Proverbs 22:9
He that is inclined to mercy shall be blessed: for of his bread he hath given to the poor. He that maketh presents shall purchase victory and honour: but he carrieth away the souls of the receivers.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Qui pronus est ad misericordiam benedicetur : de panibus enim suis dedit pauperi. Victoriam et honorem acquiret qui dat munera ; animam autem aufert accipientium.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- ὁ ἐλεῶν πτωχὸν αὐτὸς διατραφήσεται, τῶν γὰρ ἑαυτοῦ ἄρτων ἔδωκεν τῷ πτωχῷ. (9a) νίκην καὶ τιμὴν περιποιεῖται ὁ δῶρα δούς, τὴν μέντοι ψυχὴν ἀφαιρεῖται τῶν κεκτημένων.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- טֽוֹב עַ֭יִן ה֣וּא יְבֹרָ֑ךְ כִּֽי נָתַ֖ן מִלַּחְמ֣וֹ לַדָּֽל
Haydock's commentary
Is. Hebrew, "has a good eye," in opposition to the evil, or malicious one, Matthew xx. 15.
He, &c., is not in Hebrew, or in the Latin edition of Comp. and St. Jerome.
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.