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Proverbs 5:14

I have almost been in all evil, in the midst of the church and of the congregation.

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The verse in its languages

Vulgate (Clementine)
pene fui in omni malo, in medio ecclesiæ et synagogæ.
Septuagint (Swete)
παρ᾽ ὀλίγον ἐγενόμην ἐν παντὶ κακῷ ἐν μέσῳ ἐκκλησίας καὶ συναγωγῆς.
Hebrew (WLC)
כִּ֭מְעַט הָיִ֣יתִי בְכָל רָ֑ע בְּת֖וֹךְ קָהָ֣ל וְעֵדָֽה

Haydock's commentary

Evil. Infirm and worn out, having lost my reputation, &c. (Calmet)

Though I lived among the faithful, I was under no restraint. (Menochius)

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.