Now, behold, thou trustest upon the staff of this bruised reed, [even] upon Egypt, on which if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so [is] Pharaoh king of Egypt unto all that trust on him.
KJV
Hebrew original
Louis Segond 1910
Voici, tu l'as placée dans l'Egypte, tu as pris pour soutien ce roseau cassé, qui pénètre et perce la main de quiconque s'appuie dessus: tel est Pharaon, roi d'Egypte, pour tous ceux qui se confient en lui.
KJV
Now, behold, thou trustest upon the staff of this bruised reed, [even] upon Egypt, on which if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so [is] Pharaoh king of Egypt unto all that trust on him.
Various
Patrologia Latina Vol. 184 (Migne)
rophetae, Baculus confractus arundineus Aegyptus, in quo qui innititur, perforabuntur manus ejus? (IV Reg. XVIII, 21, et Isa. XXXVI, 6.) Talem tu me invenisti, et confractionis nostrae hastulis manus tuae cruentari poterant; nisi quod illae solidiores sunt, et oppositos retundu…
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