Proverbs 3:30
Strive not against a man without cause, when he hath done thee no evil.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Ne contendas adversus hominem frustra, cum ipse tibi nihil mali fecerit.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- μὴ φιλεχθρήσῃς πρὸς ἄνθρωπον μάτην, μή τί σε ἐργάσηται κακόν.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- אַל תרוב עִם אָדָ֣ם חִנָּ֑ם אִם לֹ֖א גְמָלְךָ֣ רָעָֽה
Haydock's commentary
Cause. We may defend ourselves; but herein great discretion is necessary. (Calmet)
Cum pari contendere anceps est: cum superiore furiosum; cum inferiore sordidum. (Seneca, Prov.)
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.