And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart [is] snares and nets, [and] her hands [as] bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.
KJV
Hebrew original
Louis Segond 1910
Et j'ai trouvé plus amère que la mort la femme dont le coeur est un piège et un filet, et dont les mains sont des liens; celui qui est agréable à Dieu lui échappe, mais le pécheur est pris par elle.
KJV
And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart [is] snares and nets, [and] her hands [as] bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.
Various
Patrologia Latina Vol. 112 (Migne)
rmi quilibet, ut in Ecclesiastico: «Filiae tibi sunt, observa corpus illarum [Note: [Col. 0927] 16 Eccl. VII, 26.] .» Filia, anima, ut in Evangelio: «Filia mea a daemonio male vexata est [Note: [Col. 0927] 17 Matth. XV, 22.] ,» id est, anima mea a peccato fatigatur. Per fi…
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Patrologia Latina Vol. 156 (Migne)
repetitione moventur. De his filiabus dicitur: Filiae tibi sunt? serva corpus earum [Col. 0328D] (Eccl. VII, 26) , id est restringe nequam opera affectionum. Invident quoque ei habentes jacula, quia ad aeternorum suscitare moliuntur invidiam molles, id est motus, intellectum, p…
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