Proverbs 6:24
That they may keep thee from the evil woman, and from the flattering tongue of the stranger.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- ut custodiant te a muliere mala, et a blanda lingua extraneæ.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- τοῦ διαφυλάσσειν σε ἀπὸ γυναικὸς ὑπάνδρου καὶ ἀπὸ διαβολῆς γλώσσης ἀλλοτρίας.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- לִ֭שְׁמָרְךָ מֵאֵ֣שֶׁת רָ֑ע מֵֽ֝חֶלְקַ֗ת לָשׁ֥וֹן נָכְרִיָּֽה
Haydock's commentary
Stranger. This is often inculcated, because nothing is more dangerous in youth, nor more contrary to the study of wisdom.
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.