Proverbs 22:29
Hast thou seen a man swift in his work? he shall stand before kings, and shall not be before those that are obscure.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Vidisti virum velocem in opere suo ? coram regibus stabit, nec erit ante ignobiles.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- ὁρατικὸν ἄνδρα καὶ ὀξὺν ἐν τοῖς ἔργοις αὐτοῦ βασιλεῦσι δεῖ παρεστάναι, καὶ μὴ παρεστάναι ἀνδράσι νωθροῖς.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- חָזִ֡יתָ אִ֤ישׁ מָ֘הִ֤יר בִּמְלַאכְתּ֗וֹ לִֽפְנֵֽי מְלָכִ֥ים יִתְיַצָּ֑ב בַּל יִ֝תְיַצֵּב לִפְנֵ֥י חֲשֻׁכִּֽים
Haydock's commentary
Obscure. By industry he shall raise himself to notice. (Haydock)
Kings employ those who are most active. (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.