Proverbs 22:13
The slothful man saith: There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the midst of the streets.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Dicit piger : Leo est foris ; in medio platearum occidendus sum.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- προφασίζεται καὶ λέγει ὀκνηρός Λέων ἐν ταῖς ὁδοῖς, ἐν δὲ ταῖς πλατείαις φονευταί.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- אָמַ֣ר עָ֭צֵל אֲרִ֣י בַח֑וּץ בְּת֥וֹךְ רְ֝חֹב֗וֹת אֵֽרָצֵֽחַ
Haydock's commentary
Streets. Vain excuses of sloth!
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.