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1 Kings 20:111Kgs.20.11

And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell [him], Let not him that girdeth on [his harness] boast himself as he that putteth it off.

KJV

Hebrew original

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Et le roi d'Israël répondit: Que celui qui revêt une armure ne se glorifie pas comme celui qui la dépose!

KJV

And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell [him], Let not him that girdeth on [his harness] boast himself as he that putteth it off.

Patristic reading

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  • Various

    Patrologia Latina Vol. 193 (Migne)

    , quod erat super me, oblitus proverbii, quo dicitur: «Non glorietur accinctus aeque, ut discinctus (III Reg. XX, 11) .» Ego enim cum essem juvenilis praesumptionis gladio accinctus, quo tanquam juvenis audacissimus amputavi auriculam dextram servo, cui [Col. 1116B] nomen erat M…
  • Various

    Patrologia Latina Vol. 202 (Migne)

    isitis caruisse, dum ambiuntur superflua, nec glorietur accinctus [Col. 1070A] aeque et discinctus (III Reg. XX, 11) , quia de regno sine regno gaudere ambiguum est, de regno autem in regno gloriari tutum et certum. O gaudium quod praecoquas uvas prae immatura maturitate, mane j…

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