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Proverbs 21:22

The wise man hath scaled the city of the strong, and hath cast down the strength of the confidence thereof.

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The verse in its languages

Vulgate (Clementine)
Civitatem fortium ascendit sapiens, et destruxit robur fiduciæ ejus.
Septuagint (Swete)
πόλεις ὀχυρὰς ἐπέβη σοφὸς καὶ καθεῖλεν τὸ ὀχύρωμα ἐφ᾽ ᾧ ἐπεποίθεισαν οἱ ἀσεβεῖς.
Hebrew (WLC)
עִ֣יר גִּ֭בֹּרִים עָלָ֣ה חָכָ֑ם וַ֝יֹּ֗רֶד עֹ֣ז מִבְטֶחָֽה

Haydock's commentary

Thereof. Nothing can resist, Matthew xii. 29., and Ecclesiastes ix. 16. (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.