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Jeremiah 20:10Jer.20.10

For I heard the defaming of many, fear on every side. Report, [say they], and we will report it. All my familiars watched for my halting, [saying], Peradventure he will be enticed, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him.

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Hebrew original

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Car j'apprends les mauvais propos de plusieurs, L'épouvante qui règne à l'entour: Accusez-le, et nous l'accuserons! Tous ceux qui étaient en paix avec moi Observent si je chancelle: Peut-être se laissera-t-il surprendre, Et nous serons maîtres de lui, Nous tirerons vengeance de lui!

KJV

For I heard the defaming of many, fear on every side. Report, [say they], and we will report it. All my familiars watched for my halting, [saying], Peradventure he will be enticed, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him.

Patristic reading

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  • Thomas Aquinas

    Summa Theologica

    hing, save words, is perceived by the hearing. Now reviling is perceived by the hearing according to Jer. 20:10, "I heard reviling [Douay: 'contumelies'] on every side." Therefore reviling consists in words. I answer that, Reviling denotes the dishonoring of a person, and this ha…

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