Proverbs 4:1
Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend that you may know prudence.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Audite, filii, disciplinam patris, et attendite ut sciatis prudentiam.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- Ἀκούσατε, παῖδες, παιδείαν πατρός, καὶ προσέχετε γνῶναι ἔννοιαν.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- שִׁמְע֣וּ בָ֭נִים מ֣וּסַר אָ֑ב וְ֝הַקְשִׁ֗יבוּ לָדַ֥עַת בִּינָֽה
Haydock's commentary
Father. He shews the greatest respect for his parents, ver. 3. (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.
The Fathers on this verse
St Athanasius Letters of Athanasius with Two Ancient Chronicles of His Life, For 330. Easter-day xxiv Pharmuthi; xiii Kal. Mai; Æra Dioclet. 46; Coss. Gallicianus, Valerius Symmachus; Præfect, Magninianus; Indict. iii
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