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I hearkened and heard, [but] they spake not aright: no man repented him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? every one turned to his course, as the horse rusheth into the battle.

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Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Je suis attentif, et j'écoute: Ils ne parlent pas comme ils devraient; Aucun ne se repent de sa méchanceté, Et ne dit: Qu'ai-je fait? Tous reprennent leur course, Comme un cheval qui s'élance au combat.

KJV

I hearkened and heard, [but] they spake not aright: no man repented him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? every one turned to his course, as the horse rusheth into the battle.

Patristic reading

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  • Methodius

    De Resurrectione

    θεραπεύουσιν, ἀλλὰ τὸν πάσχοντα. 1 Dan. 12, 2. Symp. 9, 2 S. 116, 11 f. De res. II, 18, 3. 21, 2 – 6 Jerem. 8, 4 – 10 Luk. 16, 19 ff – 13 Weish. Sal. 3, 1–4 – 17 De res. I, 51, 5 – 9 vgl. Mt. 9, 12 (Mk. 2, 17. Luk. 5, 31) 1 ὀκλάσασα] ἁμαρτήσασα las schwerl. S (sŭgrěŠjŠisja vielm…
  • Thomas Aquinas

    Summa Theologica

    ved by "obstinacy," whereby man hardens his purpose by clinging to sin. Of these two it is written ( Jer. 8:6 ): "There is none that doth penance for his sin, saying: What have I done?" as regards the first; and, "They are all turned to their own course, as a horse rushing to the…
  • Thomas Aquinas

    Summa Theologica

    not to be instituted in the New. Now there was Penance in the old Law wherefore the Lord complains ( Jer. 8:6 ) saying: "There is none that doth penance for his sin, saying: What have I done?" Therefore Penance should not have been instituted in the New Law. Objection 3: Further,…

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