Wisdom 6:26
Now the multitude of the wise is the welfare of the whole world: and a wise king is the upholding of the people.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Multitudo autem sapientium sanitas est orbis terrarum, et rex sapiens stabilimentum populi est.
- Septuagint (Swete) shown from Wisdom 6:24
- πλῆθος δὲ σοφῶν σωτηρία κόσμου, καὶ βασιλεὺς φρόνιμος εὐσταθία δήμου.
Haydock's commentary
World. The wicked is ransomed and healed by the wise. (Philo.)
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 Augustine On Christian Doctrine, Wisdom of More Importance Than Eloquence to the Christian Teacher
8. Now it is especially necessary for the man who is bound to speak wisely, even though he cannot speak eloquently, to retain in memory the words of Scripture. For the more he discerns the poverty of his own speech, the more he ought to draw on the riches of Scripture, so that what he says in his own words he may prove by the words of Scripture; and he himself, though small and weak in his own words, may gain strength and power from the confirming testimony of great men. For his proof gives pleasure when he cannot please by his mode of speech. …