀνδρὶ ταχύ τι τῶν ἰδίων ἁγιάσαι, μετὰ γὰρ τὸ εὔξασθαι μετανοεῖν γίνεται.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- מוֹקֵ֣שׁ אָ֭דָם יָ֣לַע קֹ֑דֶשׁ וְאַחַ֖ר נְדָרִ֣ים לְבַקֵּֽר
Haydock's commentary
Ones. Hebrew, "the saint or holy thing." (Haydock)
Chaldean, "to make a vow for the sanctuary, and afterwards repent;" having acted inconsiderately at first. To attack the persons or relics of the saints, or to plunder what is consecrated to pious uses, will bring on destruction; so also to make vows, and then seek to evade them, will not pass unpunished. (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.