Proverbs 23:34
And thou shalt be as one sleeping in the midst of the sea, and as a pilot fast asleep, when the stern is lost.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Et eris sicut dormiens in medio mari, et quasi sopitus gubernator, amisso clavo.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- καὶ κατακείσῃ ὥσπερ ἐν καρδίᾳ θαλάσσης, καὶ ὥσπερ κυβερνήτης ἐν πολλῷ κλύδωνι.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וְ֭הָיִיתָ כְּשֹׁכֵ֣ב בְּלֶב יָ֑ם וּ֝כְשֹׁכֵ֗ב בְּרֹ֣אשׁ חִבֵּֽל
Haydock's commentary
When. Septuagint, "in a great wave." Never is reason more wanted, nor less able to perform her duty.
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.
The Fathers on this verse
St John Cassian The Conferences of John Cassian. Part III. Containing Conferences XVIII.-XXIV, Chapter IX. How valuable to the perfect is the forgetfulness of sin
But with regard to this that you said a little way back; viz., that you of set purpose go over the recollections of past sins, this ought certainly not to be done, nay, if it forcibly surprises you, it must be at once expelled. For it greatly hinders the soul from the contemplation of purity, and especially in the case of one who is living in solitude, as it entangles him in the stains of this world and swamps him in foul sins. For while you are recalling those things which you did through ignorance or wantonness in accordance with the prince of this world, though I grant you that while you are engaged in these thoughts no delight in them steals in, yet at least the mere taint of the ancient filthiness is sure to corrupt your soul with its foul stink, and to shut out the spiritual fragrance of goodness, i.e., the odour of a sweet savour. …